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**[[Church records#Records at the British Library|Church records- Records at the British Library]].
: '''The church records at the British Library are to be now digitised and should be are available online during 2014 through the commercial site findmypast.co.uk'''.
*When you have some identifying details of a person such as name, date and place(presidency), you might wish to join the India List (see above) and send an email to the list, asking whether anyone has any knowledge of the family.
*Consider joining your local genealogy society.<ref>See [http://www.ffhs.org.uk/index.php Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS)] and its publications [http://www.ffhs.org.uk/really_useful_leaflet.pdf “really useful information leaflet" (Issue 2 2013)] pdf version, [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:P6fAs1ZkATkJ:www.ffhs.org.uk/really_useful_leaflet.pdf+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au html version] , and
[http://www.sag.org.au/downloads/RUL%20leaflet.pdf "Australasian really useful information leaflet" (Issue AUS 1 2013)] pdf version, [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gziuaq-Q_cQJ:www.sag.org.au/downloads/RUL%2520leaflet.pdf+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au html version], which also contains UK information, (the latter leaflet posted on sag.org.au) </ref> Enquire about the facilities offered to members. Most large societies provide members free online access in their libraries to commercial sites such as FindMyPast and Ancestry. This will become is especially relevant when as the church records at the British Library are now digitised and available through findmypast.co.uk. Some libraries may also offer free access to websites such as FindMyPast and Ancestry, see [[Miscellaneous tips]].
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