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:Under Research/Archives/ Indexes there are a number of '''databases''' relevant to India, including under the headings Oost-Indië, and VOC.
:*In particular [https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en/research/index/nt00444?searchTerm= '''VOC: Opvarenden'''] (English version) Searchable database. From the [https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/index/nt00444?searchTerm= Dutch version] there is a [https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/zoekhulpen/voc-opvarenden Research guide in Dutch] consisting of an Introductory section and four additional sections. The [https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/zoekhulpen/voc-opvarenden#collapse-8034 Google translate English version] however only translates the initial section, so you will need to copy and paste the remainder in [https://translate.google.com.au Google Translate], unless your web browser automatically performs this function.
::As far as can be determined the above database is the current version (at 2019/11) of a previous Nationaal Archief separate website "VOC-Sea Voyagers" which advised it was a searchable free database which was a comprehensive index of ships’ pay-ledgers. The ship's pay-ledgers form the basis of the personnel-administration of the 'VOC' or Dutch East India Company. For each departing ship all employees sailing with her were registered, amounting to some 655.000 persons over the period 1700-1794. There were four categories of sea-voyagers and there was a statement that the soldiers were mainly from GermanyGerman-speaking areas.The previous website is available [https://web.archive.org/web/20170114183520/http://vocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl/ archived] in Dutch including [https://web.archive.org/web/20161227172844/http://vocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl/Inleiding.aspx Inleiding] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20161227172844/http://vocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl/Inleiding.aspx Wat vind ik in de database?] Google Translate [https://translate.google.com.au/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20161227172844%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fvocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl%2FInleiding.aspx Preface] and [https://translate.google.com.au/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20160421072822%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fvocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl%2FInleiding.aspx%3Fp%3D2 What can I find in the database?]
::There is a database on Ancestry <ref>[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61290/ Netherlands, Dutch East India Company Crew Index, 1633-1795] Ancestry. The source is stated to be a database VOC-Opvarenden from WieWasWie (a pay website).</ref> (pay website) which is believed to be the above database, although Ancestry does not credit the Nationaal Archief as the source.
:Also see the website TANAP above for more details of records at the Nationaal Archief.
