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{{#widget==External links==*[https:Google PlusOne//web.archive.org/web/20180827174013/http://ncw.nic.in/acts/TheIndianChristianMarriageAct1872-15of1872.pdf The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 [Act No.15 of 1872 dated 18th July, 1872<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. Part V: Marriages Solemnized By, Or In the Presence Of, A Marriage Registrar. ncw.nic.in, archived page.|size=small|count=true*[http://www.womenstudies.in/elib/legal_resources/lr_the_birth.pdf Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886 [Act No. 6 of 1886 dated 8th March, 1886<nowiki>]</nowiki>] womenstudies.in}}
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They were introduced so that many who did not recognise the standing of the Church of England in India could be married elsewhere within a certificated marriage. In other cases doubts had been expressed that many marriages carried out by dissenting ministers, judges, magistrates and military officers might not be valid for both legitimacy and inheritance issues back home in England.
Note however that the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 [Act No.15 of 1872 dated 18th July, 1872] provided for "Marriages Solemnized By,…, A Marriage Registrar", in addition to "Marriages Solemnized...In the Presence Of, A Marriage Registrar"
==Records==
Marriages conducted by Registrar commenced in 1852 and are included in the India Office ‘N’ series under reference IOR/N/11- 'Returns of Registrar Marriages in Bengal, Madras, Bombay and Burma' Copies of these registers are held in the [[British Library]]. ( Digitised copies of the records are also available in the British India collection on the commercial website [http://newwww.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=201071&clickref=&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk/articles/world%2Farticles%2Fworld-records/%2Fsearch-all-uk-recordrecords%2Fspecial-collections/special-collections/british%2Fbritish-india-office-collection FindMyPast]). Note FamilySearch has '''not''' filmed these records, so they are not included in the FamilySearch database of Indexed records, nor available as digitised microfilms.
It will be noted that after 1910 when all parties to marriage were shown in the usual 'N' indexes in Alphabetical order, the maintenance of the Registrars' Marriages Index was deemed unnecessary and all marriages thereafter appeared within the usual indexes.
===FIBIS resources===
*[http://wwwfibis.search.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=102 Register Office Marriage Index 1852-1911] - a complete transcription of the indexes to the registrar marriage records is on the FIBIS database. As mentioned previously, full records are available to view on the commercial site FindMyPast, or at the [[British Library]].
*"Registry Marriages in India" by Lawrie Butler, ''[[FIBIS Journal]]'' Number 13 (Spring 2005)
*[[Church_records#Missionary_and_Non-Conformist_Church_records.2C_including_the_Church_of_Scotland|Missionary and Non-Conformist Church records, including the Church of Scotland]]
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