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*Some records in respect of the Iran, Iraq and the Persian Gulf are available on the Qatar Digital Library
:Refer External links below for details.
*Some records have been digitised and are available in a database called "East India Company", available from Adam Matthew, Digital, consisting of "Module 1: Trade, Governance and Empire, 1600-1947". For more information about these records, refer [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories#East India Company|Subscription websites - East India Company]]. This database is available in the British Library Reading Rooms.
==Visiting the archive==
*[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/familyresearch.html India Office Records: Family History Sources] including
**[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/occupations.html List of record sources for occupations in India]
**[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/glossary/glossaryhub.html Glossary for family history researchers] British Library Help for Researchers
*[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ British Library - India Office Family Search database] contains c 300,000 brief biographical records searchable by name.
*[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecords/guide.html India Office Records: guide to archival sources for areas outside India] British Library Help for Researchers
*[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecords/indiaofficehub.html India Office Records and Private Papers] including
**[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecords/indiaofficearrangement/indiaofficearrangedrecord.html India Office Records: Arrangement of the Records, and List of Classes]
***[http://www.idc.nl/ead/455.xml Finding Aid: British Colonial Policy and Intelligence Files on Asia and the Middle East, c. 1880-1950] IDC Publishers. Original records held in the India Office Records.
*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/ Digitised Manuscripts] Search for digitised records, including India Office Records.
*The India Office Records catalogue may also be searched through the National Archive’s Discovery catalogue (which has now replaced the previous Access to Archives (A2A) search). Note also entry to British Library Archive search shown above as, in some cases, this will give additional scope.
:[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/advanced-search/r?_aq=burial&_cr1=IOR%2FL%2FMIL%2F7&_dss=range&_hb=oth&_nrar=59 Discovery Advanced search]. In the section “Held by” select “Search other archives”. Type India and the option "British Library: Asian and African Studies (previously Oriental and India Office Library)" will appear. Select this option
