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There was some [[Birth and death registration|registration]] of Births and Deaths in [[British India]] commencing in 1864 in Calcutta but generally it was voluntary, and records which exist are difficult to access. The next best thing for a genealogist is to use '''Church Records'''. An estimated 80% of all [[Birth, marriage and death records|baptism, marriage and burial records]] have survived today, and the good news is that they are all indexed and available on microfilm. Records of baptisms, marriages and burials are available 1698-1968.