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A broken range of the '''Many Indian Army and Civil Service List'' 1864- January 1873 is Lists are now available online, see - See [[Directories online#India List and India Office Indian Army List|Directories online]], but these do '''not''' appear to contain a list of Apothecaries. The subscription website Findmypast enables named searches within the [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/indian-army-and-civil-service-list-1873 Indian Army and Civil Service List 1873]. A transcript of the [http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=5758 January 1912] edition is available online via Ancestry.com
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Another invaluable source is the Indian Army Lists, like Thacker’s, available at the British Library. This B.L. webpage [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/indianmedicalservice/indianmedical.html Indian Medical Service] advises that members of the Subordinate Medical Department are recorded in the published army lists, L/MIL/17/2-4, Bengal from 1819, Madras from 1829, Bombay from 1832. (The catalogue entries are: [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-1#1-1-1 Bengal Army IOR/L/MIL/17/2 ] 1791-1903 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-2#1-1-2 Madras Army IOR/L/MIL/17/3] 1787-1904 [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-2_2&cid=1-1-3#1-1-3 Bombay Army IOR/L/MIL/17/4] 1794-1913). From 1889 to 1947, all members of the Subordinate Medical Department with the rank of warrant officer or above are recorded in the published Indian Army List in the Reading Room (Ref:OIR355.33). However, according to this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-01/1263998480 post] the L/MIL/17 Army Lists in the early years may not routinely include lists of Apothecaries. Quoting from Baxter’s Guide (Biographical Sources in the India Office Records), the post also advises that "Dates of Birth of Apothecaries are given in the lists from Oct. 1884".
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