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== FIBIS Fact Files No 1 == | == FIBIS Fact Files No 1 == | ||
''Researching Anglo-Indian Ancestry'' 2009 21pp. <br>Essential for any family historian with blended ethnicity. The booklet contains two expanded and updated articles previously published in the [[FIBIS Journal]]: "The children of John Company : the Anglo-Indians" by Geraldine Charles, and "A Luso-Indian voyage" by Cliff Pereira. These two authorities provide invaluable information: definitions of the various terms used for those of mixed race in the Indian sub-continent, a brief background history of these communities, reading lists, and, by using their own families as a basis, a demonstration of how to effectively research Anglo-Indian ancestors.<br> | ''Researching Anglo-Indian Ancestry'' 2009 21pp. <br>Essential for any family historian with blended ethnicity. The booklet contains two expanded and updated articles previously published in the [[FIBIS Journal]]: "The children of John Company : the Anglo-Indians" by Geraldine Charles, and "A Luso-Indian voyage" by Cliff Pereira. These two authorities provide invaluable information: definitions of the various terms used for those of mixed race in the Indian sub-continent, a brief background history of these communities, reading lists, and, by using their own families as a basis, a demonstration of how to effectively research Anglo-Indian ancestors.<br> | ||
Available from the [http://shop.fibis.org/books.html FIBIS Shop]. Also available from the FIBIS representative in Australia, Sylvia Murphy (refer [http://www.fibis.org/committee. | Available from the [http://shop.fibis.org/books.html FIBIS Shop]. Also available from the FIBIS representative in Australia, Sylvia Murphy (refer [http://www.fibis.org/committee.htm FIBIS Committee]). | ||
== Recommended reading == | == Recommended reading == | ||
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:*[http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/onjama~1.html "EIR at Jamalpur - Anglo-Indian Railway Officers"] by Blair Williams ''The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies'' (Volume 6, Number 2, 2001). | :*[http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/onjama~1.html "EIR at Jamalpur - Anglo-Indian Railway Officers"] by Blair Williams ''The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies'' (Volume 6, Number 2, 2001). | ||
:*[http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/curious.html "The Curious Exclusion Of Anglo-Indians From Mass Slaughter During The Partition Of India"]. Experiences in India During 1947 of some who went to New Zealand by Dorothy McMenamin. ''The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies'' Volume 9, Number 1, 2006 | :*[http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/curious.html "The Curious Exclusion Of Anglo-Indians From Mass Slaughter During The Partition Of India"]. Experiences in India During 1947 of some who went to New Zealand by Dorothy McMenamin. ''The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies'' Volume 9, Number 1, 2006 | ||
**Russell and Enid Fonceca’s [http://www.sumgenius.com.au/ Anglo-Indian Family trees and their links] includes | |||
**[http://www.sumgenius.com.au/allahabad_railway.htm "Experience of Living in a Railway Colony in Allahabad"] by Esther Mary Lyons | |||
*''Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home'' by Alison Blunt 2005 [http://books.google.com/books?id=YEykMG3QIXMC Limited View Google Books] . | *''Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home'' by Alison Blunt 2005 [http://books.google.com/books?id=YEykMG3QIXMC Limited View Google Books] . | ||
*[http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~db=all~content=a768371327~fulltext=713240930 "Problematic spaces, problematic races: defining 'Europeans' in late colonial India"] by Elizabeth Buettner in ''Women's History Review'', Volume 9, Issue 2 (June 2000) pages 277 – 298. | *[http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~db=all~content=a768371327~fulltext=713240930 "Problematic spaces, problematic races: defining 'Europeans' in late colonial India"] by Elizabeth Buettner in ''Women's History Review'', Volume 9, Issue 2 (June 2000) pages 277 – 298. | ||
Revision as of 23:51, 6 March 2010
See also
- Native Woman
- Australia, for Anglo Indians in Australia
- East India Company Army - Wives and children
FIBIS Fact Files No 1
Researching Anglo-Indian Ancestry 2009 21pp.
Essential for any family historian with blended ethnicity. The booklet contains two expanded and updated articles previously published in the FIBIS Journal: "The children of John Company : the Anglo-Indians" by Geraldine Charles, and "A Luso-Indian voyage" by Cliff Pereira. These two authorities provide invaluable information: definitions of the various terms used for those of mixed race in the Indian sub-continent, a brief background history of these communities, reading lists, and, by using their own families as a basis, a demonstration of how to effectively research Anglo-Indian ancestors.
Available from the FIBIS Shop. Also available from the FIBIS representative in Australia, Sylvia Murphy (refer FIBIS Committee).
Recommended reading
Bear, Laura Lines of the Nation (New York: Columbia, 2007) [essential but uncomfortable reading for Anglo-Indians with railway roots].
External Links
- "The East Indian Community" Calcutta Review, Volume 11 January-June 1849. (Google Books)
- Anglo Indian Home Page includes:
- "Some Comments on stereotypes of the Anglo-Indians" by Megan Stuart Mills from the International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies 1996. Part 1 includes a list of books and Part 2 includes a section on the army in World War I, mentioning conscription, and, in section 9, railway people.
- A listing of Books on Anglo-Indian Culture and History January 1997 by Withbert Payne
- "EIR at Jamalpur - Anglo-Indian Railway Officers" by Blair Williams The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies (Volume 6, Number 2, 2001).
- "The Curious Exclusion Of Anglo-Indians From Mass Slaughter During The Partition Of India". Experiences in India During 1947 of some who went to New Zealand by Dorothy McMenamin. The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies Volume 9, Number 1, 2006
- Russell and Enid Fonceca’s Anglo-Indian Family trees and their links includes
- "Experience of Living in a Railway Colony in Allahabad" by Esther Mary Lyons
- Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home by Alison Blunt 2005 Limited View Google Books .
- "Problematic spaces, problematic races: defining 'Europeans' in late colonial India" by Elizabeth Buettner in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 (June 2000) pages 277 – 298.
- "Children of the Raj" (pdf) by Vyvyen Brendon (2006) has some references to Anglo Indian children
- "White Mischief" by William Dalrymple in The Guardian (9 Dec 2002). The author of White Mughals writes about the book and mixed marriages in India.
- India List thread about attitudes to mixed marriages.
- Alistair Mcgowan’s story from Who Do You Think You Are?