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===External Links===List of Indian Princely States [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_princely_states Wikipedia]
Sylvia Murphy advised: They are original records and the forms have been completed in a variety of different cramped handwriting and writing materials, making many of them very difficult to read. However, the amount of information provided, particularly in the case of death, is often considerably more detailed than that found in the usual presidency returns. These records are identified in the general Z/N series of indexes. There is also a name and date index from 1923-1950 appear to be found on the [[LDS film 498603; and the entire set of records is contained on two films 527422 and 527423]] [[IGI|Family Search website]].
These records appear to be on the LDS beta Family Search website, refer ==External Links==*List of Indian Princely States - [[IGI]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_princely_states Wikipedia]
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The '''Princely, Native or Indian States'''are those States in India which remained nominally under the control of their traditional or hereditary rulers.
==List of main states at Independence==
*[[Rajputana Agency]], 20 states including [[Jaipur]] and [[Jodhpur]]
*[[States of Western India]]
===Records===
====British Library APAC records====
*Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Indian (Princely) States 1890-1946, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorn&cid=1-5#1-5 '''N/5'''], which consists of two volumes only. The index to these records is a single, slim volume.
They are original records and the forms have been completed in a variety of different cramped handwriting and writing materials, making many of them very difficult to read. However, the amount of information provided, particularly in the case of death, is often considerably more detailed than that found in the usual presidency returns. These records are identified in the general Z/N series of indexes. There is also a name and date index from 1923-1950 to be found on LDS film 498603; and the entire set of records is contained on two films 527422 and 527423.
==Historical books online==
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