L/F/10 Records of Service 1702-1928

The L/F/10 records are records of service, 1702-1928, containing career details of Government employees in all India's Presidencies and Provinces and in the central Government of India, though date ranges may be much narrower for particular areas. The records cover:

• covenanted and uncovenanted servants
• 'supernumeraries' - officials falling in neither of the above categories
• statements of civil establishment for the Government of India and the provincial governments

The records for uncovenanted servants (usually but not always middle-ranking and subordinate staff ) are particularly valuable as information on them is often not available elsewhere. They include employees in all Government departments and offices, including for example:

• the Indian Forest Department
• the Public Works Department
• the Post Office and Telegraph Departments
• the Indian Railways including the Burma Railway Company

LDS film numbers have been shown in brackets alongside the India Office Record numbers in the detailed listings on the relevant fibiwiki sections.

N.B. An Introduction and Index to the L/F/10 Records will be soon be published in FIBIS Fact File No.7: Some major sources for Ancestors in the Indian Public Services."