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Categories often cover a wide range of records. This is particularly true for those which might, at first glance, appear to relate only to [[church records]]. For example, the sections on births and baptisms also include such records as Addiscombe Cadets and Writer applications and those in the Deaths and Burials category show returns of death of uncovenanted civil servants and other officers which give details of family and property left by the deceased.
A full list of the records available in the British In India Collection on findmypast can be found on the British Library website, refer External links below. Subsequent to the initial release, the India Office databases now (2019/03) include some additional records, some transcriptions licensed from FIBIS, and in the India Office Deaths, transcriptions from the Kabristan Archives. Perhaps other records may also be included.
'''Note that some India Office Records will not be found in the findmypast database''', (for technical or other reasons) but may be found on [[IGI|FamilySearch]], as transcribed index records and digitised microfilms. Examples are some/all of the records from Madras: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials (Oct 1815-May 1818) IOR/N/2/6 [[IGI|FamilySearch]] microfilm 506957, and Madras: Roman Catholic Returns of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1838-1839) IOR/N/2/RC/1-2 [[IGI|FamilySearch]] microfilm 530008<ref>Glover, Jill. [https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/220935/ KENNEDY/HILL Saga – Disappointment] ''Rootsweb India List'' 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2018.</ref> . Note that names may be '''transcribed incorrectly''' which will affect the findmypast Search. If you cannot find a record you are looking for, cross check with records on Familysearch, or try a more general search on findmypast. See "11 tips for searching", External links below.
For privacy reasons be aware that currently (20182019) a limited transcription only is available with no digital images for births '''after 19171918''', and for marriages '''after 19321933'''. These dates have been increased since the original restrictions in place when the databases were introduced in 2014 (which were after 1914/1929), but not and currently there appears to be an increase on an annual basis, so possibly this will happen every three years. Expanded details of these restricted records can be obtained from the [[British Library]], (payment required) or from FamilySearch microfilm/digitised microfilm, from (and see ) [[FamilySearch Centres]], (available for free) which may however be geographically not feasible for some researchers.
==Other records==
**See [[British Army]]
**Indian Army. There is an incorrectly titled dataset "British Army, Indian Volunteer Force Medal Awards 1915-1939", located under Armed forces & conflict/Medal rolls and honours. The information for each transcript was extracted from the Indian Army Orders by Kevin Asplin.
**findmypast category "Armed Forces & Conflict/ Other Wars & Conflicts" contains a database
*:"British Subjects Who Died In The Service Of The Indian Empire", (introduced 2018/08/10).<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-subjects-who-died-in-the-service-of-the-indian-empire British Subjects Who Died In The Service Of The Indian Empire] findmypast.</ref> No details of the source of this database is provided, but it is most likely taken from the Naval & Military Press reprint ''Soldiers Of The Raj'', originally in two volumes published in 1910 as ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest''. The latter two volumes are available online, (free), see [[Cemeteries#Inscriptions in online books|Cemeteries - Inscriptions in online books]]. and note that the content does not appear to be restricted to "Armed Forces & Conflict".
** See [[South Africa]] for details of the database "South Africa Roll Of Honour 1914-1918".
*findmypast category "Newspapers and periodicals". Online newspapers. See [[Newspapers]].
*findmypast category "Census, Land & Surveys"
**Census records may be useful for locating children at school in Britain, whose parents are in India. Census records are also available on Ancestry. Note: 1911 Census of Scotland is not included - this is available on ScotlandsPeople.
**This category also contains electoral registers which may be useful if you are tracing a person who has returned or immigrated to the UK. The main database is "England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1832-1932", although there are gaps in the records for various years, and not all constituencies are included (ongoing project). These records are displayed as pdf documents. There is also the associated dataset "England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1832-1932 Image Browse". Read the findmypast Search tips. There are also electoral registers on Ancestry.
*findmypast category "Newspapers, Directories & Social History/Directories & Almanacs", "British In India, Directories 1792-1948 Browse",<ref>[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/british-in-india-directories-1792-1948-browse British In India, Directories 1792-1948 Browse]findmypast.</ref> introduced 2018/05/18. Of the titles examined as a sample, all most were freely available elsewhere, (and in fact may be the same digital files), see the Fibiwiki pages [[Directories online]], [[Newspapers and journals online]] and [[Indian Army List online]], but one volume not seen elsewhere is ''Times Of India Bombay Directory, 1936''. Additionally, it is necessary to use the search, (or browse) to find the exact years of publication available. These publications are '''not''' currently searchable by name. The findmypast viewer for this database is slow, and it would be quicker to view a volume elsewhere. ==Ancestry database==*"UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939". Located in Schools, Directories & Church Histories, available from 15 February 2018.<ref>[https://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=61468 UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939] Ancestry database</ref> Data from The Wohl Library of the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London. The data is searchable, and the Directories and similar publications may be browsed from a link on the right hand side of the webpage "Browse this collection". Includes some pre 1800 publications. Includes many publications not available online elsewhere.
==External links==
*[https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=201071&clickref=&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk findmypast] website. Under the tab "Search records" is a category "A-Z of record sets" which is a listing of all the record databases. Searching in the World record sets using the keyword India produces these [http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=201071&clickref=&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.findmypast.co.uk%2Fhistorical-records%3FSearchedRecordsetName%3DIndia%26Region%3DWorld datasets]
*[http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=201071&clickref=&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk%2Farticles%2Fworld-records%2Fsearch-all-uk-records%2Fspecial-collections%2Fbritish-india-office-collection FindmyPast British India Office Collection]. Additionally the following have been added to this dataset, (which are '''not''' from the British Library India Office)**'''2019'''/March/08, some records relating to endowment registers were added to the database "British India Office Deaths & Burials". These appear most likely to be transcriptions from Kabristan Archives, from an ebook [httphttps://www.kabristanbookshop.com/product/india-publications/endowed-graves-in-north-india-1897-1947-e-book-pdf-format/ ''Endowed Graves In North India 1897-1947''] by Eileen Hewson. Probable fuller records, or the ebook may be purchased from Kabristan Archives. This ebook is available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01017615656**'''2019'''/May/03, more records were added to the database "British India Office Deaths & Burials". The findmypast transcriptions indicate they are from Kabristan Archives, (an example<ref>[https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS/INDIA-KABRISTAN2/006214 Thomas Beer] died Dibrugarh 1921. findmypast (You must be signed in to findmypast to view the link)</ref>) but the exact publications from which they originate is not stated but most likely appear to be part, or all, of the following publications: ebook [https://www.kabristanbookshop.com/product/india-publications/burials-in-assam-n-e-india-1793-1974-pdf-format/ ''Burials In Assam & N.E. India 1793-1974''] by Eileen Hewson. (Previously published under the two separate titles; both [[BACSA]] publications, so available on the BACSA database) ; [https://www.kabristanbookshop.com/product/india-publications/the-forgotten-irish-memorials-of-the-raj/ ''The Forgotten Irish: Memorials of the Raj'']; [https://www.kabristanbookshop.com/product/india-publications/kashmir-and-ladakh-india-burial-inscriptions-records-pdf-format/ ''Kashmir And Ladakh India Burial Inscriptions & Records''](PDF format) (Revised edition with extra data, previously published under the two separate titles); [https://www.kabristanbookshop.com/product/india-publications/the-scots-cemetery-calcutta-burial-records-1827-1941-cd-format/ ''The Scots’ Cemetery Calcutta Burial Records 1827-1941''] (CD Format); [https://www.kabristanbookshop.com/product/india-publications/simla-himachal-pradesh-burial-records-1829-1945-cd/ ''Simla & Himachal Pradesh Burial Records 1829-1945''] (CD Format). Probable fuller records, or the publications may be purchased from Kabristan Archives. Most of the publications are available at the British Library.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180306070051/https://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/britishinindia/index.html The British In India collection] bl.uk British Library official description of records currently on findmypast with references and dates coveredat March 2018, now an archived webpage.
*[http://www.fibis.org/british-india-records-findmypast-10-tips-searching/ British in India records on findmypast – 11 tips for searching] fibis.org
*[https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/sharpen-up-your-online-search-skills-1908545425.html 5 Smart Search Skills You Need to Know] by Else Churchill from London's [[Society of Genealogists]]. 07 July 2016 findmypast blog. Includes “Use Wildcard Character Replacements”.
*[https://www.rootstech.org/video/comparing-the-genealogy-giants "Comparing the Genealogy Giants: Ancestry, FamilySearch, Findmypast and MyHeritage"] by Sunny Morton. Video of 2019/10/24 London RootsTech Session.
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