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These ‘Vital Records’ include not only '''Births, Marriages and Deaths''' but more particularly in India, '''Baptisms/Christenings, Marriages and Burials'''. There was no general some registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths (BMDs) in British India, commencing in 1864 in Calcutta but see belowgenerally it was voluntary.
There are a number of sources for locating birth, marriage or death information. This article provides an overview of these. See the links to the main article for each source for more in depth information.
