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Hi

If you're stuck/don't have access to paid sites, you could post the details on here and other members may be able to help

I have found Family Search very helpful in the past, but have come to a halt there as I don't know where the previous generation came from or when they went to India (or left) & there are multiple choices re some names.
I am not a member of FMP, but might have to become one. Had hoped being a member of GR would have given me the answers I want!
Thankyou

FMP also has :

British India Office Births & Baptisms

British India Office Deaths & Burials

British India Office Marriages

British India Office Wills & Probate

Since they 'updated' the site I can't find out the exact coverage of the collections

The same information is often available on familysearch as has been suggested earlier in the thread, but on a lot of the FMP entries you can see an image of the register, which often has extra information on the occupation of the person, or rank and unit of soldiers in the British or native army, in earlier entries if a person was 'Indo Briton' or 'native Christian',cause of death etc. So many brides aged only 14 or 15! I actually found it easier to do searches on Familysearch because you can narrow it down by putting in names of parents to find their offspring, then going to FMP to look up the names I found to access images and the information thereon.

There are images on FMP more often than not for the C19th, but these tail off as you move into the C20th, where there is often only a transcription.

You could let us know a few names it you like, or if you find them on familysearch, ask if FMP has any extra details

https://familysearch.org/

FMP has overseas bmd's of British subjects

well we're here to help if needed

Thanks everyone. I have tried India Office Family History Search in the past, without any success, even when I know all the details. Haven't found any on GR either, but maybe wasn't looking in the right place.

and this is a good one also

India Office Family History Search


indiafamily.bl.uk/UI

Use this website to search: 300,000 births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials in the India Office Records; biographical notes from a variety of sources


if you need help, just give us details of what you are looking for

Ann x

Also Indian records on

https://familysearch.org

Try this
http://www.fibis.org/

They may also be recorded amongst the armed forces, or British citizens overseas BMD on GR.

Is anyone able to tell me if there are/where I would find records of British births/marriages/deaths in India in the 1800s and early 1900s?
Thank you.