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*[http://www.kgl.de Arbeitskreis Hannoversche Militärgeschichte]. A German language website set up by a small group of people, particularly Michael-Andreas Tänzer, whose hobby is Hanoverian military history. Some pages are available in English. Under the heading "Militärgeschichte 1617-1866", select Ostindien for a history of the period in India, transcribed from the articles by Victor von Diebitsch, refer above. (German language), or scroll through from this [http://www.kgl.de/NecAsperaTerrent/geschichte/ostindien/diebitsch_ostindien/diebitsch1.htm link] In addition there are categories Genealogy, Sources and Links, for which there are pages available written in English. The point is made that all relevant family history records were written by hand. This means that you have to read the common German handwriting which was current in the respective time period which is not easy. A link is provided to the Association of German Speaking Professional Genealogists. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131121002802/http://www.kgl.de archive.org link])
*[https://nla.niedersachsen.de/startseite/ Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv] German Language.:[https://web.archive.org/web/20181004054155/http://www.balticconnections.net/index.cfm?article=Lower+Saxony+State+Archives+(Germany) Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv - Lower Saxony State Archives (Germany)] BalticonnectionsEnglish language. balticconnections.net, now an archived webpage, so some information could be out of date. *This Rootsweb India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2006-06/1149438720 post] and the [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2006-06/1149524205 subsequent post] are posts about the Hanoverian Regiments going to India in 1781.The post advises that they They departed in the same convoy as the 78th (Seaforth Highland) Regiment of Foot, later renumbered the [[72nd Regiment of Foot]]<ref>Bailey, Peter. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/6410304/ Dutch - or German?] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 5 June 2006. Scroll down. <br>Upshon. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/6410313/ Dutch - or German?] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 5 June 2006.<br>Balmer, Nicholas. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/4207578/ German Regiments in India] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 13 January 2007. All retrieved 4 August 2020.</ref>
*Hanoverians are mentioned in this [http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalrecor06canngoog#page/n43/mode/1up link] (Archives.org) in 1783.
*The following reference is quoted in [http://www.igv.nl/jir/broneng.html Janssen’s Indisch Repertorium]: "Hannoversche Regimenter in fremdem Sold (14. und 15. Churf. Hann. Infanterie Regt.)", door Ernst Ritter, in: ''Norddeutsche Familienkunde 1'' (1952), 53-55; 71-74; 99-101.
