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*Search the archives main online databases, consisting of free sites, and a commercial site. :There are three free websites: # [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/index.php '''FIBIS database'''] contains information from many sources. # '''[[FamilySearch]]''' - which is the website of the India ListMormon Latter Day Saints Church (LDS). You may find that someone else has already researched To search the family tree records you are interested inmust "Sign In", located at the top right hand corner of the website - initial registration is required. Read how to do this# [[British Library]], and more about [http://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/Home.aspx '''India Office Family History Search''']. Contains only a small proportion of the total records.:Commercial sites: '''[[findmypast]]''' is the main site for India related records. The India List, in related 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, the website of the LDS or Latter Day Saints Church (Mormons); and the British Library |Familysearch]] web site, India Office Family History Search. The LDS has recently released host a large volume of data transcriptions based on the India Office [[Church records|church records]] housed at the British Library.:'''Note''': Only [[findmypast]] contains images of the records, so you may wish which generally contain '''additional''' information to investigate this website first. Information about births is available to 1910the transcriptions, such as occupational details, marriages to 1935 and deaths to 1948which may be very helpful for your research. The FIBIS database contains information from many sources. The :Some later records found for baptisms and marriages are not available with full details for privacy reasons on [[findmypast]]. For those unable to visit the British Library website contain most of the information found on the original record, but alternative records are only a small proportion of the total records. To access the links available for these data baseslater births and marriages on FamilySearch digitised microfilms, and for more informationpreviously issued microfilms, read** [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php FIBIS database]. **see [[IGIFamilySearch]]**and [[Church FamilySearch Centres]]. If FamilySearch Centres are not geographically convenient, copies of records#Records at may be requested from the British Library|Church records- Records at for a fee.*Search the archives of the Rootsweb India List. You may find that someone else has already researched the family tree you are interested in. Read how to do this, and more about the now discontinued India List, in the British LibraryFibiwiki link [[Mailing lists]].  :'''This [http:*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 Findmypast and//wwwor Ancestry, and possibly many other additional genealogy websites which would otherwise require payment.new.fibis.org/archives/194 FIBIS Blog] indicates that This is especially relevant as the church records at the British Library are to be now digitised and should be available online from early 2012 through the commercial site findmypastFindmypast.coSome Borough/Local Government and/or County/State and/or National libraries may also offer free access to websites such as Findmypast and Ancestry, see [[Miscellaneous tips]].ukSome of the larger genealogy societies have become FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries where it is possible to view many, but not all, 'restricted'' *When you have some identifying FamilySearch digitised records which are not available on home computers. For more details of a person such as name, date see [[FamilySearch Centres]]. Findmypast and placeAncestry (presidencyand additional sites), 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 familyare also available at [[FamilySearch Centres]].

*Browse the remaining categories on the [[Main Page]] ===Visiting the British Library=== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGZQlMGocPQ Advice For Your First Visit to the APAC Reading Rooms] - Advice from the Chairman of the Families In British India Society, Peter Bailey, on your first visit to the Asia Pacific and Africa Collection Reading Rooms at the British Library to research your family history in British India.2009 (youtube.com) == 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]