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==Bengal Directory==
Also see [[Directories online#Calcutta|Calcutta]] below.
<br> For early editions c 1800 and before, see [[Directories online#East-India Register & Directory|East-India Register & Directory]] below.
<br>There were various titles over time including
:''Bengal Almanac and Annual Directory'' 1815-1823; ''The New Annual Bengal Directory and Calcutta Kalendar'' eg 1823, 1824; ''Bengal Directory and General Register'' 1824-1834; ''Bengal Directory and Annual Register'' 1835-1842; ''Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer'' (probably 1841-42 only); ''Bengal and Agra Directory and Annual Register'' 1843-1853;'' Bengal Directory and Annual Register'' 1854-1858; ''Thacker’s Directory for Bengal'' 1865-1868; ''Bengal Directory'', published by Thacker, also known as ''Thacker’s Bengal Directory'' 1869-1884.
==East-India Register & Directory==
Note that in 1844 the title changed to ''The East-India Register and Army List''.
This publication contains Civil Service and Army Lists, in addition to other information.
The volumes below are mainly from Google Books, HathiTrust Digital Library and Archive.org and National Library of India Digital Collection websites.
Ancestry, pay website, includes a number of searchable and browsable editions of the ''East-India Register'', (listed under three variants of the title), generally the 1st edition for the year, published in January, together with some additional publications, including some pre 1800, in the database [https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=61468 UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939], located in Schools, Directories & Church Histories. Additionally, there are separate databases for [https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=35005 East India Register and Directory for 1830 [2nd edition<nowiki>]</nowiki>], and [https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=31425 The East India Register & Directory, 1844]. Note, some local libraries, and genealogical societies, provide free access to Ancestry, for residents/members, see [[Miscellaneous tips]].
1782 title is ''A List of the Company's civil servants, at their settlements in the East-Indies, the Island St. Helena, and China''.
<br>1787, 1790 title is ''The Bengal Calendar''<br>Another 1787 title is ''The Bengal Register''
<br>1788, 1789 title is ''Bengal Calendar'' but includes other regions. Similarly for 1792 and 1795 (on Ancestry).
<br>1792 title is ''East India Kalendar or Asiatic Register for the Year 1792''. Similarly for 1797 (on Ancestry). For access to this publication for additional years, see [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories]].
<br>Another 1795 title is ''The Bengal Kalendar and Register''<br> 1801 title is ''The New East India Kalendar'' (on Ancestry)<br>1800 tile is ''The Bengal Kalendar and Almanack''
<br>1802 title is ''A New Oriental Register, and East India Directory for 1802''
|1782 Ancestry
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|[https://archive.org/details/bengal-calandar-1787/page/n5/mode/2up 1787''The Bengal Calendar''][https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-bengal-register-con_east-india-company_1787 1787 ''The Bengal Register'']
|[https://archive.org/details/bengal-calandar-1788/page/n7/mode/2up 1788]
|[https://archive.org/details/bengal-calendar-1789/page/n11/mode/2up 1789]
|[https://archive.org/stream/b2874844x#page/n5/mode/2up 1792]
1792 Ancestry
|[https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-bengal-kalendar-and-_1795 1795 ''The Bengal Kalendar and Register'']1795 Ancestry |1795 1797 Ancestry
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|1797 Ancestry[https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-bengal-kalendar-and-_1800 1800]
|1801 Ancestry
|[http://books.google.com/books?id=WflAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP11 1802] GB
