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If your ancestor served in the [[British Army ]] or the [[HEIC ArmyArmies]], then you may find his military records very useful in providing details of his life and history. Until 1859, the two armies were entirely seperate and their records were stored seperately. The HEIC Army was abolished in 1859, and its regiments were subsumed into the British Army.
See [http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/milrec.htm Military Records on Microfilm] gives a brief description of the '''main''' types [List of records available, with an emphasis on those that can be obtained using [[LDS]] microfilms. [[H.M.’s HM Regiments]] has regimental histories of many for British Army regimentsthat served in India and some information about them.
The FIBIS search page has an alphabetical list of British Army pensioners who elected to reside in India between 1800 and 1857.
If your ancestor was in the British Army, and you only know that he was in a certain location at a certain time (e.g. he had a daughter baptised in Meerut in 1859),
then you may find John Kitzmiller's book ''In Search of the Forlorn Hope : A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records'' useful. It lists all British Army units by location. [http://www.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/index.htm This website] lists the India related material from the book.
Once you have determined in which regiment he served and at what times, you can learn a great deal about the experiences of your British Army ancestor by obtaining the regimental history of his unit. Much of the material found in the [[H.M.’s Regiments|Regimental Histories]] section of this website has come from the The [http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/ National Army Museum]may be of help in this respect.
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