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*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.

*Search the main online data bases. There are three free websites: FIBIS; the IGI index on Family Search - which is the website of the Mormon Latter Day Saints Church (LDS); and the British Library site, India Office Family History Search, together with the The commercial site [[findmypast.co.uk. The LDS site hosts ]] and the Familysearch web sites host a large volume of 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 1948'''. (Information is restricted for privacy reasonson [[findmypast]]. Alternative records are available for later births and marriages, see in the link [[IGI]]). The FIBIS database contains information from many sources, including (at July 2013) some births to '''1930'''. The 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 for these data bases, and for more information, read** [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php FIBIS database]. **[[IGI]]**[[Church records#Records at the British Library|Church records- Records at the British Library]].

:'''The commercial site findmypast*Search the archives of the India List.coYou may find that someone else has already researched the family tree you are interested in.uk has digital images from Read how to do this, and more about the India Office Records at List, in the British Library, including Fibiwiki link [[Church records|church recordsMailing lists]] '''. The digital church images are restricted for privacy purposes and When you have some identifying details of a limited transcription only is availableperson such as name, currently date and place(January 2014presidency) as follows: '''There are no digital images for baptisms after 1914, nor for marriages after 1929'''you might wish to join the India List and send an email to the list, asking whether anyone has any knowledge of the family. For more details see [[Findmypast-India Office Records]]

*When you have some identifying details of a person such as name, date and place(presidency), you might wish to join the India List (see above) and send an email to the list, asking whether anyone has any knowledge of the family. *Consider joining your local genealogy society.<ref>See [http://www.ffhs.org.uk/index.php Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS)] and its publications [http://www.ffhs.org.uk/really_useful_leaflet.pdf “really useful information leaflet" (Issue 2 2013)] pdf version, [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:P6fAs1ZkATkJ:www.ffhs.org.uk/really_useful_leaflet.pdf+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au html version] , and [http://www.sag.org.au/downloads/RUL%20leaflet.pdf "Australasian really useful information leaflet" (Issue AUS 1 2013)] pdf version, [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gziuaq-Q_cQJ:www.sag.org.au/downloads/RUL%2520leaflet.pdf+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au html version], which also contains UK information, (the latter leaflet posted on sag.org.au) </ref> Enquire about the facilities offered to members. Most as most large societies provide members free online access in their libraries to commercial sites such as Findmypast and Ancestry. This is especially relevant as the church records at the British Library are now digitised and available through findmypast.co.uk. Some libraries may also offer free access to websites such as Findmypast and Ancestry, see [[Miscellaneous tips]].

== Related articles ==Also read the Fibiwiki article * [[British Library]]*[[findmypast]]* [[IGI]]* [[Birth, marriage and death records]]* [[Church records]]* [[Miscellaneous tips]]== Notes External links ==<references *[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]