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British Library
==Records==
====British Library====
The links for the following catalogue references are National Archives Discovery links. For British Library equivalent links, search directly in the British Library’s [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 "Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts"]. *Online database of National Archives shows [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/139d6db7-f3ee-4103-bd7a-ac025b988601?src=9&sK=%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%234737 Roll of subscribers to Madras Military Fund 1808-c.1939]. Biographical details included - taken from British Library reference IOR/L/AG/23/10/1]. Biographical details included.
:Other records available in the [[British Library]] India Office holdings include:*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/4b8e7635-5ef1-457f-a73b-fd818cb197f4?src=5&sK=%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%2311 Madras Army Records '''IOR/L/MIL/11''']. Discovery catalogue entry which includes links to subgroups. :Please note that the [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/2cd13aae-8c0a-45f9-a80c-81accda2cdda?src=6&sk=%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23129 Registers of Madras Army European Soldiers '''IOR/L/MIL/11/101-108'''] 1786-1860 commenced in 1831 and only contain men still serving in the Army at that date. They are the recommended records to look at initially for men serving from 1831. If a man left the Army prior to 1831 for any reason, including death, he will not appear in these records. The Muster records are an alternative source of information.
:FamilySearch ([[LDS]] (Mormons)) have filmed many of these records. [https://familysearch.org/catalog/search Search the Microfilm catalogue] by entering keywords such as Madras Army. In particular, “Registers of Madras Army European soldiers, 1786-1860” and “Madras army muster, quarterly, annual and casualty rolls, 1762-1907” are available. ([[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]]).
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/d005f81e-9f8e-4418-ae3d-f5d1d20b0f15?src=6&sK=%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23177 Military Department Library: Madras Army '''IOR/L/MIL/17/3'''] 1787-1904 includes**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/a07d2837-5708-4de6-a89c-2fe7d5fc9d35?src=7&sk=%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23450 Madras Army List '''IOR/L/MIL/17/3/1-329'''] 1810-1895**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/783271c7-fb77-4dbf-bbde-20bdcb1412e7?src=7&sk=%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23%23461 Madras Army General and Regimental Histories, Biographical Compilations '''IOR/L/MIL/17/3/511-520'''] 1852-1943. Discovery catalogue entry
*Soldiers’ and Officers’ Wills '''IOR/L/AG/34/30''' 1825-1881 (varies according to Presidency and whether a soldier or an officer). These records are available on [[Findmypast|findmypast]]
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