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'''The commerical website findmypast.co.uk has digitised these records and they were released online on 29 January 2014.'''
Many of *'''The commercial website findmypast.co.uk has digitised the indexes have been India Office Church records and they previously transcribed by FIBIS Volunteers and were released online on 29 January 2014.''' Due to the fact that more recent records may contain details for individuals who are available in still living, the website findmypast host only a basic index for birth/baptism records within 100 years and marriage records under 84 years. <ref> [http://www.searchbl.fibis.orguk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/frontisindia/binbritishinindia/index.php FIBIS Search databasehtml The British In India Collection] under the heading Ecclesiastical Records. Some records, a small proportion of the whole, have been transcribed and are searchable on the British Library's [http://indiafamily.bl.uk</UI/ India Office Family History Search].ref>
The [*Many of the indexes have been previously transcribed by FIBIS Volunteers and are available in the [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php FIBIS Search database] under the heading Ecclesiastical Records. *Some records, a small proportion of the whole, have been transcribed and are searchable on the British Library's [http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ India Office Family History Search]] article contains visiting tips and information.
Many of the names * Enhanced indexes from the church records at the British Library were added in April 2010 to the LDS [[IGI|Family Search website]]. These are free to search and view but examination of the full record will give further information.
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There was some [[Birth and death registration|registration]] of Births and Deaths in [[British India]], commencing in 1864 in Calcutta, but generally it was voluntary, and records which exist are difficult to access. The next best thing for a genealogist is to use '''Church Records'''. An estimated 70% of all [[Birth, marriage and death records|baptism, marriage and burial records]] have survived today in the [[India Office Records]], and the good news is that they are all indexed and available on microfilm. Records of baptisms, marriages and burials are available 1698-1968.
The records are housed in the [[British Library]] in London. '''The commerical website findmypast.co.uk has digitised these records and they are now available online''' Due to the fact that more recent records may contain details for individuals who are still living, the website findmypast host only a basic index for birth/baptism records within 100 years and marriage records under 84 years. <ref> [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/britishinindia/index.html The British In India Collection]bl.uk </ref>
In 1930 the Anglican Church in India separated from the Church of England and became the autonomous Church of India, [[Burma]] and [[Ceylon]], still within the Anglican Communion. '''From this time onwards fewer ecclesiastical records were sent to England, and the number continued to decline over time. By the 1940s there were very few records sent to England.'''
==Records at the British Library==
Microfilmed copies of all the records are available for public inspection and indexes are on the open shelves of the Asian & African Studies Reading Room, broken down by [[Presidency]], alphabetically and by year. Records are catalogued under the 'N' series (ie, the references for ecclesiastical records being with N), under the heading [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorn&cid=-1#-1 Ecclesiastical Returns]
The [[British Library]] article contains visiting tips and information.
====Online records and transcriptions====
=== Anglican Records ===
