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*'''1949-1967''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/138720 India and Pakistan, ecclesiastical returns, registered 1949-1967](*) at FamilySearch Catalog, indexed images. | *'''1949-1967''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/138720 India and Pakistan, ecclesiastical returns, registered 1949-1967](*) at FamilySearch Catalog, indexed images. | ||
== Christian | == Christian Church Records == | ||
These include records of baptisms, marriages, and burials. Includes not only British, and European members, but native Indians as well. They generally exist from 1700 to present. Some churches were established in the 1600s, but records generally do not exist from that time. | These include records of baptisms, marriages, and burials. Includes not only British, and European members, but native Indians as well. They generally exist from 1700 to present. Some churches were established in the 1600s, but records generally do not exist from that time. | ||
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More than 200,000 transcriptions of indexes to church records are available on [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php FIBIS Families in British India Society] and [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 ([http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=LDS_Microfilms_of_Church_registers_in_India direct link to a list of FHL Microfilms of Church registers in India]). They can be found by using the Place Search for [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=187&query=%2Bplace%3AIndia&subjectsOpen=431655-50 India - Church Records]. | More than 200,000 transcriptions of indexes to church records are available on [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php FIBIS Families in British India Society] and [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 ([http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=LDS_Microfilms_of_Church_registers_in_India direct link to a list of FHL Microfilms of Church registers in India]). They can be found by using the Place Search for [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=187&query=%2Bplace%3AIndia&subjectsOpen=431655-50 India - Church Records]. | ||
== Christian Churches == | |||
=== Church of North India (Anglican) === | |||
The Church of North India is comprised of seven diocese: Calcutta, Mumbai, Chotanagpur, Lucknow, Nagpur, North East India, and Nasik. The church was formed by the union of the Church of England in India, the Church of Pakistan, and the Church of South India. It includes all of the states and Union Territories of India with the exception of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. | The Church of North India is comprised of seven diocese: Calcutta, Mumbai, Chotanagpur, Lucknow, Nagpur, North East India, and Nasik. The church was formed by the union of the Church of England in India, the Church of Pakistan, and the Church of South India. It includes all of the states and Union Territories of India with the exception of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. | ||
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| Umerkhadi Church || || || Mandvi, Mumbai || | | Umerkhadi Church || || || Mandvi, Mumbai || | ||
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=== Church of South India === | |||
The Church of South India was created as a successor to the Church of England after India's independence in 1947. It is a union of the Anglican Church in India, Pakistan, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka; the South Indian Methodist Church; and the South Indian United Church. The South Indian United Church was formed by a merger of Congregationalist, Dutch Reformed, and Presbyterian churches in 1908. | |||
The Church of South India is comprised of [https://www.csi1947.com/ 24 dioceses] in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telegana, and the distrcts of Jaffna and Kilinochchi in Sri Lanka. The Madras Diocese is one of eight diocese in the state of Tamil Nadu. The other seven are Coimbatore, Kanyakumari, Madurai-Ramnad, Thoothukudi-Nazareth, Tirunelveli, Trichy-Tanjore, and Vellore. | |||
== Digital Copies of Church Records in the FamilySearch Catalog == | == Digital Copies of Church Records in the FamilySearch Catalog == | ||