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===Discontinued Rootsweb INDIAMailing Lists===The most popular list for those researching family history in India is the '''INDIA ListBeginning March 2nd, 2020 all Rootsweb Mailing Lists have been discontinued. Mailing list archives will remain available and searchable''' 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 '''Update noted 27 September 2020'''. There have been changes to the Mailing ListArchives. It is no longer possible to directly browse the Archives, it but searching is recommended to first [httpstill possible. The website URL has changed. A typical URL for a post has changed from <nowiki>https://archiverlists.rootsweb.com/cgi-binhyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/15659804/</search?aop '''search the INDIA List archives'''] nowiki> to see if your question has been asked before<nowiki>https://mlarchives. You may also use this search page to search for surnames that may have been mentioned beforerootsweb. As you may appreciatecom/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread=15659804</nowiki> , or india-british-raj , asking the same beginner questions to the list can become tiresome for the regulars on the Listas applicable. It is also recommended to ('lurk' in the background if you are new to mailing lists (or even the INDIA List) and get a 'feelNote' for the format of questions and 'list etiquette'., no final /)

To join '''Update noted October 2020. At times the ListSearch quality has been noted to be very poor, simply send an email but it does appear to [mailto:INDIA-L-request@rootswebvary. If you are unsuccessful, try at another time or day.com '''====Rootsweb INDIA-L-request@rootsweb====The most popular list for those researching family history in India was the India List, commenced in 1997 and most recently hosted by Rootsweb, part of Ancestry.com] <br> There is a vast amount of information stored in the archives, but with the word subscribe in introduction of the subject line last website, some information may have not been transferred and body. Please do not include anything else (even it is unclear whether a signature)subsequent change in website URL has affected any of the data. You may unsubscribe at anytime. More details are found on the <br>'''[httphttps://listsmlarchives.rootsweb.ancestry.com/indexlistindexes/intl/IND/INDIA.html INDIA emails?listname=india Search the India List pageArchives]. If you subscribe '''====Rootsweb INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ====According to its website the India - British- Raj Listwas:<br>A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical interest in the period of British rule of most of the Indian subcontinent (present-day India, you receive emails individually at different times during Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and Myanmar (Burma)) which lasted from 1858, when the rule of the day. If you subscribe British East India Company was transferred to the DigestCrown, until 1947, when the emails are batched together independence of British India was granted and come at less frequent intervals, as detailed in this India List Pakistan was formed. '''[httphttps://archivermlarchives.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/readlistindexes/emails?listname=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 british-raj Search the INDIA India- British- Raj List archivesArchives]'''] for any dates you have missed.

Once you have become a subscriber to the ===New Email Group/List===The Rootsweb India- British- Raj List, you may send queries or information has migrated to the Lista new platform at groups. The procedure is as for any email. The email address io and is now called [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 [httphttps://archivergroups.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thio/readg/india/2010-09/1284593867 postbritish-raj India British Raj History]. Many readers prefer that family names be typed which states<br>"This group is for anyone who is interested in capital letters all things belonging to the period of time known 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 that of preferenceThe British Raj. Please note there is no provision to send emails In addition to studying and enjoying the List with attachments. You can advise in your email cultural aspects of that you have an attachment which you can send period of time (roughly from 1600 to 1950 A.D.), we will also help those interested members in the tracing of the List, privately off list.British and European Ancestors in British India"

When you receive emails from the List===Other Mailing Lists=======Rootsweb, sometimes long URLs in the posts do not appear correctly and it is not possible to access the relevant website with just a click. It is necessary to copy, adjust and paste the link in terms of this India List now discontinued====*[httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-05/1241351445 questionlistindexes Search All Rootsweb Mailing Lists Archives] and *[httphttps://archivermlarchives.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thlistindexes/reademails?listname=srilanka Search Sri Lanka/INDIA/2009-05/1241385538 responseCeylon Mailing List Archives]. If you are sending an email to the list, you can turn a long URL into a shorter one by using the website *Straits Settlements**[httphttps://tinyurlmlarchives.com tinyURLrootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=malaysia Search Malaysia Mailing List Archives] Some India List emails may use text message abbreviations or acronyms, some of which are detailed in this **[httphttps://searchcrmmlarchives.techtargetrootsweb.com/definitionlistindexes/Twitter-chat-and-text-messaging-abbreviations linkemails?listname=singapore Search Singapore Mailing List Archives] Sometimes a message appears on the India List which says: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list... The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. This India List *[httphttps://archivermlarchives.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thlistindexes/read/INDIA/2010-12/1291695361 post] discusses the procedure of writing a reply on the Message Board. Some researchers have had problems when sending a reply to a previous India List email, as the administrator has rejected their response due to formatting problems. Perhaps the rejection letter has said that headers and footers from the original email should not be included in the reply. Note also that you must be a subscriber to the List to send either a reply or a new email. If you receive an email from the India List which you wish to reply to, this emails?listname=indonesia procedure is currently acceptable (June 2011): First of all click on reply. This will give you the address to reply to (which is just the normal India List email address)It will also give you the subject heading, which will be the same subject heading as on the original India List email. '''At the end of each email received from the India List there will be some general information under the heading “===== India Search Indonesia Mailing List =====”'''. This wording is the "footers" referred to above. '''All this information, including this heading, must be deleted before you send your response to the India List. If you do not delete as specified, the administrator is likely to reject your email'''. Type your response above the previous email, or the most relevant parts of the previous email. Or you may choose to delete the previous email wording entirely. There have been differing views about acceptable formats over time.Archives]

===Rootsweb INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ===According to its website it is:A mailing list There are also Ancestry Message Boards for anyone with a genealogical interest in the period of British rule of most of the Indian subcontinent (present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladeshthese countries, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and Myanmar (Burma)) which lasted from 1858, when the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown, until 1947, when the independence of British India was granted and Pakistan was formed.see Many people subscribe to both the India List and the India-British-Raj List. In practice, most genealogical queries are sent to the India List, while the India-British Raj List tends to be more concerned with social and general topics.[httphttps://lists.rootswebwww.ancestry.com/index/intl/INDboards/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJlocalities.html Subscribe] to the India- British- Raj List or Digest, on a similar basis to the India List above.[http:asia//archivermb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search?path=INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ Search] the Archives[httpashx Message Boards://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ BrowseAsia] the Archives

*The posts on the [httphttps://boardswww.ancestry.com.au/boards/localities.asia.india.general/mb.ashx Rootsweb India Message Board] are gatewayed (reposted) to the India List so you only need to post once, part of Ancestry. Note that many people prefer to reply to the India List, rather than to the The Message Boardhas the advantage that you can include an attachment, (such 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://boardsphotograph.ancestry.com 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.rootschat.com/ Rootschat.com] "Other Countries" includes India*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/forum.php British-Genealogy.com], sometimes called "Brit-Gen" has forums on various topics.*Following the June 2020 closure of the Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine Forum, a new forum has been established by previous WDYTYR? Forum members [https://www.whowhenwheregenealogy.org.uk/index.php Who When Where Genealogy Forum] ===Facebook Groups===*Details of [https://www.fibis.org/british-india-family-history-facebook-group/ British India Family History Facebook Group], a linked FIBIS Facebook group. However, anyone can join, you do not have to be a FIBIS member, but it is a closed group so an administrator will need to approve your request to join. [httphttps://www.bbcwhodoyouthinkyouaremagazinefacebook.com/forum Who Do You Think You Are? Magazinegroups/1724297227862786/ Direct link : Facebook group, British India Family History]*There are [[FamilySearch]] linked Facebooks pages for various Genealogy Groups. For details, see the FamilySearch Wiki page [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Genealogy_Research_Groups FamilySearch Genealogy Research Groups] has . It appears that these are closed Facebooks groups. forums on Some of the Facebook groups are associated with FamilySearch Community Groups. To register with the FamilySearch Community Groups, you need to be signed in to both FamilySearch (initial registration required) and a separate section of FamilySearch, FamilySearch Community (separate initial registration required, which requires agreement to certain conditions). Details of FamilySearch Community however do not appear to be available until after you have registered, however see the following [https://www.familysearch.org/ask/learningViewer/2106 general topicsvideo] provided by FamilySearch. Whether you can join the Facebook groups more directly is not known.*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/737383223080952/ East India Company & Raj Research Group 1600-1919] A Private Facebook Group based in Mumbai, Maharashtra covering "Military, mainly UK relatedcivil and domestic life in India and other provinces during the era of the East India Company and British Raj from 1600 up to the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919".

*[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/britregiments Britregiments] is a list for general questions about British Regiments (including those in the Indian Army). The website says “Questions about a unit's historyfollowing websites are, or have, movementsmilitary message boards. Most websites do not require registration to read posts, heritagebut all appear to require registration to post a query, practices and regalia are most welcome and encouraged”or reply to a post. *[httphttps://boardswww.ancestry.com/boards/topics.Military.uk.britarmy/mb.ashx Rootsweb British Army Message Board]. Rootsweb is part of Ancestry. There are also other Message Boards for other parts of under the British military category Military.*[http://www.british-genealogyrootschat.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/444-Military-Army?s=1c81cbddf784783bbe670ea971bf9984 Military-Army Forum, British-GenealogyRootschat.com] There are also other forums for other parts of the military.*[httphttps://www.napoleonicwarsforumgreatwarforum.com/ The Napoleonic Wars org Great War Forum 1792-1815] is a message board established May 2011 and has a sub-forum for the First World War. *[http://www.napoleonicwarsforumww2talk.com/viewforum.php?f=51 Other Related Conflicts 1792-1815WW2Talk Forum] , the description being “For all discussions regarding other related conflicts during the Napoleonic period not covered by the above [i.e. the rest of the site] (e.g. Irish Rebellion of 1798 and India 1799-1804 etc.)”*[http://www.victorianwarsww2f.com/index.php?sid=bb2c47d9c5fa2d5603022b268eec2eb4 Victorian Wars World War II Forum] is a message board for British Military Campaigns from 1837 to 1902, an American site*[http://1914-1918www.invisionzonebritishmedalforum.com/forums/lofiversion/indexBritish Medals Forum].php/ Great War Its website says "The objective of the British Medal Forum] is a message board for to develop and further the First World War . It has subforums [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/f97-0.html Middle East interest, research and collecting of British and North Africa] Commonwealth medals; researching their recipients; and [http://1914-1918assisting each other with specialist issues such as research, naming styles, clasp combinations, etc".invisionzone.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/f99.html India] where archived threads may be readIt is necessary to register.*[http://wwwgmic.medalcollectorsco.com/forum/ Medal Collectors.com Forumuk Gentleman’s Military Interest Club] is a message board for those interested in military medals. (GMIC)