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== FIBIS Resources==
*Previous FIBIS chairman, Peter Bailey, has created an informative slide show [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGZQlMGocPQ ''Advice For Your First Visit to the APAC Reading Rooms'']
*''Baxter's guide: Biographical sources in the India Office Records'' by Ian A Baxter.
:FIBIS, in association with the British Library, have published the Third Edition of this invaluable guide to the India Office Records (held at the British Library). This is the bible for all who are researching ancestors in British India and South Asia. Available from the [ FIBIS Shop]
[https://www.bl.uk/digitisation-services/ordering-images Ordering images] and [https://www.bl.uk/digitisation-services/pricing Pricing].
:'''Note''' above paragraph that the cheaper register copies will be preferable for family history purposes.
:'''Note'''some documents cannot be photographed digitally - eg some european manuscripts - and you would need to use the Library's imaging services to obtain copies. : '''Note''' some India Office records from the British Library, including all the ecclesiastical records, are available for free on [[FamilySearch]] digitised microfilms - refer [[FamilySearch]] for links to the FamilySearch Library catalogue and [[FamilySearch Centres]] for information about viewing digitised microfilms. However, for some researchers, [[FamilySearch Centres]] will not be geographically convenient.
==Contact information==
The British Library can be contacted via the means below. The Library will provide a limited research service and can supply copies of records and documents, particularly, if you have the reference of an item you would like and cannot visit - charges apply. For baptisms, marriages and burials, consider whether you need a certified copy, refer above, as for genealogical purposes, a photocopy of the record may be preferable. [[APAC]] also hold a list of professional researchers familiar with the collections. Please, however, note that, as mentioned above, FIBIS can provide research assistance and copies of documents for FIBIS members unable to visit the Library. Some As stated above, some India Office records from the British Library, including all the ecclesiastical records, are available on [[LDS]] microfilms - refer [[IGI]] for links to the LDS Library catalogue and free at [[Family History FamilySearch Centres]] for information about ordering microfilms.
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|Fax: +44 (0)20 7412 7641
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|E-mail: apac-enquiries@bl.uk. Note however that you will automatically receive an online form to complete, so it is more efficient to compete this initially, as quoted in the link "Asian Resources for the study of South Asia past and African Studies present" below: Contact the [httphttps://www.questionpoint.org/crs/servlet/org.oclc.admin.BuildForm?&institution=13430&type=1&language=1 Ask the Asian & African Studies Reference Team].
==Digitised books ==
