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:'''Note''': The set of records which comprises the searchable India records are now also available on [[findmypast]], as searchable records with images.
The [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927054?region=Sri%20Lanka Sri Lanka page] contains the database '''Sri Lanka, Colombo District Dutch Reformed Church Records 1677-1990''' (Alternative [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1780708 catalogue entry]). '''Indexes''' and images online, and further click though to a FamilySearch Wiki page about these records. Note, the images may take some time to load. Hints for browsing these [[Ceylon]] images.<ref>Loulie Genealogy. [https://listsweb.rootswebarchive.comorg/web/20200930000511/hyperkittyhttps:/list/india@mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=&thread/=1316106/ LDS - Asia & Middle East - Sri Lanka/Colombo] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 16 February 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2018, archived. Also Loulie Genealogy. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200507051926/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/35487737/ Dutch Records - Colombo Sri Lanka] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 26 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019, archived.</ref>
<br>A series of images only (not searchable) (added March 2013), accessible from the India page is [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/India,_Gujarat_Diocese_Protestant_Church_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) '''India, Gujarat Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1854-2012'''] Some of the records are in the Hindi and Gujarati languages, but there are some records in English, as evidenced by one of the [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/File:India,_Gujarat_Diocese_Church_Records_DGS_7251285_3_Baptism.jpg sample records] shown.
<br>A further set of images only (not searchable) was added May 2015, [https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/India,_Madras_Diocese_Protestant_Church_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) '''India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990'''], baptisms, marriages and burials from the Church of South India, Madras Diocese. These are the type of records known as [[Church records#Bishops' Transcripts|Bishop's Transcripts]], copies sent by parishes to the Diocesan Office. Hints for browsing these records.<ref>Cheryl. [https://listsweb.rootswebarchive.comorg/web/20200930001113/hyperkittyhttps:/list/india@mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=&thread/=113724/ Baptism records - Madras Presidency] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 11 November 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2018, archived.</ref> '''Note''':The category date range allocated by FamilySeach for these latter records may be very unreliable. As an example for [https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-37715-183-8?cc=2174941&wc=3NH8-16F:1584404203 Marriages: 1872 Jul-1877 Jun], page 1 shows some marriages from 1843, and the majority of the records on the first four pages are either earlier or later than the dates specified. (The images for Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records appear to be extracted from, or perhaps may be the complete set, of eighteen microfilms, [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1123389 catalogue entry]).
'''Further images''' may be located through the catalogue Search, refer below.
To confuse matters, the (small) number of transcribed records for "other" areas in Asia such as [[Macao]], [[Singapore]], [[Bencoolen]] etc available on the FamilySearch website now are not found in the Asia category, but in the “All Published Collections” category, subcategory "Other", in a group of records called "World Miscellaneous" and may be accessed through the following links:''' [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1783956 World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms], [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1809045 World Miscellaneous Marriages], [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1809046 World Miscellaneous Deaths and Burials]'''. Included in this group are records from [[St. Helena]], [[China]] and a small number from [[Indonesia]], [[Iran]], previously Persia, and a few records from India and Bangladesh.<ref>[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/World_Miscellaneous_Births_and_Baptisms,_Coverage_Table_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records) World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms, Coverage Table (FamilySearch Historical Records)] FamilySearch Wiki. Retrieved 19 September 2014</ref>
The LDS website previously described the transcribed records for India as "Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records" for births and baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials. The current description is "Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City". They in fact appear to be based on the India Office [[Church records|church records]] at the British Library , including the N/5 [[Princely states|Indian States]] records.<ref>Clark, Noel. [https://listsweb.rootswebarchive.comorg/hyperkittyweb/list20200930001538/india@https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=&thread/=1662558/ Notation against burial index record] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 13 October 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2018, archived.</ref> However, it appears that the records from the [[LDS Microfilms for Church Records outside of the usual Presidencies#Madras Ecclesiastical Returns - Omissions and Corrections 1777-1884|Madras Ecclesiastical Returns - Omissions and Corrections 1777-1884]] are '''not''' included.<ref>Email to User:Maureene dated 20 July 2011 indicates two brothers, Joseph Thorpe, 18, who died 23 Dec 1853 and was buried in the "Old Cemetery" at Guntoor, Hyderabad Residency and George Benjamin Thorpe, 23, who died 29 Jun 1858 at Jaulnah , who appear in the Omissions Film for Madras Burial (“film B265”) are '''not''' included in the Family Search data.</ref> Please note that on an individual basis the LDS record does not show all the details available on the original. Also not every India Office church record is recorded in the LDS database. Some individual entries are known to have been '''omitted''', probably due to error.<ref>Murphy, Sylvia. [https://listsweb.rootswebarchive.comorg/hyperkittyweb/list20200930001854/india@https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=&thread/=1663076/ India bdm on FamilySearch] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 30 April 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2018, archived.</ref>
In addition, although in the past for privacy reasons there were no records shown for dates of birth after January-March 1910, or marriages after January-March 1935, (these dates are those applying in April 2010 when the database was introduced and had remained unchanged; Findmypast will generally have later information, which may be full, or limited), at 2020/03/06 it was noticed that records were appearing without restriction, and were available for dates up to c 1948. For alternative records, refer below. Death records are available to 1948. Some of the records contain the description Race: White. This should be disregarded as it is a fabrication as the original IOR church records do not contain a classification for race at all. (The few records that do have a classifation for race use the terminology European not white).
==Unfilmed church, or other, records==
Should you wish to suggest to a church, or other repository, that they enquire whether FamilySearch is able to digitise their records, you should advise the church to use [https://familysearch.org/archives/contact/ Contact Us] applicable for Records Custodians and Archives. "FamilySearch field representatives can help you determine the best approach to gather, preserve, and share your valuable records and data". Family Search has priorities.<ref>[https://media.familysearch.org/familysearchs-strategy-to-help-preserve-the-worlds-archives/ "FamilySearch’s Strategy to Help Preserve the World's Archives"] 20 April 2018. familysearch.org. <br>Raymond, Robert. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200802145027/https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/how-can-i-request-a-record-be-digitized-many-are-still-film-only#reply_19755564 How can I request a record be digitized? (many are still film only)] ''FamilySearch Feedback Forum'' 13 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018, archived. </ref>
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*[https://media.familysearch.org/familysearch-free-sign-in-offers-greater-subscriber-experiences-and-benefits/ FamilySearch Free Sign-in Offers Greater Subscriber Experiences and Benefits] FamilySearch. Beginning December 13, 2017 a sign in will be required to Search historical records. Contains details about registering with FamilySearch.
** A researcher, in the Family Search Feedback Forum topic [https://web.archive.org/web/20200802171133/https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/just-keep-it-simple-for-basic-research-purpose-please Just Keep it Simple for basic research purpose Please!] wrongly thought it was necessary to submit family tree details, as part of the sign in process, but this is not required. getsatisfaction.com, now archived.
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/online-genealogy-consultations/ "New: Online Genealogy Consultations with Family History Library Experts"] 30 June 2020. FamilySearch Blog. Currently there is no specific category for India, but you could enquire whether the category British Isles includes the British overseas.
