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Records
== Records ==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
The following are held in An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway<ref>[[India Office Records]] at the [[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library“British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]]; Retrieved 22 Jan 2016</ref> gives many references.The most important being:-*'''L/AG/46/11 ''' “Records of the East Indian Railway Company; 1844-1953”*'''L/AG/46/31 ''' “Records of the India Office relating to the East Indian Railway Company; 1879-1952” The following employment records are relevant :-*'''L/AG/46/11/133-137 : ''' "Contracts of appointment, c1858-1925 " (possibly not all included) 
The above is indexed in
*'''Z/L/AG/46 : ''' "Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways (1849-1925)"
The following is not included in the index Z/L/AG/46.
*'''L/AG/46/11/138-141 ''' : "Half-yearly staff lists, 1861-1890 & 1911-1922 " (giving ages from 1886).
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