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*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2006-03/1141504497 post] advises that an ancestor came from East Prussia, now Lithuania . Many Germans were Lutherans who did not use the Episcopalian Churches and records were found in Presbyterian registers. Refer [[Church records#Missionary and Non-Conformist Church records, including the Church of Scotland| Missionary and Non-Conformist Church records]]. Some Church of Scotland Bombay church records and records for St Andrew's Church of Scotland, Madras may be found in [[LDS Microfilms of Church registers in India]], but it seems the records for St Andrew's Church of Scotland in Calcutta have not been filmed and are only obtainable from the church. Contact the Church of North India, refer [[Calcutta#Churches and missions|Calcutta-Churches and missions]]. There is a [[LDS]] film catalogue [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1123389& entry]: 'Parish registers (baptisms, marriages, funerals, burials, correspondence, etc.), Church of South India, Diocese of Madras, 1743-1990'. The Church of South India (CSI) includes Presbyterians but no specific Presbyterian Registers are listed in the film notes.
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2000-04/0954748785 post] suggests Lutheran missions as a source of German names. Refer [[Missionary#Other External Links| Missionary-Other External Links]]
*British Library Blog Untold Lives:[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2011/10/index.html Missionaries and madams] 31 October 2011 and [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2011/11/unfortunate-women.html 'Unfortunate' women] 7 November 2011. Repatriation of Germans and Austrians during World War 1
*[http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D3407.php The Swiss in India] (German/French language) Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz
*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Germany Germany] includes [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/German_Language_and_Languages German Language and Languages] which in turn includes [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/German_Word_List German Word List] and [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Germany_Handwriting Germany Handwriting Guide] Family Search (LDS) Wiki
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