Changes

You can view the Indian data A new online using the website was introduced 28 April 2010. '''[httphttps://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp Advanced SearchFamilySearch] '''<br>Details:<br>First click on the LDS’s [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp Family Search] website. Select country "To access the India and Ceylon records, then click on the map for “Asia and Middle East” and select either India" (or Singapore etc) You Sri Lanka. However, India related baptisms, marriages and burials can also search using the be researched more directly at [httphttps://www.familysearch.org/engsearch/searchcollection/frameset_search.asp?PAGElist#page=igi/search_IGI.asp1&clear_formregion=true IGI SearchASIA_MIDDLE_EAST '''Asia and Middle East Records''']. The data is almost, but not quite as extensive. Select region “Asia”. Then select country “India” or "All countries" for a wider area including countries such as Singapore, Malaysia etc. There is a facility to add batch numbers, see below.

The Family Search website From this link '''Sri Lanka, Colombo District Dutch Reformed Church Records 1677-1990''' are also includes a available with images online. Note, this web page takes some time to load. An India List post gives some hints for browsing these [[Ceylon]] images.<ref>India List post [http://pilotarchiver.rootsweb.familysearchancestry.orgcom/th/read/INDIA/2011-02/recordsearch1297851646 "LDS - Asia & Middle East - Sri Lanka/start.html#start Record Search PilotColombo"]dated 16 February 2011 </ref> Another series of images, which (added March 2013), accessible from the same link is a pilot project to access online images of data[https://familysearch. Currently org/learn/wiki/en/India,_Gujarat_Diocese_Church_Records_(June 2010FamilySearch_Historical_Records) it contains '''India, Gujarat Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1854-2012'''] Some of the data mentioned records are in the following paragraphHindi and Gujarati languages, but this may change there are some records in English, as evidenced by one of the future[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/File:India,_Gujarat_Diocese_Church_Records_DGS_7251285_3_Baptism.jpg sample records] shown.

'''Recent Changes 28 April 2010'''<br>'''Family Search has placed new To confuse matters, the (small) number of records on a temporary websitefor "other" areas in Asia such as [[Macao]], [[Singapore]], [http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/ fsbeta.FamilySearch.org[Bencoolen]] and hopes to move them in etc available on the next few months to it’s main Family Search website [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp FamilySearch]. now are not found in the Asia category, but in the “All Published Collections” category , in a group of records called "World Miscellaneous" and may be accessed through the following links:[httphttps://fsbeta.familysearch.org/ssearch/collection/show?uri=http://10.243.93.207:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1584960 India 1783956 World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms], 1786-c 1910] [httphttps://fsbeta.familysearch.org/ssearch/collection/show?uri=http://10.243.93.207:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1584967 India 1809045 World Miscellaneous Marriages], 1792-c 1935] [httphttps://fsbeta.familysearch.org/ssearch/collection/show?uri=http://10.243.93.207:8080/wcds/container/externalId/org.familysearch.easy.collection_id/1584968 India 1809046 World Miscellaneous Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948]

Although the The LDS website description of these new previously described the records states they are “digital as "Index entries derived from digital copies of originals housed in various repositories throughout India”original and compiled records" for births and baptisms, marriages, it deaths and burials. The current description is believed that they are "Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City". They in fact appear to be based on the India Office [[Church records|church records]] at the British Library, including the N/5 [[Princely states|Indian States]] records.<ref>India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry. com/th/read/india/2010-10/1286947107 post 13 October 2010]</ref> However, it appears that the records from the [[LDS Microfilms for Church Records outside of the usual Presidencies#Madras Ecclesiastical Returns - Omissions and Corrections 1777-1884|Madras 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 Family 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>

To find out details of microfilms which may be ordered from FamilySearch, use the '''[https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch 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 computer at 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}}