Useful Sites for Research in India

[Sue Mackay]

These are intended to be a few useful sites for research in India. If you know of any other good non commercial sites, please send me the link in a PM and I will add them to the list. This thread is closed to avoid the problem of research queries being tagged on to it.


Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/India_Genealogy) - some useful links

FIBIS (https://www.fibis.org/) Families in British India – many interesting records in their database, which can be freely searched. There is also a useful Wiki page here (https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Main_Page).

British Library India Office (https://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/)

Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies (https://www.aigs.org.au/britind.htm) - some very good links concerning the East India Company

[Sue Mackay]

I have corrected a broken link in the above post

Pam Downes has also listed Indian records held by FindMyPast

East India Company Madras Records Of Service 1741-1858
East India Company Pensions 1793-1833
India Office List 1933
British India Office Army & Navy Pensions
British India Office Births & Baptisms
British India Office Deaths & Burials
British India Office Marriages
British India Office Wills & Probate
British In India, Directories 1792-1948
East India Company & Civil Service Pensions
East India Register & Army List 1855
British India Office Assistant Surgeons
Indian Army & Civil Service List 1873
British Casualties, Indian Mutiny 1857-1859
British Subjects Who Died In The Service Of The Indian Empire

British Newspaper Archive have, amongst others :
Bombay Gazette from 1813 to at least 1871
Times of India from 20 May 1861 to at least 1871
The Voice of India 1885 - 1904, plus 1910
Indian Spectator 1904 - 1910
Calcutta Gazette 1784 to at least 1815
Indian Daily News - from 1875
The Homeward Mail from India, China and the East - from 1857
Englishman's Overland Mail - from 1864
Friend of India and Statesman 1852 - 1883

Gillian Rowland also recommends the Panjab Digital Library (http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp). If the link doesn't work, and it doesn't for me, Google it and you will reach the page with the same URL! Computers baffle me sometimes!