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School Records: Student Records[edit | edit source]

Research Use: Lineage linked information given, linking two generations. Also a primary source of birth date.

Record Type: Admissions and births

Time Period: 1840-present

Content: Name of student, father’s name, address, date of birth, name of school, class, date & year of admission, signature of clerk.

Location: State and district record offices.

Population coverage: 90% Hindu; 9% Muslim; 1% Christian.

Reliability: Reasonably accurate, but they are a number of years after the birth of the student, so care should be taken with that data.^[1]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: India,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1997.

[profile-1] The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: India,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1997.

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+== School Records: Student Records ==
-*'''1731''' [https://www.geneaknowhow.net/script/algemeen-nl.html Cochin, transcription schoolchildren 1731] at GeneaScript - index
-*'''1845-1859''' [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1256 Schools, College Registers, Grant Medical College] at FIBIS - index & images ($)
+Research Use: Lineage linked information given, linking two generations.  Also a primary source of birth date.
+Record Type: Admissions and births
+Time Period: 1840-present
-== School Records: Student Records ==
+Content: Name of student, father’s name, address, date of birth, name of school, class, date & year of admission, signature of clerk.
-Indian students pursued a range of studies in Great Britain, particularly in Law, Medicine, and in technical fields. Although many individual colleges tried to keep their numbers down, Indians at first came manly to oxford, Cambridge, London, and Edinburgh universities. In the early 20th century the South Asian students also went to Glasgow University and the Manchester School of Technology.
+Location: State and district record offices.
-Therefore, it may be useful to consult the admission registers of these universities. Oxbridge details are supplied in the ten volumes of John &amp; J.A. Venn's ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'' (Cambridge University Press, 1922-54), and the eight volumes of Joseph Foster's ''Alumni Oxonienses'' (James Parker &amp; O., 1888-91). From 1880 to 1913, the total number of Indian students in Britain expanded from approximately 100 to 1700.
+Population coverage: 90% Hindu; 9% Muslim; 1% Christian.
-These records contain information on the student and parents and are a source of birth information.  Records exist from the 1840s and can be found in state and district record offices.
+Reliability: Reasonably accurate, but they are a number of years after the birth of the student, so care should be taken with that data.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: India,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1997.</ref>
-Generally they contain the name of the student, father’s name, address, date of birth, name of school, class, date & year of admission.
+== References  ==
-=== Indian Civil Service (ICS)  ===
-As the Indian Civil Service examination could only be taken in London until 1922, Indian aspirants for a post had to journey to Great Britain. Lord Salisbury, the Secretary for India, reduced the qualifying age for the ICS Exam from 21 to 19 in 1876, an action that probably significantly reduced the number of Indians who might apply. Indian ICS candidates were put on probation and compelled to attend Oxford, Cambridge, or the University of London as a means of acquiring the requisite moral fiber. The records of the Civil Service Commission Department are held in the National Archives.
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