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| This page lists some former British schools in India, with links to their modern websites, where applicable. If you have information or links to add, please update this page.
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| For an excellent, well-written book on former British schools in India, please see Hazel Innes Craig's book ''Under the Old School Topee''. Available at the [[British Library]]
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| == Alphabetical list of schools == | | *[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=153&s_id=139 Bengal Wills in the India Office Records] 1780 to 1866 Complete, 1867-1909 surnames beginning ‘A’ only. |
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| | *[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=158&s_id=139 Officers Wills in the India Office Records] an index and extract from the IOR series L/AG/34/30/30. The wills of only 37 officers are included. They cover all three presidencies over the years 1831 to 1875 |
| | *[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=13&s_id=30 Administration Act Books] Administrations relating to India 1764 to 1857 |
| | *[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=14&s_id=30 Limited Administration Act Books] relating to India 1830 to 1839 |
| | *Sylvia Murphy, "Some Sources of Probate and Estate Records for India," ''FIBIS Journal'', No 8 (Autumn 2002). For details of how to access this article online, see [[FIBIS Journals]]. |
| | ===Obtaining a copy of a will=== |
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| [[Image:Baldwin's Boys School.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Baldwin Boys School, Bangalore]]
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| *[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2960/baldwin.htm '''Baldwin Boys' High School'''] [[Bangalore]]. Previously known as the Episcopal Methodist School
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| *'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html Barnes School]''', [[Deolali]]. Deolali (now Devlali) is near Nasik (Nashik), which is northeast of Bombay, across the Ghats. It was formerly a British school, then an Anglo-Indian school. This site contains a history of Barnes School. Also refer [[Orphans]], Bombay. [http://www.telusplanet.net/public/darouxl/Memories.html Barnes School Memories] has some photos of Barnes School, along with other photos of India and Anglo-Indians. | | * Copies of British India Office Wills & Probate 1774-1948 are available from [http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast] |
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| | * Order a LDS film (refer below) See [[Family History Centres]]. However, for most people findmypast would be more convenient. |
| | * [http://www.fibis.org/membership.htm FIBIS members] can also take advantage of the FIBIS research service to obtain a photocopy of a microfilmed will from the [[British Library]] (and, indeed, details from other records ) where a reference has been found on the website. A search can also be made for wills, probates and inventories which may not yet be listed online. Members should contact the research co-ordinator - [mailto:research@fibis.org research@fibis.org] - for details of this service. |
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| *'''Bethany College''', [[Darjeeling]].
| | ==Records== |
| | The [[British Library]] webpage [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/willsandadministrations/willsadmin.html Wills and Administration] lists sources in the [[India Office Records]]. |
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| *'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Darjeeling]]. | | The records include [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_4&cid=1-60#1-60 Wills, probates, administrations and inventories of estates of persons who died in India and Burma '''IOR/L/AG/34/29'''] which include |
| | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_4&cid=1-60-2#1-60-2 Bengal wills '''IOR/L/AG/34/29/4-184'''] Calcutta Supreme/High Court |
| | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_4&cid=1-60-3#1-60-3 Madras wills and administrations '''IOR/L/AG/34/29/185-340'''] Madras Supreme/High Court |
| | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_4&cid=1-60-4#1-60-4 Bombay wills and administrations '''IOR/L/AG/34/29/341-380'''] Bombay Supreme/High Court |
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| *'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Madras]].
| | These records, with images, are available for download on the [http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast] website. |
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| *'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Simla]].
| | Note that if you are searching for a person who lived outside of Calcutta and the other capitals, up-country, in the Mofussil, they will probably be found in the records of the District Courts, not the Supreme Courts. The District Court records start from 1865, as explained in this [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlag_4&cid=1-65#1-65 summary of L/AG/34 contents]. The only information available in relation to wills proved in District Courts are the summaries of grants made which are contained in the District Court Calendars of Probate. Unlike wills proved in the Supreme Courts at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, copies of the actual wills were not sent to the India Office in London. These records do NOT appear to have been digitised by FindMy Past. At this point (December 2009) it appears most likely that the Indian Courts, rather than Regional State Archives in India would be most likely to hold the probated wills, if copies still exist. Details of both these sources may be found in [[Indian Libraries and Archives]]. |
| :[http://bishopcottonshimla.com The official website] contains a history of the school. (Simla is now called Shimla.)
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| :[http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Plaza/6143/contents.htm The unofficial website] has a range of information on modern activities of the school, as well as a brief history of the school.
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| :[http://www.oldcottonians.org Old Cottonians Association] also has the following:
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| ::[http://www.oldcottonians.org/ocs1863-2004_listing.htm Listing of Boys at the School 1863-2004]
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| ::[http://oldcottonians.org/search_page.htm Search the Names]
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| *'''Bombay Scottish School''', [[Bombay]]. Established in 1847 as the 'Scottish Female Orphanage', in 1856 as the 'Orphanage for the Sons of Presbyterians', the school was combined in 1863 to become the 'Bombay Scottish Orphanage'.
| | Some wills proved in England relate to persons with links to India or, indeed, those who have actually died in India. Maybe property was held at home and abroad and, therefore, the will was proved in both places. Where this happened before 1858 a will held in the British Library may also be mirrored in the Documents Online section of the National Archives website – from where it can be downloaded at nominal cost. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/willsdeathduties.asp National Archives]. |
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| *'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Breeks]''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see below).
| | [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1904 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941] is now available through Ancestry.co.uk. Note there are a few gaps in records. If you wish to order a copy of a will or grant mentioned in this collection, you can do so for a fee from the Principal Probate Registry or any district probate registry, or you can make a request by mail. Read how to do this in the [http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1176.htm Guide to obtaining probate records from 1858 in England and Wales] by Her Majesty’s Courts Service (HMCS) part of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). |
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| *'''Cambrai Hall''', [[Dehra Dun]]. | | *[http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast] |
| | *[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=+Probate+India&prekeyword=+Probate+India Microfilms in the Family History Library] - a list obtained by a keyword search ('probate, India') of filmed India Office records in the [[LDS]] (Mormon) Family History Library Catalogue. |
| | *[http://www.sog.org.uk/uploads/Gillian_Stevens_and_Chad_Hanna_-Wills_and_Where_to_Find_Them.pdf Wills and Where to find them in England and Wales] by Gillian Stevens and Chad Hanna sog.org.uk [http://www.sog.org.uk/learn/who-do-you-think-you-are-2013-speakers-handouts/ upload] 2013 |
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| *'''Carman School''', [[Dehra Dun]].
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| *'''Colonel Brown Cambridge School''', [[Dehra Dun]].
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| *'''Constancia School''', [[Dehra Dun]].
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| *'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Dehra Dun]].
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| *'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Lahore]].
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| *'''[http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/convent_jesus_mary_murree.html Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Murree]].
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| *'''[http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Cabana/3861/alumdarj1.html Darjeeling Schools]'''. John Kinglsey's website provides a list of schools in Darjeeling, along with official websites, where they exist.
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| *'''Doveton College''', [[Madras]]. Now called the Doveton-Corrie High School.
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| *'''Dow Hill School''', [[Kurseong]].
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| *'''[http://www.drgrahamshomes.co.uk/ Dr Graham’s Homes]''', [[Kalimpong]]. The Homes were set up in 1900 by Dr Graham of the church of Scotland to house, feed, educate and train abandoned Anglo-Indian children. Dr Graham's Homes are still in existence today and this website has many photos of the Homes and the children. ''Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home'' by Alison Blunt page 115 [http://books.google.com/books?id=YEykMG3QIXMC&pg=PA115 Limited View Google Books] has a reference. ''Dr Graham of Kalimpong'' by James R Minto 1974 and 1995. The story of the children’s homes founded for the children of tea workers. The 1974 edition is available at the [[British Library]].
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| *'''[[Duke of York's Military School]]'''. A school in Dover, England for sons of soldiers and officers serving in India. This unofficial website is to help ‘Old Boys and Old Girls’ keep in contact via the Internet.
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| *'''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''', [[Mussoorie]], also called the '''EIR School''' (see Oak Grove School below).
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| *'''Fairlawn School''', [[Mussoorie]]. This School was established as the '''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School''' in August 1877 with about 27 pupils. Following extensions about 1880, 45 children (boys and girls) could be accommodated. Later (after January 1886) it was renamed the '''North Western Railway School'''. Following the death of the Headmaster in 1894, the School closed and the boys were transferred to the '''Oak Grove School''' (see below). It is not known (2009) where the girls went.
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| *'''Goethals Memorial School'''. Built on the side of a hill in the Himalayan Mountains, Goethals Memorial School is situated near the picturesque town of [[Kurseong]], a district of Darjeeling.
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| *'''Hallett War School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1941-42. A hisory of the school can be found at the [http://www.birlavidyamandir.com/index.asp Birla Vidyamandir School] website.
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| *'''[http://hebronooty.org/ Hebron School]''', [[Ootacamund]]. Formerly Breeks and Lushington Boys' School.
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| *'''Kodaikanal International School'''. This began as a school for the children of missionaries in 1901.
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| *'''Lawrence School, Mount Abu''', also known as Abu Lawrence School was one of four Lawrence Military Asylums, founded to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India. It was located at Mount Abu, a hill station in Rajasthan. It no longer exists. [http://www.indian-tales.com/pages50-59.asp Indian Tales by Patrick O'Meara]
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| *[http://www.lawrence.edu.pk '''Lawrence College, Ghora Gali'''], [[Murree]]. One of the four Lawrence Military Asylums, founded to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_School,_Ghora_Gali Wikipedia] [http://www.indian-tales.com/pages50-59.asp Indian Tales by Patrick O'Meara]
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| *[http://www.thelawrenceschool.org/tls.html '''Lawrence School, Lovedale'''] (near [[Ootacamund]]) [http://www.lovedale.org Alumni Website]. One of the four Lawrence schools in India, founded to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India. This school is in Ootacamund in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_School,_Lovedale Wikipedia]. Also refer [[Orphans#Lawrence_Asylum.2C_Lovedale.2C_near_Ootacamund|Orphans]].
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| *[http://www.sanawar.edu.in '''Lawrence School, Sanawar'''] (near [[Simla]]). The first of the four Lawrence schools in India, founded to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India. They were originally called Lawrence Military Asylums. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_School,_Sanawar Wikipedia]. Also refer [[Orphans#Lawrence_Military_Asylum.2C_Sanawar|Orphans]]
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| *'''Lushington Boys' School''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see above).
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| [[Image:La Martiniere College.jpg|thumb|300px|La Martiniere College]]
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| *'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/lmc.html La Martiniere College]''', [[Lucknow]]. This is David King's website about La Martiniere College in Lucknow.
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| *'''La Martiniere College''', [[Calcutta]].
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| *'''Mount Hermon School''', [[Darjeeling]]
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| :Founded by Emma Knowles and previously called '''Queen's Hill''' (see below).
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| :[http://oldmhs.com/ Old Mount Hermon Students' Association (UK)] (secretary: Hazel Craig).
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| :[http://www.success.co.th/mthermon/ Another alumni (unofficial) website].
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| :[http://homepage.mac.com/kshagen/IndiaTrip/PhotoAlbum10.html Photos taken in 2003] by Karl Hagen.
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| *'''North Western Railway School, Fairlawn''', [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.
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| *'''[http://www.oakgrove-jharipani.com Oak Grove School]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Official school website includes a history. This School was originally known as the '''East Indian Railway School, Oak Grove''' and still has a strong railway connection. In 1894 it took over the boys from the '''Fairlawn School''' (see above) which was situated nearby, when the headmaster of Fairlawn died.
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| *'''Philander Smith College''', [[Mussoorie]]. Founded by the American Methodist Episcopal Missionary Society.
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| *'''Queen's Hill'''. Founded by Emma Knowles. Later called '''Mount Hermon''' (see above).
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| *'''Station School''', [[Rawalpindi]]
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| *'''St Denys' School''', [[Murree]]. Anglican girls school established 1882. Dr Ali Jan's [http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/st_denys_murree.html site] has photos and memories. Partly destroyed by a fire in November 2009.
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| *'''St Helen's School''', [[Kurseong]]. Also includes Goethal's Memorial College.
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| *'''[http://www.st-georges.info/ St George's College]''', [[Mussoorie]], near [[Dehra Dun]]. Founded by the Capuchin Fathers in 1854, it has been run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order, since 1894.
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| *'''St Joan's School''', [[Kashmir]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1943-45.
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| *'''St Joseph's Academy''', [[Dehra Dun]].
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| *'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Bangalore]].
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| *'''St Joseph's Boys High School''', [[Vepery]], [[Madras]].
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| *'''St Joseph's Boys Higher Secondary Schoool''', [[Coonoor]]. A school founded and run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order.
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| *'''[http://www.sursumcorda.org/ St Joseph's College]''', [[Darjeeling]]. The official school website. [http://www.geocities.com/heartland/pines/1045/ St Joseph's College, Darjeeling] - Arijit Sen's website.
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| *'''St Lawrence High School''', [[Calcutta]]. Formerly known as the Lower Orphan School on Free School Street in Calcutta.
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| *'''[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/directry.htm St Mary’s High School]''', [[Mount Abu]]. This webpage has lists of the students in attendance at St Mary’s High School in various years.
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| [[Image:School crest.jpg|right|thumb|200px|School Crest of St Paul's School, Jalapahar]]
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| *'''[http://www.spsasansol.com/ St Patrick’s]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official website of the school.
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| *'''[http://www.zubin.com/paulites/ St Paul's, Jalapahar]''', [[Darjeeling]]. A very expensive school, attended by the children of the highest Imperial officials. This link is to Zubin Medora's website.
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| *'''St Teresa's Girls' High School''', [[Darjeeling]].
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| *'''[http://www.svsasansol.com/ St Vincent’s School]''', [[Asansol]]. This is the official school website.
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| *'''St Xavier's School''', [[Amhedabad]].
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| *'''Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway School,''' [[Mussoorie]]. See '''Fairlawn School''' above.
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| *'''[http://www.orbonline.net/~auballan/vicdow.htm Victoria School and Dow Hill School]''', [Kurseong]. This is the website of The Old Boys and Old Girls Association of Victoria School and Dow Hill School, [[Kurseong]].
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| *'''[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the website of John Feltham, a former student at [[Kurseong]].
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| *'''Wellesley Girls High School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Founded by Emma Knowles, who also founded '''Mount Hermon''' (see above). Boys attended until their 9th birthday.
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| *'''[http://www.woodstock.ac.in/ Woodstock School]''', Landour, [[Mussoorie]]. Founded in 1854 as the "Protestant Girls' School," Woodstock passed through several [http://www.woodstock.ac.in/info/downloads/content/SchoolDocs/WShistory.pdf manifestations] (girls school, finishing school, college) before emerging as one of the leading international schools in India with a significant roll of expatriates. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_School Wikipedia].
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| *'''[http://www.wynbergallen.com/ Wynberg-Allen School]''', [[Mussoorie]], was opened in 1887 with a Nonconformist leaning and moved to the Wynberg estate in 1894. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynberg_Allen_School Wikipedia].
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Orphan Schools in Madras]]
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| ==Other Resources==
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] has articles on many schools in India (of varying quality). An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_schools_in_India incomplete list of schools] is also available.
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| *''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 contains information in Chapter 6 about schools. [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
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| *''Problematic spaces, problematic races: defining 'Europeans' in late colonial India'' by Elizabeth Buettner. Article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~db=all~content=a768371327~fulltext=713240930 Read] the article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. Mentions schooling.
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| === Making Contact ===
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| *[http://www.batchmates.com/ Batchmates] This is a site where you can register your interest in a particular school in India that you attended in youth.
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| *[http://www.alumni.net/Asia/India/ Indian Alumni] This is a website to help alumni of Indian schools make contact with each other.
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FIBIS resources
Obtaining a copy of a will
To obtain a copy of a will indexed in the above FIBIS resources you have the following options:
- Copies of British India Office Wills & Probate 1774-1948 are available from findmypast
- Contact the British Library
- Order a LDS film (refer below) See Family History Centres. However, for most people findmypast would be more convenient.
- FIBIS members can also take advantage of the FIBIS research service to obtain a photocopy of a microfilmed will from the British Library (and, indeed, details from other records ) where a reference has been found on the website. A search can also be made for wills, probates and inventories which may not yet be listed online. Members should contact the research co-ordinator - research@fibis.org - for details of this service.
Records
The British Library webpage Wills and Administration lists sources in the India Office Records.
The records include Wills, probates, administrations and inventories of estates of persons who died in India and Burma IOR/L/AG/34/29 which include
These records, with images, are available for download on the findmypast website.
Note that if you are searching for a person who lived outside of Calcutta and the other capitals, up-country, in the Mofussil, they will probably be found in the records of the District Courts, not the Supreme Courts. The District Court records start from 1865, as explained in this summary of L/AG/34 contents. The only information available in relation to wills proved in District Courts are the summaries of grants made which are contained in the District Court Calendars of Probate. Unlike wills proved in the Supreme Courts at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, copies of the actual wills were not sent to the India Office in London. These records do NOT appear to have been digitised by FindMy Past. At this point (December 2009) it appears most likely that the Indian Courts, rather than Regional State Archives in India would be most likely to hold the probated wills, if copies still exist. Details of both these sources may be found in Indian Libraries and Archives.
Some wills proved in England relate to persons with links to India or, indeed, those who have actually died in India. Maybe property was held at home and abroad and, therefore, the will was proved in both places. Where this happened before 1858 a will held in the British Library may also be mirrored in the Documents Online section of the National Archives website – from where it can be downloaded at nominal cost. National Archives.
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941 is now available through Ancestry.co.uk. Note there are a few gaps in records. If you wish to order a copy of a will or grant mentioned in this collection, you can do so for a fee from the Principal Probate Registry or any district probate registry, or you can make a request by mail. Read how to do this in the Guide to obtaining probate records from 1858 in England and Wales by Her Majesty’s Courts Service (HMCS) part of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).
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