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You can view the Indian data online using the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp Advanced Search] on the LDS’s [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp A new Family Search] website. Select country "India" (or Singapore etc) You can also search using the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true IGI Search]. The data is almostwas introduced in April 2010, but not quite as extensive. Select region “Asia”. Then select country “India” or "All countries" and for a wider area including countries such as Singaporeperiod of time there were two websites in existence, Malaysia etcthe new and the old. There is a facility to add batch numbersnow only the one website, with the exception of the Library Catalogue which still exists in two versions, see belowthe new and the old.

The ''' Changes introduced 28 April 2010'''<br>'''Family Search placed new records on a new website also includes a [httphttps://pilotwww.familysearch.org/recordsearchFamilySearch]'''. First click on Search To access the India and Ceylon records then scroll down the page to “Browse by location” and select “Asia and Middle East”. However, India related baptisms, marriages and burials can be researched more directly at [https:/start/familysearch.htmlorg/search/collection/list#start Record Search Pilotpage=1&region=ASIA_MIDDLE_EAST '''Asia and Middle East Records''']. From this link '''Sri Lanka, Colombo District Dutch Reformed Church Records 1677-1990''' are also available with images online. Note, which is a pilot project this web page takes some time to access online load. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-02/1297851646 post] gives some hints for browsing these [[Ceylon]] images . Another series of dataimages, (added March 2013), accessible from the same link is [https://familysearch. Currently org/learn/wiki/en/India,_Gujarat_Diocese_Church_Records_(April 2010FamilySearch_Historical_Records) '''India, Gujarat Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1854-2012'''] Some of the records are in the Hindi and Gujarati languages, but there is no data applicable to are some records in English, as evidenced by one of the [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/File:India,_Gujarat_Diocese_Church_Records_DGS_7251285_3_Baptism.jpg sample records] shown. To confuse matters, the (small) number of records for "other" areas in Asia such as [[Macao]], [[Singapore]], [[Bencoolen]] etc available on the Family Search website now are not found in the Asia category, but this in the “All Published Collections” category , in a group of records called "World Miscellaneous" and may change in be accessed through the futurefollowing links: [https://familysearch. org/search/collection/1783956 World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms], [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1809045 World Miscellaneous Marriages], [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1809046 World Miscellaneous Deaths and Burials]

'''Recent Changes 28 April 2010'''<br>'''Family Search has placed new The LDS website previously described the records as "Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records on a temporary website" for births and baptisms, marriages, [http://fsbetadeaths and burials.familysearchThe current description is "Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City".org/ fsbeta.FamilySearch.org They in fact appear to be based on the India Office [[Church records|church records]] and hopes to move them in at the next few weeks to it’s main website British Library , including the N/5 [[Princely states|Indian States]] records.<ref>India List [http://wwwarchiver.rootsweb.familysearchancestry.orgcom/ength/default.asp FamilySearch]. More details in the FIBIS Blog [http:read/india/blog.fibis.org2010-10/?p=54 FamilySearch Adds New Baptisms, Marriages and Burials1286947107 post 13 October 2010]'''. Although the LDS website description of these new records states they are “digital copies of originals housed in various repositories throughout India”</ref> However, it is believed appears that they are in fact based on the India Office records from the [[LDS Microfilms for Church recordsRecords outside of the usual Presidencies#Madras Ecclesiastical Returns - Omissions and Corrections 1777-1884|church recordsMadras Ecclesiastical Returns - Omissions and Corrections 1777-1884]] are '''not''' included.<ref>Email to User:Maureene dated 20 July 2011 indicates two brothers, Joseph Thorpe, 18, who died 23 Dec 1853 and was buried in the "Old Cemetery" at Guntoor, Hyderabad Residency and George Benjamin Thorpe, 23, who died 29 Jun 1858 at Jaulnah , who appear in the Omissions Film for Madras Burial (“film B265”) are '''not''' included in the British LibraryFamily Search data. </ref> Please note that on an individual basis the LDS record does not show all the details available on the original. Also not every India Office church record is recorded in the LDS database. There Some individual entries are known to have been '''omitted''', probably due to error.<ref>India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-04/1272583754 post dated 30 April 2010]</ref> In addition, '''for privacy reasons there appear to be no records shown for dates of birth after January-March 1910, or marriages after January-March 1935'''. (For alternative records, refer below). Death records are available to 1948. Some of the records contain the description Race:White. This should be disregarded as it is a fabrication as the original IOR church records do not contain a classification for race at all. (The few records that do have a classifation for race use the terminology European not white).

In additionIf you are searching for a name which could have various spellings, you can search using a single letter replaced by a wildcard question mark '''?''', or the Family Search website contains the LDS multiple character wildcard asterisk ''' *''' <ref> [httphttps://www.familysearch.org/engblog/Libraryen/FHLCsearching-wildcards-familysearch-2/frameset_fhlc.asp Library Catalogue Searching with Wildcards in FamilySearch] for all the LDS microfilmsFamilySearch Blog</ref>

The LDS [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp '''old version Library Catalogue'''] is still in existence for all the LDS microfilms, and there is also a catalogue available on the new site. Currently July 2012, the catalogue on the new website has some problems, and it is recommended you continue to use the old version Library Catalogue.<br> [http://www.londonfhc.org/ London Family History Centre] has a film catalogue for the [http://www.londonfhc.org/content/catalogue?p=Indian+Subcontinent Indian Subcontinent] and for [http://www.londonfhc.org/content/catalogue?c=221&p=Indian+Subcontinent,India India] in a different format to the main catalogue, classified by geographical region. You can view this all online data at [[Family History Centres|FamilySearch Centres]](previously known as Family History Centres) (FHC) if you do not otherwise have online access.You may need to book a computerat the FHC. This website has maintenance done in the middle of the night Utah time, when it may be unavailable, or perhaps partially available when it may become unreliable when searching. Come back another time. (Utah time is UK time less seven hours) '''If you have found a record from the India Births, Marriages or Burials on Family Search, as stated previously please be aware that this is not a full record. It is recommended that you view the original entry from the microfilm quoted.''' This will almost always contain occupational information which may provide a valuable clue for the location of further records.In addition, you can check that there have been no transcription errors. '''Information about ordering microfilms or photocopies may be found in the article [[Family History Centres]]'''. Photocopies are free in the majority of circumstances. Note also that there is an alternative way to obtain a copy of a record, as the record images are now available on the pay website Find My Past

Note that some films have been transcribed by LDS. To read how LDS batch numbers can help you search ,and to help you to cut down needlessly searching elsewhere, refer to [[India Office Ecclesiastical Returns Microfilm Numbers and the LDS equivalent]] *[[Using LDS Microfilms | How to Use Church Records on Microfilm]]:Instructions on how to use the microfilmed copies of the Ecclesiatical Returns and their indexes at an LDS [[Family History Centres| Family History Centre]]. Read these instructions if you are searching for '''records of births after 1910, or marriages after 1935''' which are not shown online on FamilySearch because of privacy reasons. Note however the records sent to England '''declined in number from the early 1930s''' with minimal numbers in the 1940s.

:A list of all the microfilm numbers for the LDS copies of Bengal church records.

:A list of all the microfilm numbers for the LDS copies of Madras church records.

:A list of all the microfilm numbers for the LDS copies of Bombay church records.

:A list of microfilm numbers of registers from churches throughout India, except the Portuguese colony of Goa. These are records which are not covered by the APAC holdings. The majority are Roman Catholic churches but also included are records from the Church of Scotland in Bombayand Madras, together with some Syrian and Armenian churches and a few miscellaneous entries.

:A list of microfilm numbers of registers from churches in the former Portuguese colony of Goa

:Lists of microfilms of European church records in India that do not fall under the usual three Presidencies. These include Native States, some Catholic records and post-Independence church recordsand "Madras Ecclesiastical Returns - Omissions and Corrections 1777-1884" *[[India Office Ecclesiastical Returns Microfilm Numbers and the LDS equivalent]]:Contains microfilm numbers for the three Presidencies and explains how LDS batch numbers can help you search, especially if you are researching unusual names which may have various spellings.  == References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}