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The most popular list for those researching family history in India is the '''INDIA List''' hosted by [http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/index.html Rootsweb]. You can exchange ideas, suggestions, queries, questions and family details with a group of people (from beginner to expert) who are interested in the same subject. The List currently has over 700 members.
Before submitting queries to the List, it is recommended to first [http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop '''search the INDIA List archives'''] to see if your question has been asked before. You may also use this search page to search for surnames that may have been mentioned before. As you may appreciate, asking the same beginner questions to the list can become tiresome for the regulars on the List. It is also recommended to 'lurk' in the background if you are new to mailing lists (or even the INDIA List) and get a 'feel' for the format of questions and 'list etiquette'.
To join the List, simply send an email to [mailto:INDIA-L-request@rootsweb.com INDIA-L-request@rootsweb.com] with the word subscribe in the subject line and body. Please do not include anything else (even a signature). You may unsubscribe at anytime. More details are found on the [http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/IND/INDIA.html INDIA List page]. If you subscribe to the India List, you receive emails individually at different times during the day. If you subscribe to the Digest, the emails are batched together and come at less frequent intervals, as detailed in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-12/0976601039 post]. If you unsubscribe for a period, perhaps while you are on holidays, you can [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/INDIA/ '''browse] the INDIA List archives '''] for any dates you have missed.
Once you have become a subscriber to the List, you may send queries or information to the List. The procedure is as for any email. The email address is [mailto:india@rootsweb.com india@rootsweb.com]. Include a relevant heading and as much information as you can and the source of that information, as requested in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2010-09/1284593867 post]. Many readers prefer that family names be typed in capital letters as this emphasises the name. However this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-06/0961543513 June 2000 post] from the List administrator advises this is a matter of preference. Please note there is no provision to send emails to the List with attachments. You can advise in your email that you have an attachment which you can send to interested members of the List, privately off list.
===Message Boards===
*The posts on the [http://boards.ancestry.com.au/localities.asia.india.general/mb.ashx Rootsweb India Message Board] are gatewayed (reposted) to the India List so you only need to post once. Note that many people prefer to reply to the India List, rather than to the Message Board, (as you don't need a password for the former), so you are likely to get more immediate responses if you post your query on the India List. For other countries, refer [http://boards.ancestry.com.au All Rootsweb Message Boards]
*[http://genforum.genealogy.com/ Genforum ] is the website presented by Genealogy.com. Messages can be left on specific surname boards in addition to the [http://genforum.genealogy.com/india/ India Genealogy Forum] –or that of any other country. There are also general interest boards. All these message boards (or forums as they are called) can be browsed or searched by entering a specific word search. In addition to hosting message boards the site contains topics of general genealogical interest.
*[http://www.new.fibis.org/membership FIBIS Members] can post queries on the forum message board in the [http://www.members-area.fibis.org/ FIBIS Social Network]. A particularly useful feature is the facility to upload attachments - perhaps a photograph for help in identifying a uniform or place or a section of an historic document where the old handwriting cannot be deciphered easily.
*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/forum.php British-Genealogy.com], sometimes called "Brit-Gen" has forums on various topics.
==Military==
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/britregiments Britregiments] is a list for general questions about British Regiments (including those in the Indian Army). Their website says “Questions about a unit's history, movements, heritage, practices and regalia are most welcome and encouraged”.
*[http://boards.ancestry.com.au/topics.Military.uk.britarmy/mb.ashx Rootsweb British Army Message Board]
*[http://www.victorianwars.com/index.php?sid=bb2c47d9c5fa2d5603022b268eec2eb4 Victorian Wars Forum] is a message board for British Military Campaigns from 1837 to 1902
*[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/ Great War Forum] is a message board for the First World War . It has subforums [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/f97-0.html Middle East and North Africa] and [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/f99.html India] where archived threads may be read.
