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[[Category:Church records]] ===Introduction=== India had no civil registration (including as birth certificates) as such. The next best thing for a genealogist is to use Church Records. About 80% of all [[Birth (baptism) marriage and death (burial) records|baptism, marriage and burial records ]] have survived today, and the good news is that they are all indexed and available on microfilm. Records of baptisms, marriages and burials are available 1698-1968. In 1930 the Anglican Church in India separated from the Church of England and became the autonomous Church of India, Burma and Ceylon, still within the worldwide fellowship of the Anglican Communion. From this time onwards the number of ecclesiastical records sent to England was smaller than previously, and continued to decline over time.

Some regiments of the [[British Army]] (not the [[East India Company Army|HEIC Army]]) chose to have their records included in the [[General Registrar's Register Office]] records at what was formerly called St Catherine's House, in London. If your ancestor was in the British Army and you are unable to find your ancestor's baptism record in the church records held at the [[APAC]] or on microfilm, there is a chance that they will be available in the Army Ecclesiastical Returns of the General Registrar's Office. Indexes to these records are available in most genealogical libraries and family history societies.

Lists of microfilms of church records in India which are not held by the [[APAC]]. They are principally native Roman Catholic congregations, but also include [[Syrian]], [[Armenian]], [[Danish]] and [[Dutch]] church records in India. There are also a very small number of British churches in this listing, namely the original Anglican records from [[Fort St George ]] in Madras, and the Church of Scotland in [[Bombay]].

Lists of microfilms of church records in [[Goa]].

A list of postal addresses and phone numbers of all bishops of CSI dioceses in India, correct in 1993, as well as photos of selected churches in South India.

A list of the postal addresses and phone numbers of all bishops of CNI dioceses in India, correct in 1993. There are also a few photos of churches, but they are South Indian ones because I don't have any photos of North Indian churches!