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Information relating to French ancestry in India.

Principal locations

The major French possessions in India were:

Brief history of the French in India

The French East India Company was formed in 1664, but it was so closely tied with the state that its fortunes rose and fell with the careers of ministers and turns of politics. It was not until after 1720 that its fortunes revived rapidly. Until this time, the the French stake in India was not great enough to warrant the English fighting over it, so the two companies declared neutrality. However, between 1720 and 1740, the French Company's trade increased to ten times its value until it was nearly half the size of the English Company. The French Company now presented an economic threat to the English Company.

This threat was exacerbated by two wholly European wars : the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years War (1756-1763), in which England and France were on opposite sides. The two Companies, backed by their respective states, went to war in India. The ensuing conflicts were known as the Carnatic Wars. In 1746 the French captured Madras but the British exchanged this for Cape Breton Island in North America in 1748. The French and English then fought over Indian territory, aiding rival princes and governors, until the French were soundly defeated in 1760. Pondicherry fell and the power of the French in India was effectively ended, although a brief resurgence occurred in 1782 under Admiral de Suffren. The French colonies in India remained separate from British India until Independence came in 1947 and the French voluntarily ceded its former colonies to the new Indian state.¹

FIBIS resources

Some indexes to Chandernagore Civil Births, Marriages and Deaths have been transcribed and are available to search. For further information see Chandernagore.

Records

General articles:

Church records

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. See Birth, marriage and death records for further information. However, your French ancestors may not have lived in British India. In this case, the church records will not be kept in the APAC at the British Library.

Some church records from French India have been microfilmed by the LDS and are available at LDS Family History Centres:

Parish records, 1676-1777 Catholic Church. Carnatic Mission, Pondicherry - microfilm no. 1609811
Parish records, 1709-1990 Catholic Church. Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry - microfilm no. 1609796, 1609809-1609812
Parish records, 1815-1990 Catholic Church. Notre Dame des Anges, Pondicherry - microfilm no. 1609813-1609814
Parish records, 1903-1950 Catholic Church. Saint Francis of Assisi, Pondicherry - microfilm no. 1609747
Parish records, 1908-1990 Catholic Church. Sacred Heart, Pondicherry - microfilm no. 1609747
Parish records, 1587-1830 Catholic Church. Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Pondicherry - microfilm nos. 1083618-1083619, 1083790-1083792, 1083779
Parish records, 1731-1830 Catholic Church Notre-Dame, Karikal - microfilm no. 1083797
Parish records, 1723-1825 Catholic Church Ste-Thérèse Mahé - microfilm no. 1083799
Parish records, 1690-1830 Catholic Church St-Louis Chandernagor - microfilm no. 1764204

Civil registration

The LDS have microfilmed records of civil registration of births, marriages, deaths for French India. French Civil Registration records contain a great deal of information. The film details are:

Karikal 1731-1854 Chandernagor 1817-1854 Pondicherry 1817-1834, 1844-1854 Mahé 1815-1854 Yanaon 1817-1854 ten-year indexes - microfilm no. 1764204
Pondicherry 1791-1867 - microfilm nos. 1083780-1083784 and 1083793-1083795
Karikal 1792-1864 - microfilm nos. 1083797-1083798
Mahé 1826-1864 - microfilm no. 1083799

Cemeteries

The LDS have microfilmed the book List of inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaeological interest by Julian James Cotton, which includes cemeteries in Pondicherry. The microfilm no. is 795967.

Jean-Claude Féray has transcribed Surnames in the European Cemetery in Pondicherry. They are in the French language, but non-French speakers should be able to work out the lists.

BACSA has published many transcriptions of monumental inscriptions from headstones throughout South Asia. These include the French Cemetery at Calcutta.

Military records

The LDS have 51 microfiche of the French Government's "Alphabetical list of military and civilian officers serving in the French colonies, (abt. 1659-1873)." They are microfiche no. 6002212.

Miscellaneous information

This India list post advises that in French, if you see a surname with the word ‘dit’ after it such as ‘Smith dit Brown’ it means Smith known as Brown.

References

A History of India (Volume Two) (1978) by Percival Spear p.68, p.77

External links

Wikipedia:

Other:

"French Physicians in 17th Century Mughal India" [pdf file]

Historical books online

An account of the war in India, between the English and French, on the coast of Coromandel, from 1750 to the year 1760 by Richard Owen Cambridge (1761) Google Books
Notes on Pondicherry: or, The French in India. To which is added A sketch of the Moguls. etc by an Officer of the Madras Artillery (1845) Google Books
History of the French in India: From the Founding of Pondichery in 1674 to the Capture of that Place in 1761 by George Bruce Malleson (1868) Google Books
Final French Struggles in India and on the Indian Seas by George Bruce Malleson (1878) Archive.org
A Particular Account of the European Adventurers of Hindustan 1784 to 1803 by Herbert Compton (1893) ( Benoit De Boigne (French), George Thomas, General Perron (French)) Archive.org

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-== Brief History and Principal Locations ==
+Information relating to '''French''' ancestry in India.
-The major French possessions in India were [[Pondicherry]], [[Chandernagar]], [[Karikal]] and [[Mahé]]. The French East India Company was formed in 1664, but it was so closely tied with the state that its fortunes rose and fell with the careers of ministers and turns of politics. It was not until after 1720 that its fortunes revived rapidly. Until this time, the the French stake in India was not great enough to warrant the English fighting over it, so the two companies declared neutrality. However, between 1720 and 1740, the French Company's trade increased to ten times its value until it was nearly half the size of the English Company. The French Company now presented an economic threat to the English Company. This was then exacerbated by two wholly European wars : the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years War (1756-1763), in which England and France were on opposite sides. The two companies, backed by their respective states, went to war in India. In 1746 the French captured Madras but the British exchanged Madras for Cape Breton Island in North America in 1748. The French and English then fought over Indian territory, aiding rival princes and governors, until the French were soundly defeated in 1760. Pondicherry fell and the power of the French in India was effectively ended, although a brief resurgence occurred in 1782 under Admiral de Suffren. The French colonies in India remained separate from British India until Independence came in 1947 and the French voluntarily ceded its former colonies to the new Indian state.
+==Principal locations==
+The major French possessions in India were:
+*[[Pondicherry]]
+*[[Chandernagar]]
+*[[Karikal]]
+*[[Mahé]]
+*[[Yanaon]]
-Source : '''A History of India''' (Volume Two) (1978) by Percival Spear p.68, p.77
+== Brief history of the French in India==
+The French East India Company was formed in 1664, but it was so closely tied with the state that its fortunes rose and fell with the careers of ministers and turns of politics. It was not until after 1720 that its fortunes revived rapidly. Until this time, the the French stake in India was not great enough to warrant the English fighting over it, so the two companies declared neutrality. However, between 1720 and 1740, the French Company's trade increased to ten times its value until it was nearly half the size of the English Company. The French Company now presented an economic threat to the English Company.
-== Church Records ==
+This threat was exacerbated by two wholly European wars : the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years War (1756-1763), in which England and France were on opposite sides. The two Companies, backed by their respective states, went to war in India.  The ensuing conflicts were known as the [[Carnatic Wars]]. In 1746 the French captured [[Madras (City)|Madras]] but the British exchanged this for Cape Breton Island in North America in 1748. The French and English then fought over Indian territory, aiding rival princes and governors, until the French were soundly defeated in 1760. Pondicherry fell and the power of the French in India was effectively ended, although a brief resurgence occurred in 1782 under Admiral de Suffren. The French colonies in India remained separate from British India until Independence came in 1947 and the French voluntarily ceded its former colonies to the new Indian state.<sup>[[References|1]]</sup>
-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 [[APAC]] in the British Library in London, or at [[LDS]] [[Family History Centres]]. The FIBIS website has extensive information on locating [[church records]] on microfilm for British India.
+== FIBIS resources ==
-However, your French ancestors may not have lived in British India (i.e. that portion of India that was controlled by the British - this grew from a very small area in 1600 to almost all of India by 1947). In this case, the church records will not be kept in the [[APAC]] at the British Library.
+Some indexes to Chandernagore Civil Births, Marriages and Deaths have been transcribed and are available to search. For further information see [[Chandernagore]].
-Some church records from French India have been microfilmed by the [[LDS]] and are available at [[LDS]] [[Family History Centres]]:
+==Records==
+General articles:
+*[[Birth, marriage and death records]]
+*[[Non-British Ancestors]]
-Parish records, 1676-1777 Catholic Church. Carnatic Mission, Pondicherry - microfilm no. '''1609811'''
+=== Church records ===
+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. See [[Birth, marriage and death records]] for further information.  However, your French ancestors may not have lived in British India. In this case, the church records will not be kept in the [[APAC]] at the British Library.
-Parish records, 1709-1990 Catholic Church. Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry - microfilm no. '''1609796, 1609809-1609812'''
+Some church records from French India have been microfilmed by the [[LDS]] and are available at LDS [[Family History Centres]]:
+*Parish records, 1676-1777 Catholic Church. Carnatic Mission, Pondicherry - microfilm no. '''1609811'''
+*Parish records, 1709-1990 Catholic Church. Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Pondicherry - microfilm no. '''1609796, 1609809-1609812'''
+*Parish records, 1815-1990 Catholic Church. Notre Dame des Anges, Pondicherry - microfilm no. '''1609813-1609814'''
+*Parish records, 1903-1950 Catholic Church. Saint Francis of Assisi, Pondicherry - microfilm no. '''1609747'''
+*Parish records, 1908-1990 Catholic Church. Sacred Heart, Pondicherry - microfilm no. '''1609747'''
+*Parish records, 1587-1830 Catholic Church. Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Pondicherry - microfilm nos. '''1083618-1083619, 1083790-1083792, 1083779'''
+*Parish records, 1731-1830 Catholic Church Notre-Dame, Karikal - microfilm no. '''1083797'''
+*Parish records, 1723-1825 Catholic Church Ste-Thérèse Mahé - microfilm no. '''1083799'''
+*Parish records, 1690-1830 Catholic Church St-Louis Chandernagor - microfilm no. '''1764204'''
-Parish records, 1815-1990 Catholic Church. Notre Dame des Anges, Pondicherry - microfilm no. '''1609813-1609814'''
+=== Civil registration ===
+The [[LDS]] have microfilmed records of civil registration of births, marriages, deaths for French India. French Civil Registration records contain a great deal of information. The film details are:
+*Karikal 1731-1854 Chandernagor 1817-1854 Pondicherry 1817-1834, 1844-1854 Mahé 1815-1854 Yanaon 1817-1854 ten-year indexes - microfilm no. '''1764204'''
+*Pondicherry 1791-1867 - microfilm nos. '''1083780-1083784''' and '''1083793-1083795'''
+*Karikal 1792-1864 - microfilm nos. '''1083797-1083798'''
+*Mahé 1826-1864 - microfilm no. '''1083799'''
-Parish records, 1903-1950 Catholic Church. Saint Francis of Assisi, Pondicherry - microfilm no. '''1609747'''
+=== Cemeteries ===
+The [[LDS]] have microfilmed the book ''List of inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaeological interest'' by Julian James Cotton, which includes cemeteries in Pondicherry. The microfilm no. is '''795967'''.
-Parish records, 1908-1990 Catholic Church. Sacred Heart, Pondicherry - microfilm no. '''1609747'''
-Parish records, 1587-1830 Catholic Church. Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Pondicherry - microfilm nos. '''1083618-1083619, 1083790-1083792, 1083779'''
-Parish records, 1731-1830 Catholic Church Notre-Dame, Karikal - microfilm no. '''1083797'''
-Parish records, 1723-1825 Catholic Church Ste-Thérèse Mahé - microfilm no. '''1083799'''
-Parish records, 1690-1830 Catholic Church St-Louis Chandernagor - microfilm no. '''1764204'''
-== Civil Registration ==
-The [[LDS]] have microfilmed records of civil registration of births, marriages, deaths for French India. French Civil Registration records contain a great deal of information. The details are:
-Karikal 1731-1854 Chandernagor 1817-1854 Pondicherry 1817-1834, 1844-1854 Mahé 1815-1854 Yanaon 1817-1854 ten-year indexes - microfilm no. '''1764204'''
-Pondicherry 1791-1867 - microfilm nos. '''1083780-1083784''' and '''1083793-1083795'''
-Karikal 1792-1864 - microfilm nos. '''1083797-1083798'''
-Mahé 1826-1864 - microfilm no. '''1083799'''
-== FIBIS Resources ==
-Some indexes to Chandernagore Civil Births, Marriages and Deaths have been transcribed and are available to search. For further information see [[ Chandernagore]]
-== Cemeteries ==
-The [[LDS]] have microfilmed the book '''List of inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaeological interest''' by Julian James Cotton, which includes cemeteries in Pondicherry. The microfilm no. is '''795967'''
 Jean-Claude Féray has transcribed [http://www.ifrance.com/pondichery/Patro-cim.html Surnames in the European Cemetery in Pondicherry]. They are in the French language, but non-French speakers should be able to work out the lists.
@@ Line 54: / Line 50: @@
 [[BACSA]] has published many transcriptions of monumental inscriptions from headstones throughout South Asia. These include the French Cemetery at [[Calcutta]].
+===Military records===
+The LDS have 51 microfiche of the French Government's "Alphabetical list of military and civilian officers serving in the French colonies, (abt. 1659-1873)." They are microfiche no. '''6002212'''.
-== Books ==
+==Archives==
+===ANOM, previously CAOM===
-The following book is available at the LDS Family History Centre in Salt Lake City. If you know where other copies are available, please update this page:
+This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-03/1172865924 post] says that the Pondicherry archives are in the "Centre des Archives d'Outre-Mer" (CAOM) in the city of Aix en Provence, France. The archive is now known as the [http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caom/fr/accueil/caom_accueil.html Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer] (ANOM).
+*[http://caom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/sdx/ulysse/index Ulysse], ANOM's searchable database of images from the colonial period [in French].
-'''Dictionnaire généalogique et armorial de l'Inde française, 1560-1962''' by Place, Agnès de. Published in 1997 in Versailles.
+*[http://archiveswiki.historians.org/index.php/Archives_Nationales_d%E2%80%99Outre_Mer ANOM on ArchivesWiki].  See the linked "Easy Archive Tip" document for details of visiting ANOM.
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archives_nationales_(France)#Archives_nationales_d.27outre-mer ANOM] Wikipedia
-The following books related to the French in India are currently available :
-'''Dictionnaire généalogique des familles de l'Inde-française'''
-By LucienJean Bord and Michel Gaudart de Soulages. Paperback edition (1984).
-'''The French in India : From Diamond Traders to Sanskrit Scholars'''
-By Rose Vincent (Editor). Hardcover edition (1990).
-'''Fortunes a Faire : The French in Asian Trade,1719-48'''
-By Catherine Manning (Editor). Hardcover edition (1996).
-'''Indika Essays in Indo-French Relations : Essays in Indo-French Relations, 1630-1976'''
-By Jean Marie Lafont. Hardcover edition (2000).
-'''French in India and Indian Nationalism'''
-By K.S. Mathew (1999).
-'''An account of the war in India, between the English and French, on the coast of Coromandel, from 1750 to the year 1760''' by Richard Owen Cambridge 1761 [http://books.google.com/books?id=DRANAAAAYAAJ Google Books]
-'''Notes on Pondicherry: or, The French in India. To which is added A sketch of the Moguls. Also, Selected essays on various subjects''' by an Officer of the Madras Artillery 1845 [http://books.google.com/books?id=hkwBAAAAQAAJ Google Books]
-'''History of the French in India: From the Founding of Pondichery in 1674 to the Capture of that Place in 1761''' by George Bruce Malleson 1868  [http://books.google.com/books?id=vAxX68LiNMkC Google Books]
-'''Final French Struggles in India and on the Indian Seas''' by George Bruce  Malleson 1878 [http://www.archive.org/stream/finalfrenchstru01mallgoog#page/n7/mode/1up Archive.org]
-'''A Particular Account of the European Adventurers of Hindustan 1784 to 1803''' by Herbert Compton 1893  ( Benoit De Boigne (French), George Thomas, General Perron (French)) [http://www.archive.org/details/aparticularacco00goog Archive.org]
-==External Links==
-''French Physicians in 17th Century  Mughal India'' [http://www.medicographia.com/html/static/html/issues/98/art_14/article.pdf pdf link]
-== Other Information ==
-The [[LDS]] have 51 microfiche of the French Government's '''Alphabetical list of military and civilian officers serving in the French colonies, (abt. 1659-1873).''' They are microfiche no. '''6002212'''.
+== Miscellaneous information ==
 This India list [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-01/1263083743 post] advises that in French, if you see a surname with the word ‘dit’ after it such as ‘Smith dit Brown’ it means Smith known as Brown.
-===ANOM, previously CAOM===
+== Further reading ==
-This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-03/1172865924 post] says that the Pondicherry archives are in the "Centre des Archives d'Outre-Mer" (CAOM) in the city of Aix en Provence, France. This Archive is now known as the [http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/caom/fr/accueil/caom_accueil.html Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer or ANOM]. More information is provided in:
+{{Template:Origin|text=This book list was provided by Cathy Day from her former Family History in India website.  New recommendations should be added to the [[:Category:Recommended reading|recommended reading pages]].}}
-*[http://archiveswiki.historians.org/index.php/Archives_Nationales_d%E2%80%99Outre_Mer Archives Wiki]. This includes a link to London School of Economics’ Archives Made Easy [http://www.archivesmadeeasy.org/ame_france.htm France], which  has a link to the CAOM, written in 2005.
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archives_nationales_(France)#Archives_nationales_d.27outre-mer Wikipedia]
-*This link [http://www.culture-routes.lu/php/fo_index.php?lng=en&dest=bd_ac_det&id=00002207&PHPSESSID=1084e3b293 describes] the Ulysse database which gives access to digitalised images of documents belonging to the Centre’s icon and posters archive, including maps and plans
-*This is the link to the [http://caom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/sdx/ulysse/index Ulysse] data base
+*''Dictionnaire généalogique et armorial de l'Inde française, 1560-1962'' by Place, Agnès de. Published in 1997 in Versailles.  The available at the LDS Family History Centre in Salt Lake City. If you know where other copies are available, please update this page.
+*''Dictionnaire généalogique des familles de l'Inde-française'' by LucienJean Bord and Michel Gaudart de Soulages. Paperback edition (1984).
+*''The French in India : From Diamond Traders to Sanskrit Scholars'' by Rose Vincent (Editor). Hardcover edition (1990).
+*''Fortunes a Faire : The French in Asian Trade,1719-48'' by Catherine Manning (Editor). Hardcover edition (1996).
+*''Indika Essays in Indo-French Relations : Essays in Indo-French Relations, 1630-1976'' by Jean Marie Lafont. Hardcover edition (2000).
+*''French in India and Indian Nationalism'' by K.S. Mathew (1999).
+==References==
+#''A History of India'' (Volume Two) (1978) by Percival Spear p.68, p.77
+==External links==
+'''Wikipedia:'''
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_India French India]
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_East_India_Company French East India Company]
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_for_Liberation_of_French_colonies_in_India Causes for Liberation of French colonies in India]
+'''Other:'''
+*[http://www.medicographia.com/html/static/html/issues/98/art_14/article.pdf "French Physicians in 17th Century Mughal India"] [pdf file]
+===Historical books online===
+*[http://books.google.com/books?id=DRANAAAAYAAJ ''An account of the war in India, between the English and French, on the coast of Coromandel, from 1750 to the year 1760''] by Richard Owen Cambridge (1761)  Google Books
+*[http://books.google.com/books?id=hkwBAAAAQAAJ  ''Notes on Pondicherry: or, The French in India. To which is added A sketch of the Moguls. etc]'' by an Officer of the Madras Artillery (1845) Google Books
+*[http://books.google.com/books?id=vAxX68LiNMkC ''History of the French in India: From the Founding of Pondichery in 1674 to the Capture of that Place in 1761''] by George Bruce Malleson (1868) Google Books
+*[http://www.archive.org/stream/finalfrenchstru01mallgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Final French Struggles in India and on the Indian Seas''] by George Bruce Malleson (1878)  Archive.org
+*[http://www.archive.org/details/aparticularacco00goog ''A Particular Account of the European Adventurers of Hindustan 1784 to 1803''] by Herbert Compton (1893)  ( Benoit De Boigne (French), George Thomas, General Perron (French)) Archive.org
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Contents

Principal locations

Brief history of the French in India

FIBIS resources

Records

Church records

Civil registration

Cemeteries

Military records

Archives

ANOM, previously CAOM

Miscellaneous information

Further reading

References

External links

Historical books online

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French: Difference between revisions

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Principal locations

Brief history of the French in India

FIBIS resources

Records

Church records

Civil registration

Cemeteries

Military records

Archives

ANOM, previously CAOM

Miscellaneous information

Further reading

References

External links

Historical books online

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