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*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 family tree you are interested intotal records. Read how to do this, and more about :Commercial sites: '''[[findmypast]]''' is the main site for India List, in related records. The records available on Ancestry are mostly a duplicate of those to be found on the Fibiwiki link free [[Mailing listsIGI|FamilySearch]]site.

*Search the main online data bases. There are three of these, FIBIS; :The commercial site [[findmypast]] and the free [[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. The LDS |Familysearch]] web site hosts 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 available to 1910, marriages to 1935 and deaths to 1948Note'''. (Information is restricted for privacy reasons. Alternative records are available for later births and marriages, see the link : Only [[IGIfindmypast]]). The FIBIS database contains information from many sourcesimages of the records, including (at July 2013) some births to which generally contain '''1930additional'''. The records found on the British Library website contain most of the information found on to the original recordtranscriptions, but are only a small proportion of the total records. To access the links for these data basessuch as occupational details, and which may be very helpful 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]]your research.

: '''The church Some later records at for baptisms and marriages are not available with full details for privacy reasons on [[findmypast]]. For those unable to visit the British Library , alternative records are to be digitised available for later births and should be available online during 2013 through marriages on FamilySearch microfilms, see [[IGI]]. *Search the archives of the commercial site findmypastIndia List.coYou may find that someone else has already researched the family tree you are interested in.uk'''Read how to do this, and more about the India List, in the Fibiwiki link [[Mailing lists]]. *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 versionas most large societies, [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] in addition to other services, 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 large societies provide members free online access in their libraries to commercial sites such as FindMyPast findmypast and Ancestry. This will become is especially relevant when 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 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]