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How to Find the Records

Online Collections

• 1676-1914 : India (French Overseas) Civil Registration and Parish Registers, 1676-1914, index and images, Archives nationales d'outre-mer
• 1628-1969 : UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969, index, Ancestry.com ($)
• 1786-1947 : India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947, FamilySearch.org
• 1786-1947 : India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947, index, incomplete, FamilySearch.org
• 1786-1947 : India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947, index, incomplete, Ancestry.com ($).
• 1786-1947 : India, Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947, index, incomplete, MyHeritage.com ($).
• British India Office Births & Baptisms, index, FindMyPast.com ($)
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, India, index and images, FindMyPast.com ($)

• 1792-1948 : India Marriages, 1792-1948, FamilySearch.org
• 1792-1948 : India Marriages, 1792-1948, index, incomplete, FamilySearch.org
• 1792-1948 : India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948, index, incomplete, Ancestry.com ($).
• 1792-1948 : India, Marriages, 1792-1948, index, incomplete, MyHeritage.com ($).
• 1958-2013 : India, Jharkhand, B. Deoghar, Singh Darwaja, Pandit Dharam Rakshni Sabha, Marriage Records, 1958-2013, images, FamilySearch.org.
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, India, index and images, FindMyPast.com ($)
• British India Office Marriages, index, FindMyPast.com ($)

• 1719-1948 : India Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948, FamilySearch.org
• 1719-1948 : India Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948, index, incomplete, FamilySearch.org
• 1719-1948 : India, Select Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948, index, incomplete, Ancestry.com ($).
• 1719-1948 : India Deaths and Burials, 1719-1948, index, incomplete, MyHeritage.com ($).
• British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, FindMyPast.com ($)
• British India Office Deaths & Burials, index, FindMyPast.com ($)
• British Subjects Who Died In The Service Of The Indian Empire, index, FindMyPast.com ($)

• 1664-1961 : British in India, index, FindMyPast.com ($).
• India Office Family History Search, British Library

Offices to Contact

The records are not centrally located. Some are in the capitals of the states, but others are scattered in district and municipal offices.

For a list of India's states and their capitals, see List of state and union territory capitals in India.

For lists of the districts within each of India's states, see List of districts in India.

India Office Records are at:
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
United Kingdom

Customer Services Telephone: +44 (0)1937 546060
Customer Services Email: Customer-Services@bl.uk

Historical Background

Registration of births and deaths began about 1751. However, not until 1969 was there a uniform registration for all of India, excepting the 1886 Act for voluntary registration.

The British involvement in India started in 1619. For more information, see British Presence in India.

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth

• Child's name
• Child's gender
• Date and place of birth
• Names of parents
• Father's occupation
• Father's caste and religion
• Informant's name

Some states also collect information about age of mother and order of birth. Birth records do not always have the child’s name recorded as in some areas it is customary to give children names two or three weeks after birth.

For additional information, see India Births and Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records.

Marriage

• Name
• Birth Date
• Age
• Spouse's Name
• Spouse's Birth Date
• Spouse's Age
• Event Date
• Event Place
• Father's Name
• Spouse's Father's Name
• Marital Status
• Spouse's Marital Status

For additional information, see India Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records.

Death

• Name
• Gender
• Death date and place
• Burial date and place
• Age
• Cause of death
• Date of birth
• Place of birth
• Parents' names
• Spouse's name
• Names of other family members
• Marital status
• Caste and religion of deceased
• Occupation of deceased
• Informant's name

For additional information, see India Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records.

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