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British subjects born abroad can be a challenge to find. The Family History Library has many British church records for persons living in foreign countries.  
British subjects born abroad can be a challenge to find. The Family History Library has many British church records for persons living in foreign countries.  


*Many extracted records will be found in the International Genealogical Index (IGI), available at [https://www.familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org]. This may allow you to find a person from the British Isles who was out of the country when christened or married.  
*Many indexed and extracted records will be found at [http://familysearch.org FamilySearch.org] and some additional entries in the International Genealogical Index (IGI), or in the FreeTree. These databases are by far the largest on the world wide web for Great Britain and of which may allow you to find a person from the British Isles who was out of the country when christened or married or was buried.  
*Other extracted records will be found in the ''British Vital Records Index''.  This database is available at the library and is also available for purchase through [http://www.ldscatalog.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId=10151&categoryId=13703&langId=-1&cg1=13669&cg2=13701&cg3=&cg4=&cg5= LDScatalog.org].  
*The National Archives of the UK source [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/searchresults.asp?SearchInit=0&txtsearchterm=Index&txtfirstdate=&txtlastdate=&txtrestriction=RG+43&hdnsorttype=Reference&image1.x=34&image1.y=15 RG 43] contains indexes to miscellaneous births, marriages and deaths in foreign countries for the years 1627–1960.  This source is also available at the {{FHL|582993|title-id|disp=Family History Library}}.
*The National Archives of the UK source [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/searchresults.asp?SearchInit=0&txtsearchterm=Index&txtfirstdate=&txtlastdate=&txtrestriction=RG+43&hdnsorttype=Reference&image1.x=34&image1.y=15 RG 43] contains indexes to miscellaneous births, marriages and deaths in foreign countries for the years 1627–1960.  This source is also available at the {{FHL|582993|title-id|disp=Family History Library}}.


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