Forum: India Genealogy

Hi to all:) I have just managed to push back another generation with the help of this new collection on familysearch.org Asia and Middle East Collection. The India collection covers the following dates Births and Baptisms 1786 - 1947 Marriages 1792 - 1948 Deaths and Burials 1719 - 1948 I...

looking for anyone connected to william clifford reid or his wife agnes (nee) jones, they had several children and lived in calcutta

I am searching for my ancestors David Smith born nr Dundee in 1851 and his wife Sarah Jane born in Flintshire in 1852 who went out to Bombay, India sometime after 1891. They had 2 children there, who both came back to the UK and are listed as boarders at a school on the 1901 census and as born in...

An ancestor died in Koojah, of fever, in 1840. I can't find any other 19th century references or a modern day equivalent. She was buried in the Rajpura cemetery in Delhi. Her husband was in the 5th Bengal Light Cavalry and their son was only four months old at the time of her death. I did wonder...

Hi everyone I have recently discovered my Grandfather was a British subject born in Bangalore, India c 1870 although there dosn't seem to be a record of his birth that matches up with any details that I already have. I have checked with the British Library with no success. On his wedding...

Hello all can anyone advise me if its worth subscribing to FindmyPast.I am looking for births/marriages in India.Do you think they may have records that FIBIS and BL India Office may not hold. Thank You

I have in my wife's ancestry in India William Pulteney Masson. I have very little on him (b Gloucestershire 1809, East India College, Haileybury 1829, Final Appointment, Judge of Allahabad, Uttah Pradesh, d 1869). I am unable to find anything else on him - does anyone know of ways to find any...

Hi If I am in the wrong spot......I'm really sorry I am looking for Ann Cardwell (aka Mary Ann Cardwell). I know that she arrived in NSW on the Duchess of Kent on 3 Jan 1843. She was 16. That ship left Calcutta 24 Sep 1842, stopping in Madras 18 October 1842 on the way to Hobart and then Sydney....

|help| My GGUncle, Charles Arthur Van Der Delden (Vandervelden & also many variations of this) was born in England in 1877 in Fulham but went to India as a young man sometime betwen 1891 and 1903 when he married Mabel Armstead who had been born in Camalapore(?)India. They had 9 children, most born...

I am trying to trace some ancestors who were born in Calcutta. They owned a business that involved the manufacture of furniture. They had outlets in Colombo, Ceylon, Calcutta,India, Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt and Broome Western Australia. (Jacob) John Shrager was born in Calcutta on 3rd Aug...

I am looking for imformation on the following gentlemen. Pls let me know if you come across. Mr. W.A.Howie Nationality: British Occupation: Tea Planter Address: Dijoo Tea Estate (Dejoo), North Lakhimpur, Assam, India Birth: Circa- 1875-1892 Baptism: ?? Death:...

I have been searching for the birth of my ggggrandmother, Louisa Thorn Smet. Her father was John Francis Smet a Surgeon in the 8th Light Dragoons. I have no idea who here mother was as there has never been any trace found of her either. My thought is that she died in India after the birth of...

How do I start to look for Tea Rooms in India for the period 1910 - 1937. The name NORTON-WELLS was a family surname and I am trying to discover more about the NORTON side.

I may be asking for the impossible here but wondering if someone out there could give me a clue on where to go next. Moderator please move thread if not in right place. Background: Joseph (b.1839,Ireland, a civil engineer) and Isabella Dickenson (b1854 Ontario) have four children. Daniel...

I hope this is the correct place to pose my query. I am looking for anyone with connections to the tea gardens in Cachar and Dooars region in the 1900s particularly a place called Matelli. My grandfather was an assistant in 1905 and later manager. His name was Frank Murdoch, other people connected...

Hi Sir Frederick Burrows was the last Governor of Bengal, he was also related to me.. gosh I cannot wait to tell my mum. That aside how would I find information about his life in India.

I have found a John Cream on the 1861 census living in Swansea. He was born in 1829 in Calcutta according to the census and I wondered if anyone had any ideas as to where his birth record might be found? Any help or advice would be gratefully accepted! |banghead|

It seems quite easy to trace British relations born in India but I am having difficulties with India relations born in India and travelling between India and the uk. Is there anywhere to go to find the records?