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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/138720 '''India and Pakistan, ecclesiastical returns, registered 1949-1967'''], indexed images. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/138720 '''India and Pakistan, ecclesiastical returns, registered 1949-1967'''], indexed images. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/143280 '''Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, 1713-1948'''] The Presidency of Bengal mainly included the states of Bihar and Orissa. At times the Presidency extended to Punjab and most of Northern India. Includes returns from the British colonies of Burma, Malacca and Singapore. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/143280 '''Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bengal, 1713-1948'''] The Presidency of Bengal mainly included the states of Bihar and Orissa. At times the Presidency extended to Punjab and most of Northern India. Includes returns from the British colonies of Burma, Malacca and Singapore. | ||
*[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ India Office Family History Search] | *[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ India Office Family History Search] | ||
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Church records are an excellent source for accurate information on names and dates and on places of births, marriages, and deaths. Many people who lived in India have information recorded about them in a church record. Since civil authorities did not begin registering vital statistics until 1872, church records are the best source for family information before that date. | Church records are an excellent source for accurate information on names and dates and on places of births, marriages, and deaths. Many people who lived in India have information recorded about them in a church record. Since civil authorities did not begin registering vital statistics until 1872, church records are the best source for family information before that date. | ||
The first step in researching European or Anglo-Indian ancestry in colonial India is to use the church records. For | The first step in researching European or Anglo-Indian ancestry in colonial India is to use the church records. For administrative purposes, colonial India was divided into three Presidencies, Bombay, Madras, and Bengal. Protestant and Catholic churches began to keep records in India in 1698 (Madras), 1709 (Bombay) and 1713 (Bengal). Each year, these records were transcribed and sent to the capital of the Presidency, where they were indexed. The records and indexes were then sent to headquarters in London. This practice ceased at Independence in 1947. | ||
Start a search in indexes to these records at: http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ | Start a search in indexes to these records at: [http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/ India Office Family History Search] | ||
All of the church record transcriptions and indexes have been microfilmed and are available on microfilm at the Family History Library | All of the church record transcriptions and indexes have been microfilmed and are available on microfilm at the Family History Library. | ||
They are mostly Bengal Marriages and cover the period 1854-1865 and 1874-1896, but there are also other indexes available. To look for names in any of the web pages on this site, please use the search facility at the top of this page. | They are mostly Bengal Marriages and cover the period 1854-1865 and 1874-1896, but there are also other indexes available. To look for names in any of the web pages on this site, please use the search facility at the top of this page. | ||