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These ‘Vital Records’ include not only '''Births, Marriages and Deaths''' but more particularly in India, '''Baptisms/Christenings, Marriages and Burials'''. There was no general some registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths (BMDs) in British Indiacommencing in 1864 in Calcutta but generally it was voluntary.

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==* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class= Ecclesiastical 277 Births Outside India]* [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_class&id=241&s_id=0 Ministers and missionaries] * [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=964&s_id=0 Mixed Original Records] provided by Malcolm Speirs * [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/custom/death_cat_search.php 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://fibis.ourarchives.online/custom/marriage_cat_search.php 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://fibis.ourarchives.online/custom/birth_cat_search.php Births and Baptisms]** Baptisms Outside India ** Bengal Baptisms ** Bombay Baptisms ** Chandernagore Civil Birth Registration Index ** Madras Baptisms  Births Marriages and deaths announced in Newspapers and periodicals are also included in above generalised database categories. For more details and direct links to individual periodicals covered see see [[Domestic Occurrences]] == Ecclesiastical 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, and for later periods to the relevant Registrar-General of Births, Death and Marriages.<ref> A 1929 Marriage Register return from the RC Chaplain in Quetta, Baluchistan was sent to the Registrar-General of Births, Death and Marriages in Baluchistan and was then forwarded to the Secretary of State for India. See marriage record for [https://search.findmypast. co.uk/record?id=BL%2FBIND%2F005137750%2F00335&parentid=BL%2FBIND%2FM%2F139525%2F1 Arthur James Moore] Must be signed in to Findmypast to view.</ref> 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.

==Records on the LDS Family Seach websiteRegistrar Marriages =='''Main article: [[IGIRegistrar marriages]]'''

The [[LDS]] maintained International Genealogical Index is a huge database of genealogical information. The IGI contains several hundred thousand birth and marriage entries for Marriages conducted by the British India periodRegistrar, which commenced in 1852, data input from are included in the ecclesiastical record microfilmsIndia Office ‘N’ series (N/11). Those from A complete transcription of the ecclesiastical indexes to these records provide reference numbers so that is included in the microfilms may be viewed at LDS [[Family History Centres]http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=102 FIBIS Search]section of this website.

== ‘Domestic Occurrences’ in Registers, Almanacs and Newspapers ==Note FamilySearch has '''Main article: [[Domestic Occurrences]]not'''filmed these records, so they are not included in the FamilySearch database of Indexed records, nor available as digitised microfilms.

==Records on the LDS Family 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.

Although not strictly ecclesiastical, Register Office Marriages, which commenced == ‘Domestic Occurrences’ in 1852registers, are included in the India Office ‘N’ series (N/11). A complete transcription of the indexes to these records is included in the almanacs and newspapers =='''Main article: [[http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php FIBIS SearchDomestic Occurrences]] section of this website.'''

Unfortunately'Domestic Occurrences' was a section found in many periodical publications detailing birth, the LDS have not filmed marriage and death announcements. It is easy to search these records so they may only be viewed at in the [[British Library]]digitised versions of newspapers, journals and directories that are available online. FIBIS has a wealth of transcribed resources.

[[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 [httphttps://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/gettingstartedhelp-with-your-research/lookingresearch-guides/birth-marriage-death-forsea-or-personabroad/bmdatseaorabroad.htm "Looking for records of a birth, marriage or death of a British national deaths 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.

*[[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]]*[[Newspapers]]*[[Society of Genealogists]]*[[National Army Museum]]*[[Ahmadabad]] for a series of images from FamilySearch "India, Gujarat Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1854-2012"*[[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==*[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 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.:'''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 sometimes seen in baptismal, marriage and burial entries, generally in older church records to c 1700.==References==<references/>