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*Search the archives main online databases, consisting of the India Listfree sites, and a commercial site. You may find that someone else has already researched the family tree you :There are interested inthree free websites: # [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/index.php '''FIBIS database'''] contains information from many sources. Read how to do this, and more about the India List, in the Fibiwiki link # '''[[Mailing listsFamilySearch]] *Search the main online data bases. There are three of these, FIBIS; the IGI index on Family Search, ''' - which is the website of the LDS or Mormon Latter Day Saints Church (MormonsLDS); and . To search the British Library siterecords you must "Sign In", India Office Family History Search. The LDS has recently released a large volume located at the top right hand corner of data based on the India Office website - initial registration is required.# [[Church records|church recordsBritish Library]] at the British Library, so you may wish to investigate this website first[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/Home. aspx '''Information about births is available to 1910, marriages to 1935 and deaths to 1948India Office Family History Search'''. (Alternative records are available for later births and marriages, see the link [[IGI]]). The FIBIS database contains information from many sources. The records found on the British Library website contain most of the information found on the original record, but are Contains 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]. **Commercial sites: '''[[IGI]]**[[Church records#Records at the British Library|Church records- Records at the British Libraryfindmypast]].  :'''This [http://wwwis the main site for India related records.new.fibis.org/archives/194 FIBIS Blog] indicates that the church The India related records at the British Library available on Ancestry are mostly a duplicate of those to be digitised and should be available online from early 2012 through found on the commercial free [[IGI|FamilySearch]] site findmypast.co.uk''' *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.

:The commercial site [[findmypast]] and the free [[IGI|Familysearch]] web site host a large volume of transcriptions based on the India Office [[Church records|church records]] housed at the British Library.:'''Note''': Only [[findmypast]] 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.:Some later records 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 available for later births and marriages on FamilySearch digitised microfilms, and previously issued microfilms, see [[FamilySearch]] and [[FamilySearch Centres]]. If FamilySearch Centres are not geographically convenient, copies of records may be requested from the British Library 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 Fibiwiki link [[Mailing lists]]. *Consider joining your local genealogy society. Enquire about the facilities offered to members. Most as most large societies , in addition to other services, provide members free online access in their libraries to commercial sites such as FindMyPast Findmypast and /or Ancestry, and possibly many other additional genealogy websites which would otherwise require payment. This will become is especially relevant when as the church records at the British Library are now digitised and available through findmypastFindmypast. Some 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]]. Some of the larger genealogy societies have become FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries where it is possible to view many, but not all, 'restricted' FamilySearch digitised records which are not available on home computers. For more details see [[FamilySearch Centres]].coFindmypast and Ancestry (and additional sites) are also available at [[FamilySearch Centres]].uk

*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]