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HEIC to 1857, the Indian Army from 1857 to 1947 and the Indian Civil Service of the same period are archived in the British Library Oriental and India Office Collections at the main British Library site at St Pancras. You can find out more about the Library and its collections on their web site: http://www.bl.uk/ For information on Honourable East India Company army and Indian Army records at the British Library; see: http://www.bl.uk/collections/oriental/records/overview.html/ and: http://www.bl.uk/collections/oriental/records/iorarrgt.html#LMILHead The British Library have published a very useful book "India Office Library and Records - A Brief Guide to Biographical Sources"' by Ian A Baxter, 2nd Edition published 1990; ISBN 0 7123 0637 4. There is also quite a good section of records relating to India, including the HEIC, in the Society of Genealogists Library. The India Office Library and Records, at the main British Library site at St Pancras, holds ecclesiastical returns (baptisms, marriages, burials) for British citizens in India between 1698 and 1948, including the former parts of India which are now, Bangladesh, Burma (now called Myanmar), Pakistan, and former British dependencies on the Indian Ocean such as Aden. The records cover the diplomatic and Indian Civil service staff and their families and the officers, soldiers and families of British Army units in India. India, as far as the registration of BMDs was concerned, was split into three Presidencies, Madras, Bombay and Bengal. Coverage is as follows: Madras 1698 - 1947; Bombay 1709 - 1947; Bengal 1713 - 1947. Burma is included with Bengal until 1936 and then has a separate series. Roman Catholic returns are separate for each Presidency. There are photocopy indexes on the open shelves Madras 1698 - 1948; Bombay 1709 - 1948 Bengal 1713 - 1948 making searching easy and quick. These records have been microfilmed by the Mormons (LDS) so they should also be available through your local Family History Centre.
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