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===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.
==Military==
*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/britregiments Britregiments] is a list for general questions about British Regiments (including those in the Indian Army). Their The 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]. There are also Message Boards for other parts of the British military *[http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/444-Military-Army?s=1c81cbddf784783bbe670ea971bf9984 Military-Army Forum, British-Genealogy.com] There are also other forums for other parts of the military.
*[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.
