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A full list of the records available in the British In India Collection on findmypast can be found on the British Library website.
'''Note that some India Office Records will not be found in the findmypast database''', (for technical or other reasons) but may be found on [[IGI|FamilySearch]], as transcribed index records and microfilms. Examples are some/all of the records from Madras: Baptisms, Marriages, Burials (Oct 1815-May 1818) IOR/N/2/6 [[IGI|FamilySearch]] microfilm 506957 and Madras: Roman Catholic Returns of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1838-1839) IOR/N/2/RC/1-2 [[IGI|FamilySearch]] microfilm 530008. Note that names may be '''transcribed incorrectly''' which will affect the findmypast Search. If you cannot find a record you are looking for, cross check with records on Familysearch, or try a more general search on findmypast. See "11 tips for searching", External links below.
There are other findmypast datasets which contain, or may contain, records relating to India.
*findmypast category "Directories & social history/ Social history"
**British In India. Released 24 December 2015. Transcriptions and images from cards completed by Major Vernon Charles Padget Hodson (1883-1963), Lt. Col. Herbert Kendall Percy-Smith FSG (1897-1975) and others held at the [[Society of Genealogists]], "British in India documents female relatives of officers of the Bengal Army, Madras Army and Bombay Army, along with British civil servants, chaplains, merchants, plantation owners, labourers and British people in India after the East India Company period".Note: The Search facility does not pick up the majority of the female names, only the male names. Most of the female names are only revealed when looking at the male records.
*findmypast category "Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records"
**British Nationals Armed Forces Births, Marriages, Deaths. (3 datasets). For a description of these index records see [[Chaplains Returns]].
**Indian Army. There is an incorrectly titled dataset "British Army, Indian Volunteer Force Medal Awards 1915-1939", located under Armed forces & conflict/Medal rolls and honours. The information for each transcript was extracted from the Indian Army Orders by Kevin Asplin.
*findmypast category "Newspapers and periodicals". Online newspapers. See [[Newspapers]].
findmypast category "Census, Land & Surveys"
**Census records may be useful for locating children at school in Britain, whose parents are in India. Census records are also available on Ancestry. Note: 1911 Census of Scotland is not included - this is available on ScotlandsPeople.
*This category also contains electoral registers which may be useful if you are tracing a person who has returned or immigrated to the UK. The main database is "England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1832-1932", although there are gaps in the records for various years, and not all constituencies are included (ongoing project). These records are displayed as pdf documents. Read the findmypast Search tips. There are also electoral registers on Ancestry.
findmypast category "Travel & migration", subcategory Passenger lists contains the dataset "Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960". Also see [[Passenger lists]].
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