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===Discontinued Rootsweb INDIAMailing Lists===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 ideasBeginning March 2nd, suggestions, queries, questions and family details with a group of people (from beginner to expert) who are interested in the same subject.  Before submitting queries to the List, it is recommended to first [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search?path=INDIA '''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. :'''Update''': All 2020 all Rootsweb Mailing Lists Archives and Search, including the India List, have experienced ongoing intermittent problems and currently (2018/01) are unavailablebeen discontinued. Even when available, the Search may not locate all past posts. As an interim measure, you may be able to locate some past posts by googling your search term together with ''site:archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA'', but the possibility remains that not all past posts will be located. If you locate a past post via Google, the cached version (located under the triangle icon) may be the only link which is accessible.:'''Further updates''': 2018/01/25 RootsWeb Mail system is offline for the next few weeks. 2018/02/09 Rootsweb/Ancestry announced "...by the end of this month. The mailing Mailing list archives will be up and running with current emails in them. We are in the process of importing the old archives into the new system which will take some time". [http://www.rootsweb.com Rootweb Home Page for Updates] rootsweb.com. 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) remain available and get a 'feelsearchable' 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], (including the contact email address for the List Administrator <nowiki>INDIA-admin@rootsweb.com</nowiki> if you have any List problems). 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. 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. Many readers prefer that family names be typed in capital letters as this emphasises the name. 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. However, you can place attachments on the Message Board, refer below.:'''Update''': There were many problems in the latter part of 2016 with all Rootsweb Lists with many people unable to post new queries, or reply to requests for information. It appears these problems have now resolved, however there are no India List Archives available for late November, and December 2016. When you receive emails from the List, 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. If you are sending an email to the list, you can turn a long URL into a shorter one by using the website [http://tinyurl.com tinyURL.com] to avoid links getting broken.

Some researchers '''Update noted 27 September 2020'''. There have had problems when sending a reply been changes to a previous India the Mailing List emailArchives. It is no longer possible to directly browse the Archives, as the administrator but searching is still possible. The website URL has rejected their response due to formatting problemschanged. Perhaps the rejection letter A typical URL for a post has said that headers and footers changed from the original email should not be included in the reply<nowiki>https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb. Note also that you must be a subscriber com/thread/15659804/</nowiki> to the List to send either a reply <nowiki>https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread=15659804</nowiki> , or a new emailindia-british-raj , as applicable. If you receive an email from the India List which you wish to reply to('''Note''', this procedure is currently acceptable (June 2011no final /):

First of all click on reply'''Update noted October 2020. This will give you At times the address Search quality has been noted to reply be very poor, but it does appear to (which is just the normal India List email address)It will also give vary. If you the subject headingare unsuccessful, which will be the same subject heading as on the original India List emailtry at another time or day. '''At the end of each email received from the India List there will be some general information under the heading “===== India Mailing List Rootsweb INDIA=====”'''. This wording is The most popular list for those researching family history in India was the "footers" referred to above. '''All this information India List, including this headingcommenced in 1997 and most recently hosted by Rootsweb, must be deleted before you send your response to the India Listpart of Ancestry. If you do not delete as specified, the administrator <br> There is likely to reject your email'''. Type your response above a vast amount of information stored in the previous emailarchives, or but with the most relevant parts introduction of the previous email. Or you last website, some information may choose to delete the previous email wording entirely. There have not been differing views about acceptable formats over timetransferred and it is unclear whether a subsequent change in website URL has affected any of the data.<br>'''[https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india Search the India List Archives]'''====Rootsweb INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ====According to its website it isthe India- British- Raj List was:<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, Pakistan, Bangladesh, 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.

Many people subscribe to both the India List and '''[https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india-british-raj Search the India-British-Raj ListArchives]'''.

===New Email Group/List===The Rootsweb India- British- Raj List has migrated to a new platform at groups.io and is now called [httphttps://listsgroups.rootsweb.ancestry.comio/indexg/intl/IND/INDIAindia-BRITISHbritish-RAJ.html Subscriberaj India British Raj History] which states<br>"This group is for anyone who is interested in all things belonging to the India- period of time known as that of The British- Raj List or Digest. In addition to studying and enjoying the cultural aspects of that period of time (roughly from 1600 to 1950 A.D.), on a similar basis to we will also help those interested in the tracing of British and European Ancestors in British India List above."

====Rootsweb, now discontinued====*[httphttps://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/index.html listindexes Search All Rootsweb Mailing ListsArchives]. *[httphttps://listsmlarchives.rootsweb.ancestry.com/indexlistindexes/intlemails?listname=srilanka Search Sri Lanka/LKA/SRILANKA.html Ceylon-Sri Lanka Mailing ListArchives]

**[httphttps://listsmlarchives.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/MYSlistindexes/ emails?listname=malaysia Search Malaysia Mailing ListArchives] **[httphttps://listsmlarchives.rootsweb.ancestry.com/indexlistindexes/intl/SGP/SINGAPORE.html emails?listname=singapore Search Singapore Mailing List. Archives] *[httphttps://listsmlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=indonesia Search Indonesia Mailing List Archives] There are also Ancestry Message Boards for these countries, see [https://www.ancestry.com/indexboards/intllocalities.asia/IDN/INDONESIA.html Indonesia Mailing Listmb. ashx Message Boards: Asia]  

*[httphttps://boardswww.ancestry.com.au/boards/localities.asia.india.general/mb.ashx Rootsweb India Message Board], part of Ancestry. It is advised posts are gatewayed (reposted) to the India List so you only need to post once. '''Note''' however, currently (January 2017), (and for at least a year or more prior), this feature is '''not''' operating. When the feature was operating, many people preferred 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. However, the The Message Board has the advantage that you can include an attachment, such as a photograph. Also, it is probably better for replies which may be made in the future. Currently, If you post on the Message Board, including an attachment, also post an advice on the India List. There is also an alternative URL with rootsweb in the URL, however there may be problems with images displaying using this alternative.

*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.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazinefacebook.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. 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 forums on 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, mainly UK relatedMaharashtra covering "Military, including militarycivil 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".

The following websites are, or have, military message boards:. Most websites do not require registration to read posts, but all appear to require registration to post a query, or reply to a post.

*[httphttps://www.napoleonicwarsforumgreatwarforum.com/ The Napoleonic Wars Forum 1792-1815] *[http://www.victorianwars.com/ Victorian Wars Forum] is a message board for British Military Campaigns from 1837 to 1902, and in fact continues for the pre World War 1 period. Many of the posts contain detailed information and/or illustrations or photographs. A good site if you want the uniform of a soldier of this period identified, (but you need to register first). *[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/ org Great War Forum] is a message board for the First World War.