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==FIBIS resources==
*FIBIS database:[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=679&s_id=137 Soldiers’ and Widows’ Pension details -1896] IOR/ L/MIL/14/214 & 215. Includes previous members of the Bengal,[[Madras Army|Madras]] and [[Bombay Army|Bombay Armies]], including men from the [[Unattached List]]. May also include a few members of the [[Indian Army]] which officially was formed in 1895. These records are available on LDS microfilm 2029979 Items 1-2 with [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F774116 catalogue entry], however the FIBIS database record contains all the information available in the microfilm.*FIBIS database: [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=378&s_id=14 War Services of Officers of the Bengal Army 1863]. Transcriptions from the book ''Ubique : War Services of all the Officers of HM's Bengal Army'' by Thomas C Anderson 1863
*Also see Books below.
===Books===
A description of the fascinating information contained in the appendices is explained in [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/03/bengal-army-officers-names-nationalities-fatalities-and-a-phantom.html Bengal army officers names nationalities fatalities and a phantom]Untold Lives blog of the British Library.
FIBIS has transcribed the indexes of these books, which are available on the [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=152&s_id=39 FIBIS Searchdatabase].
The [[LDS]] (Mormon) Family History Library has filmed the above books ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=281774 Library Catalogue entry]). This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-09/0968665831 thread] recommends that all three LDS films be ordered, as there is a lot of cross referencing.
