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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 | *'''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 & images ($) | ||
*'''1840-1947''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/indian-navy-records-of-service-1840-1947 Indian Navy Records Of Service 1840-1947] at Findmypast - index ($) | |||
*'''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 ($)<br><br> | *'''1900-1947''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/indian-army-records-of-service-1900-1947 Indian Army Records Of Service 1900-1947] at Findmypast - index ($)<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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