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:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1873-lists-of-officers-in-survey-and-forest-departments-on-1st-october-1873-s-pdf/  ''Lists of Officers in Survey and Forest Departments on 1st October 1873''] Pdf download  from Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1873-lists-of-officers-in-survey-and-forest-departments-on-1st-october-1873-s-pdf/  ''Lists of Officers in Survey and Forest Departments on 1st October 1873''] Pdf download  from Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/classifiedlistof00indirich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Classified list of forest officers of the Imperial and Provincial services in India and Burma on 1st January 1916''] Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/classifiedlistof00indirich#page/n5/mode/2up ''Classified list of forest officers of the Imperial and Provincial services in India and Burma on 1st January 1916''] Archive.org
==Also see==
Books by  Forest Officers are included in
*[[Hunting accounts online]]
*[[Scientific books online#Animals|Scientific books online-Animals]]


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-19/pune/41424901_1_books-digitisation-process-entire-library "Forest department library to go online"] by Ananya Dutta,  August 19, 2013 Times of India .The digital books will be available at [http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/index.php Maharashtra Forest Department]
*[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-19/pune/41424901_1_books-digitisation-process-entire-library "Forest department library to go online"] by Ananya Dutta,  August 19, 2013 Times of India .The digital books will be available at [http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/index.php Maharashtra Forest Department]
*[https://www.spink.com//lot-description.aspx?id=100816  Medals of  Major C.G. ´Micky´ Merton], November 25, 2010 spink.com. Mentions employees of the Burma Forest Service, the Bombay Burma Trading Corporation and Foucar Brothers, one of the large timber companies operating in Burma, who were recruited to  the 'Z-Force', a WW2 joint Allied reconnaissance and sabotage unit, who became 'Johnnies'. It was decided to recruit volunteers who were prepared to go into Burma, hide themselves in selected areas, and report back any information that they could pick up. "All had a thorough knowledge of the jungle, its inhabitants, and their language; all were tough and used to living on their own far from civilization; and all possessed courage of outstanding quality".
*[https://www.spink.com//lot-description.aspx?id=100816  Medals of  Major C.G. ´Micky´ Merton], November 25, 2010 spink.com. Mentions employees of the Burma Forest Service, the Bombay Burma Trading Corporation and Foucar Brothers, one of the large timber companies operating in Burma, who were recruited to  the 'Z-Force', a WW2 joint Allied reconnaissance and sabotage unit, who became 'Johnnies'. It was decided to recruit volunteers who were prepared to go into Burma, hide themselves in selected areas, and report back any information that they could pick up. "All had a thorough knowledge of the jungle, its inhabitants, and their language; all were tough and used to living on their own far from civilization; and all possessed courage of outstanding quality".
*Listen to the [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/florence-meiklejohn/ 1979 interview], with  [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/078a.pdf transcript 1] and  [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/078b.pdf transcript 2], with Florence Meiklejohn, wife of 'Mick' (W.), Indian Forestry Service Officer who tells  what life was like for her accompanying him on his tours in Indian forests. s-asian.cam.ac.uk


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===

Revision as of 05:28, 31 July 2016

The Indian Forestry Department of India was created in 1867, under the leadership of Dr Dietrich Brandis [1]

FIBIS resources

  • "The Indian Forest Services in the India Office Records: Questions and answers for researchers" by Ian Baxter FIBIS Journal Number 30 (Autumn 2013) pages 23-31

Training of Officers

  • 1867 - 1885 student officers received training in France and Germany.
  • 1885 -1906 student officers received training at the Royal Indian Engineering College at Coopers Hill in Surrey, UK.
  • 1906-1927 student officers received training via Oxford , Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities.
  • 1927 -1938 student officers were trained at the Imperial Forest Research Institute at Dehra Dun, which had been established in 1906.

Some sources of records

Asian and African Reading Room (British Library)

  • Names of individuals may be found in the annual directories on the open shelves
  • The forestry department was considered part of the Public Works Department. References to employment service may , therefore, be found amongst the L/PWD records at the British Library. For example, L/PWD/8/11 relates to Birth/baptismal certificates in candidates' application papers for the Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill 1871-1903.
  • L/PJ/6/776 – relates to Birth/baptismal certificates in Indian Forest Service candidates' application papers (1906)
  • Forest Department 1893-1900 Information to be found in L/F/10 221-228
  • See also Bengal Civil Servants 1706 - 1917 where it is indicated that there are over 50 'misfiled' record copies of Uncovenanted Officers in the Forestry Dept between the covenanted servants for 1884 and 1885 (L/F/10/45 - IOR Neg 57085-6 )
  • For more about the L/F/10 records, see L/F/10 Records of Service 1702-1928

Records Online

Lists of Officers in Survey and Forest Departments on 1st October 1873 Pdf download from Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.

Also see

Books by Forest Officers are included in

External links

Historical books online

The company is mentioned evacuating the European families of its forest officers in 1942, in Songs of The Survivors, page 56, stories about the Goan community and the Trek Out of Burma in 1942.
The Jungle In Sunlight And Shadow by FW Champion 1934. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.

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