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German soldiers from Dutch East India Company Regiments were recruited into the [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers#Historical books online|1st Madras (European) Fusiliers]]
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Many of the Germans in India in the late 1700s-early 1800s were, or had been, soldiers. They were recruited by the East India Company as part of entire regiments such as the [[Hanoverian Regiments]], or Wurttemberg Regiment, regiments for hire which in todays terms would be considered mercenary regiments. Alternatively they were individual soldiers recruited into the [[Dutch]] East India Company,<ref>Balmer, Nick. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210709055054/https://groups.io/g/india-british-raj/message/585 VOC Records] ''<nowiki>india-british-raj@groups.io</nowiki>'' 7 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.</ref> Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC, some of who subsequently were recruited into East India Company regiments such as the [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers#Historical books online|1st Madras (European) Fusiliers]].
==Article==
Article "German Voices from India : Officers of the [[Hanoverian Regiments]] in East India Company Service" by Chen Tzoref-Ashkenazi,
in ''South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Volume 32, Issue 2 August 2009'' , pages 189 - 211. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233456221_German_Voices_from_India_Officers_of_the_Hanoverian_Regiments_in_East_India_Company_Service Abstract] [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00856400903049473?journalCode=csas20 First page of article]. Available at the [[British Library]]
==Records==
*Some Catalogue entries for the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]] are:
**[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/14875 ''Gemeindelexikon für das Königreich Preußen''] German language volumes available both on the FamilySearch Digital Library and as digitised microfilm. To view, you must be signed into FamilySearch. Note: There is an English publication based on some/all? of these books, digitised by FS but '''not''' currently viewable online, [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/287666-gazetteer-of-parish-and-civil-jurisdictions-in-east-and-west-prussia-based-on-the-gemeindelexikon-fur-das-konigreich-preuszen-1905-kirchliches-und-amtliches-gemeindelexikon-fur-ost-und-westpreuszen-dem-quellenwerk-gemeindelexikon-fur-d?offset=1 ''Gazetteer of parish and civil jurisdictions in East and West Prussia''] by Stephen S. Barthel published c 1991.
:[http://www.christoph-www.de/index.htm Familienforschung in Schlesien] "Family research in Silesia", an Austrian (from 1526) then Prussian (from 1742) area to after World War I (German speaking), now part of Poland. German language website.
==References==<references/>
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