Madras Ecclesiastical Returns Index

The table below was designed to help people who have found a reference to a baptism, marriage or burial on a LDS microfilm and would like to find it on one held at the British Library or vice versa.

APAC Film Numbers Explained

N = Returns of Baptisms, marriages and burials

1 = Bengal

2 = Madras

3 = Bombay

So N/1 is the Bengal returns for baptisms, marriages & burials, N/2 the Madras returns and N/3 the Bombay returns.

Next follows the volume number.

Example: N/1/123 = Bengal Baptisms volume 123.

Roman Catholic returns with LDS film numbers

Roman Catholic records N/2/RC 1835-1854

The index film contains indexes to Roman Catholic ecclesiastical returns (records of baptisms, marriages and burials) for Bengal, 1842-1856; Madras, 1835-1854; and Bombay, 1842-1854. 527435

Series	Volume	Years	LDS Film No
N/2 RC	1-2	1835-1839	530008
N/2 RC	3-4	1838-1843	530009
N/2 RC	5-6	1840-1843	530010
N/2 RC	7-8	1844-1854	530011

Madras Ecclesiastical Returns Index

Series	Volume	LDS Film No.
N/2	l	463296
N/2	2-3	506955
N/2	4-5	506956
N/2	6	506957
N/2	7	521880
N/2	7-8	521837
N/2	9-10	521838
N/2	12-12	521839
N/2	13-14	521840
N/2	15-16	521841
N/2	17-19	521842
N/2	20-21	521843
N/2	22-24	521844
N/2	25-26	521845
N/2	27	521846
N/2	28	521847
N/2	29	521848
N/2	30-31	521849
N/2	32-33	463297
N/2	34-36	463298
N/2	37-38	463299
N/2	39-40	521850
N/2	41-42	521851
N/2	43-44	521852
N/2	45-46	521853
N/2	47	521854
N/2	48	521855
N/2	49	521856
N/2	50	521857
N/2	51	521858
N/2	52	521859
N/2	53	521860
N/2	54	521861
N/2	55	521862
N/2	56	521863
N/2	57	521864
N/2	58	521865
N/2	59	521866
N/2	60	521867
N/2	61	521868
N/2	62	521869
N/2	63	521870
N/2	64	521871
N/2	65	521872
N/2	66	521873
N/2	67-68	521874
N/2	69	463300
N/2	70	463301
N/2	71	521875
N/2	72	521876
N/2	73-74	521877
N/2	75-76	521878
N/2	77	521879
N/2	78	527456
N/2	79-80	527457
N/2	81-82	527458
N/2	83-84	527459
N/2	85	527460
N/2	86	527461
N/2	87-88	527462
N/2	89-90	527463
N/2	91	527464
N/2	92	527465
N/2	93	527466
N/2	94	527467
N/2	95-96	527468
N/2	97	527469
N/2	98	527470
N/2	99	527471
N/2	100	463302
N/2	101	463303
N/2	102	527472
N/2	103-104	527473
N/2	105-106	527474
N/2	107-108	527475
N/2	109	527476
N/2	110	527477
N/2	111-112	527478
N/2	113-114	527479
N/2	115-116	527480
N/2	117-118	527481
N/2	119-120	527482
N/2	121-122	527483
N/2	123-124	527484
N/2	125-126	527485
N/2	127	527486
N/2	128	463304
N/2	129-130	463305
N/2	131-132	463306
N/2	133-134	463307
N/2	135-136	463308
N/2	137-138	463309
N/2	139-140	463310
N/2	141-142	463311
N/2	143-144	463312
N/2	145-146	463313
N/2	147-148	463314
N/2	149-150	528778
N/2	151-152	528779
N/2	153-154	528780
N/2	155-156	528781
N/2	157-158	528782
N/2	159-160	463315
N/2	161-162	463316
N/2	163-164	527424
N/2	165-166	527425
N/2	167-168	527426
N/2	169	527427
N/2	170	527428
N/2	171	527429
N/2	172	527430
N/2	173	527431
N/2	174	527432
N/2	175	527433
N/2	176	527434