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Cemetery records
Check for gravestone transcriptions and burial records.
- Originals at cemetery and municipal offices
- Photographic images searchable by cemetery at Indian Cemeteries http://www.indian-cemeteries.org
- British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia http://www.bacsa.org.uk
- Copies of some transcriptions at the Family History Library (FHL) http://www.familysearch.org
Censuses
National decennial censuses started in 1871.
- Early regional censuses and surveys.
- British decennial censuses beginning in 1801; may be of entire or selected populations.
- Microfilmed copies of many censuses at the FHL
- Baptisms, marriages, and deaths were reported to the British government annually.
- Originals in India Office of the British Library in London; also available at http://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui, Families in British India Society http://search.fibis.org and FamilySearch.
- Microfilmed parish register transcripts at the FHL
- Civil service records Annual civil lists began in 1702. See writers’ petitions for executive positions, and career and establishment lists for subordinate workers.
- Originals at India Office Library; some searchable at http://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui
- Microfilmed copies at the FHL
Military records
These include entry (enlistment) papers, officer and regimental lists, embarkation lists, muster and casualty rolls, marriage notifications, leaves and discharges, advancement paperwork and pension files.
- British Army records at the British national archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
- Honourable Company archive at India Office library
- Many Honourable Company records microfilmed at the FHL
Probate records
Look for estate inventories and wills and grants of administration.
- Originals at India Office library; some searchable online
- Microfilmed copies at the FHL
Immigration records
Use passenger lists, ship registers, embarkation lists and notices of arrival.
- Passages to and from India were published in the Bengal Directory (1815-1859), Madras Almanac (1811-1861), and Bombay Directory (1817-1856).
- Directories/almanacs at the British Library http://www.bl.uk and the British national archives
- 183,000 records searchable at http://search.fibis.org
- India Embarkation List 1753-1861 (men who left England for India) on microfilm at the FHL
From the March 2011 Family Tree Magazine
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