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→European Protestant Missionary Societies in India and their archives
== European Protestant Missionary Societies in India and their archives ==
Arguably smaller numbers of fewer Christian missionaries were sponsored in India by Continental organisations, such as the [[German]] Lutherans, but they preceded the British and had a lasting impact in India. The proliferation of both large and small Lutheran missionary societies and their interconnections can provide particular challenges for the family historian.
Founded in 1821. A "private organisation rooted in the Danish Folkekirken (The Church of Denmark, or Danish National Church)".
Began work in India in the 1860s, with the first missionaries sent to India in 1865.
In 1931 the Danish part of the Breklum Mission (see above) merged with the DMS.
