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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180813043042/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory/occupations/civilservice/civilservice.html Civil Service] British Library guide , now archived, on how to use sources from the India Office Records. :'''Note some records may be available online, see [[Findmypast]]'''.Records include

*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_1&cid=1-6#1-6 India Office Serials '''IOR/V/6'''] 1768-1948 This series comprises serials published or printed by, or on behalf of, the East India Company and the India Office. The serials include ''Lists of the Company's Servants'' 1768-1799, the ''East India Register and Directory'' (later ''India List'') 1803-1895, the ''India Office List'' 1886-1947 and the ''India Office Establishment'' 1884-1948. Some are available online, refer '''[[Directories online]]''', or on LDS microfilm, with this including the section '''[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=778871 catalogue entry]. ([[FamilySearch CentresDirectories online#Ordering microfilmsIndia List and India Office List|Ordering microfilmsIndia List and India Office List]])'''. These Lists usually provide short records of service, providing the date of appointment, promotions and qualifications for individuals. *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_5&cid=1-1#1-1 Histories of Services '''IOR/V/12'''] 1875-1955. This series includes records of service for overseas Indian Civil Service personnel and for other civil servants of gazetted rank. For editions available online also see the previously mentioned [[Directories online#India List and India Office List|India List and India Office List]].*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_5&cid=1-2#1-2 Civil Lists '''IOR/V/13'''] 1840-1958. This series includes all the issues of civil lists of the Government of India and of the provincial governments. Coverage is usually restricted to gazetted officers in the main series of lists, but there are a few supplementary lists of subordinate services and also some fuller departmental establishment lists which include non-gazetted appointments, in particular the Telegraph, Indo-European Telegraph, Public Works and Railways departments. For editions available online also see the previously mentioned [[Directories online#India List and India Office List|India List and India Office List]].

*[httphttps://wwwweb.blarchive.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asiaorg/indiaweb/indiaofficerecordsfamilyhistory20160322113549/occupations/civilservice/civilservice.html India Office Records Civil Service sources] British Library*[http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/centralasia/2009revisedguide.pdf Guide to India Office Records relating to Central Asia] explains the role of the Political and Secret Department. British Library publication, now archived.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130613005828/http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?203758 “The Men Who Ruled India”] by Sagarika Ghose, ''Outlook'', 25 June 1997, archived.