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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. 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. [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/inrrooms/stp/copy/stpcopyprices/rrcopyprices.html Reading Room Copy Service prices] '''A great many of these images are now also available on the pay site [[Findmypast|findmypast]]''' The following links are from the British Library’s "Help for Researchers" regarding , which would be the ordering of records [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/servdeliv.html Online or most common option used 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 those who cannot personally visit 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/indexBritish Library.aspx Imaging Services order form]

The British Library’s "Help for Researchers" regarding the ordering of records [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/servdeliv.html Online or by post] includes further sections*India Office Office Search and Copy Service/ India Office Baptisms Marriage and Burials Search and Copy Service. :'''Note''' above paragraph that the cheaper register copies will be preferable for family history purposes.*Imaging Services. :'''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.