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→Copies of Birth Registration entries in India
The copies of Birth Registration entries mentioned in the India List posts all appear to have been obtained many years ago. Recent copies have been obtained from the Shimla Municipal Corporation, after a visit there in 2013, see the article [https://web.archive.org/web/20131117103647/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=166043 Shimla: Manual record-keeping that's eye-popping efficient] (daijiworld.com). However, it is not known how generally available these documents are or what time period is covered by records in existence in India. The Birth Registration system, which was only compulsory in some areas, always has been based on the local municipality, so it is necessary to know where a person was born before attempting to obtain records.
Some websites for Municipal Corporations are listed below. The website for Shimla includes a standard letter for requests for certificates, to be sent to The Registrar, Birth & Death MC Shimla. The website for Chennai includes an online certificate application, for births and deaths from 1930, but you need to know the relevant date. Note the additional comments. The website for Coimbatore indicates the Commissioner is responsible for records, which are held from 1871. There may be websites for other Municipal Corporations which also have an online facility. For smaller towns, the terminology may be 'Municipal Board' or Municipality.<br>
'''Previously Bengal Presidency'''
*[http://www.nagarnigamagra.com/departments.htm Agra Municipal Corporation] includes the department 'Central Records' "To maintain all old records such as birth and death registration, ..." , with the website [http://www.birthdeathagra.in/ Online Birth & Death Registration Service of Agra] (for which it is necessary to register but no further details are given)
*[http://www.shimlamc.gov.in/page/Home.aspx Municipal Corporation Shimla]. Page 2 of this [http://www.shimlamc.gov.in/file.axd?file=2012%2f3%2fcitizen+charter+of+health+deptt.pdf pdf] includes a sample letter Subject: "Application for Birth & Death Certificate" with the address given: The Registrar, Birth & Death MC Shimla, The Mall Shimla H. P. India<br>
'''Previously Madras Presidency'''
*[http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/online-civic-services/birthanddeath.htm Chennai Corporation: Online facility for verification or printing of birth & death certificate] Applies from 19301910, and you need to know the date of birth or death. This online service is free. You could try writing regarding earlier registration, (similar to the Shimla letter), to The Registrar, Birth and Death, Corporation of Chennai, Ripon Building, Chennai – 600003 India (charges may apply). This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2013-08/1376630690 post] advises the website is free to access and download. The records, which would have originally been handwritten, have been transcribed, so are subject to error, as described. Also the post advises most babies were just registered with the parents’ names and not the name of the child, so suggests just entering initially the date of birth. This additional India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2013-08/1376836639 post] advises the researcher "with a bit of ‘fudging’, ended up with new information".
*[https://www.ccmc.gov.in/ccmc/ Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation]
**[https://www.ccmc.gov.in/ccmc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=30 Public Health] , section "Birth & Death records custodian" states "...transfer the birth and death records to the Commissioner's office and the same is kept under the custody of Commissioner....previous year's records (ie 1871 to 2009) are stored at Corporation main office - Birth & Death record room." [https://www.ccmc.gov.in/ccmc/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=43 Contact the Commissioner]<br>
*[[General Register Office]]
*[[Registrar marriages]]
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090918230213/http://masterpiece.com.au/books/?p=35 Image of part of a birth registration record] for Estelle Merle Thompson, born in Bombay in 1911, who became the actress Merle Oberon. See [[Anglo Indian]] for more details.
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