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India Office records at the British Library
[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 The British Library’s "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts"] Search by name, or record reference.
British Library’s Help for Researchers: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160604163347/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/europeanofficers/euroofficers.html European Officers] , now an archived webpage.
Records include
**[[LDS]] microfilm [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/687638 catalogue entry] for these Cadet Papers
**[http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/cadfram.htm List of Cadets who joined the East India Company Armies 1789-1859] with equivalent LDS microfilm number. Bob Holland’s Raimpais website
 *Embarkation records**[http://hviewerdiscovery.nationalarchives.blgov.uk/IamsHViewerbrowse/Default.aspx?mdark=arkr/h/4f3b19a5-4dca-4e41-a965-3f951af74538 The Recruitment of Private Soldiers 1753-1861'''IOR/L/MIL/9/1-106'''] including**Registers of Recruits 1817-1860 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/1-28'''*: FamilySearch digitised microfilm [https:/81055/vdc_100000000009www.familysearch.0x00003c org/search/catalog/520226 catalogue entry]**Embarkation records ***Military Depots: Depot Embarkation Lists 1824-1860. '''IOR/L/MIL/9/77-84'''] 1824-1860. These records are arranged by ship and generally give name, age, height, place of birth, date and place of enlistment, period of service, previous occupation, and remarks.**[http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000047.0x000165 * Embarkation Lists 1753-1861. '''IOR/L/MIL/9/85-106'''] 1753-1861 . Registers of men embarked, compiled at the port of embarkation. They are arranged by ship, and each volume contains an index of ships' names. The records may include rank, place of birth, trade, age and remarks*:These records are available on LDS FamilySearch microfilm with this [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/520806 catalogue entry]. ([[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]]). For microfilm 1866880, Embarkations 1816-1824, the ships’ names have been transcribed on [http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/embarks.htm Bob Holland’s Rampais website].
:'''Note''': FamilySearch (LDS) microfilm ordering services has now ceased, however selected microfilms have been digitised and are currently available for viewing on a FamilySearch computer at a [[FamilySearch Centres|FamilySearch Centre]]. Locate these records through the FamilySearch catalogue. It is expected that in time all microfilms will be similarly available in this format.
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