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→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.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20141028163200/http://www.mundus.ac.uk/ Mundus on the WayBack Machine] is a web-based guide to more than four hundred collections of overseas missionary materials held in UK, but 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 are being added in separate sections below.
===Baptist Missionary Society===
