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• Beginners' Guide
  The FIBIwiki contains lots of guidance for starting out on your British India research. ...g the following between the founding of the [[East India Company]] in 1599 to ‘Indian Independence’ in 1947:
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• Domestic Occurrences
  ...be recognized that such announcements were often made some two years after the event. ...nerally be in different section of the publication, not specifically under the heading 'Domestic Occurrences'.
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• The National Archives
  ...hives.gov.uk/ website], where the archive can be searched. Records useful from a genealogical perspective include census records, military papers, passeng ...The Family Records Centre has now closed and its services have transferred to TNA.
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• Birth, marriage and death records
  ...nformation. This article provides an overview of these. See the links to the main article for each source for more in depth information. Also consider the following:
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• Findmypast
  ...'' has digital images and transcriptions from the India Office Records at the British Library, (released 29 January 2014). ...databases, see '''[[Findmypast#External links|External links below]]''': "FindmyPast British India Office Collection".
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• Macao
  ...tuguese]] colonial interest in [[China]]. After Napoleon invaded Portugal, the [[Macao Expedition]] was launched against a potential French threat. ...s available on the commercial site [[findmypast]]'''. Note: may be subject to omissions for technical reasons.
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• Non-British Ancestors
  ...n researching family history of these nationalities resident in India, see the [[Dutch]], [[French]], [[German]], [[Portuguese]] and [[Danish]] articles. ...n researching family history of these nationalities resident in India, see the [[Armenian]] and [[Jewish]] articles.
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• IGI
  ...d by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints or LDS, also known as the Mormons, but now has a more restricted meaning. Please note this page is '' ...at a FamilySearch Affiliate Library, while some records are not available to view online at all, for contractual, or privacy reasons.
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• Hyderabad State
  ...o September 1948 when it was forcibly integrated into the Indian Union and the Nizam deposed. ...under direct British rule. Collectively, the two were often referred to as the 'Twin Cities'.
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• Miscellaneous tips
  ....uk/sfxlcl41/az/londb accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms] and the [http://www.nli.ie/en/eresources.aspx National Library of Ireland] Reading ...ay be useful for consultation when you want to look up a source restricted to premium subscribers.
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• Malacca
  ...e British East India Company and then as a Crown Colony. It formed part of the [[Straits Settlements]], together with [[Singapore]] and [[Penang]] (also k ...y actions between the British and Dutch East India Companies at the end of the eighteenth century.
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• Church records
  ...ch exist are difficult to access. The next best thing for a genealogist is to use '''Church Records'''. ...eath records|baptism, marriage and burial records]] have survived today in the [[India Office Records]], and they are all indexed and available on microfi
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• General Register Office
  <br>'''and some other sources of records from abroad.''' ..., but if the event was registered, then a certificate can be obtained from the GRO.
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• Newspapers and journals online
  ...e of use to the British India family historian. Many of the books are from the Google Books website. '''<nowiki>*</nowiki>''' Contents at the back of the book. Google Books
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• Australia
  ...<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=_7sHAAAAQAAJ ''The inefficiency of the ecclesiastical establishment of India''] by Henry Shepherd (1829).</ref> ...hority of New South Wales. This appeared in FIBIS journal no 16 – pages 28 to 39. For details of how this journal can be accessed online [http://www.fibi
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• Dutch
  ==The Dutch East India Company or VOC== ...ost-Indische Compagnie or VOC, literally the "United East Indian Company". The alternative spelling Vereenigde is also used.
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• Thailand
  ...nu, Kedah, Perlis, and adjacent islands. These areas areas became part of the Unfederated Malay States. ...r. At 18 she was married to a Norwegian rubber planter. For her support of the Norwegian community in Thailand, she was later presented with an award.</r
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• Military periodicals online
  ...ir Force Lists], in respect of the Royal Air Force, from the collection of the [http://archive.org/details/nationallibraryofscotland National Library of S The Lists were initially published on a monthly basis. Currently available (at
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• Maritime Service
  The East India Company Maritime Services could be divided into three main categ ...company's trade with India and the Far East. It was in operation from 1600 to 1834.
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• Bengal Army
  The '''Bengal Army''' was one of the three [[Presidency Armies]] of the [[East India Company]]. A list of Bengal Army regiments can either be found in the [[:Category:Bengal Army|Bengal Army Category]] or alphabetically, by type,
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