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*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]. You may use compact cameras, tablets and mobile phones to photograph '''some''' categories of material but not where preservation or other restrictions apply. Researchers commented (2018/04) that there There is a 10 document limit for the day, there . There are no camera stands, and the mechanical shutter click on a camera was deemed unacceptable.<ref>idler et al. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/national-archives-kew-tips.11433/page-31#post-785793 National Archives - Kew Tips?] ''WW2Talk Forum'', posts 605-606, 20 April 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.</ref>

Every month the [[APAC]] team offer a free 75 minute introduction to their records. This is aimed at the family historian. For further details, including upcoming dates, see the British Library website at [httphttps://www.bl.uk/reshelphelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/familyresearch.html Help for Researchersfree-discovery-and-1-2-1-sessions Free discovery and 1-2-1 sessions].

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 (20122018) 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. Copies can be obtained at no cost by using the microfilm digital copying machines in the reading room which scan to email or memory stick. Hard copies can be obtained cheaply from the microfilm copiers - also in the reading room. Note that sometimes 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/minister/priest for that church. [httphttps://www.bl.uk/reshelphelp/inrrooms/stp/copy/stpcopyprices/rrcopyprices.html Reading Room Copy Service pricessearch-the-india-office-records-for-baptisms-marriages-and-burials Search the India Office records for Baptisms Marriages and Burials] '''A great many of these images are now also available on the pay site [[Findmypast|findmypast]]''', which would be the most common option used by those who cannot personally visit the British Library.

*[ https://www.bl.uk/subjects/south-asia Resources for the study of South Asia Past and Present] British library website