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The following reading lists are recommended material Material for family historians interested in Europeans and Anglo-Indians in India, Burma and Asian territories up to 1947. The titles listed in this bibliography range from books to direct research efforts, directories on CD which may show where an ancestor was living in a particular year, to a wealth of background reading which will aid understanding of an ancestor's life and work in India and South Asia.
It is possible that various Many items can be purchased through the [http://www.shop.fibis.org/ The FIBIS Bookshop]. Rare and out-of-print titles may be available in more than one edition or formatsought through [http://www.abebooks.com AbeBooks], which provides a meta-search of antiquarian and for this reason ISBNs are not listedsecond-hand bookshops around the world.
Many of the It is possible that various titles may be available at a local public library. If not in stockmore than one edition or format, the library may offer an inter-library loan service. [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat] may help in identifying the closest holding library (NB it is and for this reason ISBNs are not necessary to register to use WorldCat's search facility). People based in Australia may prefer to use [http://librariesaustralia.nla.govlisted.au/apps/kss Libraries Australia]
A few very old titles may be digitized and thus downloadable from sites such as [http://books.google.com/ GoogleBooks].===Contributing to the reading lists===
→Obtaining titles from the reading lists: update shop link
The titles listed in this bibliography range from books to direct research efforts, directories on CD which may show where an ancestor was living in a particular year, out-of-print titles available for reading online, to a wealth of background reading which will aid understanding of an ancestor's life and work in India and South Asia.
===Arrangement of the reading lists===
Items are grouped by broad subject categoriesshown at the bottom of this page. Each entry has a short annotation. Titles which were To read titles reviewed in older issues of ''The Journal of the Families in British India Society'' will have a link to the full review in the see [http://memberswiki.fibis.org/ Members Only Section]. [http://shopindex.fibis.org/ The php?title=FIBIS_Journals FIBIS BookshopJournals] may also provide other reviews.
===Obtaining titles from the reading lists===
Many items can be purchased through of the [http://shop.fibis.org/ The FIBIS Bookshop]. Rare and out-of-print titles may be sought through available at a local public library. If not in stock, the library may offer an inter-library loan service. [http://www.abebooksworldcat.com AbeBooksorg WorldCat], which provides a meta-may help in identifying the closest holding library (NB it is not necessary to register to use WorldCat's search of antiquarian and second-hand bookshops around the worldfacility).
Reviews of relevant, well-written, authoritative titles are welcomed. Please read [[Guidelines for contributing to the Recommended Reading Lists | the guidelines]] before making a contribution. Reviews should be directed to [[User:EleanorNeil | Eleanor]].
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