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BMD, Births, Madras Birth/Baptisms - Coimbatore, St Michaels Church. 147 Entries, 144 images. Baptismal Register.
Cemeteries, Madras - Coimbatore, All Souls Church. 16 Entries, 5 Images. Memorial Inscriptions
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| Apr 2022 |
Cemeteries, Madras - Ooty, St Stephens Cemetery. 92 Entries, 101 Images. Data from Grave Inscriptions.
Ecclesiastical, Ministers - Wellington, Garrison Church, Chaplains. 77 Entries, 1 Image. Chaplains who served.
Cemeteries, Madras/Chennai, St Andrews Church. 13 Entries, Memorial plaques.
BMD, Deaths, Bengal Death/Burials - Rangoon St John the Baptist Armenian Church. 426 Entries. Burial Register.
Cemeteries, Madras - Port Blair Cemetery, Andaman Islands. 83 Entries. Data from Grave Inscriptions, *New additions* to dataset.
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| Mar 2022 |
Maritime, Embarkations - HCS Bridgewater - 1827. 477 Entries. Crew, Passengers, Troops & Families list.
Cemeteries, Bengal Pres, Dera Ismail Khan Cemetery. 29 Entries. 36 Fibiwiki Images. Data from Grave inscriptions.
Cemeteries, Bombay Pres, Bandra. St Stephens CNI Cemetery. 44 Entries. 40 Images. Data from Grave Inscriptions.
Cemeteries, Madras/Chennai,. St Georges Cathedral Mis. 69 Entries. 73 new Images. Data from Grave Inscriptions.
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| Jan 2022 |
Cemeteries Bengal Pres, Jhansi Lychgate. 47 Entries. Data from Grave inscriptions.
Cemeteries, Bengal Pres, Katchehari Civil Lines. 252 Entries. Data from Grave inscriptions.
Cemeteries, Bengal Pres, Cawnpore, Lal Kurti Christian. 556 Entries. Data from Grave inscriptions.
Cemeteries, Bengal Pres, Cawnpore, Subedar Ka Talab. 112 Entries. Data from Grave inscriptions.
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Cemeteries & MIs: Transcribed Grave Inscriptions and MIs
From the Menu List on the left, click on "Cemetery Memorials MIs" to view transcribed data taken from Cemetery Headstones and Monumental Inscriptions.
Publications, Newspapers, Periodicals and Directories
Newspapers and periodicals are a great resource for tracing ancestors. If you have been unable to find a baptism, marriage or burial, or an arrival or departure on a passenger list, or various other events then it is worth checking some of the following indexes our volunteer transcribers have made.
Allens Indian Mail
(Births, Marriages and Deaths) |
Asiatic Annual Register
(Births, Marriages and Deaths) |
Asiatic Mirror and Commercial Advertiser
(Miscellaneous) |
Benares Recorder
(Births, Marriages and Deaths) |
Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce
(Births, Marriages and Deaths) |
Calcutta Annual Register 1821
(Births, Marriages, Deaths) |
Calcutta Newpapers 1793
(Miscellaneous) |
Gentlemans Magazine
(Deaths, Marriages) |
Hickys Bengal Gazette
(Miscellaneous) |
Journal of the Families In British India Society
(Members only access) |
Madras Courier
(Miscellaneous) |
Madras Mail
(Births, Marriages, Deaths) |
Parburys Oriental Herald, Colonial Intelligencer
(Births, Marriages, Deaths) |
South African Commercial Advertiser
(Christenings, Marriages Deaths) |
Stirling Observer 1857
(Escapees from the Mutiny 1857) |
Suffolk Regimental Gazette
(Births, Marriages, Deaths, Promotions, Awards, Sporting events) |
The Bangalore Spectator
(Candidates for Examination in Bangalore Schools in 1894) |
The European Magazine and London Review
(Bengal Army list, Births, Marriages, Deaths) |
The London Gazette
(Insolvencies) |
The Times of India
(Births, Marriages, Deaths) |
The Times of India
Arrival and Departure Notices |
The Times of London
(Deaths) |
The World 1794
(Miscellaneous) |
Welsh publications
(Births, Marriages, Deaths) |
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Directory: East India Register
(Births, Marriages, Deaths) |
Directory: Samuel Smith and Co
(Births) |
Directory: Scotts Bengal Directory
(Births) |
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Fibiwiki articles: Newspapers
Using Newspapers and various other sources in your research. |
Fibiwiki articles: Passenger Lists
Using Passenger lists in your research. |
Fibiwiki articles: Findmypast
Article: India Office Records on Findmypast. |
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