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Consider that 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. Also consider the following:
Consider also that * 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, or * the birth mother may not be correctly stated in a baptismal record, .* a person who had been widowed may be described as indicated by this India List [http:a Bachelor//archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-08/1283070071 post]. Spinster on a 2nd marriage record
Occasionally a person who had been widowed is described as a Bachelor==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=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 * [https://Spinster on a 2nd marriage record, according to this 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 List ** Registry Office Marriage Indexes ** St Helena Banns of Marriage * [httphttps://archiversearch.rootswebfibis.ancestryorg/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.comphp?mode=class_detail&source_class=2 Baptisms]** Baptisms Outside India ** Bengal Baptisms ** Bombay Baptisms ** Chandernagore Civil Birth Registration Index ** Madras Baptisms * [https:/th/readsearch.fibis.org/INDIAfrontis/2012-08bin/1345366528 postaps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=103 Births, Marriages and deaths announced in Newspapers and periodicals]
==FIBIS database==Click on the "FIBIS database" in the panel on the left of the screen. == Ecclesiastical records (‘N’ Series in the India Office Records) ==
Unfortunately, the LDS have not filmed these records so they may only be viewed at the [[British Library]]. It is possible these The Registrar Marriages records will be are included in the digitised records to be digitised by available on the commercial site findmypast.co.uk
→(‘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.
'''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 Asian & African Studies Reading Room. 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.
'''These The majority of these records are being have been digitised and should be are available online in 2014 through the commercial site [http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast]'''.coIf record is not found one should continue the search amongst the India Office records at the British Library.uk 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.
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 [[British Library]]. ''Tracing your Ancestors'' is available from main article to some other sources of overseas records such as the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1903365899 FIBIS Shop] through Amazon.coLondon Metropolitan Archives.uk
==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==
*[[Kirkee]], for digitised pages from the registers from All Saint's Church, Kirkee
*[[St. Helena]], for digital images from registers for Banns of Marriage [1849-1924].
*[[Passport applications in India]]. A listing available from the Assam State Archives contains dates of birth (limited periods).
==External links==
*This India List [http://archiverwww.rootsweb.ancestryawin1.com/th/read/india/2004-09/1096195847 post] is about change of surnameawclick.*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-02/1298276748 postphp?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast] discusses 'assuming a name' which was a way of ensuring continuity of a family name when it would otherwise have died out for lack of a direct male descendant.
*[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 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 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 issue of marriage licences, with particular reference to 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.*[http://www'''Update''' July 2017.sog.org.uk/uploads/Leaflets%20and%20Tips%20PDFs/Cela_Heritage_ findmypast has added a database of transcribed indexes called "London Marriage Licences 1521-_I_Cant_find_My_Ancestor_in_the_BMD_Index.pdf I Can't find My Ancestor in 1869" which is taken from the book of the BMD Index] by same name, published 1887 Celia Heritage sog.org.uk available on [httphttps://www.sogarchive.org.uk/learndetails/who-do-you-think-you-are-2013-speakers-handouts/ uploadlondonmarriageli00fost Archive.org] 2013. Although written about the England BMD Index, a number of the considerations apply to the India records
*[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 sometimes seen in baptismal, marriage and burial entries, generally in older church records to c 1700.
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