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These ‘Vital Records’ include not only '''Births, Marriages and Deaths''' but more particularly in India, '''Baptisms/Christenings, Marriages and Burials'''. There was no general some registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths (BMDs) in British India, commencing in 1864 in Calcutta but see belowgenerally it was voluntary.

Also consider the following: * a person may have been baptised with a certain Christian name, but been known by a completely different name, either for their whole life, or for various periods. * a second marriage may be bigamous* the birth mother may not be correctly stated in a baptismal record.* a person who had been widowed may be described as a Bachelor/Spinster on a 2nd marriage record ==FIBIS resources==* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class= Ecclesiastical 277 Births Outside India]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_class&id=241&s_id=0 Ministers and missionaries] * [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=964&s_id=0 Mixed Original Records] provided by Malcolm Speirs * [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/custom/death_cat_search.php Deaths and burials]** Bengal burial records ** Bombay burial records ** Burials Outside India ** Chandernagore Civil Death Registration Index ** Madras burial records (‘N’ Series in the * [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/custom/marriage_cat_search.php Marriages]** Bengal Marriages ** Bombay Marriages ** Chandernagore Civil Marriage Index ** Madras Marriages ** Marriages outside India ** Registry Office Records) Marriage Indexes ** St Helena Banns of Marriage * [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/custom/birth_cat_search.php Births and Baptisms]** Baptisms Outside India ** Bengal Baptisms ** Bombay Baptisms ** Chandernagore Civil Birth Registration Index ** Madras Baptisms  Births Marriages and deaths announced in Newspapers and periodicals are also included in above generalised database categories. For more details and direct links to individual periodicals covered see see [[Domestic Occurrences]] == Ecclesiastical records ==

The [[East India Company]] established and paid for Anglican dioceses and parishes in all areas as they came under its control. Each chaplain/parish priest minister was required to establish registers in which to record BMDs. In addition, he had to send duplicates to the presidency ecclesiastical authorities, and for later periods to the relevant Registrar-General of Births, Death and Marriages.<ref> A 1929 Marriage Register return from the RC Chaplain in Quetta, Baluchistan was sent to the Registrar-General of Births, Death and Marriages in Baluchistan and was then forwarded to the Secretary of State for India. See marriage record for [https://search.findmypast. co.uk/record?id=BL%2FBIND%2F005137750%2F00335&parentid=BL%2FBIND%2FM%2F139525%2F1 Arthur James Moore] Must be signed in to Findmypast to view.</ref> The latter have been collated and sent to London and are now in the care of the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]] in their Asia, Pacific Asian & Africa Collections African Studies Reading Room ([[APAC]]). Ministers, priests and missionaries who were not employed by the East India Company were not obliged to send these returns, however some did so on a voluntary basis but these records are available to a lesser extent.

Marriages conducted by the Registrar, which commenced in 1852, are included in the India Office ‘N’ series (N/11). A complete transcription of the indexes to these records is included in the [http://wwwfibis.search.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=102 FIBIS Search] section of this website.

Unfortunately, The Registrar Marriages records are included in the LDS have not filmed these digitised records so they may only be viewed at available on the commercial site [[British LibraryFindmypast]].

==Records on the LDS Family Seach Search website==

'Domestic Occurrences' was a section found in many periodical publications detailing birth, marriage and death announcements. It is easy to search these records in the digitized digitised versions of newspapers, journals and directories that are available online. FIBIS has a wealth of transcribed resources.

[[The National Archives]] hold some records that may be useful in tracing a BMD outside of the United Kingdom. For more help see TNA’s brief guide [httphttps://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/gettingstartedhelp-with-your-research/lookingresearch-guides/birth-marriage-death-forsea-or-personabroad/bmdatseaorabroad.htm "Looking for records of a birth, marriage or death of a British national deaths at sea or abroad"] or the books ''Tracing Your Ancestors in The National Archives'' by Amanda Bevan (7th edn, National Archives Kew, 2006), including chapter 8, "Births, marriages and deaths of Britons overseas or in the armed services" and ''The British Overseas, A Guide to Records of Their Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials Available in the United Kingdom'' by Geoffrey Yeo (London, 3rd edition 1995). Both are available at  There is reference in the main article to some other sources of overseas records such as the [[British Library]]London Metropolitan Archives.

==Birth Registrationand death registration==This British Library link '''Main article: [[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/ecclesiastical/eccrecords.html Ecclesiastical Records] mentions Birth Registration in the context of those records. It says “Registration of births was not compulsory and very few are entered in the records. Registrations do not generally appear until the 1920s. Entries show date and place of birth, childdeath registration]]'s name, parents' names and their nationality and religion, father's occupation, date of registration.” An example of European Children entered in the BirthRegister, appearing in the Ecclesiastical Records at the British Library, is given in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1260877078 post].

Based on her own experience, Sylvia Murphy advised:'Within Some birth and death registration did occur in British India. It commenced in the general set of copies of presidency ecclesiastical records1860s but was only compulsory in some areas, is also to be found evidence that some British Subjects actually registered their children’s birthswith other places adopting voluntary registration. These The records are identified by the use of forms headed “Office of the Marriage Registrarobtained from local Municipal Corporations, Calcutta” (for example), and although therefore researchers must know where a baptism date is given, there is no Church name included birth occurred. Some people born in India pre 1947 have copies of their birth registration. Recent copies are known to show where the child may have been baptised. It may be obtained from the case that such entries reflect births and baptisms of children whose parents belonged to Shimla Municipal Corporation following a non-conformist denomination which did visit there, but it is not make its own returns to the India Officeknown whether these documents are generally available, or how far back existing records go. Other indications ==Change of name by deed poll==Notice of Birth Registration occur a change of name by deed poll may possibly appear in the 1940s various official ''Gazettes'' published in India, and after independencein newspapers generally. Lists As an example, a resident of names Calicut and dates of birth of infants registered are his wife changed their surname from Grosholz to be found at least in the NGodfrey. [https://archive.org/details/gazette.stgeorge.TG1918.TG1918JUN11/page/n101/mode/3 1up ''Fort St. George Gazette'' 11 June 1918, page 948 (Bombaydigital page 101) ecclesiastical returns for this period, but no detailed copies of actual registration information are available] Archive. Presumably these have been retained in the office(s) of the Registrar(s) in India'org.

The following For online ''Gazettes'' published in India, see [[Newspapers and journals online#Gazettes of India List post indicates that some records Collection on the Internet Archive (Archive.org)|Newspapers and journals online - Gazettes of European Births may be obtained India Collection on the Internet Archive (Archive.org)]]. Other online newspapers are linked from the Birth Registers held by Indian authoritiessame Fibiwiki page.<br> ''The London Gazette'' is another possible source, namely for online editions see [[British Army#Records|British Army - Records]] and scroll to the local municipalityentry "The [London] Gazette". (An example of a man with a connection to India.<ref> Change of name from Heilgers to Hillyers. The [httphttps://archiverwww.rootswebthegazette.ancestryco.comuk/thLondon/readissue/INDIA31271/2009-12page/1261288775 post4481 ''The London Gazette'' Publication date: 4 April 1919 Issue: 31271 Page: 4481] says ‘I was born in the Govt. Hospital in Ootacamund, and all I have as evidence is a birth register. No Birth certificate was issued, because they did not have such things. (BasicallyPre-war, this is man had been head of a form that is filled out and copied from their registerwell-known Calcutta merchant house.</ref>) From what I understand, this is the norm and you would probably have to investigate the local government office of BMD's to get a copy’. This India List ==Non-British Ancestors==*See [[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007Category:Non-07/1184123043 postBritish Ancestors]] including**[[French]]**[[Indian]]**[[Portuguese]] indicates that the local municipality is the responsible body.==See also==*[[Cemeteries]], includingIt appears that Birth Registration **[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia]]. The BACSA website now has existed since a search facility for the mid 19th century indexes to its cemetery books (work in some areasprogress) These indexes are free to search and browse, but it is unknown to what extent records are available in Indiaa charge applies for the record.*[[Adoption]]Births and deaths *[[Divorce]]*[[Newspapers]]*[[Society of British Subjects were registered with the British Residents Genealogists]]*[[National Army Museum]]*[[Ahmadabad]] for a series of various Native or Princely States in images from FamilySearch "India. These records form the N/5 series of the Ecclesiastical , Gujarat Diocese Protestant Church Records. For details, refer 1854-2012"*[[Princely States#British Library APAC records|Princely States - British Library N/5 recordsKirkee]], for digitised pages from the registers from All Saint's Church, Kirkee*[[St. Helena]], for digital images from registers for Banns of Marriage [1849-1924].Also refer *[[Researchers and Document Services Passport applications in India and the UK]]. A listing available from the Assam State Archives contains dates of birth (limited periods).

==DivorceExternal links==These India List posts discuss the possible ways of finding records for a divorce.However it has not definitely been established that there are still relevanr records existing in India. *[http://archiverwww.rootsweb.ancestryawin1.com/th/read/india/2006-09/1159538021 9/2006awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast]; *[http://archiverwww.rootsweb.ancestrydeedpoll.com/th/read/india/2006tracing-a-change-of-09/1159571480 name.htm Tracing a Change of Name by Deed Poll in the UK] deedpoll.com . Some records are available at 9/2006[[The National Archives]]; . It is often the case that a proof of name change either never existed or no longer does.*[httphttps://archiver.rootswebwww.ancestrygov.comuk/th/read/india/2007search-local-07/1185800162 7/2007archives Locate a local Archives] England and Wales only. gov.uk. If a person has returned or immigrated to the UK, a local Archive may be a source of local newspapers for funeral or other information, local electoral registers etc. (Some electoral registers are available online on Ancestry, [[findmypast]]; etc).*[http://archiverwww.rootswebhistory.ancestryac.comuk/thgh/readmarrlic.htm Marriage Licence Records (Allegations and Bonds) at Guildhall Library] This is a brief introduction to searching for records relating to the issue of marriage licences, with particular reference to those concerning the City of London and former county of Middlesex. Licences were issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other Bishops, and the records are called Marriage Allegations or Bishops’ Marriage Allegations. These records have been transferred to the London Metropolitan Archives and are now available online on the pay website Ancestry.:'''Update''' July 2017. findmypast has added a database of transcribed indexes called "London Marriage Licences 1521-1869" which is taken from the book of the same name, published 1887 available on [https:/india/2007-08archive.org/1186302770 8details/2007londonmarriageli00fost Archive.org]; *[http://archiver.rootswebwww.ancestryarchives.com/thblog/readgenealogy-help/india/2009second-cousins-and-removed-07/1247450638cousins-01 7/2009difference.html Second Cousins and Removed Cousins: What's the Difference]; by Amy Johnson Crow October 16, 2013 www.archives.com*[http://archiver.rootswebwww.ancestrydglenn.comorg/thdefs/read/india/2009-11/1257591343 11/2009daysymbols.html Symbols For Days Of The Week] Refer also [[Researchers . dglenn.org. These symbols are sometimes seen in baptismal, marriage and Document Services burial entries, generally in India and the UK]]older church records to c 1700.==See alsoReferences==*[[Cemeteries]]<references/>