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*You will need a Reader Pass to enter the British Library Reading Rooms - which is where research is conducted. Read [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/inrrooms/stp/register/stpregister.html How to Register for a Reader Pass]
*Read about location, opening times, and many aspects covered in Reader FAQ’s in this [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/inrrooms/stp/stpancrasrr.html link]
* Certified copies of ecclesiastical records, with the seal of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, can be ordered from the British Library -current cost (2012) is £18 each. These contain details from the ecclesiastical registers held in the British Library which are transcriptions "contemporary copies of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials sent to London for the data from information of the East India Company and the original recordIndia Office"<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/ecclesiastical/eccrecords.html|British Library Ecclesiastical Records]</ref>. However, for most family historians copies of the these microfilmed entry register pages will suffice, or are preferable , and these can be obtained cheaply from the microfilm copiers in the reading room. Both the microfilmed entry and the certified copy should contain the same biographical information but the former will not be acceptable for official purposes. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-03/1330688795 post] advises that a certified copy of a baptism did not contain the name of the church.
*For further tips, read the following postings from the India List dated [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-01/1041699871 1/2003] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2003-04/1049840159 4/2003] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-06/1086322671 6/2004] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-07/1088805244 7/2004] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2005-04/1113208844 4/2005] [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2007-02/1171990710 2/2007]
|E-mail: [mailto:apac-enquiries@bl.uk apac-enquiries@bl.uk]
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==References==
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== External Links ==
*[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/apac/apacoll/apac.html Asia, Pacific & Africa Collections]
*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/index.html Online Gallery APAC Collection] searchable prints, drawings and photographs
 
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