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The [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927054?region=Sri%20Lanka Sri Lanka page] contains the database '''Sri Lanka, Colombo District Dutch Reformed Church Records 1677-1990''' (Alternative [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1780708 catalogue entry]). '''Indexes''' and images online, and further click though to a FamilySearch Wiki page about these records. Note, the images may take some time to load. Hints for browsing these [[Ceylon]] images.<ref>Loulie Genealogy. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200930000511/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=&thread=1316106 LDS - Asia & Middle East - Sri Lanka/Colombo] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 16 February 2011, archived. Also Loulie Genealogy. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200507051926/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/35487737/ Dutch Records - Colombo Sri Lanka] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 26 November 2019, archived.</ref>
<br>A series of images only (not searchable) (added March 2013), accessible from the India page is [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/India,_Gujarat_Diocese_Protestant_Church_Records_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records '''India, Gujarat Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1854-2012'''] Some of the records are in the Hindi and Gujarati languages, but there are some records in English, as evidenced by one of the [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/File:India,_Gujarat,_Protestant_Baptism_1944_DGS_7251285_img_3.jpg sample records] shown. The [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/4092149 Catalogue entry] shows some pre 1947 records, but most seem to be post 1947.
<br>A further set of images only (not searchable) was added May 2015, [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/India,_Madras_Diocese_Protestant_Church_Records_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records '''India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990'''], baptisms, marriages and burials from the Church of South India, Madras Diocese. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1123389 Catalogue entry]. These are the type of records known as [[Church records#Bishops' Transcripts|Bishop's Transcripts]], copies sent by parishes to the Diocesan Office. Hints for browsing these records.<ref>Cheryl. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200930001113/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=&thread=113724 Baptism records - Madras Presidency] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 11 November 2016, archived.</ref> '''Note''': The category date range allocated by FamilySeach for these latter records may be very unreliable. As an example for [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-37715-183-8?cc=2174941&wc=3NH8-16F:1584404203 Marriages: 1872 Jul-1877 Jun], page 1 shows some marriages from 1843, and the majority of the records on the first four pages are either earlier or later than the dates specified. '''Update August 2021''': At least some records in this series are being indexed, and in time will be added to the FamilySearch database, and be searchable.
'''Further images''' may be located through the catalogue Search, refer below.
As mentioned above, the set of records which comprises the FamilySearch transcribed India databases are now also available on [[Findmypast]], as searchable records with images.
To find out details of microfilms which have been digitised, use the '''[https://familysearch.org/catalog-search FamilySearch Library catalogue]'''. Additionally there is now a Catalogue link on each Location page (introduced 2018/03). Those records which have been digitised contain a camera icon. Some digitised microfilms of Church registers in India are available to view on your home computer. However, if the microfilmed record originated at the British Library, the digitised microfilm must be viewed at a [[FamilySearch Centres|FamilySearch Centre]], or possibly at a Family Search Affiliate Library - check the details in the Catalogue entry for the microfilm number, but make sure you are previously signed in, as different information can be displayed depending on your sign in status.
You can view all online data at '''[[Family History Centres|FamilySearch Centres]] (also known as Family History Centres) (FHC)'''. Check whether you can book a computer at the FHC. A personal "Sign In", as above, is required at a FHC.
