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*Cadet Papers (1789-1860) and Cadet Registers (1775-1860 [http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000047.0x000166 '''IOR/L/MIL/9/107-269''']. Cadet Papers up to about c 1805, may comprise nothing more than a baptism certificate or father's declaration of date of birth. Many of these records have now been digitised and held on the [http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast website] under the heading of British India Office Records births and baptisms.
**[[LDSFamilySearch]] microfilm [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/687638 catalogue entry] for these Cadet Papers**[https://web.archive.org/web/20190330085432/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 FamilySearch/LDS microfilm number. Bob Holland’s Raimpais website, archived.
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/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'''
***Military Depots: Depot Embarkation Lists 1824-1860. '''IOR/L/MIL/9/77-84'''. 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.
*** Embarkation Lists 1753-1861. '''IOR/L/MIL/9/85-106'''. 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
:'''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]]and generally also at a FamilySearch affiliate library. 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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