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If your ancestors were baptised, married or buried in a European church in British India, then the church records should have been transcribed and sent to the capital of the [[Presidency]], where they would later have been forwarded on to London. These records were indexed and about 80% of church records in British India are believed to have survived. You can access these records at the [[British Library]], or at [[LDS]] [[Family History Centres]]. Many of these records are now available online, see the page [[Findmypast]] (pay website) for images, or [[FamilySearch]] for transcribed records.

All Rootsweb Mailing Lists, including the India List will close from 2 March 2020. However the [https://listsmlarchives.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/listlistindexes/emails?listname=india.rootsweb.com/ India List archives] will remain searchable.

Especially during the period when a [[Bonds, Covenants, Indentures and Obligations, etc|bond]] was required, it was quite hard for a Briton to get permission to enter India, as there were always more applicants than positions, especially for the civilian merchant posts. Many excluded Britons, especially Scots, got around this ban by joining other European East India Companies like the Danish or Swedish ones, and then simply transferring over in India. When the European East India Companies ceased trading, at least some of the employees appear to have been taken on by the [British] East India Company.<ref>Balmer, Nicholas.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200226034404/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/4208205/ Permission to travel to India & Bonds until 1833] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 18 February 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2020, now archived. </ref>