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However, your Dutch ancestors may not have lived in British India (i.e. that portion of India that was controlled by the British - this grew from a very small area in 1600 to almost all of India by 1947). In this case, the church records will not be kept at the British Library.
The Dutch Churchbook of [[St Francis Church, Cochin]] has been microfilmed by the [[LDS]] and is available at [[LDS]] [[Family History FamilySearch Centres]] on as a digitised microfilm '''498601''', [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/154421 catalogue entry]. A transcribed index of the names in this book, together with dates of death, can be seen on the [http://web.archive.org/web/20040314182003/http://www.geocities.com/tijso/cochin/index.htm Archived Cochin Churchbook website] The dates of death cover the period 1751-1804
===Cemeteries===
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/mars1940/sets/72157622742474621/ Photographs taken in Dutch Cemeteries in India] flickr.com
A digitised book, available for viewing at [[FamilySearch Centres]] is ''Monumental remains of the Dutch East India Company in the Presidency of Madras'', by Alexander Rea, originally published 1897, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1010249 catalogue entry].
== Records at the National Archives of the Netherlands==
