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Dutch Indies Genealogical Association
If you had Dutch ancestors who lived in India, a useful association is the Dutch Indies Genealogical Association. Although their main focus is what is now called Indonesia, the Dutch Indies Genealogical Association can also help with Dutch genealogy in India. The association is called Indische Genealogische Vereniging in Dutch. They have a useful website
For webpages which are not available in English, you can obtain a computer produced translation of the webpage using Google Translate, (by copying and pasting text, or previously it was possible to enter the URL of the website but this may not still be available), or your browser (such as Chrome) may have an automatic facility.
Members have exclusive access to the Indisch Archief , a professional database with more than 2 million records with data that are not all publicly accessible. IGV also sells publications, including a USB stick of records from multiple sources. (An archived version of an earlier list gives more details of the content.) Note both the USB stick and the webpage describing the USB stick, are in Dutch. If the webpage does not display the contents of the USB stick, click on Beschrijving.
Previously the content of the USB stick just described was available on two separate USB sticks which could be bought separately, but this option no longer seems to applies. Note that there is a 50% discount for IGV members, so it would be cheaper to become a digital IGV member if you want to purchase the USB stick.
IGV Guide: https://igv.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Voorlopige-zoekwijzer-ten-behoeve-van-genealogisch-onderzoek-naar-Europeanen.pdf
"Voorlopige zoekwijzer ten behoeve van genealogisch onderzoek naar Europeanen (Nederlanders) in Nederlandsch-Indië (Zuid- en Zuid-Oost-Azië)" (versie: april 2018)]
Google Translate English title "Provisional search guide for genealogical research to Europeans (Dutch) in the Dutch East Indies (South and South East Asia)" (version: April 2018). To obtain a translation of the contents, copy and paste the text in Google Translate. Previously it was possible to copy and paste the the URL in Google Translate, but this option may not still be available.
The "Provisional search guide" refers to a published guide in the Dutch language Asal Oesoel, published by Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie en Familiegeschiedenis [CBG] [Central Bureau for Genealogy and Family History], available through the IGV online shop, with a 50% discount for IGV members.