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== North American Protestant Missionary Societies in India and their archives ==
Protestant organisations or groups in Canada and/or America who worked in India. === American Board The wide variety of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) === Formed in 1810. Missionaries came from Reformed traditions missionary societies within denominations such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and German Reformed churches, until 1870 when it became largely CongregationalistBaptist or Lutheran can present particular challenges to researchers. With the formation of the United Church of Christ, the ABCFM merged Also note that some American individuals served with the newly formed United Church Board for World Ministries in 1957. See the Wikipedia article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Board_of_Commissioners_for_Foreign_Missions American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions]European or British societies.
Amongst those who served in British India, there are two names which merit particular mention: Adoniram Judson and Scudder.
* Adoniram Judson (1788–1850)
He and his wife were the first American missionaries to Burma. The They were part of a group were sent by the ABCFM (see below) in 1812and became Baptists in India.
[http://www.wholesomewords.org/missions/bjudson13.html Adoniram Judson, Ann Judson : Pioneer American Baptist Missionaries to Burma] Wholesomewords.org
* The Scudder family.
Four generations of the Scudder family served as medical missionaries in South Indiawith the ABCFM (see below), beginning with John Scudder, Snr. (1793-1855) who went to Ceylon in 1819 and then in 1836 to Madras. The legacy of the 42 members of this family is still evident in India today. See the Wikipedia article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scudder_family_of_missionaries_in_India Scudder family of missionaries in India].
The British Library holds the Archives of the Friends of Vellore Christian Medical College and Hospital; and of their predecessor, the British Board of the Hospital, 1916-1995.
=== American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) ===
Formed in 1810. Missionaries came from Reformed traditions such as Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and German Reformed churches, until 1870 when it became largely Congregationalist. With the formation of the United Church of Christ, the ABCFM merged with the newly formed United Church Board for World Ministries in 1957. See the Wikipedia article [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Board_of_Commissioners_for_Foreign_Missions American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions].
== Other Protestant Missionary Societies in India and their archives ==
