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The main focus of FIBIS activities is the ‘sub-continent’ of India but we are the society is also interested in all areas and activities of the British in South Asia including the following between the founding of the [[East India Company]] in 1599 to ‘Indian Independence’ in 1947:

[[Afghanistan]], [[Aden]], [[Andaman Islands]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bencoolen]] (Sumatra, Indonesia), [[Burma]] (Myanmar), [[Ceylon]] (Sri Lanka), [[China]], [[Macao]] & [[Hong Kong]], [[Indonesia]] (Borneo, Labuan etc.), [[Malaysia]], [[Mauritius]], [[Iran|Persia]], [[Singapore]], [[Straits Settlements]].

*[[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]], which covered the smallest area on the west and north of the country, including extending through [[Sind]] and to the coastal area of what is now [[Pakistan]], including [[Karachi]] and also included [[Aden]] *[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]], which covered the east of the country and included [[Burma ]] and what is now [[Bangladesh]] and extended west to parts the [[North West Frontier Province|North West Frontier]] to include most of what is now modern day [[Pakistan]], including [[Lahore]], [[Multan]], [[Peshawar]] and [[Rawalpindi]]  

*Search the archives main online databases. There are three free websites: # [http://www.search.fibis.org/ FIBIS database] contains information from many sources. # The [[IGI]] FamilySearch - which is the website of the Mormon Latter Day Saints Church (LDS) # [[British Library]], [http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ India ListOffice Family History Search]. You may find that someone else has already researched Contains only a small proportion of the family tree you are interested intotal records. Read how to do this,  The commercial site [[findmypast]] and more about the Familysearch web sites host a large volume of transcriptions based on the India List, Office [[Church records|church records]] housed at the British Library. (Some more recent records are not available for privacy reasons on [[findmypast]]. Alternative records are available for later births and marriages in the Fibiwiki link [[Mailing listsIGI]]).

*Search the main online data bases. There are three archives of these, FIBIS; the IGI index on Family Search, the website of the LDS or Latter Day Saints Church (Mormons); and the British Library site, India Office Family History SearchList. Depending on You may find that someone else has already researched the dates family tree you are interested in, one site may provide more information than another. Unfortunately there is not a lot of information available for the 1900’s. To access the links for these data basesRead how to do this, and for more informationabout the India List, read** in the Fibiwiki link [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php FIBIS database]. **[[IGIMailing lists]]**[[Church records#Records at . When you have some identifying details of a person such as name, date and place(presidency), you might wish to join the India List and send an email to the British Library|Church records- Records at list, asking whether anyone has any knowledge of the British Library]]family.

*When you have some identifying details of a person Consider joining your local genealogy society as most large societies provide members free online access in their libraries to commercial sites such as name, date Findmypast and place(presidency), join Ancestry. This is especially relevant as the church records at the India List (see above) British Library are now digitised and send an email available through findmypast. Some libraries may also offer free access to the listwebsites such as Findmypast and Ancestry, asking whether anyone has any knowledge of the familysee [[Miscellaneous tips]].

*Read the Fibiwiki article [[Birth, marriage and death records]] and all the associated articles and links

**For officers and soldiers in the Military, read [[Armies in India]] and all the associated articles and links which are relevant to your research.** Look at the category Occupations, accessible from the [[Main Page:Category:Occupations]], and read the articles and links about occupations relevant to your research.

*Look at the categories " [[:Category:Research methods"]], and "Records", accessible from the [[Main Page:Category:Records]]and read the articles.*Browse the remaining categories on the [[Main Page]] ===Visiting the British Library=== {{#widget:YouTube|id=UGZQlMGocPQ}}== Related articles ==* [[British Library]]* [[IGI]]* [[Birth, marriage and death records]]* [[Church records]]* [[Miscellaneous tips]]== External links ==*[http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast]*[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ India Office Family History Search]*[https://familysearch.org/ Familysearch]