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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 70% of all [[Birth, marriage and death records|baptism, marriage and burial records]] have survived today in the [[India Office Records]], and the good news is that they are all indexed and available on microfilm. Records of baptisms, marriages and burials are available 1698-1968.
The records are housed in the [[British Library]] in London. If you live outside London, the best way to access these records and their indexes is to use [[LDS]] (Mormon) microfilms, available in local LDS [[Family History Centres|Family History Centre]]s. '''The commerical website findmypast.co.uk are digitising these records and they will are expected to be online from early late 2012 ([http://www.new.fibis.org/archives/194 more details]). '''
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 fewer ecclesiastical records were sent to England, and the number continued to decline over time.
