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An adminsitrative subdivision of [[British India]]. The Madras Presidency covered the southern half of India and [[Ceylon]] (now called Sri Lanka).
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The FIBIwiki contains lots of guidance for starting out on your British India research.  It is recommended that you read through this page before contacting FIBIS for personal research services (Members) or research advice (non-Members).  


==Scope of FIBIS' Interest==
See [[Presidencies]] in the [[Beginners' Guide]]


The main focus of FIBIS activities is the ‘sub-continent’ of India but the society is also interested in all areas and activities of the British in South Asia including the following between the founding of the [[East India Company]] in 1599 to ‘Indian Independence’ in 1947:
== Maps==
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=51 Madras Presidency northern section] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=50 Madras Presidency southern section] Imperial Gazetteer
== See also==
*[[Madras Districts]]


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== External Links ==
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V2nGnWXV7coC&pg=PA9&dq=The+history+of+British+India:+a+chronology%2Madras%2BPresidency%2B1756&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Madras Presidency 1611-1755] Google Books<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency Madras Presidency] Wikipedia
*[http://www.tnarchives.tn.gov.in/gazzetters.html District Gazetteers] Lists  (some of) the various editions which have been published. Department of Archives and Historical Research, Government of Tamil Nadu
*[http://spuddybike.org.uk/familyhistory/madras/churches/index.html  Churches and Chapels in Madras Presidency] spuddybike.org.uk Retrieved. 26 October 2014


Also included are the activities of the East India Company in [[Home Establishment | London]] and [[St. Helena]].  
====Historical books online====
Also see [[Madras (City)]]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n8/mode/2up  ''A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679'']  by Thomas Bowrey, edited by Sir Richard Carnac Temple 1905 Archive.org.  Includes [http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n22/mode/2up Madras and the Coromandel Coast]
*[https://archive.org/details/routesinpeninsu00scotgoog ''‪Routes in the Peninsula of India‬: ‪Comprising the Whole of the Madras Presidency and Portions of the Adjacent Territories of Bengal and Bombay''‬] by Major F H Scott, Quartermaster General of the Madras Army 1853  Archive.org
*''Manual of the District of Cuddapah in the Presidency of Madras'' by J D B Gribble 1875 Is available to read online at [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]
*[https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveand00morrgoog ''A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Godavery District in the Presidency of Madras''] by Henry Morris 1878 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/amanualkistnadi01mackgoog#page/n9/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Kistna District in the Presidency of Madras''] by Gordon Thomson Mackenzie 1883 Archive.org
*''Manual of the Kurnool District In the Presidency of Madras'' by  Narahari Gopalakrishnamah Chetty(Comp.) 1886 Is available to read online at [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]
*[http://archive.org/stream/manualofnlagir00grigrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency''] by Henry Bidewell Grigg 1880 Archive.org
*''A Manual of the Salem District in the Presidency of Madras'' by Henry Le Fanu 1883 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/amanualsalemdis00fanugoog#page/n3/mode/2up ''Volume I: The District''],  [http://archive.org/stream/amanualsalemdis01fanugoog#page/n3/mode/2up ''Volume II: The Taluks'']
*Manual of the South Arcot District by J H Garstin,  (MCS) (Comp.) 1878 Is  available to read online at [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]
*[http://archive.org/stream/manualoftinnevel00stuarich#page/n3/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Tinnevelly District in the Presidency of Madras''] by Andrew John Stuart 1879 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/apoliticalandge00caldgoog ''A Political and General History of the District of Tinnevelly, in the Presidency of Madras from the earliest period to its cession to the Engliah Government in AD 1801''] by Rev R Caldwell 1881 Archive.org
*''Manual of the Trichinopoly District in the Presidency of Madras'' by Lewis Moore (Comp.) 1878 Is available to read online at [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1rE5AQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7  ''A Manual of the District of Vizagapatam, in the Presidency of Madras''] by D. F. Carmichael 1869 Google Books
*''Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series    Madras'' [http://archive.org/stream/madras00unkngoog#page/n6/mode/2up  Volume I],  [http://archive.org/stream/madras01unkngoog#page/n6/mode/2up  Volume II] 1908 Archive.org
*''Madras District Gazetteers''  mainly Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/cuddapah01madr ''Madras District Gazetteers: Cuddapah''] by C F Brackenbury ICS 1915 Archive.org
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/godavari01madr#page/n9/mode/2up  ''Madras District Gazetteers: Godaveri''] 1915
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/madurafrancis01madr#page/n5/mode/2up  ''Madras District Gazetteers: Madura''] 1906
**''Madras District Gazetteers Malabar. Vol. 1'' by C A Innes 1951 edition with additional information and   incorporating 1908 edition,  Is available to read online at [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]] (Note, the Search facility  in the website appears erratic. This  book could only be located using the search term Gazetteer. The catalogue no. is  75585, but even this could not locate it)
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n0/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris''] 1908
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/p1salemrich01richuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers:  Salem Volume 1-Part 1''] 1918, [http://www.archive.org/stream/salemgazet02richuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers:  Statistical Appendix for Salem District''] 1932
**[https://archive.org/details/GazeetersTinnevellyVol11917  ''Madras District Gazetteers: Tinnevelly Volume I''] by  H R Pate ICS 1917 Archive.org
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/trichinopoly01madr#page/n9/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly''] 1907
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/vizagapatam01madr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers:  Vizagapatam''] 1907


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:Many editions  are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, under the title ''Madras District Gazetteers''
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qvkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''A Handbook for India: Being an Account of the Three Presidencies, and of the Overland Route; intended as a guide for Travellers, Officers and Civilians. Part I Madras''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1859 Google Books
== Presidencies ==
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbookmadrasp00firgoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Handbook of the Madras Presidency''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 2nd edition, (almost entirely rewritten) 1879 Archive.org
[[Image:presidencies.gif|thumb|300px|Administrative areas of India in the 1930s]]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=alwOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Regulations and Acts in force within the Madras Presidency''] by Richard Clarke 1848 Google Books
British India was divided into three [[Presidencies]]:  
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LNApAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Madras: Report of the Railway Department 1853''] Google Books
 
*[https://archive.org/details/madrasitscivilad00smolrich ''Madras: Its civil administration; being rough notes from personal observation written in 1855 and 1856''] by Patrick B Smollett 1858 Archive.org
*[[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]], which covered the smallest area on the west of the country, extending through [[Sind]] and to the coastal area of what is now [[Pakistan]], including [[Karachi]] and also included [[Aden]]
*''Report on the administration of the Madras Presidency for the Year...''
 
:[http://books.google.com/books?id=_oAZAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1862-63] 1864, [http://books.google.com/books?id=5iUbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1  1864-65] 1866, [http://books.google.com/books?id=vUQbAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1865-66] 1866, [http://books.google.com/books?id=TRUTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1867-68] 1868, [http://books.google.com/books?id=vhUTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1868-69] 1869 Google Books; [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonadminis00statgoog#page/n4/mode/2up  1869-70] 1870, [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonadminis00goog#page/n4/mode/2up  1870-71] 1872 Archive.org
*[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]], which covered the east of the country and included [[Burma]] and what is now [[Bangladesh]] and extended to the [[North West Frontier Province|North West Frontier]] to include most of modern day [[Pakistan]], including [[Lahore]], [[Multan]], [[Peshawar]] and [[Rawalpindi]]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AAcoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 ‪''The Indian Official Thesaurus‬: ‪Being Introductory to Annals of Indian Administration''] Compiled by Meredith Townsend 1858‬ ‪Google Books.  A guide to records.
 
*''The Annals of Indian Administration'', edited by Meredith Townsend and later George Smith. Selected extracts from the Records of the Indian, Bengal, Madras Bombay, NWP, and Punjab and perhaps other Governments. Google Books. Many additional volumes up to Volume 19 1873-74 may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*[[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]], which covered the southern portion of India
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OqsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Part I 1856], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR6 Part VI 1858], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume 3, Part 2 June 1859], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=p7AEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 4, Part 1 March 1860], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=frIEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 14 1868-69].
 
*Madras Almanac and Directory.There were various titles  over time.The following books are available to read online on [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
The main cities of the Presidencies were [[Bombay]], [[Calcutta]] and [[Madras]], respectively.
**''The Madras Almanac and Compendium of Intelligence''  
 
***1857 Summary of contents, computer page 6, detailed contents, computer page 8
Knowing which Presidency a town or city was in, is important when consulting many of the [[India Office Records]] held at the [[British Library]].
**''The Madras New Almanac and Compendium of Intelligence''
 
*** 1861 Summary of contents, computer page 8, detailed contents, computer page 10
Also note that administrative boundaries changed from time to time and it is important to check 'border' districts in the adjoining area.  The above map is adapted from Plate 21 of the (1931) revised atlas of the ''[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]''.  Such small scale maps cannot show every enclave of territory, and this map is not to be taken as an authority for boundaries.  For more detail see the provincial maps in the ''Imperial Gazetteer'' atlas, and large scale published ''Survey of India'' topographical maps.
**''The Asylum Press Almanack and Directory of Madras and Southern India''
 
***1918 Includes Burma. Summary of Contents, computer page 26. General Index missing.
==Recommended steps for your research==
***1919 Includes Burma. Summary of Contents, computer page 30. General Index commences computer page 2116, but is  only two pages A- Bolarum
 
***1924 Includes Nizam’s Dominions, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. Contents, computer page 44
===The very first steps===
***1925 Includes Nizam’s Dominions, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. Contents, Computer page 54
*Search the archives of the India List. You may find that someone else has already researched the family tree you are interested in. Read how to do this, and more about the India List, in the Fibiwiki link [[Mailing lists]]
***1928.Includes Nizam’s Dominions, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. Contents, computer page 78
 
*Search the main online data bases. There are three of these, FIBIS; the IGI index on Family Search - which is the website of the Mormon Latter Day Saints Church (LDS); and the British Library site, India Office Family History Search. The LDS site  hosts a large volume of transcriptions based on the India Office [[Church records|church records]] at the British Library, so you may wish to investigate this website first. '''Information about births is available to 1910, marriages to 1935 and deaths to 1948'''. (Alternative records are available for later births and marriages, see the link [[IGI]]). The FIBIS database contains information from many sources, including (at April 2013) some births to '''1925'''. The records found on the British Library website contain most of the information found on the original record, but are only a small proportion of the total records. To access the links for these data bases, and for more information, read
** [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php FIBIS database].   
**[[IGI]]
**[[Church records#Records at the British Library|Church records- Records at the British Library]].  
 
: '''The church records at the British Library are to be digitised and should be available online during 2013 through the commercial site findmypast.co.uk'''.
*When you have some identifying details of a person such as name, date and place(presidency), you might wish to join the India List (see above) and send an email to the list, asking whether anyone has any knowledge of the family.
 
*Consider joining your local genealogy society. Enquire about the facilities offered to members. Most large societies provide members free online access in their libraries to commercial sites such as FindMyPast and Ancestry. This will become especially relevant when the church records at the British Library are digitised and available through findmypast.co.uk. Some libraries may also offer free  access to websites such as FindMyPast and Ancestry, see [[Miscellaneous tips]].
 
===The next steps===
 
*Read the Fibiwiki article [[Birth, marriage and death records]] and all the associated articles and links
 
*By now, you may have some occupational details.  
**For officers and soldiers in the Military, read [[Armies in India]] and all the associated articles and links which are relevant to your research.
** Look at  [[:Category:Occupations]], and read the articles and links about occupations relevant to your research.
 
===Further steps===
*Look at  [[:Category:Research methods]], and [[:Category:Records]] and read the articles.
*Browse the remaining categories on the [[Main Page]]
 
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An adminsitrative subdivision of British India. The Madras Presidency covered the southern half of India and Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka).

See Presidencies in the Beginners' Guide

Maps

Madras Presidency northern section Imperial Gazetteer
Madras Presidency southern section Imperial Gazetteer

See also

External Links

Historical books online

Also see Madras (City)

Many editions are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, under the title Madras District Gazetteers
1862-63 1864, 1864-65 1866, 1865-66 1866, 1867-68 1868, 1868-69 1869 Google Books; 1869-70 1870, 1870-71 1872 Archive.org
  • ‪The Indian Official Thesaurus‬: ‪Being Introductory to Annals of Indian Administration Compiled by Meredith Townsend 1858‬ ‪Google Books. A guide to records.
  • The Annals of Indian Administration, edited by Meredith Townsend and later George Smith. Selected extracts from the Records of the Indian, Bengal, Madras Bombay, NWP, and Punjab and perhaps other Governments. Google Books. Many additional volumes up to Volume 19 1873-74 may be viewed online on the Digital Library of India website.
  • Madras Almanac and Directory.There were various titles over time.The following books are available to read online on Digital Library of India website.
    • The Madras Almanac and Compendium of Intelligence
      • 1857 Summary of contents, computer page 6, detailed contents, computer page 8
    • The Madras New Almanac and Compendium of Intelligence
      • 1861 Summary of contents, computer page 8, detailed contents, computer page 10
    • The Asylum Press Almanack and Directory of Madras and Southern India
      • 1918 Includes Burma. Summary of Contents, computer page 26. General Index missing.
      • 1919 Includes Burma. Summary of Contents, computer page 30. General Index commences computer page 2116, but is only two pages A- Bolarum
      • 1924 Includes Nizam’s Dominions, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. Contents, computer page 44
      • 1925 Includes Nizam’s Dominions, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. Contents, Computer page 54
      • 1928.Includes Nizam’s Dominions, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. Contents, computer page 78

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