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Consider that a person may have been baptised with a certain Christian name, but been known by a completely different name, either for their whole life, or for various periods. Also consider the following:
Consider also that * a person may have been baptised with a certain Christian name, but been known by a completely different name, either for their whole life, or for various periods. * a second marriage may be bigamous, or * the birth mother may not be correctly stated in a baptismal record, .* a person who had been widowed may be described as indicated by this India List [http:a Bachelor//archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-08/1283070071 post]. Spinster on a 2nd marriage record
Occasionally a person who had been widowed is described as a Bachelor==FIBIS resources==* [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=277 Births Outside India]* [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=241Ministers and missionaries] * [http:/Spinster on a 2nd marriage record, according to this /www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=290 Mixed Original Records] provided by Malcolm Speirs * [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=3 Deaths and burials]** Bengal burial records ** Bombay burial records ** Burials Outside India ** Chandernagore Civil Death Registration Index ** Madras burial records * [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=class_detail&source_class=1 Marriages]** Bengal Marriages ** Bombay Marriages ** Chandernagore Civil Marriage Index ** Madras Marriages ** Marriages outside India List ** Registry Office Marriage Indexes ** St Helena Banns of Marriage * [http://archiverwww.rootswebsearch.ancestryfibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.comphp?mode=class_detail&source_class=2 Baptisms]** Baptisms Outside India ** Bengal Baptisms ** Bombay Baptisms ** Chandernagore Civil Birth Registration Index ** Madras Baptisms * [http:/th/readwww.search.fibis.org/INDIAfrontis/2012-08bin/1345366528 postaps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=103 Births, Marriages and deaths announced in Newspapers and periodicals]
==FIBIS database==
Click on the "FIBIS database" in the panel on the left of the screen.
If they haven't been digitised, the The LDS have not filmed these records so they may only be viewed at the [[British Library]].
*[http://www.sog.org.uk/uploads/Leaflets%20and%20Tips%20PDFs/Cela_Heritage_-_I_Cant_find_My_Ancestor_in_the_BMD_Index.pdf I Can't find My Ancestor in the BMD Index] by Celia Heritage sog.org.uk [http://www.sog.org.uk/learn/who-do-you-think-you-are-2013-speakers-handouts/ upload] 2013. Although written about the England BMD Index, a number of the considerations apply to the India records
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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.
== Ecclesiastical records (‘N’ Series in the India Office Records) ==
The N series contains Anglican and some Catholic and Non-Conformist records.
'''These records have been digitised and are available online through the commercial site findmypast[http://www.awin1.cocom/awclick.ukphp?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast]'''. However, be aware that the digital images are restricted for privacy purposes and a limited transcription only is available, currently (January 2014) as follows: '''There are no digital images for baptisms after 1914, nor for marriages after 1929'''
== Registrar Marriages ==
Marriages conducted by the Registrar, which commenced in 1852, are included in the India Office ‘N’ series (N/11). A complete transcription of the indexes to these records is included in the [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=102 FIBIS Search] section of this website.
The Registrar Marriages records are thought to will be included in the digitised records available on the commercial site findmypast.co.uk
==Records on the LDS Family Seach Search website==
'''Main article: [[IGI]]'''
'''Main article: [[General Register Office]]'''
[[The National Archives]] hold some records that may be useful in tracing a BMD outside of the United Kingdom. For more help see TNA’s brief guide [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/gettingstarted/looking-for-person/bmdatseaorabroad.htm "Looking for records of a birth, marriage or death of a British national at sea or abroad"] or the books ''Tracing Your Ancestors in The National Archives'' by Amanda Bevan (7th edn, National Archives Kew, 2006), including chapter 8, "Births, marriages and deaths of Britons overseas or in the armed services" and ''The British Overseas, A Guide to Records of Their Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Burials Available in the United Kingdom'' by Geoffrey Yeo (London, 3rd edition 1995). Both are available at the [[British Library]]. ''Tracing your Ancestors'' is available from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1903365899 FIBIS Shop] through Amazon.co.uk
==BMDs at sea==
==British Army==
[[British Army#Ecclesiastical returns|British Army Ecclesiastical returns]] and [[Chaplains Returns]] detail sources other than the N series for India BMDs pertaining to British Army soldiers and their families.
==Birth and death registration==
==External links==
*This India List [http://archiverwww.rootsweb.ancestryawin1.com/th/read/india/2004-09/1096195847 post] is about change of surnameawclick.*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-02/1298276748 postphp?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast] discusses 'assuming a name' which was a way of ensuring continuity of a family name when it would otherwise have died out for lack of a direct male descendant.
*[http://www.deedpoll.com/tracing-a-change-of-name.htm Tracing a Change of Name by Deed Poll in the UK] deedpoll.com . Some records are available at [[The National Archives]]. It is often the case that a proof of name change either never existed or no longer does.
*[http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/marrlic.htm Marriage Licence Records (Allegations and Bonds) at Guildhall Library] This is a brief introduction to searching for records relating to the issue of marriage licences, with particular reference to those concerning the City of London and former county of Middlesex. Licences were issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other Bishops, and the records are called Marriage Allegations or Bishops’ Marriage Allegations.
*[http://www.archives.com/blog/genealogy-help/second-cousins-and-removed-cousins-difference.html Second Cousins and Removed Cousins: What's the Difference] by Amy Johnson Crow October 16, 2013 www.archives.com
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