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Copies of the ''Journal'' are also available at the [[British Library]]. The current issue is on display in the African and Asian Studies Reading Room and earlier editions are in the General Reference Collection, shelfmark ZK.9.a.7347 ==FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014)==*Editorial*The Walsh Family and the Cawnpore Massacre by ''Paddy Walsh'' - page 3*Searching for Gopal Drooge and the Murder of Captain William Richardson by ''Tim Willasey- Wilsey'' - page 16*Keddahs and Epigraphists : miscellaneous appointments in India and Burma in 1909 by ''Bill Hall'' - page 26*The Origins of Johann Jacob Hoff: my ancestor in the Dutch East India Company by ''Mary McPherson'' - page 30 *Captain Hunter: researching a memorial in Durham Cathedral by ''Geoffrey Fox'' - page 36 *More on Hanoverian Regiments in India: using online newspapers to further research by ''Hilary Sheridan'' - page 49*Review : When the Tiger Fought the Thistle – The Tragedy of Colonel William Baillie of the Madras Army by Alan Tritton 2013. Review by '' Peter Bailey'' - page 55 ==FIBIS Journal Number 22 30 (Autumn 20092013)==

*Four Orphan Schools in Calcutta and Raising the Lawrence Military Asylum, Sanawar, Part 1Hanoverian Regiments: History - their passage to India by ''Maureen EversHilary Sheridan''- page 3*Wrecked or Captured: the East Owen Berkeley-Hill and Psychiatry in India Comapny Ships that failed to arrive by ''Mike Young'' - page 8*Dr Christopher Francis Henry Quick, IMD by ''Andrea CordaniAllan Stanistreet''- page 21*The loss of an East Indiaman Indian Forest Services in 1807the India Office Records: account Questions and answers for researchers by Samuel Rolleston''Ian Baxter'' - page 23*Using Newspapers and Journals A Postscript to research your family in British India - the wounding of Campbell Clark by ''Sylvia C M MurphyCharles Gordon Clark''- page 32*Looking for Gunner Hurley in India (part 2) - Calvert Smith, the baby from the Parsonage by ''Lawrie Butler and Malcolm Hurley MillsDiana Bousfield-Wells''- page 33*The Memorial to Major William Hodson in Lichfield Cathedral Correspondence: records of the Dutch cemeteries, Java - ''Richard Morgan''page 43

:*The Indian Mutiny Letters *Raffles and the Golden Opportunity by Victoria Glendinning 2012. Review by ''Beverly Hallam'' - page 43**Lucknow – Families of Colonel HP Pearson August 1856the Raj by Malcolm Spiers 2013. Review by ''Richard Morgan'' -March 1859page 45**Early Photographs of Ladakh, edited with an introduction by TA HeathcoteHugh Rayner 2013. Review by ''Richard MorganRobert Charnock''.- page 46**Welsh Missionaries and British Imperialism:*Engines The empire of change: the railroads that made clouds in north-east India by Ian J Kerr 2007Andrew May 2012. Review by ''Hugh WildingDavid Macadam'' - page 48 ==FIBIS Journal Number 29 (Spring 2013)==*Editorial*The Clark Brothers - Life in the Bengal Army by ''Charles Gordon Clark''- page 3:*Distant Relations Discovered - A Tug on the Thread Bencoolen Family Reunited by ''James T Day'' - page 15*From Agra Fort - George Collett’s letters to Mountstuart Elphinstone by Diana Quick 2009. Review ''Valmay S Young'' - page 19*Assistant Surgeon RLW Beveridge, Indian Medical Department by ''Allan Stanistreet''- page 28* The British Indian Civil Service by ''Peter Bailey'' - page 30* A Parsonage in Madras - Elizabeth Smith’s letters by ''Diana Bousfield Wells'' - page 38*Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe, Director of the East India Company by ''George Buxton'' - page 49*Review:*Farewell The Fishing Fleet: Husband Hunting in the Raj; Witness to the End of Empire by Tony Hearne 2009Anne de Courcy 2012. Review by ''Peter BaileyHugh Wilding''.- page 51

==FIBIS Journal Number 21 28 (Autumn 2012)==*Editorial*The Mysterious Murder at Agra by ''Rosemary Reardon'' - page 3*Edward Squibb-Letters from a Bengal Cadet by ''Charles Gordon Clark'' - page 15*John Braddock- Powder Master by ''Sylvia Murphy'' - page 25*The Assassination of Thomas Parr, Resident of Bencoolen by ''Joanna C Fennell'' - page 32*Medals to a Nurse by ''Allan Stanistreet'' - page 39*Lost and Found-the records of Pembroke House by ''Sylvia Dibbs'' - page 41*A Northumberland Fusilier in India, 1886-1896 by ''Ruth Sear'' - page 47*Reviews ** Tracing Your British Indian Ancestors: A guide for Family Historians by Emma Jolly 2012. Review by ''David Blake'' - page 49** P&O A History by Ruth Artmonsky 2012. Review by ''Richard Morgan'' - page 51** Schreyvogel’s Mission: Lindau to Trichinopoly by Walford Pears 2011. Review by ''Sarah Bilton'' - page 51 ==FIBIS Journal Number 27 (Spring 20092012)==

*Seeking Giles Stibbert - The Imhoff Inheritance by ''Richard J HayterPippa Milnamow''*Recruitment for General Gilbert and the surrender of the CompanySikh Army by 's European Corps, 1781-1812 - ''Ian A BaxterSarah Bilton''*GahanThe Chaplains of St Luke’s, Eaton & Co Abbottabad c. 1859- 1947 and some notes on the Old Christian Cemetery by ''Nigel PennyProf. Omer Salim-Khan Tarin''*The Lure Viceregal Carriages-The Indian Railways and a dynasty of IndigoPearces, and three V.C.s - Part 2 by ''Miles MacnairMichael Feilden Pearce''*Escape from Fyzabad, 1857 - Discovering biographical sources in the British Library Manuscripts by ''Contemporary account by Lieutenant C S FowleDorota Walker''*The young bride of a Madras Police Inspector describes her new life in 1894 - Ancestral research through DNA by ''Letter from Mary MayneDebbie Kennett''*Some 'Anglo-Indian' and other Memorials at St Helena - Obituary: Admiral Dawson 13 November 1923 to 23 October 2011 by ''Trevor HearlDavid Barnabas''

**The Chaplains of the East India Company, 1601-1858 by Daniel O’Connor 2012. Review by ''Richard Morgan''**DNA and Social networking: A Guide to Genealogy in the 21st Century by Debbie Kennett 2011. Review by ''Sarah Bilton''**Anu: The Raj Years by Shabnam Vasisht 2009 and Anu: The Nomad Years by Shabnam Vasisht 2010. Review by ''David Pyle''**Graves in British India (FIBIS Fact File 6) by Richard Morgan 2011. Review by ''Sarah Bilton'' ==FIBIS Journal Number 26 (Autumn 2011)==*'''Editorial'''*'''From the Land of Dracula to an English Rectory''' by ''Peter Hubert''*'''A Lucas Family: From Ireland to India''' by ''David Atkinson''*'''William Garnett, the Volunteering Major''' by ''Michael Garnett''*'''Boy Soldier to Lancer: John Arnfield in the Anglo -Sikh Wars''' by ''Ainslie Sharpe''*'''James Minty: Tracing the Life of a Soldier''' by ''Cathy Day''*'''Dean Mahomed and Captain Godfrey Evan Baker of the HEIC Bengal Army''' by ''Emma Jolly''*'''Reviews'''**'''A Soldier’s Story-From the Khyber Pass to the Jungles of Burma: The Memoir of a British Officer in the Indian Army 1933-1947 by John Archibald Hislop, edited by Penny Kocher 2010'''. Review by ''Richard Morgan''**'''Heroes or Villains? The British in India' by Geoff Palmer 2011'''. Review by ''Peter Bailey''**''''I Can Never Say Enough About The Men'- A History of the Jammu & Kashmir Rifles throughout their World War One Campaign by Andrew Kerr 2010'''. Review by ''Peter Bailey''**'''Letters from Bencoolen 1823-28 by Thomas Day and William Day with an intro by James Trelawny Day 2008'''. Review by ''Sarah Bilton''**'''Getting the best out of the FIBIS Website by Valmay Young 2011'''. Review by ''Sarah Bilton'' ==FIBIS Journal Number 25 (Spring 2011)==*'''Editorial'''*'''The Tale of a Telescope from Lucknow''' by ''Susan Macklin'' *'''The Indian Railways and a Dynasty of Pearces''' by ''Michael Feilden Pearce''*'''Tracing an Honorary Assistant Surgeon''' by ''Lawrie Butler''*'''Adam Maxwell of Cawnpore - Indigo and Intrigue''' by ''Judith Vandenburgh Green''*'''Advice for Young House-Keepers in India''' by ''William Hall''*'''Civil Service Records in the India Office Reading Room:A Study of the L/F/10 series''' by ''Lawrie Butler'' with a contribution from ''David Blake'' *'''A Christmas Dance and Supper in Jodhpur 1942''' *'''Using Google Books for Family History Research''' by ''Ed Storey''*'''Reviews'''**'''Mehtars and Marigolds: a story of four generations in British India (1874-1948) by Barbara Dinner 2009''' Review by ''R Reardon''**'''The Travelling Scotsman: the Life and Times of Paterson Saunders, Senior by Mary Anne Gourley 2010'''. Review by ''Sylvia Murphy'' ==FIBIS Journal Number 24 (Autumn 2010)==*'''Eliza Fay: New Aspects''' - ''David Atkinson''*'''The Marriages of Margaret McCombe: A combined London-Sydney effort''' - ''Lawrie Butler''*'''Letters from the Mill: the Calcutta Jute Industry''' - ''Carol Turnham''*''''Peculiar Circumstances': Catholic Chaplains of the Victorian British Army in India''' - ''Margaret Mulvihill''*'''Fanciful Memories? The Foothead Family and India''' - ''Carol Gilbert''*'''Life with Tea in India: the diaries of Samuel Cleland Davidson''' - ''Wendy Pratt''*'''Using Social Networking for Family History Research''' - ''Valmay Young''*'''Building the Beas Bridge''' - ''Hugh Wilding''*'''Review - Colonial Cousins: A Surprising History of Connections Between India and Australia by Joyce Westrip and Peggy Holroyde 2010'''. Review by ''Sylvia C M Murphy'' ==FIBIS Journal Number 23 (Spring 2010)==*'''Editorial'''*'''Waters from Ireland - to Bengal - to New Zealand''' - ''Neville Thomas''*'''Four Orphan Schools in Calcutta and the Lawrence Military Asylum Sanawar, Part II: parents, conditions, prospects''' - ''Maureen Evers''* '''How People May Live and Not Die in India''' - ''Florence Nightingale''*'''Two Unusual Accidents on the Eastern Bengal Railway''' - ''Miles Macnair''*'''For the Sake of a Hyphen: in search of the Flower-Mellings''' - ''Tina Davies''*'''M.I.C.E. in the branches: a family history work in progress''' - ''Hugh Wilding'' (M.I.C.E. stands for Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers)*'''Life in a British Cantonment in India: Nasirabad, 1929-1930''' - ''John Sworder''*'''Reviews'''**'''Izzat-Historical Records and Iconography of Indian Cavalry Regiments 1757-2007 by Ashok Nath 2009'''. Review by ''Richard Morgan''**'''Soldiers, Saints and Scallywags - stirring tales from family history by David Gore 2009'''. Review by ''David Blake'' ==FIBIS Journal Number 22 (Autumn 2009)==*'''Editorial'''*'''Four Orphan Schools in Calcutta and the Lawrence Military Asylum, Sanawar, Part 1: History''' - ''Maureen Evers''*'''Wrecked or Captured: the East India Company Ships that failed to arrive''' - ''Andrea Cordani''*'''The loss of an East Indiaman in 1807: account by Samuel Rolleston'''*'''Using Newspapers and Journals to research your family in British India''' - ''Sylvia C M Murphy''*'''Looking for Gunner Hurley in India (part 2)''' - ''Lawrie Butler and Malcolm Hurley Mills''*'''The Memorial to Major William Hodson in Lichfield Cathedral''' - ''Richard Morgan''*'''Reviews''':*'''The Indian Mutiny Letters of Colonel HP Pearson August 1856-March 1859, edited by TA Heathcote'''. Review by ''Richard Morgan''.:*'''Engines of change: the railroads that made India by Ian J Kerr 2007'''. Review by ''Hugh Wilding'':*'''A Tug on the Thread by Diana Quick 2009'''. Review by ''Allan Stanistreet'':*'''Farewell Raj; Witness to the End of Empire by Tony Hearne 2009'''. Review by ''Peter Bailey''. ==FIBIS Journal Number 21 (Spring 2009)==*'''Editorial'''*'''Seeking Giles Stibbert''' - ''Richard J Hayter''*'''Recruitment for the Company's European Corps, 1781-1812''' - ''Ian A Baxter''*'''Gahan, Eaton & Co''' - ''Nigel Penny''*'''The Lure of Indigo, and three V.C.s''' - ''Miles Macnair''*'''Escape from Fyzabad, 1857''' - ''Contemporary account by Lieutenant C S Fowle''*'''The young bride of a Madras Police Inspector describes her new life in 1894''' - ''Letter from Mary Mayne''*'''Some 'Anglo-Indian' and other Memorials at St Helena''' - ''Trevor Hearl''*'''Reviews''':*'''In Pursuit of the Past by Christopher Penn'''. Review by ''Richard Morgan'':*'''Scattered seeds: the diaspora of the Anglo-Indians by Dorothy S Dady 2007 ''' Review by ''Beverly Hallam''

*'''My ancestor Matthew Leslie (1755-1804) was a 'White Mughal'''' - ''Beverly Hallam''*'''The Letters of Captain John Orrok ''' - ''Alison McBrayne''*'''In God and Company: the life and times of the Reverend William Kew Fletcher (c1802-1867), EIC Chaplain ''' - ''Mark William Fletcher''*'''Jules Henri Jean Schaumburg (1839-1886): a forgotten artist rediscovered ''' - ''Sylvia Murphy''*'''Eliza Robinson and the Women's Workshop in Allahabad ''' - ''Ann Currie''*'''Freemasonry in India ''' - ''Susan Snell''*'''Campaign and other medals to Anglo-Indians ''' - ''Allan Stanistreet''*'''The Trichinopoly Registers ''' - ''Richard Morgan'' 

*'''Book Review''' - '''The Back Black Hole: Money, Myth and Empire''' by Jan Dalley 2006. Review by ''Richard Scott Morel'', Archivist, Pre-1858 India Office Records

:*'''Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750- 1914''' by Richard Holmes 2005. Review by ''Steve van Dulken'':*'''The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj''' by David Gilmour 2005. Review by ''Ian A Baxter'':*'''A Handbook for Irish War Graves in India, Burma and Beyond''', compiled by Eileen Hewson 2005. Review by ''David Blake''.:*'''In Those Days: A Scrapbook of Growing Up in India in the Days of the Raj''' by Justine Dowley-Wise. 2005. Review by ''David Blake''.

*Reviews'''Review''' - '''Empire Families: Britons and Late Imperial India''' by Elizabeth Buettner 2004 Review by ''David Blake''.

*'''John Isaacson of Exning, Persia and India - ''Tony Fuller and Jenny Law'' '''

*HEIC Ships' Commanders  

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