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:[http://web.archive.org/web/20060705205925/http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Plaza/6143/contents.htm This archived unofficial website] has a range of information on modern activities of the school, as well as a brief history of the school.
*'''La Martiniere College''', [[Calcutta]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Martiniere_Calcutta Wikipedia], [http://www.lmbcal.com/ La Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta], [http://www.lmgcal.edu.in/history.htm La Martiniere For Girls, Kolkata]
*'''[http://www.vsdh.org/vsdh.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the website of former student, John Feltham.
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-12/1354398898 post] suggests searching in the relevant England Census, (taking age into account), for children born in India sent to England for schooling
=== Making Contact ===
*[http://www.batchmates.com/ Batchmates] This is a site where you can register your interest in a particular school in India that you attended in youth.
*[http://www.alumni.net/Asia/India/ Indian Alumni] This is a website to help alumni of Indian schools make contact with each other.
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*[http://www.baldwinboyshighschool.org/ '''Baldwin Boys' High School'''] [[Bangalore]]. Previously known as the Episcopal Methodist School
*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/bhs.html Barnes School]''', [[Deolali]]. Deolali (now Devlali) is near Nasik (Nashik), which is northeast of Bombay, across the Ghats. It was formerly a British school, then an Anglo-Indian school. This site contains a history of Barnes School. Also refer [[Orphans]], Bombay. [http://www.telusplanet.net/public/darouxl/Memories.html Barnes School Memories] has some photos of Barnes School, along with other photos of India and Anglo-Indians.
*'''Bene-Israel Girls Vernacular School ''' Rastya Peth, [[Poona]], est 1882
*'''Bishop Cotton School''', [[Simla]].
:[http://bishopcottonshimla.com The official website] contains a history of the school. (Simla is now called Shimla.)
:[http://www.oldcottonians.org Old Cottonians Association] also has the following:
::[http://www.oldcottonians.org/ocs1863-2004_listing.htm Listing of Boys at the School 1863-2004]
*'''Carman School''', [[Dehra Dun]].
*'''Christ Church School''', [[Cawnpore]]. Run by the S.P.G. [Society for the Propogation of the Gospel], it was first known at the S.P.G. Mission School, or Mission School and grw into a College affiliated with the Calcutta University in 1866. [http://www.christchurchcollegekanpur.com/about.htm Christ Church College, Kanpur].
*'''Church Missionaries’ Children’s Home'''. This school in England was run by the Church Missionary Society for the children of missionaries. It was founded in 1850 at Highbury , London and moved in 1887 to Limpsfield, Surrey. Further details in [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchmissionary04stocuoft#page/494/mode/2up/search/Limpsfield ''The history of the Church Missionary Society Volume 4''], page 474 by Eugene Stock 1916. Between the period 1907-1916 the school became known as '''St. Michael's School''' Limpsfield. [http://two.archiseek.com/2010/1887-childrens-home-limpsfield-surrey Opening in 1887] Archiseek.com [http://theweald.org/m13.asp?PicIdto=9901659 Postcard 1907] TheWeald.com. The England and Wales censuses show the children at the school at the census dates.
*'''Church Mission High School''', [[Dera Ismail Khan]]. [[Henry Campbell Guyer]] served as its Principal.
*'''Clarence School''', Bangalore.
*'''Colonel Brown Cambridge School''', [[Dehra Dun]].
*'''Colvin Free School''', [[Allahabad]].
*'''Conference Middle Class School ''' [[Poona]], est 1879
*'''Convent of Jesus & Mary''', [[Lahore]].
*'''[http://web.archive.org/web/20071130105652/http://www.geocities.com/scn_pk/convent_jesus_mary_murree.html Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Murree]].(Archived Site). Also see See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convent_of_Jesus_and_Mary_%28Murree%29 Convent of Jesus and Mary , Murree] Wikipedia.
*''' [http://www.schoolsindia.com/jesusmarymussoorie/home.htm Convent of Jesus & Mary]''', [[Mussoorie]]. Girl’s Catholic School in Waverley established in 1845.
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*'''[http://aubpages.net/VADHA/ Dow Hill School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the Alumni Website for the school developed and run by Aubrey Ballantine.
*'''[http://www.drgrahamshomes.co.uk/ Dr Graham’s Homes]''', [[Kalimpong]]. The Homes were set up in 1900 by the Rev. Dr John Anderson Graham of the Church of Scotland to house, feed, educate and train abandoned Anglo-Indian children. Dr Graham's Homes are still in existence today and this website for the UK Committee has many photos of the Homes and the children. The [http://www.drgrahamshomes.org/aboutdgh_previous.htm official website] provides a history and advises it was known as St. Andrew’s Colonial Homes until 1947. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Graham's_Homes Wikipedia]:*''Domicile and Diaspora: Anglo-Indian Women and the Spatial Politics of Home'' 2006 by Alison Blunt page 115 [http://books.google.com/books?id=YEykMG3QIXMC&pg=PA115 Limited View Google Books] has a reference. :*''Dr Graham of Kalimpong'' by James R Minto 1974 and 1995. The story of the children’s homes founded for the children of [[Tea Plantation|tea workers]]. The 1974 edition is available at the [[British Library]].
:*''Dr Graham's Homes: a Century of Service'' by Douglas Evans FIBIS Journal No 17 (Spring 2007) For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150912023140/http://milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com/html/1923_letters.html 1923 letters written to Dr Graham seeking admission] from milnamowandjahansfamilyhistory.com, now an archived webpage.
:*[http://www.kalimpongkids.org.nz/project.php Kalimpong Kids : Anglo-Indian settlers in New Zealand] "Between 1908 and 1938, approximately 130 young Anglo-Indian settlers arrived in New Zealand from Dr Graham’s Homes in Kalimpong, India. This website is for descendants of these emigrants and anyone with an interest in the Kalimpong community in New Zealand." Jane McCabe established this website as part of her PhD research. Includes a list of the 130+ surnames associated with this diasphora.
*'''[[Duke of York's Military School]]'''. A school in Dover, England for sons of soldiers and officers serving in India. This unofficial website is to help ‘Old Boys and Old Girls’ keep in contact via the Internet.
===E===
*'''Lawrence Schools/Colleges''' at Mount Abu, Ghora Gali, Lovedale and Sanawar, the four [[Lawrence Military Asylum]]s, founded to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India.
* '''Loreto Convent''', [[Darjeeling]]. Fibis database contains [http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=929 List of pupils from roll of honour 1888- 1912]
*'''Lushington Boys' School''', [[Ootacamund]], now called '''Hebron School''' (see above).
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[[Image:La Martiniere College.jpg|thumb|300px|La Martiniere College]]
*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/lmc.html La Martiniere College]''', [[LucknowCalcutta]]. This is David King's website about La Martiniere College in Lucknow. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweben.ancestrywikipedia.comorg/thwiki/readLa_Martiniere_Calcutta Wikipedia], [http:/india/1999-04www.lmbcal.com/0924859689 threadLa Martiniere for Boys, Calcutta] indicates the school St Xavier’s , [http://www.lmgcal.edu.in Kipling’s story ''Kim'' was based on /history.htm La Martiniere.For Girls, Kolkata]
*'''[http://home.the-wire.com/~raga/lmc.html La Martiniere College]''', [[Lucknow]]. This is David King's website about La Martiniere College in Lucknow. *'''Mission School''', [[Cawnpore]]. See '''Christ Curch Church School'''
*'''Mission Orphanage and Christian Boys Middle Class School''' [[Poona]], est 1879
*'''Mission Orphanage Panch Haud Vernacular School''' [[Poona]], est 1882
*'''Mount Hermon School''', [[Darjeeling]]
:Founded by Emma Knowles and previously called '''Queen's Hill''' (see below).
:[http://oldmhs.com/ Old Mount Hermon Students' Association (UK)] (secretary: Hazel CraigCindy Gibbs).
:[http://www.success.co.th/mthermon/ Another alumni (unofficial) website].
*'''Mountain Home School''', Conoor, The Nilgiris.:Originally founded by the [[http://homepageMissionary#Home_Missionary_Society_of_India_.mac28HMSI.com/kshagen/IndiaTrip/PhotoAlbum10.html Photos taken in 200329|Home Missionary Society of India]] by Karl Hagenas an orphanage for destitute Anglo-Indian children.
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*'''Sherwood College''', [[Naini Tal]]. Originally the Anglican Naini Tal '''Diocesan Boys School''', founded 1867. [http://www.oldsherwoodians.com/about/1867.htm History of Sherwood College], oldsherwoodians.com , the Sherwood Alumni website.
*'''Stanes Schools''', [[Coonoor]] in the Nilgiris, and [[Coimbatore]].
:The first school was established by Thomas Stanes in 1858. [https://www.stanescoonoor.com/ Stanes School Coonoor] This was for Anglo-Indian children; now described as "a Christian, co-educational, residential school".
:In 1862 his youngest brother, the philanthropist Sir Robert Stanes, established a school in Coimbatore; official website [https://stanesschool.org/#home Stanes Higher Secondary School Trust Association]. Now open to all, but preference given to Anglo-Indian children in accordance with the founder's wishes.
*'''Station School''', [[Rawalpindi]]
*'''[http://www.st-georges.info/ St George's College]''', [[Mussoorie]], near [[Dehra Dun]]. Founded by the Capuchin Fathers in 1854, it has been run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order, since 1894. Also known as '''Manor House'''.
**[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Historyhistory/1950s/Locksley011219-locksley01.html Memoirs of an IAF Technical Signal Officer] Wg Cdr Locksley Percival Fegredo attended St George’s 1938-44. bharat-rakshak.com**[https://web.archive.org/web/20190608170628/http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [https://web.archive.org/web/20150426070344/http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] , now archived, by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Patrician Brothers boarding school from 1945 for two years, from age 11. his His parents then decided it had become too dangerous to travel by train to Dehra Dun.**India-British- Raj List post [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ/2013-08/1376895885 Manor House during the Raj] with a copy of an article by Man Singh Panwar, a student from 1946*'''St Joan's School''', [[Kashmir]]. Ethel Fowle, aunt of John Fowle, was headmistress 1943-45. *'''St John's Vestry School''', [[Trichinopoly]]. Extract from the autobiography of [[Richard Harington Martin]], the Chief Engineer of [[South Indian Railway]]s, 1928-36. Reproduced in "Southern Railway Heritage Centre - Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951" pages 251-255 and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Johns_Vestry_Anglo_Indian_Higher_Secondary_School Wikipedia "St John's Vestry School"]; Retrieved 23 Jun 2016</ref>
*'''St Joseph's Academy''', [[Dehra Dun]].
*'''St Joseph's Boys Higher Secondary Schoool''', [[Coonoor]]. A school founded and run by the Patrician Brothers, a Catholic order. [http://www.archive.org/stream/nilgiriguideandd031416mbp#page/n311/mode/2up An advertisement] from ''The Nilgiri Guide and Directory 1916'', where it is called St Joseph's College
*'''[http://www.sjcnorthpoint.com/ St Joseph's College]''', Northpoint, [[Darjeeling]]. The official school website. . A Jesuit school, also known as '''North Point'''. [http://www.sursumcorda.org Another] school website. [http://sites.google.com/site/npschoolsite/home St Joseph's College, Darjeeling] - Arijit Sen's website. [http://www.npalumni.org/ North Point Alumni Association Of North America]. [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DMhMlGkawTQC&pg=PA75 "The Toy Train"] from ''One hell of a life: an Anglo-Indian Wallah's memoir from the last decades of the Raj'', page 75 by Stan Blackford 2000 describes the train trip back to school.
*'''[http://sjc470002.tripod.com/ St Joseph's Convent School]''', [[Saugor]]
*'''St Mary’s Girls High School''' [[Poona]], est 1867
*'''[http://www.dgrc.ca/sms/ St Mary’s High School]''', [[Mount Abu]]. This webpage has lists of the students in attendance at St Mary’s High School in various years. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190608170628/http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/LifeinIndia/Boarding_School.htm Life in the Hills] from [https://web.archive.org/web/20150426070344/http://www.gpmsdbaweb.com/memoir2/ An Indian Childhood] , now archived, by Eugene Blanchette born 1933 from his website. He attended the Irish Christian Brothers boarding school from 1942 for three years, from age 8.
[[Image:School crest.jpg|right|thumb|200px|School Crest of St Paul's School, Jalapahar]]
*'''St Patrick's High School''', [[Karachi]]
*''' St Paul's, [[Jalapahar]]''', [[Darjeeling]]. A very expensive school, attended by the children of the highest Imperial officials. [http://www.spsdarjeelingstpaulsdarjeeling.com/ Official website]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Paul%27s_School,_Darjeeling Wikipedia]. [http://www.oldpaulites.in The Paulite Web] Alumni website.
*'''St Teresa's Girls' High School''', [[Darjeeling]].
*'''[http://aubpages.net/VADHA/ Victoria School and Dow Hill Schools]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the Alumni Website for these two schools developed and run by Aubrey Ballantine.
*'''[http://victoriaboysschool.org/index.html Victoria School]''', [[Kurseong]]. This is the official website of Victoria School Kurseong.
*'''Victoria Girls High School''' [[Poona]], est 1876
*'''Wellesley Girls High School''', [[Naini Tal]]. Founded by Emma Knowles, who also founded '''Mount Hermon''' (see above). Boys attended until their 9th birthday.
*'''[http://www.woodstock.ac.in/ Woodstock School]''', Landour, [[Mussoorie]]. Founded in 1854 as the "Protestant Girls' School," in Cainville House, Mussoorie, Woodstock passed through several .**[http://www.woodstockschoolwoodstock.in/uploaded/About/documents/WoodstockSchoolHistoryac.pdf manifestations] (girls school, finishing school, college) before emerging as one of the leading international schools in India with a significant roll of expatriates. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_School WikipediaWoodstock School offical website]. **[http://www.farewellthewinterlinewoodstock.comac.in/HTMLBook/Chapter3-45-46.html "Woodstock: A World Apart"School], chapter 3 of [http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/copyrightpage.htm ''Farewell the Winterline''] by Stanley Elwood Brush, born 1925wikipedia
*'''[http://www.wynbergallen.com/ Wynberg-Allen School]''', [[Mussoorie]], was opened in 1887 with a Nonconformist leaning and moved to the Wynberg estate in 1894. [http://www.wynbergallen.com/history.asp History], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynberg_Allen_School Wikipedia].
==Records==
*An India List post by Michael Quin- Conroy dated 19 January 2014 advised that results Results of the Junior and Senior Cambridge examinations are available from the Cambridge University Library Archives.<ref>''Rootsweb India List '' post [httphttps://archivermlarchives.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thlistindexes/read/INDIA/2014-01/1390074317 postemails?listname=&thread=312052 St Michael and All Angels School, Maymyo] by Michael Quin- Conroy dated 19 18 January 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2020. Also see [http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/our-research/archives-service/ Cambridge Assessment: Archive service]</ref> These results were reprinted in Indian newspapers
==See also==
*''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' by Dane Kennedy, 1996 contains information in Chapter 6 about schools. [http://www.escholarship.org/editions/view?docId=ft396nb1sf&brand=ucpress University of California Press]
*''Problematic spaces, problematic races: defining 'Europeans' in late colonial India'' by Elizabeth Buettner. Article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~db=all~content=a768371327~fulltext=713240930 Read] the article in Women's History Review, Volume 9, Issue 2 June 2000, pages 277 – 298. Mentions schooling.
===Historical books online===
*This [http://www.archive.org/stream/annualreportofwo00meth#page/148/mode/2up link] includes the schools and colleges in India and Burma run by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church (USA) c 1919. Archive.org
*Information about many schools in '''Britain''' is included in [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924101205643#page/n5/mode/2up ''Index Scholasticus: Sons and daughters. A guide to parents in the choice of educational institutions, preparatory to professional or other occupation of their children; clerical, ministerial ... educational ... etc''] by R. Kemp Philp 1872 Archive.org, with [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924101205643#page/n507/mode/2up Index]
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