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===The very first steps===
* Search the main online databases, consisting of free sites, and a commercial site. :There are three free websites: # [http://www.search.fibis.org/ '''FIBIS database'''] contains information from many sources. # The '''[[IGI]] ''' FamilySearch - which is the website of the Mormon Latter Day Saints Church (LDS) # [[British Library]], [http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ '''India Office Family History Search''']. Contains only a small proportion of the total records.:Commercial sites: '''[[findmypast]]''' is the main site for India related records. The records available on Ancestry are mainly a duplicate of those to be found on the free FamilySearch site.
:The commercial site [[findmypast]] and the [[IGI|Familysearch ]] web sites host a large volume of transcriptions based on the India Office [[Church records|church records]] housed at the British Library. (Some more recent records are not available for privacy reasons on [[findmypast]]. Alternative records are available for later births and marriages in the [[IGI]]). :Note: Only [[findmypast]] contains images of the records.
*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]]. When you have some identifying details of a person such as name, date and place(presidency), you might wish to join the India List and send an email to the list, asking whether anyone has any knowledge of the family.
*Consider joining your local genealogy society as most large societies provide members free online access in their libraries to commercial sites such as Findmypast findmypast and Ancestry. This is especially relevant as the church records at the British Library are now digitised and available through findmypast. Some libraries may also offer free access to websites such as Findmypast findmypast and Ancestry, see [[Miscellaneous tips]].
===The next steps===
