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'''NOTE: The FIBIS searchable database has indexes to all Bengal Marriages 1709-1893, searchable for free.'''
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Read these instructions if you are searching for records of '''births after 1910, or marriages after 1935''' which are not shown online on [[IGI#india records|FamilySearch]] because of privacy reasons. [[Findmypast]] has minimal records, for privacy reasons, for a slightly different range of dates.
Note however the records sent to England declined in number from the early 1930s with minimal numbers in the 1940s.
==Summary==
This page contains instructions on how to use the [[LDS]] (Mormon) records to research family history in India. It is '''not''' an official page of the [[LDS]] church. To find your nearest LDS [[Family History Centres]] (FHC), look up your telephone directory under ''Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints''. Or ask a fellow genealogist - they'll know! To find your nearest FHC at the official [[LDS]] website go to [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp FHC Locator].
(Alternatively, you will now need to go to back to the Locality Guide, described above, to find the number of the microfilm for that volume. Look up INDIA, then the Presidency (BOMBAY, BENGAL or MADRAS) then CHURCH RECORDS. Go past the index listing to the volume listing.)
Look up the volume in which you are interested (it should match the year in which you are interested, but there are exceptions - always go for the volume number). Then write down the microfilm number opposite the volume number. You will still need to go to one of the [[Family History Centres]] to order the microfilm of the actual record, however, unless you live in one of the Most countries where now require [[Family History Centres#Ordering microfilms|online ordering]] is required. ,
When the [[Family History Centres|FHC ]] informs your that your microfilm is available, make a booking for a film reader and view the microfilm. Simply look up the volume (there are usually only one or two volumes on a microfilm), then look up the page number of the volume you require. There will be your ancestor's records of baptism, marriage or burial!
If you only have one or two records that you wish to extract from the actual records, then another method of obtaining the same information is to ask the LDS to make a photocopy of the record for you. You must supply the microfilm number and page number, obtained from the index or other source. The procedure is explained in [[Family History Centres# Photocopy Service from Salt Lake City| Photocopy Service from Salt Lake City]]
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