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'''Certified ''' copies of ecclesiastical records, with the seal of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, acceptable for official purposes, can be ordered from the British Library -current cost (2018) is £18 each. These contain details from the ecclesiastical registers held in the British Library which are "contemporary copies of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials sent to London for the information of the East India Company and the India Office" The certified copies are transcriptions with data extracted from the ecclesiastical records. Because of the possibility of error with any transcription, for family history purposes copies of the microfilmed register pages are preferable. Copies can be obtained at no cost by using the microfilm digital copying machines in the reading room which scan to email or memory stick. Hard copies can be obtained cheaply from the microfilm copiers - also in the reading room. Note that sometimes the name of the church may be on a different page to the record you require. The records for a church may extend over several pages and the name of the church usually appears either at the beginning, or possibly at the end of these records, included in the words of certification by the chaplain/minister/priest for that church. [https://www.bl.uk/help/search-the-india-office-records-for-baptisms-marriages-and-burials Search the India Office records for Baptisms Marriages and Burials] . '''A great many of these images are now also available on the pay site [[Findmypast|findmypast]]''', which would be the most common option used by those who cannot personally visit the British Library. The British Library’s "Help , but for Researchers" regarding the ordering ecclesiastical records, where images are not available on findmypast, it is believed you can order a non-certified image in terms of records [httphttps://www.bl.uk/reshelpdigitisation-services/ordering-images Ordering images] and [https:/atyourdesk/servdelivwww.html Online or by postbl.uk/digitisation-services/pricing Pricing] includes further sections*India Office Office Search and Copy Service/ India Office Baptisms Marriage and Burials Search and Copy Service.

*Imaging Services. :'''Note''': Any original record which cannot be photocopied due to age etc, and/or if you have found a reference in [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=1&dstmp=1336721805856&vid=IAMS_VU2&fromLogin=true Search our Catalogue Archives and Manuscripts], you will probably need to obtain a copy as described in Imaging Services/Ordering images. [http://www.new.fibis.org/research FIBIS Research] is able to provide a transcription of these records, but is unable to provide a copy of the actual records, which need to be obtained directly from the British Library.