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==UK Census==
*The censuses for England, Wales and Scotland to 1911 are generally available online on [[findmypast]] and Ancestry, and probably other genealogical websites, with the exception of the 1911 Census of Scotland which appears to be only available on [http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=554&2064 ScotlandsPeople]. Children, whose parents are in India. may be shown to be at school in Britain.
:If searching the See below for 1911 England and Wales Census census for overseas military personnel, including those in India, note that for searching findmypast the "County" is Overseas Military.
*[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie Census of Ireland 1901/1911] The National Archives of Ireland. Free online records. The 1901 census was taken on 31st March 1901and the 1911 census was taken on 2 April 1911.
*A list of individuals that are recorded on the 1881 UK [England, Scotland, Wales] census as born in India/East Indies can be found on [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=127&s_id=132 FIBIS Search]. There are over 22,000 names, transcribed by Valmay S. Young. Please note this is not an Indian census. All the individuals were in the UK in 1881.
*A list of individuals recorded in the 1841-1871 UK [England, Scotland, Wales] census as born in India/East Indies can be found at [http://spuddybike.org.uk/familyhistory/census/index.html People born in India and Burma as recorded in the UK Census's 1841-1871] As above, these are individuals resident in the UK at the time of the UK census. The list does not include residents of Scotland for 1841. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130811145802/http://spuddybike.org.uk/familyhistory/census/index.html archive.org link]) Jon Johnson's spuddybike.org.uk
*1911 England and Wales Census - [[British Army]] personnel in India, together with their families, appeared for the first time in an England and Wales Census in 1911. The census was taken on the night of Sunday 2 April, 1911. Note however, there are is at least one known instance of a soldier and his family known to be in the British Army in India at the time of the census, whose names do not appeat in the census, suggesting the data may not be complete.
:If searching the 1911 England and Wales Census for overseas military personnel, including those in India, note that for searching findmypast the "County" is Overseas Military.
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