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    Michael Stenberg
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    April 18, 2023 in Social Groups

    Specific Geographic Regions - India

    • National Archives of India
    • FamilySearch list of Indexed Indian records
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    • Jharkhand Records kept by the Pandit Dharam Rakshni Sabha
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    • Koilukh, Bihar Brahmin records from Pandit Kirtinand Jha
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    The Indian Subcontinent

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    Around the World

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    • Fiji (List of Girmityas)
    • Fiji (indentured laborer passes)
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    • Guyana (early 19th century newspapers)
    • Mauritius
    • Mauritius- Mahatma Gandhi Institute
    • Suriname
    • Trinidad and Tobago (Indian Indentureship records) 
    • Shanghai- Sikhs in Shanghai (see the resources)
    • South Africa South Africa ship records

    Specific Periods in Time

    • Pre British Dutch
    • World War 1 Indian War Diaries

    Religious Records

    • Catholic Churches in India
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    Indian Military Records

    • Resources for Indian Army 1865 and on
    • Indian Army List Online 1782-1947

    East India Company Resources

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    British India Resources

    • Families in British India
    • Families in British India Beginner's Guide
    • General list of resources- Historic India
    • Anglo-Indian Family Trees
    • Anglo Indian Association- Daipur branch
    • Scottish- Indian resources
    • Doctors in British India
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    • Directories (excellent resources)

    Websites with Suggestions For General Research

    • Family Search India Wiki
    • Who do you think you are
    • British India Resources (excellent resources)
    • BBC- lots of resources with contact for State Archives

    Scholars around the World

    • Satish Rai (articles and films about Girmityas in Fiji)

    Books, Films and Documentaries to Purchase or Stream

    • The Last Post- Inscriptions on the French Graves in India
    • Stories from Our Indian Elders- St Vincent and the Grenadines

    Professional Researchers who may help you for a fee- more coming soon

    • South African Indenture Researcher- Reggie Naidoo +27822179900


    How to Get Started

    • Check out the basic course in the files section of this community page- stay tuned
    • Decide what online tree program you will use- see below
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    • Go to a free Family History Center- in India or around the world


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    • DDC Indian DNA company


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    • Sri Lanka Family History
    • SVG Indian Heritage Foundation - St Vincent and the Grenadines
    • Vincy Indians Virtual Museum -St Vincent
    • The Enlightened Malaysian Indian Forum
    • British India Family History Group
    • Family history India


    Other links that may or may not have information

    • Find a Grave
    • Family Search India Records Page
    • Armenian Genealogy in Asia (including India)
    • Billion Graves has some cemeteries in India and the Diaspora
    •  Family Search India Wiki
    •  National Archives of India
    • Online British India Records
    • The India Office Records
    • India GenWeb
    • Researching your India ancestors


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