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*Search the main online data bases. There are three of these, FIBIS; the IGI index on Family Search, the website of the LDS or Latter Day Saints Church (Mormons); The commercial site [[findmypast]] and the British Library site, India Office Family History Search. The LDS has recently released Familysearch web sites host a large volume of data transcriptions based on the India Office [[Church records|church records]] housed at the British Library, so you may wish to investigate this website first. Information about births is (Some more recent records are not available to 1910, marriages to 1935 and deaths to 1948for privacy reasons on [[findmypast]]. The FIBIS database contains information from many sources. The Alternative records found on the British Library website contain most of the information found on the original record, but are only a small proportion of the total records. To access the links available for these data bases, later births and for more information, read** [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php FIBIS database]. **marriages in the [[IGI]]**[[Church records#Records at the British Library|Church records- Records at the British Library]]).
:'''This [http://www*Search the archives of the India List.new.fibis.org/archives/194 FIBIS Blog] indicates You may find that someone else has already researched the church records at the British Library family tree you are interested in. Read how to be digitised do this, and should be available online from early 2012 through more about the India List, in the commercial site findmypastFibiwiki link [[Mailing lists]].coWhen 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 list, asking whether anyone has any knowledge of the family.uk'''
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The FIBIwiki contains lots of guidance for starting out on your British India research. It is recommended that you read through this page before contacting FIBIS for personal research services (Members) or research advice (non-Members).
===The very first steps===
*Search the archives of the India Listmain online databases. You may find that someone else has already researched the family tree you There are interested inthree free websites: # [http://www.search.fibis.org/ FIBIS database] contains information from many sources. Read how to do this, and more about # The [[IGI]] FamilySearch - which is the India List, in website of the Fibiwiki link Mormon Latter Day Saints Church (LDS) # [[Mailing listsBritish Library]], [http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ India Office Family History Search]. Contains only a small proportion of the total records.
*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), you might wish to 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]].
===The next steps===
===Further steps===
*Look at [[:Category:Research methods]], and [[: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]
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