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Categories often cover a wide range of records. This is particularly true for those which might, at first glance, appear to relate only to [[church records]]. For example, the sections on births and baptisms also include such records as Addiscombe Cadets and Writer applications and those in the Deaths and Burials category show returns of death of uncovenanted civil servants and other officers which give details of family and property left by the deceased.
A full list of the records available in the British In India Collection on findmypast can be found on the British Library website, refer External links below. Subsequent to the initial release, the India Office databases now (2019/03) include some additional records, some transcriptions licensed from FIBIS, and in the India Office Deaths, transcriptions from the Kabristan Archives, and some with source unknown, but probably from the British Library, see below. Perhaps other records may also be included.
'''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 digitised 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<ref>Glover, Jill. [https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/220935/ KENNEDY/HILL Saga – Disappointment] ''Rootsweb India List'' 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2018.</ref> . 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.
*[https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=201071&clickref=&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk findmypast] website. Under the tab "Search records" is a category "A-Z of record sets" which is a listing of all the record databases. Searching in the World record sets using the keyword India produces these [http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=201071&clickref=&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.findmypast.co.uk%2Fhistorical-records%3FSearchedRecordsetName%3DIndia%26Region%3DWorld datasets]
*[http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=2114&awinaffid=201071&clickref=&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findmypast.co.uk%2Farticles%2Fworld-records%2Fsearch-all-uk-records%2Fspecial-collections%2Fbritish-india-office-collection FindmyPast British India Office Collection]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180306070051/https://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/britishinindia/index.html The British In India collection] British Library official description of records on findmypast with references and dates covered at March 2018 . **8 March 2019, some records relating to endowment registers were added to the database "British India Office Deaths & Burials". Source not stated, but most probably originating from the British Library.
*[http://www.fibis.org/british-india-records-findmypast-10-tips-searching/ British in India records on findmypast – 11 tips for searching] fibis.org
*[https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/sharpen-up-your-online-search-skills-1908545425.html 5 Smart Search Skills You Need to Know] by Else Churchill from London's [[Society of Genealogists]]. 07 July 2016 findmypast blog. Includes “Use Wildcard Character Replacements”.
