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**The [[British Library]] holds: "vol.3.no.[1], etc (7 Jan.1888 - Jan.1952)"
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**Once the whereabouts of your ancestor in a given year has been established, a useful next step is the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_5&cid=1-1#1-1 '''IOR V/12''' Service Histories].There are an alarming 434 volumes of Service Histories, and as well as whole sequences of volumes for the 3 Presidencies, there are more sequences for India, Assam, Bihar & Orissa, United Provinces, Punjab, North West Frontier, Central Provinces, Burma and Hyderabad! The earliest date from 1879 and the latest 1948, though dates for particular regions vary. The later you can get in your ancestor’s career the better, as the information appears to be cumulative.
** Records of Staff and Students of Cooper's Hill Engineering College 1871-1906 are held in series IOR/L/PWD/8 with those of students also on [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=913 FIBIS database]. [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/05/engineering-a-career-in-india.html "Engineering a career in India"] 20 May 2014 British Library untold lives blog.
*The publication ''Indian Engineering'' is held by the [[British Library]]. For comments about this publication, refer the online editions, below. The British Library catalogue shows the following issues are held: UIN: BLL01013927488 "1910-1952; Volvol.47 - vol3.130, no.[1], etc (7 Jan. ; 1888 - Jan.1952)". However, for the catalogue entry UIN: BLL01012090738 it is advised Deficient: vol.64, no.17 - vol.67, 1918-20".
* From c June 2013 the following records have been availble on the pay site Ancestry.com
**[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=3585 UK, Civil Engineer Records, 1820-1930] source UK: Institution of Civil Engineers.
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin01calcuoft#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 1 January-June 1887], [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin01calcuoft#page/n5/mode/2up General Index],[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin01calcuoft#page/74/mode/2up Poem-Died On The Line] (page 75); [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin02calcuoft#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 2 July-December 1887] , [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin02calcuoft#page/n5/mode/2up General Index]
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin03calcuoft#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 3 January-June 1888], [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin03calcuoft#page/n5/mode/2up General Index]; [http://www.archive.org/stream/indianengineerin04calcuoft#page/n3/mode/2up Volume 4 July-December 1888] (lacks General Index)
*''Professional papers on Indian engineering''
:[http://books.google.com/books?id=N1POAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 1 1863-64], [http://books.google.com/books?id=g1POAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 2 1865], [http://books.google.com/books?id=wVPOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 3 1866], [http://books.google.com/books?id=_FPOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR6 Volume 4 1867], [http://books.google.com/books?id=OVTOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 5 1868], [http://books.google.com/books?id=a1TOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 6 1869], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZHItAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP25 Volume 7 1870] Google Books.
