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The [http://www.sog.org.uk/index.shtml Society of Genealogists] (SOG) in London has information largely relating to family history in England, including its publication, the ''Genealogists' Magazine''. However, the Society also contains an impressive selection of material in its libraries relating to British India.
Foremost amongst this is the card index of Lt Col H K Percy Smith (1897-1975). In a similar way to the British Library's Great Card Index, these records are drawn from diverse sources - e.g army records, baptismal , marriage and burial records, newspaper cuttings and a sample of documents presented when British subjects from India applied for right of stay in the UK after 1948. Microfilms of these cards are in the Lower Library in the overseas filing cabinets. These comprise about 40 reels arranged alphabetically. Some of the baptism, marriage and burial information has been typed into lists by Lt Col Bullock (and others) and are on the open shelves in the Upper Library.
Moreover, some of the church records available at the Society are not found in the N series of India Office Records at the British Library. To see what is available refer to [http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/overseas.shtml#india Church records of India at SOG].
