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Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]] | Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]] | ||
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway | |||
<ref> | <ref>http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library "Indian Office Records Search"]; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016</ref> gives 81 references. The most important being:- | ||
*'''L/F/7''' | *'''L/AG/46/23''' “Records of the India Office relating to the Bengal and North Western Railway; 1882-1921” | ||
*'''L/F/8/1-20''' | *'''L /F/7/256-278''' “Collection 27: Bengal and North Western Railway; 1908-1946” | ||
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''' | |||
As a State Railway a search of the following may yield a result - | |||
*'''L/F/8/1-20''' "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946" | |||
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''' Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946" | |||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||