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*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=241 Ministers and missionaries] section of the FIBIS database
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=889&s_id=69 Indian Missionary Directory and Memorial Volume] 2587 names have been indexed from this book which records Protestant Missionaries who have served in India.
*"Elizabeth Martin of Madras and Walter Medhurst, Missionary" by John Holliday ''FIBIS Journal Number 32 (Autumn 2014'' pages 38-44. They were members of the London Missionary Society. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]].
== British Protestant Missionary Societies in India and their archives ==
British Christian missionaries were usually sponsored in India by missionary societies from the United Kingdom. There was a wide variety from non-denominational through to Scottish Presbyterians, the Church of England societies, the Baptists, and those who now come under the United Reform Church. The archives of these missionary bodies, often rich sources of names, careers, family details and correspondence, are accessible but variously held in libraries or other repositories depending on the society. The structures of societies differ widely, but most have an archivist, and he/she may be a useful first contact. Below are details of some of these, giving for each its current name and location and where its archives are kept. Missionary societies from outside of Britain and additional Indian missionary sources which may provide useful background have been added in separate sections below.
