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==Starting The FIBIwiki contains lots of guidance for starting out on your 'British India' research==The FIBIS online ''Beginners' Guide'' will continue to be expanded in the future. It is recommended that you read through all of this information page before contacting FIBIS for personal research services (Members) or research advice (non-Members).

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, consisting of free sites, and a commercial site. :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 total records.:Commercial sites: '''[[findmypast]]''' is the family tree you main site for India related records. The records available on Ancestry are interested inmostly a duplicate of those to be found on the free [[IGI|FamilySearch]] site. Read how to do this,  :The commercial site [[findmypast]] and more about the free [[IGI|Familysearch]] web site host a large volume of transcriptions based on the India List, in Office [[Church records|church records]] housed at the Fibiwiki link British Library.:'''Note''': Only [[Mailing listsfindmypast]]contains images of the records, which generally contain '''additional''' information to the transcriptions, such as occupational details, which may be very helpful for your research.

*Search :Some later records for baptisms and marriages are not available with full details for privacy reasons on [[findmypast]]. For those unable to visit the main online data bases. There British Library, alternative records are three of theseavailable for later births and marriages on FamilySearch microfilms, FIBIS; the see [[IGI index on Family ]]. *Search, the website archives 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** [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php FIBIS database]. **in the Fibiwiki link [[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, in addition to other services, 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 categoris [[: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]]*[[findmypast]]* [[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]