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In 1930 the Anglican Church in India separated from the Church of England and became the autonomous Church of India, [[Burma]] and [[Ceylon]], still within the Anglican Communion. From this time onwards the number of ecclesiastical records sent to England was smaller than previously, and continued to decline over time.
The records are housed in the [[British Library]], London. If you live outside London, then the best way to have access to these records and their indexes is to use the [[LDS]] (Mormon) microfilms, which will be available in an LDS [[Family History Centres|Family History Centre]] near you.'''This [http://www.new.fibis.org/archives/194 FIBIS Blog] indicates that the records are to be digitised and should be available online from early 2012 through the commercial site findmypast.co.uk'''
These records are transcriptions of records from churches in India, and as such, there is always the possibility of a transcription error. As an example, this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-02/1296753914 post] advises that the British Library IOR records show the surname as Hobeau, whereas the original hand written entry in the register at the church in Madras shows the name as Hobson.
