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===Online Resources=== | ===Online Resources=== | ||
*'''1746-1939''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61468/ UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939] at Ancestry - index and images ($)<br><br> | *'''1746-1939''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61468/ UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939] at Ancestry - index and images ($) | ||
*'''1900-1947''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/indian-army-records-of-service-1900-1947 Indian Army Records Of Service 1900-1947] at Findmypast - index ($)<br><br> | |||
Military records are potentially of great genealogical value and may provide information not found in any other source. These records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the military. Military service (other than the militia) was usually a lifetime career. Officers came from the upper classes; soldiers usually came from the poor. A compulsory draft was seldom used except by the militia. | Military records are potentially of great genealogical value and may provide information not found in any other source. These records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the military. Military service (other than the militia) was usually a lifetime career. Officers came from the upper classes; soldiers usually came from the poor. A compulsory draft was seldom used except by the militia. | ||
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Honourable Company regiments were raised in India or England for service only in India. Their records are for the most part stored in the [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecords/indiaofficehub.html Oriental and India Office Collections (OIOC)] at the British Library, also in London. | Honourable Company regiments were raised in India or England for service only in India. Their records are for the most part stored in the [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/india/indiaofficerecords/indiaofficehub.html Oriental and India Office Collections (OIOC)] at the British Library, also in London. | ||
In 1859, following the Mutiny, all of the Honourable Company's regiments were absorbed into the British Army. Note that many of your ancestors may have begun their lives in India in the British Army, then transferred to the Honourable Company's Army when they become too old or invalid for regular army work. | In 1859, following the Mutiny, all of the Honourable Company's regiments were absorbed into the British Army. Note that many of your ancestors may have begun their lives in India in the British Army, then transferred to the Honourable Company's Army when they become too old or invalid for regular army work. | ||
=== Her Majesty's Indian Marine and the Royal Indian Navy === | === Her Majesty's Indian Marine and the Royal Indian Navy === | ||
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