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The [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=791&s_id=103 FIBIS database] contains transcriptions of birth, marriage and death notices from ''Allen's Indian Mail''. | The [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=791&s_id=103 FIBIS database] contains transcriptions of birth, marriage and death notices from ''Allen's Indian Mail''. | ||
''Allen's Indian Mail'' was | The title initially, in 1843 and 1844, was ''The Indian Mail''. The title from 1845 was ''Allen's Indian Mail'' which was subsequently designated Volume 3. This publication continued 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), 1872 and 1882. The volume for January 1872 contains an index, but it is actually in respect of the year 1871. | 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), 1872 and 1882. The volume for January 1872 contains an index, but it is actually in respect of the year 1871. | ||
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|[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=q7Hvh850Q3UC&pg=PR1 Vol 38 '''Jan-June 1880'''] | |[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=q7Hvh850Q3UC&pg=PR1 Vol 38 '''Jan-June 1880'''] | ||
[https://archive.org/details/allensindianmail-1880jan/AllensIndianMail1880Jan/page/n5/mode/2up Vol 38 '''Jan-Dec 1880'''] Archive.org | [https://archive.org/details/allensindianmail-1880jan/AllensIndianMail1880Jan/page/n5/mode/2up Vol 38 '''Jan-Dec 1880'''] Archive.org | ||
| | |[https://archive.org/details/allensindianmail-1881jan/AllensIndianMail1881Jan/page/n5/mode/2up Vol 39 '''Jan-Dec 1881'''] | ||
|[https://archive.org/details/allensindianmail-1882jan/AllensIndianMail1882Jan/page/n5/mode/2up Vol 40 '''Jan-Dec 1882'''] Lacks an Index. | |[https://archive.org/details/allensindianmail-1882jan/AllensIndianMail1882Jan/page/n5/mode/2up Vol 40 '''Jan-Dec 1882'''] Lacks an Index. | ||
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'''###''' ''The Homeward Mail'' | '''###''' ''The Homeward Mail'' | ||
Many of the above volumes are sourced from the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek/Bavarian State Library which has [https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/title/BV021522017 volumes available to 1891]. Oxford University has digitised copies of Volumes 1-15, under the two titles, many of which appear above as Google Books files. | |||
Also see [[Newspapers and journals online#Indian News and Chronicle of Eastern Affairs|Indian News and Chronicle of Eastern Affairs]] below. | Also see [[Newspapers and journals online#Indian News and Chronicle of Eastern Affairs|Indian News and Chronicle of Eastern Affairs]] below. | ||