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*for people in other countries connected with the history of the British in India<br> | *for people in other countries connected with the history of the British in India<br> | ||
The information included in the '''India Office Family History Search''' website is taken from a '''card index''' hitherto available only at the British Library. The card index was compiled by members of staff at the India Office Records from the mid-1970s onwards to meet the growing interest in genealogy. Users should note that probably '''less than 10% of the biographical sources available in the India Office Records was incorporated into the index''', although future additions to this website are planned. As the biographical information included in this website is only a small part of the total available in the archives, users may need to search elsewhere in the records – see India Office Records: Family History Sources. | The information included in the '''India Office Family History Search''' website is taken from a '''card index''' hitherto available only at the British Library. The card index was compiled by members of staff at the India Office Records from the mid-1970s onwards to meet the growing interest in genealogy. Users should note that probably '''less than 10% of the biographical sources available in the India Office Records was incorporated into the index''', although future additions to this website are planned. As the biographical information included in this website is only a small part of the total available in the archives, users may need to search elsewhere in the records – see India Office Records: Family History Sources. | ||
=====Passport Records===== | ====='''Passport Records'''===== | ||
Duplicate identity certificates of natives of India proceeding to Europe 1900-17 (when their issue ceased) and duplicate passports from 1907 were sent to the '''British Library, India Office'''. Identity certificates 1900-1917 and passports for 1907-15 are at the British Library under reference L/P and J6. The duplicate passports for 1916-31 appear to have been destroyed. | Duplicate identity certificates of natives of India proceeding to Europe 1900-17 (when their issue ceased) and duplicate passports from 1907 were sent to the '''British Library, India Office'''. Identity certificates 1900-1917 and passports for 1907-15 are at the British Library under reference L/P and J6. The duplicate passports for 1916-31 appear to have been destroyed. | ||
===== '''Post-1962 Immigration Records''' ===== | ===== '''Post-1962 Immigration Records''' ===== | ||
Some case files of the '''Immigration Appellate Authorities''' are held at Kew in Lord Chancellor's Department record series LCO 42 (1971-97). There are 875 files, most of them subject to closure periods ranging from 30 to as much as 75 years. Many of the files contain photographs. A '''Commonwealth citizen''' who wanted to work and settle in the United Kingdom had to obtain a '''Ministry of Labour Voucher.''' '''Applications for Employment Vouchers''' are in record series LAB 42. The series consists of vouchers that were not used, canceled or rejected, and the reasons given for the ruling under the Commonwealth Immigrants Acts of 1962 and 1968. The applications sometimes used the original voucher and are an excellent source for family historians. Normally they contain: | Some case files of the '''Immigration Appellate Authorities''' are held at Kew in Lord Chancellor's Department record series LCO 42 (1971-97). There are 875 files, most of them subject to closure periods ranging from 30 to as much as 75 years. Many of the files contain photographs. A '''Commonwealth citizen''' who wanted to work and settle in the United Kingdom had to obtain a '''Ministry of Labour Voucher.''' '''Applications for Employment Vouchers''' are in record series LAB 42. The series consists of vouchers that were not used, canceled or rejected, and the reasons given for the ruling under the Commonwealth Immigrants Acts of 1962 and 1968. The applications sometimes used the original voucher and are an excellent source for family historians. Normally they contain: | ||