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Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Information on requesting medical records held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for deceased service personnel.
Apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate to legally change your gender.
The process when a British national dies in the UAE, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Find out what records you must keep about trusts for tax purposes, who can access your information, and what to do if your records are lost or destroyed.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Nigeria, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Documents, certificate, letters, and notes available from the British embassy and consulates in the USA.
Find a register office (registry office) - register and find records of births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths, and order certificates
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Eswatini, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
How to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in the Dominican Republic, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Find out how to register a death in the UK or abroad
Get a declaration of presumed death if a person has been missing for at least 7 years or you think they've died - form N208, certificate of presumed death, appeal, complain
Birth certificates, registering a death, marriage, family history and correcting certificates
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