Descendants of the Indian Subcontinent Group Resources
Specific Geographic Regions - India
- National Archives of India
- FamilySearch list of Indexed Indian records
- India (graveyards and small archive)
- Andhra Pradesh
- Assam State Archives
- Chandigarh (Panjab Digital Library)
- Delhi
- Delhi
- Goa
- Hyderabad
- Jharkhand Records kept by the Pandit Dharam Rakshni Sabha
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Koilukh, Bihar Brahmin records from Pandit Kirtinand Jha
- Mizoram
- Nagaland
- Pondicherry (from FBIS website)
- Madras and Tamil Nadu Parish records (from Familysearch wiki website)
- Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
The Indian Subcontinent
- Ceylon (Tamil People)
- Pakistan
- Pakistan (official records)
- Bangladesh
- Sri Lanka
Around the World
- Beliz
- Canada Library and Archives- East India
- Fiji National Archives
- Fiji (Alphabetical list of Girmityas and personal histories)
- Fiji (List of Girmityas)
- Fiji (indentured laborer passes)
- Fiji (Indian Immigration Passes 1879-1916)
- Fiji (Girmitiya- indentured laborers)
- 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
Religious Records
- Catholic Churches in India
- Hindu Pilgrimage Records
- Jews in India
- Sikh Diaspora
- European Cemeteries in India
Ethnic Groups
Indian Military Records
East India Company Resources
- East India Company Resources
- British East India Company Ships
- French East India Company
- Bombay East Indian Company Civil Servants
- Bengal East India Company Civil Servants
- Madras East India Company Civil Servants
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
- Apothecary in British India
- 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
- Look at free training for the program you chose
- Go to a free Family History Center- in India or around the world
Programs to Document your Family Tree
Free Programs-
- FamilySearch- non profit leaders in archives
- Geni- tree with social media aspect
- Wiki Tree (for more serious genealogists)
Membership Programs-
- Kulbeli- India's Family Tree Site
- My Family Root (based in Kerala)
- Ancestry- Largest amount of users worldwide (DNA)
- My Heritage- good for non USA users (DNA)
- Find My Past- good for British connections (DNA)
- DDC Indian DNA company
Facebook Groups
- Genealogical Society of India and its Diaspora
- Africa Asia Pacific Research
- Indian Jamaican Genealogy
- Caribbean Genealogy Research Group
- My Pakistani Heritage
- Sikh Military History Forum
- History of Punjabi Sikh Diaspora
- 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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