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* ''The Asiatic annual register, or, A view of the history of Hindustan, and of the politics, commerce and literature of Asia''. [Online version] London: Cadell & Davies, 1799-1811
In addition to standard information, these include many items about shipping, including ships hired for the season, and loss of ships.
All editions are fully available at Google Books. See [[Directories_online#Asiatic_Annual_Register|our index to volumes]].
* ''The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany/register''. [Online version] London: W.H. Allen, 1816-1845.
In addition to standard information, these include many items about shipping, including ships hired for the season, and loss of ships.
Google Books provides many editions (there were two per year until 1829, then three) to view online or download. FIBIwiki has an [[Asiatic Journal|index to available editions]].
Available for searching or reading online at Fully searchable editions covering various years can be found Online. See [[http://books.google.com/books?id=x_8nAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22east+india+register%22 Google BooksDirectories_online#East-India_Register|our index to volumes]]. May also be downloaded.
More online editions are available for searching, reading online or downloading at Google Books. See [[Directories_online#East-India_Register|our index to volumes]].
This PDF facsimile is out of production in the UK, but can be found at [http://www.archivecdbooks.com.au Archive CD Books Australia] or [http://www.archivecdbooks.ie Archive CD Books Ireland] or [http://www.archivecdbooksusa.com Archive CD Books USA]
* ''The Calcutta Christian observer''. [Online version] Calcutta: Thacker & Co.
Volumes 1-5 include listings of births, marriages, deaths, however the later volumes seem to be limited to missionaries etc. Available to view or download on Google Books. See [[Directories_online#Calcutta_Christian_Observer|our index to volumes]].
* ''Calcutta magazine and monthly register''. [Online Version] Calcutta: S. Smith & Co.
Available to view or download on Google Books. See [[Directories_online#Calcutta_Magazine_and_Monthly_Register|our index to volumes]]. Note that page numbers in some of volumes seem not to be consecutive, perhaps due to the way they have been bound or filmed.
* ''Calcutta monthly journal and general register''. [Online version] Calcutta: Samuel Smith & Son
Several editions are available on Google Books. See [[Directories_online#Calcutta_Monthly_Journal|our index to volumes]].
* ''The Calcutta monthly register''. [Online version] Vol 1, November 1790.
This is one of a number of directories from the late 1700’s available on the website [http://www.gale.cengage.com/DigitalCollections/products/ecco/index.htm Eighteenth Century Collections Online] (ECCO - a part of Gale Digital Collections).The access is restricted to library card holders (usually residents) of participating libraries, including the National Libraries of [http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/er/index.html Scotland], [http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=otherresourcesa-z Wales], [http://www.nli.ie/en/eresources.aspx Ireland], [http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/licenced/e Australia], [http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/athome.cfm State Library of NSW], and many Universities.
Most of the original books are in the British Library. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.
* ''The Oriental magazine; or, Calcutta amusement''. [Online version] 1785.
These is one of a number of directories from the late 1700’s available on the website [http://www.gale.cengage.com/DigitalCollections/products/ecco/index.htm Eighteenth Century Collections Online] (ECCO- A part of Gale Digital Collections).The access is restricted to library card holders (usually residents) of participating libraries, including the National Libraries of [http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/er/index.html Scotland], [http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=otherresourcesa-z Wales], [http://www.nli.ie/en/eresources.aspx Ireland], [http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/licenced/e Australia], [http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/athome.cfm State Library of NSW], and many Universities.
Most of the original books are in the British Library. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.
→Guide to directories
Ian Poyntz's [[Mailing lists|Roots Mailing List]] website has more [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/directories.html information on Directories] and the holdings in many libraries around the world, including the British Library.
Yearbooks and directories tend to overlap in the information they offer and for this reason both are included in this reading list. The historical summaries offered in a yearbook can provide excellent background information on a particular year to the family historian.
Searching directories that are available as online books is not as accurate as it could be, usually due to the quality of the print. As an example, a search led one researcher to an item in the 1838 ''Bengal Directory''. However, when the volume was read more widely several other items of interest were found, none of which had been picked up by using the search facility. If you are looking for something specific and you do not find it this way, it pays to look in the index, say for the births, marriages and deaths, and then go through the whole section.
Note that army and naval directories are listed in the [[Military_reading_list | Military reading list]]. See also:*[[Newspapers & magazines reading list]]*[[Directories online]]
==Guide to directories==
[[Image:FFF3.jpg|right]]* Morgan, Richard
''Indian Directories''. London: Families in British India Society, 2009 (FIBIS fact files; 3)
This booklet provides an invaluable guide to the printed directories available on people who lived or served in British India, with examples of the kind of information useful to family historians to be found in them. Written by Richard Morgan, whom many will know from his articles in family history journals on genealogical research relating to India, it is in his characteristically brisk and down-to-earth style, and full of practical advice on how to get the best out of these important sources. In particular he draws attention to the sometimes underestimated Thacker's ''Indian Directory '' which so often comes to the rescue when your ancestor was a 'non-official' and therefore omitted from almost all the official records. All the directories discussed are readily available at the British Library and directions are given on locating them elsewhere. (reviewed by David Blake, FIBIS Trustee)
Available from the [httphttps://shopwww.fibis.org /store/ FIBIS Bookshop]
==General Indian directories==
* ''The Bengal or East-India calendar''. [Online version] 1795
This early directory includes details for Madras, Bombay etc. and is part of a number of directories from the late 1700’s available on the website [http://www.gale.cengage.com/DigitalCollections/products/ecco/index.htm Eighteenth Century Collections Online] (ECCO- A part of Gale Digital Collections).The access is restricted to library card holders (usually residents) of participating Libraries, including the National Libraries of [http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/er/index.html Scotland], [http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=otherresourcesa-z Wales], [http://www.nli.ie/en/eresources.aspx Ireland], [http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/licenced/e Australia], [http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/athome.cfm State Library of NSW], and many Universities. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.
* ''The East India kalendar; or, Asiatic register for Bengal, Madras, Bombay, Fort Marlborough, China, and St. Helena''. [Online version] 1791, 1797
These very early editions of the ''East-India register'' are part of a number of directories from the late 1700’s available on the website [http://www.gale.cengage.com/DigitalCollections/products/ecco/index.htm Eighteenth Century Collections Online] (ECCO- A part of Gale Digital Collections).- see note above under ''The access is restricted to library card holders (usually residentsBengal or East-India calendar'') of participating Libraries, including the National Libraries of [http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/er/index.html Scotland], [http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=otherresourcesa-z Wales], [http://www.nli.ie/en/eresources.aspx Ireland], [http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/licenced/e Australia], [http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/athome.cfm State Library of NSW], and many Universities.Most of the original books are in the British Library. ECCO may also be accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms.
* ''An East-India register and directory''. [Microform] 1803-1860
The EIRs provide complete lists of the servants (employees) of the East India Company both at home and abroad including civilians, military and marine personnel, also Europeans and mariners with interests in India, but not in the service of the Company, for a particular year. The EIRs were superceded by ''The India list''.
The [[LDS]] (Mormon) Family Search Library has many editions from 1803 to 1860 in microfilm format listed in its [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=778871 Library Catalogue]. This [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=778871 page] from the Catalogue shows the various titles which are included in the series and will be available to view at a local [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Family History Center]. The EIRs were superceded by ''The India list''.
* ''The East-India register and directory for 1819''(Digitised editions). [Online version] London: Cox and Bayliss, 1819
* ''The East India register & Thacker's Indian directory 18301895''. [CD-Rom] Cinderford: Archive CD Books, 2003 **This PDF facsimile is out of production in the UK, but can be found at [http://www.archivecdbooks.com.au Archive CD Books Australia] or [http://www.archivecdbooks.ie Archive CD Books Ireland] or [http://www.archivecdbooksusa.com Archive CD Books USA] * ''The East India register & directory 1844''. [CD-Rom] Cinderford: Archive CD Books, 2005 This PDF facsimile is out of production in the UK, but can now be found at [http://www.archivecdbooks.com.au Archive CD Books Australia] searched or [http://www.archivecdbooks.ie Archive CD Books Ireland] or [http://www.archivecdbooksusa.com Archive CD Books USA] * ''The East-India register and army list''. [Online version] London: W.H. Allen Many editions are available for searching, reading browsed online or downloading at Google Books. See [[Directories_online#East-India_Register|our index to volumes]]. * ''East India registers DVD collection''. [DVD] Dewsbury: Your Old Books & Maps, 2007. This contains on one DVD ''The East India register & directory 1806'', ''The East-India register and directory 1827'', ''The East India register & directory 1836'', and ''The East India & Army list 1851'' as searchable PDF facsimiles. Each year on this DVD, plus others, are also available from [http://youroldbooksandmapssearch.ancestry.co.uk Your Old Books & Maps] as individual CD-Roms or pre-pay downloads. *''The Oriental magazine, and Calcutta review'' [Online version] 1823 Available to view or download on Google Books: [http:/search/booksdb.google.com/booksaspx?iddbid=0hkoAAAAYAAJ Volume 1, Jan-June 1823] [http://books31426 Ancestry.googleco.com/books?id=HRooAAAAYAAJ Volume 2, July-December 1823] * ''The Oriental herald and colonial review'' / edited by James Silk Buckingham. [Online version] London: Sandford Arnot Available to view or download on Google Books. See [[Directories_online#Oriental_Herald_and_Colonial_Review|our index to volumes]]. * ''Parbury's oriental herald and colonial intelligencer''. [Online version] London: Parbury & Co Available to view or download on Google Books. See [[Directories_online#Parbury.27s_Oriental_Herald_and_Colonial_Intelligencer|our index to volumes]uk]. * ''The Quarterly oriental magazine, review and register''. [Online version] Calcutta: Thacker Available to view or download on Google Books. See [[Directories_online#Quarterly_Oriental_Magazine.2C_Review_and_Register|our index to volumes]]. * ''Thacker's Indian directory 1895''. [CD-Rom] Cinderford: Archive CD Books, 2002
Thacker's annual directories are the most comprehensive of all the Indian directories.
==Regional Indian directories==
* ''The Bengal and Agra annual guide and gazetteer for 1841''. [Online version] Calcutta: W. Rushton and Co., 1841
Can be viewed, searched and downloaded on [http://books.google.com/books?id=6iQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11 Google Books].
* ''The Calcutta annual register 1821''. [Online version] Calcutta: Government Gazette Press, 1823
This provides, in what is termed historical sketches, a comparison between British India in 1810 and 1821, including information on the policies of the Indian states and British India, territorial expansion, finances and trade. There are also government regulations, plus parliamentary and India House proceedings for the year. There are some articles and an obituary. At the end is a section compiled from Calcutta newspapers listing the administrators/executors for the estates of various deceased people, arrivals and departures, marriages, deaths, and births. The births are arranged by the child's gender with twins at the end of the sequence.
Available to view or download on [http://books.google.com/books?id=26sEAAAAQAAJ Google Books].
==Civil Service directories==
* ''The India list''. [Microform] 1861-1947
When the governing of India was transferred from the HEIC to the British government, ''The East-India register'' was superceded by what was initially called ''The Indian army and civil service list''. This later series is collectively referred to as ''The India list''. The [[LDS]] (Mormon) Family Search Library has microfilmed editions of this from 1861 through to 1947 and these are listed in [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=778871 Library Catalogue] under the title ''An East-India register and directory''. This [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=778871 page] from the catalogue shows the various titles which form the series. Note that some of the volumes do not contain an Army List eg the 1905 volume mentioned below. The LDS(Mormon) Library catalogue has the following [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=578082 entry] for India Office Army Lists 1886-1940 available on fiche.The films can be viewed at a local [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp Family History Center].
