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===Notes===
→Birth and Death Registration
The hospitals were required to report to the local Registrar in respect of events occurring therein. <ref>[http://74.125.155.132/search?q=cache:ZWzg9rOf7y4J:gvmc.gov.in/ph/handbook/civil.doc+bengal+Births+and+Deaths+Registration+Act+1873&cd=112&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au Handbook on Civil Registration. Office of the Registrar General India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi by P. PADMANABHA Registrar General, India March 7, 1981: Chapter 2, Historical background] [http://gvmc.gov.in/ph/handbook/civil.doc. Original link] </ref>
British Library Catalogue references for the Acts:
*Act VI of 1864 in Bengal Bills and Acts IOR/L/PJ/5/99 1862-1864
*The Births Deaths and Marriages Registration Bill, 1886; with papers regarding registration of births IOR/L/PJ/6/170, File 304 (also 323 & 260) 9-24 Feb 1886
*The Madras Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1899 IOR/L/PJ/6/511, File 1027 11 May 1899
Copies of Birth Registration entries<br>
This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1261288775 post] indicates that some records of European births may be obtained from the Birth Registers held by Indian authorities. This [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-07/1184123043 post] indicates that the local municipality is the body responsible for such registers of births and deaths. This India British Raj List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ/2009-10/1256787241 post] also indicates the local municipality issues copies from the Birth Registers.
''If you are able to provide more information on how widespread birth registration was, and to what extent records are available in India, please update this article.''
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