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*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.
The following links are from the British Library’s "Help for Researchers"
*Order copies of records [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/servdeliv.html Online or by post]
** [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/indoffsearchcopy/indiaofficecopy.html Certified copies of India Office Baptisms Marriage and Burials]
**Images
*** [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/imaging/products/imagingproducts.html Copy options available: paper, digital etc]
*** [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/imaging/prices/remote.html Imaging Services prices]
*** [https://forms.bl.uk/imaging/index.aspx Imaging Services order form]
:Note: Any original record which cannot be photocopied due to age etc, and/or if you have found a reference in [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&dstmp=1336721805856&vid=IAMS_VU2&fromLogin=true Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts], you will probably need to obtain a copy as described in "Images". FIBIS Research is able to provide a transcription of these records, but is unable to provide a copy of the actual records, which need to be obtained directly from the British Library.
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*You will need a Reader Pass to enter the British Library Reading Rooms - which is where research is conducted. Read [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/inrrooms/stp/register/stpregister.html How to Register for a Reader Pass]
*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]
*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/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/2007-02/1171990710 2/2007]
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 [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/familyresearch.html Help for Researchers].
==Obtaining Copies of Records==
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/minister/priest for that church. [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/inrrooms/stp/copy/stpcopyprices/rrcopyprices.html Reading Room Copy Service prices]
The following links are from the British Library’s "Help for Researchers" regarding the ordering of records [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/servdeliv.html Online or by post]
*[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/indoffsearchcopy/indiaofficecopy.html Certified copies of India Office Baptisms Marriage and Burials]- but note above paragraph that the cheaper register copies may be sufficient for family history purposes.
Images
* [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/imaging/products/imagingproducts.html Copy options available: paper, digital etc]
* [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/imaging/prices/remote.html Imaging Services prices]
* [https://forms.bl.uk/imaging/index.aspx Imaging Services order form]
:Note: Any original record which cannot be photocopied due to age etc, and/or if you have found a reference in [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&dstmp=1336721805856&vid=IAMS_VU2&fromLogin=true Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts], you will probably need to obtain a copy as described in "Images". [http://www.new.fibis.org/research FIBIS Research] is able to provide a transcription of these records, but is unable to provide a copy of the actual records, which need to be obtained directly from the British Library.
==Contact information==
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