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If your ancestor was employed as a civilian ==Holdings==Material held in any arm of government, such as the [[police]], post office, [[railways]] or [[Indian Civil Service|civil service]], then his records are most likely to be kept at the Oriental and India Office Collections (formerly the collection includes:*[[India OfficeRecords]]). This also applies if your ancestor served in the *European Manuscripts collection*Publications relevant to [[East British India Company Army]], but not the *[[British ArmyNewspapers]]. A link in *[[India Office RecordsDirectories]] describes what sort of material is available to the family historian.
A number of indexes and transcribed records can be found online on the FIBIS database and other websites. However these are merely a snapshot of the whole collection. Many of the records have also been [[Using LDS Microfilms|microfilmed by the LDS]] and can be made available for examination at local [[Family History Centres]]. However, generally, a visit would have to be made to the British Library to obtain the full background to your research. To visit the Library you will need to apply for a reader's ticket; details of this may be found in the [[British Library]] article. ===Obtaining Remote Research Assistance=remote research assistance==
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The [[British Library]] 's ''India Office Records (IOR) Reading Room''' – '''APAC''' (Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections''' (APAC), formerly known as OIOC (Oriental and India Office Collections)contain the [[India Office Records]]. Material belonging to the collection may be viewed in the Asian & African Studies Reading Room. Both names To visit the Library you will need to apply for a reader's ticket; details of this may be found in the collections are currently in useBritish Library article.
*The [http://www.fibis.org/research.htm FIBIS research team] is available to assist [http://www.fibis.org/membership.htm members] unable to visit the British Library. For information and advice contact [mailto:research@fibis.org research@fibis.org]
*The APAC team at the British Library also conduct research into their records. Charges may apply. For further details email [mailto:apac-enquiries@bl.uk apac-enquiries@ bl.uk]
== External Links links ==
*[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/apac/apacoll/apac.html Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections]
*[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/southasia/sereources.html South Asia] South Asia is taken to include India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
