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Birth, marriage and death records

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(‘N’ Series in the India Office Records)
There are a number of sources for locating birth, marriage or death information. This article provides an overview of these. See the links to the main article for each source for more in depth information.
Also consider the following: * a person may have been baptised with a certain Christian name, but been known by a completely different name, either for their whole life, or for various periods. * a second marriage may be bigamous* the birth mother may not be correctly stated in a baptismal record.* a person who had been widowed may be described as a Bachelor/Spinster on a 2nd marriage record ==FIBIS resources==* [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=277 Births Outside India]* [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class= Ecclesiastical 241 Ministers and missionaries] * [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=964&s_id=0 Mixed Original Records] provided by Malcolm Speirs * [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=3 Deaths and burials]** Bengal burial records ** Bombay burial records ** Burials Outside India ** Chandernagore Civil Death Registration Index ** Madras burial records (‘N’ Series in the * [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=1 Marriages]** Bengal Marriages ** Bombay Marriages ** Chandernagore Civil Marriage Index ** Madras Marriages ** Marriages outside India ** Registry Office Records) Marriage Indexes ** St Helena Banns of Marriage * [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=2 Baptisms]** Baptisms Outside India ** Bengal Baptisms ** Bombay Baptisms ** Chandernagore Civil Birth Registration Index ** Madras Baptisms * [https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=103 Births, Marriages and deaths announced in Newspapers and periodicals] == Ecclesiastical records ==
'''Main article: [[Church records]]'''
===(‘N’ Series in the India Office Records)===
The [[East India Company]] established and paid for Anglican dioceses and parishes in all areas as they came under its control. Each chaplain/parish priest minister was required to establish registers in which to record BMDs. In addition, he had to send duplicates to the presidency ecclesiastical authorities. The latter have been collated and sent to London and are now in the care of the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]] in their Asia, Pacific Asian & Africa Collections African Studies Reading Room ([[APAC]]). Ministers, priests and missionaries who were not employed by the East India Company were not obliged to send these returns, however some did so on a voluntary basis but these records are available to a lesser extent.
Microfilmed copies of all the records are available for public inspection and indexes are available on the open shelves of the APAC, broken down by Presidency, alphabetically and by year.
The N series contains Anglican and some Catholic and Non-Conformist records.
'''The majority of these records have been digitised and are available online through the commercial site [http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast]'''. If record is not found one should continue the search amongst the India Office records at the British Library. Also, be aware that the digital images are restricted for privacy purposes and a limited transcription only is available, currently (January 2020) as follows: '''There are no digital images for baptisms after 1919, nor for marriages after 1934'''.
== Registrar Marriages ==
Marriages conducted by the Registrar, which commenced in 1852, are included in the India Office ‘N’ series (N/11). A complete transcription of the indexes to these records is included in the [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=102 FIBIS Search] section of this website.
Unfortunately, The Registrar Marriages records are included in the LDS have not filmed these digitised records so they may only be viewed at available on the [[British Library]].commercial site findmypast
The LDS have not filmed these records.
==Records on the LDS Family Seach Search website==
'''Main article: [[IGI]]'''
'Domestic Occurrences' was a section found in many periodical publications detailing birth, marriage and death announcements. It is easy to search these records in the digitized versions of journals and directories that are available online. FIBIS has a wealth of transcribed resources.
 
==Records at The National Archives==
'''Main article: [[General Register Office]]'''
[[The National Archives]] hold some records that may be useful in tracing a BMD outside of the United Kingdom. For more help see TNA’s brief guide [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/gettingstarted/looking-for-person/bmdatseaorabroad.htm "Looking for records of a birth, marriage or death of a British national at sea or abroad"] or the books ''Tracing Your Ancestors in The National Archives'' by Amanda Bevan (7th edn, National Archives Kew, 2006), including chapter 8, "Births, marriages and deaths of Britons overseas or in the armed services" and ''The British Overseas, A Guide to Records of Their Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials Available in the United Kingdom'' by Geoffrey Yeo (London, 3rd edition 1995). Both are available at  There is reference in the main article to some other sources of overseas records such as the [[British Library]]London Metropolitan Archives.
==BMDs at sea==
'''Main article: [[Births, marriages and deaths at sea]]'''
 
==British Army==
[[British Army#Ecclesiastical returns|British Army Ecclesiastical returns]] and [[Chaplains Returns]] detail sources other than the N series for India BMDs pertaining to British Army soldiers and their families.
 
==Birth and death registration==
'''Main article: [[Birth and death registration]]'''
Some birth and death registration did occur in British India. It commenced in the 1860s but was only compulsory in some areas, with other places adopting voluntary registration. The records are obtained from Local Municipalitieslocal Municipal Corporations, therefore researchers must know where a birth occurred. Some people born in India pre 1947 have copies of their birth registration. Presumably these were Recent copies are known to have been obtained some time ago from the Shimla Municipal Corporation following a visit there, and but it is not known whether these documents could be obtained currentlyare generally available, or how far back existing records go. 
==See also==
*[[Cemeteries]], including
**[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia]]. The BACSA website now has a search facility for the indexes to its cemetery books (work in progress) These indexes are free to search and browse, a charge applies for the record.
*[[Adoption]]
*[[Divorce]]
*[[CemeteriesNewspapers]]*[[Society of Genealogists]]*[[National Army Museum]]*[[Ahmadabad]] for a series of images from FamilySearch "India, Gujarat Diocese Protestant Church Records, including1854-2012"*[[Kirkee]], for digitised pages from the registers from All Saint's Church, Kirkee*[[British Association St. Helena]], for Cemeteries digital images from registers for Banns of Marriage [1849-1924].*[[Passport applications in South AsiaIndia]]. A listing available from the Assam State Archives contains dates of birth (limited periods). ==External links==*[http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast]*[http://www.deedpoll.com/tracing-a-change-of-name.htm Tracing a Change of Name by Deed Poll in the UK]deedpoll.com . Some records are available at [[The BACSA website now National Archives]]. It is often the case that a proof of name change either never existed or no longer does.*[https://www.gov.uk/search-local-archives Locate a local Archives] England and Wales only. gov.uk. If a person has returned or immigrated to the UK, a search facility local Archive may be a source of local newspapers for funeral or other information, local electoral registers etc. (Some electoral registers are available online on Ancestry, [[findmypast]] etc).*[http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/marrlic.htm Marriage Licence Records (Allegations and Bonds) at Guildhall Library] This is a brief introduction to searching for records relating to the indexes issue of marriage licences, with particular reference to its cemetery books (work in progress) those concerning the City of London and former county of Middlesex. Licences were issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other Bishops, and the records are called Marriage Allegations or Bishops’ Marriage Allegations. These records have been transferred to the London Metropolitan Archives and are now available online on the pay website Ancestry.:'''Update''' July 2017. findmypast has added a database of transcribed indexes called "London Marriage Licences 1521-1869" which is taken from the book of the same name, published 1887 available on [https://archive.org/details/londonmarriageli00fost Archive.org]*[http://www.archives.com/blog/genealogy-help/second-cousins-and-removed-cousins-difference.html Second Cousins and Removed Cousins: What's the Difference] by Amy Johnson Crow October 16, 2013 www.archives.com*[http://www.dglenn.org/defs/daysymbols.html Symbols For Days Of The Week]. dglenn.org. These symbols are free sometimes seen in baptismal, marriage and burial entries, generally in older church records to browse, a charge applies for the recordc 1700{{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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