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*Fibis chairman, Peter Bailey, has created an informative slide show [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGZQlMGocPQ ''Advice For Your First Visit to the APAC Reading Rooms'']
*''Baxter's guide: Biographical sources in the India Office Records'' by Ian A Baxter.
:FIBIS, in association with the British Library, have published the Third Edition of this invaluable guide to the India Office Records (held at the British Library). This is the bible for all who are researching ancestors in British India and South Asia. Available from the [http://www.newshop.fibis.org/products-page/2-fibis-books-and-publications/?wpsc_product_category=fibis-research-guides FIBIS Shop]
*''Getting started with the India Office Records. 2009'' (FIBIS fact files; 2)
:Planning your first visit to the British Library? This very practical booklet contains two articles which will reduce stress and possible frustration when beginning research using the India Office Records at the British Library in London. Lawrie Butler was the former [http://www.new.fibis.org/research FIBIS Research Officer] and his helpfully illustrated article "Hints on research in the India Office Records at the British Library Asian and African Studies reading room" carefully sets out what can be accomplished before visiting the library, how to gain admission to the library, and what to do once you enter the reading room in order to obtain maximum results. Elaine MacGregor's article "First visits to the OIOC by a 'newbie'" is a useful case study recounting her experience of using the reading room. Both articles were previously published in the [[FIBIS Journal]]. Available from the [http://www.newshop.fibis.org/products-page/2-fibis-books-and-publications/?wpsc_product_category=fibis-fact-files FIBIS Shop] or the FIBIS representative in Australia, Maureen Evers (refer [http://www.new.fibis.org/contact FIBIS Contacts]).
* Fibis can provide a research service and/or supply copy documents to Fibis members unable to visit the British Library. (This is expecially useful for obtaining further information where a reference has been found on the Fibis website). For further information about this service email the research co-ordinator on [mailto:research@fibis.org research@fibis.org]
*Read about location, opening times, and many aspects covered in Reader FAQ’s in this [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/inrrooms/stp/stpancrasrr.html link]
*Certified copies of ecclesiastical records, with the seal of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, acceptable for official purposes, can be ordered from the British Library -current cost (2012) is £18 each. These contain details from the ecclesiastical registers held in the British Library which are "contemporary copies of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials sent to London for the information of the East India Company and the India Office"<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/ecclesiastical/eccrecords.html British Library Ecclesiastical Records]</ref>. The certified copies are transcriptions with data extracted from the ecclesiastical records. Because of the possibility of error with any transcription, for family history purposes copies of the microfilmed register pages are preferable. These can be obtained cheaply from the microfilm copiers in the reading room. These images will also soon be available on the pay site Find My Past. Note that, where it occurs, the name of the church may be on a different page to the record you require. The records for a church may extend over several pages and the name of the church usually appears either at the beginning, or possibly at the end of these records, included in the words of certification by the chaplain/minuster/priest for that church.
*For further tips, read the following postings from the India List dated [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-01/1041699871 1/2003] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-04/1049840159 4/2003] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-06/1086322671 6/2004] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-07/1088805244 7/2004] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2005-04/1113208844 4/2005] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-02/1171990710 2/2007]
==Free Training Sessions in using India Office resources==
