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====Indian Army Lists====
Another invaluable source is the Indian Army Lists, like Thacker’s, available at the British Library. This B.L. webpage [https://web.archive.org/web/20151028004710/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/indianmedicalservice/indianmedical.html Indian Medical Service] , now archived, advises that members of the Subordinate Medical Department are recorded in the published army lists, L/MIL/17/2-4, Bengal from 1819, Madras from 1829, Bombay from 1832. (The catalogue entries are: [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 Bengal Army IOR/L/MIL/17/2 ] 1791-1903 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-2#1-1-2 Madras Army IOR/L/MIL/17/3] 1787-1904 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-3#1-1-3 Bombay Army IOR/L/MIL/17/4] 1794-1913). From 1889 to 1947, all members of the Subordinate Medical Department with the rank of warrant officer or above are recorded in the published Indian Army List in the Reading Room (Ref:OIR355.33). However, according to this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-01/1263998480 post] the L/MIL/17 Army Lists in the early years may not routinely include lists of Apothecaries. Quoting from Baxter’s Guide (Biographical Sources in the India Office Records), the post also advises that "Dates of Birth of Apothecaries are given in the lists from Oct. 1884".
'''Many Indian Army Lists are now available online - See [[Indian Army List online]]'''
The employment of Assistant Surgeons as Jail Superintendents seems curious, but was the usual practice.
Reports on Jails, Hospitals, Public Health Departments and much more can be found in the '''IOR/V/24''' series. As with the Service Histories they are searchable via [[The National Archives|Access to National ArchivesDiscovery]] site and available to view at the British Library.
See [[Superintendent of Jails]] for some details of daily life.
**[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044088755111?urlappend=%3Bseq=440 1849 ''Scott and Co.'s Bengal Directory and Register ''], page 396
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DPY2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA222 1859 ''The Quarterly Army List of Her Majesty's British and Indian Forces on the Bengal Establishment corrected to 5 July 1859''], page 222
**The Fibiwiki page [[Directories online]] has a number of Lists of Apothecaries which may be viewed online in publications on originally from the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] websiteand now available as mirror versions on The Internet Archive (Archive.org). Those noted include:
::''Bengal Directory and Annual Register'' and ''Bengal and Agra Directory and Annual Register'' for most of the years 1823-1851 and 1855. ''The Quarterly Bengal Army List Corrected to 30 June 1878'' has a List. Other volumes may also include Lists.
*Madras: ''Madras Quarterly Journal Of Medical Science'' (search within these volumes for ”warrant officers” or more generally for “medical warrant officers”):
*Bombay
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Jt0X3wfBbZgC&pg=PA60 1842 ''The Bombay Calendar and Almanac'' ] , page 60 Google Books
**The page [[Directories online]] has a number of Lists of Apothecaries which may be viewed online in publications on originally from the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, and now available as mirror versions on the Internet Archive (Archive. org) Those noted include:
:''The Bombay Commercial Calender And General Directory'', ''The Bombay Almanack and Book of Direction'' and ''The Bombay Almanack and Directory'' for the years 1845,1860-1861, 1863. Other volumes may also include Lists.
*Officers of the Indian Subordinate Medical Department from the British Army Lists, from [[Military periodicals online#New Army List|Military periodicals online-New Army List]]
*''Thacker’s Bengal Directory'' 1864-1868. These volumes include Hospital Apprentices.
Ian Poyntz's [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/directories.html website] has information on the holdings of Directories in many libraries around the world, including the British Library. If you have access to any of these volumes you may find additional lists of Apothecaries, or entries in the alphabetical list of residents, entries under the Mofussil Listing, or entries in the births, marriages or deaths sections. Quoting from Baxter’s Guide, this an India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-01/1263998480 post] advises that "Lists of Apothecaries appear in Directories: Bengal, from 1815; Madras from 1862; Bombay, from 1832."<ref>Bailey, Peter. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/1662618/ Army Lists-Question] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 20 January 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2019.</ref>
You can also try searching in [[Directories online|Directories]] and [[Newspapers and journals online| Journals]] available online for additional lists of apothecaries which may be available in the future, and also for birth, marriage and death entries, and entries relating to postings and promotion.
In addition [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/ The London Gazette] is a good source of information for promotions. This source is more relevant for the later periods.
Crawford’s ''Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1614-1930'' lists a few entries relating to the [[Madras Presidency]] in the very early years, probably prior to the establishment of the Subordinate Medical Department but none from the other Presidencies. The book is Index records and page images are available as a [[LDS]] microfilmon Ancestry (pay website), with this library catalogue in the database [httphttps://wwwsearch.familysearchancestry.org/engcom/librarysearch/fhlcatalog/supermainframesetdb.aspaspx?display=titledetails&titleno=287926&dispdbid=61103 UK, Roll++of++the++Indian++Medical++Service%&columns=*,0,0 entry1615 -1930]. Index records and page images are also Also available as a digitised microfilm on Ancestry (pay website) [[FamilySearch]], [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/287926 catalogue entry], viewable at a family history centre or FamilySearch affiliate library- for details see [[FamilySearch Centres]].
There are mentions of students (Hospital Apprentices) in the Annual Report of the Madras Medical College. The [[British Library]] has reports from 1853 to 1887, missing 1854/1855. However, the 1854/55 report is in Appendix L of the report on Public Instruction in the Madras Presidency for 1854/55. Oxford University Bodleian Library also has a broken range of volumes to 1887. The following years are available online (mainly Google Books):
It is not known whether details of postings also appear in the Madras and Bombay General Orders. However the equivalent British Library references are:
Madras General Orders by the Commander-in -Chief IOR/L/MIL/17/23/412-456 1818-1895 . (Note, currently 2019/03/07 is incorrectly catalogued as IOR/L/MIL/17/2/412-456) There are annual indexes from 1845.Possibly also IOR/L/MIL/17/3/481-489 1896-1904 Madras Command Orders 1896-1904
Bombay General Orders by the Commander-in-Chief IOR/L/MIL/17/4/467-501 1860-1895.
There are annual indexes from 1868. Possibly also IOR/L/MIL/17/4/502-511 Bombay Command and Western Command Orders 1895-1904.
==Other==
An India List post<ref>Murphy, Sylvia [httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/INDIAindia.rootsweb.com/2010-02thread/1662099/1266657514 Apothecaries on Bombay Muster Rolls] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 20 February 2010. Retrieved 24 November 20167 March 2019.</ref> advises that two Apothecaries and a Hospital Steward were found on a list of pensioners in the Bombay Muster records for 1857.
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