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''Allen's Indian Mail'' was published until 6 May 1891, when it was incorporated into ''The Homeward Mail from India, China and the East'', [[Newspapers and journals online#Homeward Mail from India, China and the East|see below]].

Where there are two volumes in a year, the index is generally at the front of the first volume, although  there is no index for 1860, 1862, 1868 (missing volume) or 1872. The volume for January 1872 contains an index, but it is actually in respect of the year 1871.

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[http://books.google.com/books?id=o2dDAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover Vol 16, '''19 Aug  to  20 Dec 1858''' ]

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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek/Bavarian State Library has [https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/metaopac/search?&query=%22Allen%27s%20Indian%20Mail%22 volumes available to 1891], which are being digitised one year at time, when they are no longer subject to copyright. The digital files also then become available on Google Books, as above. Search for the latter with the search format books.google "Allen's Indian Mail" "1880 1/6" or "1880 7/12"

*''Bombay Gazette'' editions on [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Granth+Sanjeevani%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Bombay+Gazette%22%29&sort=date Archive.org, mirror images from the collection of Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Granth Sanjeevani] (see next section). The date range (at 30 June 2020) is 1814 to 1914, with over 4,500 editions available, with the majority from 1895.

*''Bombay Gazette'' is available on [[Findmypast]], category  "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites, added 14 April 2020.  The date range when added was  August 15, 1792 to December 31, 1868  being 1792, 1813-1814, 1816-1840, 1850-1851, 1854, 1858, 1861-1868 with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/bombay-gazette  BNA page]. It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".

Digitised Bombay newspapers including an almost complete run of ''The Bombay Chronicle'' (1913 - 1958) are available on the pay website [https://granthsanjeevani.com/ Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Granth Sanjeevani] which requires either a personal or institutional  subscription. Also included are some editions of ''The Pioneer'', Allahabad. Mirror editions of some of the Bombay newspapers are also available on the Internet Archive as follows, (but not however editions of ''The Pioneer'').

 

*Some editions of ''The Bombay Chronicle'' from 1913 have been uploaded to the Internet Archive as the [https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Granth+Sanjeevani%22%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Bombay+Chronicle%22%29&sort=date  ''The Bombay Chronicle'' Archive.org,  collection from Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Granth Sanjeevani], and similarly for ''The Bombay Gazette'', see above.

''Civil & Military Gazette (Pakistan)''  is available on [[Findmypast]], category  "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites, added Oct 9, 2020, with more on Oct 18, 2020. The date range when added was January 1, 1884 to December 31, 1912 with available years 1884, 1891-1894, 1906, 1910-1912;  1876-1883 and 1885 added Nov 20, 2020; 1881-1883, 1885, 1887, 1895-1898, 1900-1905 and 1907-1909 added Nov 22, 2020; 1889-1890 added Dec 5, 2020; 1886 added Feb 17, 2021; more 1899 added Feb 24, 2021; 1888 and more 1899 added Mar 13, 2021;  (with 1876–1929 planned), with details on a  

''Englishman's Overland Mail'' is available on [[Findmypast]], category  "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites, added 31 March 2020. The date range when added was January 9, 1864 to January 26, 1928  being 1864-1905, 1907-1922, 1926-1928 with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/englishman's-overland-mail BNA page]. It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the Findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".

''The Homeward Mail from India, China, and the East'' was first published on 1 January 1857,  initially every two weeks,  and weekly from 1876. The British Library holds copies to 9 May 1914.  (Subsequently merged into ''The Indiaman : A weekly journal devoted to the affairs of India'', with BL holding 15 May 1914 to 2 Aug. 1917).  From  11 May 1891 ''Homeward Mail'' incorporated ''Allen's Indian Mail''.

First published as, and catalogued at the British Library as '' India : a journal for the discussion of Indian affairs''  Vol 1, no 1 (Feb 1890)-v. 55, no 1202 (14 Jan. 1921). British Committee of the Indian National Congress. UIN: BLL01013929409 . Also titled ''India: A Record and Review of Indian Affairs''.

''Indian Daily News'', printed in Calcutta, full title ''The Overland Summary of The Indian Daily News, Bengal Hurkaru and India Gazette''. It is available on [[Findmypast]], category "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites, (introduced 24 July 2020), with initial date range  6 July  1875 to 30 June  1880; added Jan 7, 2021 when the range was extended to 1875-1885, 1894-1897, 1899-1901, 1903-1906; 1898 added Mar 30, 2021; with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/indian-daily-news BNA page].  It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".

''The London and China Telegraph''. Published in London. Covers [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], Japan, [[Straits Settlements]] ([[Singapore]], [[Penang]]), [[Indonesia|Batavia]] and perhaps a wider area. One weekly issue (13 Jan. 1860) included notices for two deaths in India, and one in Alexandria, perhaps an indication for the rest of the series. There are two series of digitisations, both on Google Books, one from the Bavarian State Library, the other from Cornell University, the latter labelled A. Links for both series are provided,  in case the content or digitisation quality varies.

*Multiple editions of the ''Madras Courier'' are available on the Tamil Digital Library, category Periodicals,  but unfortunately it is not possible to easily locate them. Publications for the years 1793, 1795, 1797, 1803, 1805-1814, have been noted, although it is possible there are additional years.  Currently, from the [https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in Search], first click on E (for English) at the top of the webpage,  click on  Periodicals, then use the search term Madras Courier. You should be presented with a list of thumbnail book covers. Hover your mouse to see the titles. Alternatively use the [https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/common-advance-search Advanced Search], 'Select Category' choose Periodicals  and use the search term Madras Courier as the title.  A box with Tamil text may appear, click on it and select English. A list of search results will be presented, currently 407 (as at 2020/04/03).  If you leave the number of items per search result page as 10, you are then able to click on the tab 'Select Volume' to view the editions included - (if you select more results per page, you are still only presented with a list of 10 editions). Searching by keywords does not appear to be successful. For a name search try a Google search:  Name of interest site:tamildigitallibrary.in. Note however the underlying text may be  poor quality, with small font size,  so OCR searching may also be of poor quality. The online Tamil Virtual Library viewer has the facility to use your full computer screen. As an example, marriage, birth and death notices were noted on the front page of Volume XXV (25) Number 1249 September 13 1809.  

Printed  weekly at Allahabad. Each weekly edition is separately numbered.

*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3h5DAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR2  No. 27, Volume 47. Friday  July 2, 1920 to Friday December 31,  1920] Google Books

** Contains a BMD section each week,  for example  [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3h5DAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA45  July 9, 1920, page 45]

*''The Times of India'' is available on [[Findmypast]], category  "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites, (added 21January 2020). The date range is 18 May 1861 to  31 December 1888, with available years  1861-1865, 1867-1888, with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/times-of-india BNA page]. It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date". Also see [[Newspapers and journals online#Pay websites|Pay websites]], below.

:There is also the Findmypast category "Newspapers & Periodicals"/US & World newspapers,  whose newspapers are '''not''' available on the British Newspaper Archive, as possibly they do not come from the British Library. See [[China]] for some publications.  

*[http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/help/about British Newspaper Archive], a findmypast company,  is a pay site, with newspapers from the collection of the [[British Library]]. The majority of the newspapers were published 1830-1950 and now includes some Irish, Canadian, Jamaican etc newspapers, which are listed under individual newspaper titles, or under Regions.  However the website does include some published pre 1800 and some post 1950, with details on this [http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/home/NewspaperTitles list of publications]. See Findmypast above, for the India related newspapers. BNA classifies those published in India and Pakistan into four Regions which can be selected for Searching: "Eastern, India" (''Calcutta Gazette, Englishman's Overland Mail, Friend of India and Statesman, Indian Daily News''); "Southern, India" (''Bangalore Spectator, Madras Courier, [Madras] ''Government Gazette (India)'', Madras Weekly Mail''); "Western, India" (''Bombay Gazette, Times of India, Voice of India '');  "Punjab, Pakistan" (''Civil & Military Gazette''). However note ''Indian Statesman'', although published in Bombay , has been classified as part of "Eastern, India".

:FamilySearch has, in the past, provided free access to Newspaper Archive at [[FamilySearch Centres]] and while it was again under consideration/negotiation mid 2019,<ref>Jeffrey, Phil. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200724235431/https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/when-was-newspaperarchive-com-removed-from-the-free-fhc-portal When was NewspaperArchive.com removed from the free FHC Portal?] ''FamilySearch Feedback Forum'' May 24, 2019, now archived.</ref>  currently (2020/11) it does not appear available at FS Centres.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/help/salesforce/viewArticle?urlname=Free-premium-family-history-websites-available-in-the-Family-History-Center-Portal-1381815050504&lang=en What genealogy websites are available in family history centers?] familysearch.org.</ref>  

See the Fibiwiki pages [[Ceylon]];  [[China]]; [[Hong Kong]]; [[Singapore]]; [[West Indies]].