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*[[Public Works Department]] which includes sections such as [[Public Works Department#Historical books online|"Historical books online"]] | *[[Public Works Department]] which includes sections such as [[Public Works Department#Historical books online|"Historical books online"]] | ||
*[[Royal Indian Engineering College]] includes link to index of | *[[Royal Indian Engineering College]] includes link to index of Students with biographical detail | ||
==FIBIS Resources== | ==FIBIS Resources== | ||
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* The [http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/?myhome=true ICE Virtual Library] (Institution of Civil Engineers) may be searched for an obituary of an ICE member, which often gives details of a person's work history. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-01/1295272362 post] suggests trying the Archivist at the ICE. | * The [http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/?myhome=true ICE Virtual Library] (Institution of Civil Engineers) may be searched for an obituary of an ICE member, which often gives details of a person's work history. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-01/1295272362 post] suggests trying the Archivist at the ICE. | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/group/UK_Engineers_2013?o_xid=56104&o_lid=56104&o_sch=Social UK Engineers Records] Ancestry.co.uk includes records of [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=3585 CIvil Engineers 1820-1930] with some links to India. | |||
==Projects== | ==Projects== | ||
Revision as of 13:31, 7 June 2013
Amongst other projects, Civil Engineers were contracted to build railways between strategic cities, to aid trade, and military deployments in India.
Related Articles
- Public Works Department which includes sections such as "Historical books online"
- Royal Indian Engineering College includes link to index of Students with biographical detail
FIBIS Resources
- Hugh Wilding, "M.I.C.E. in the branches: a family history work in progress" FIBIS Journal No 23 (Spring 2010), pages 28-38. M.I.C.E. stands for Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. An account of researching a civil engineer in the Public Works Department. For details of how to access this article, see FIBIS Journals
- Index to Biographical Directory of Civil Engineers FIBIS database.Details have been extracted for those who served in India or South Asia between Pre-1830 (Volume 1) & between 1830 and 1890 (Volume 2)
Records
- The ICE Virtual Library (Institution of Civil Engineers) may be searched for an obituary of an ICE member, which often gives details of a person's work history. This India List post suggests trying the Archivist at the ICE.
- UK Engineers Records Ancestry.co.uk includes records of CIvil Engineers 1820-1930 with some links to India.
Projects
Great Indian Peninsula Railway
Historic books Online
Reminiscences of an old English civil engineer, 1858-1908 (1908) by Robert Maitland Brereton. archive.org. Brereton (1833-1911) was one of the chief engineers associated with GIPR Railway construction.