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British India
Catalogue of Fiche, Film and CDs


Note that the spelling of place names may have changed over the years so remember to check all variations.
 Updates highlighted in Red
This catalogue is divided into the following categories.
Choose any link below to go to your area of interest.


Biography

Civil Registration

Civil Service Records

Directories   

East India Company Lists

Ecclesiastical Returns  

Embarkation Lists
    New

Bengal Presidency

Bombay Presidency

Madras Presidency
India Native States & East India Company Settlement

Gazetteers & Guides

History

Indian Army    

Indian Army & Civil Service Lists  

India Office Lists   

Magazines     

Miscellaneous    New

Pensions     New  

Ships Logs


BIOGRAPHY

Trevor Hearl's collection of biographical data from St Helena
Biography Database 1680-1830
CD

CIVIL  REGISTRATON

GRO St Catherine's House Miscellaneous Indexes.
GRO MILITARY INDEXES.

fiche
GRO War Deaths Indian Services - Deaths 1914-1921
In hard copy see bookshelves England 355.305 GEN.
fiche
GRO War Deaths Indian Services - Deaths 1939-1948
Single alpha index, gives rank & unit
fiche

CIVIL  SERVICE  RECORDS

Records of the Services of the Honourable East India Company
Civil Servants in the Madras Presidency 1741-1858 
List of Directors 1708-1858 
List of Chairmen & Deputy Chairmen 1714-1858 
List of Presidents of the Board of Control 1784-1858 
List of Governors of Madras 1652-1858 
List of Commanders in Chief 1697-1858 
List of Justices 1800-1858 
Records of Service of Civilians 1741-1858 
Supplementary Lists of Civil Servants
Addendum
Film B Ind 98

DIRECTORIES

1800 Asiatic Annual Register
DVD 1562
1806 East India Register & Directory [Corrected to 1st July 1806]
From the Official Returns received at East India House
CD
1823 East India Register & Directory
CD
1827 East India Register & Directory
CD
1830 The East India Register & Directory
Includes lists of births, deaths & marriages in Penang, Singapore and Malacca
CD
1830 St Helena [Biographical Database 1680 -1830]
CD
1830 East India Register & Directory
CD
1836 East India Register & Directory [ Corrected to 1st June 1836]
From the Official Returns received at East India House.
CD
1844 East India Register & Directory
CD
1895 Thacker's Indian Directory
CD
1905 Thacker’s Indian Directory
CD

EAST  INDIA  COMPANY  LISTS

1808
1811
1821 
1831 
East India Register & Army List 1851
fiche B Ind 1
fiche B Ind 2-3
fiche B Ind 4-5
fiche B Ind 6-7
fiche B Ind 8-9
Welshmen in the East India Company Army
fiche Wls 36-40
[see Indian Army Lists & India Office Lists]

ECCLESIASTICAL  RETURNS

All INDIA
Index to Marriages in all India performed by the Registrar General.
Vol 1, 2 & 3,  1852-1870
Vol 4 - 6,  1871-1885
Vol 7 - 11,  1886-1910  (This film is indexed by both bride & groom in a single alpha index).
From Vol 7 onwards the place of marriage is given.
It is necessary to cross check this film with the Marriage Indexes of each Presidency.
Film B Ind 95
British India Marriage Index:
Madras Presidency  1698-1801
Bengal Presidency  1801-1948
Note: Films are available in the Library for Bombay Presidency, Madras Presidency
post 1801 and Bengal Presidency pre 1801.

CD

BENGAL  PRESIDENCY
(The Presidency of Bengal mainly included the States of Bihar and Orissa. At times the Presidency extended to Punjab and most of Northern India.
Includes returns from the British colonies of Burma, Malacca and Singapore)

Note: From 1830-1868 returns of baptisms, marriages & burials for Penang, Singapore & Malacca appear regularly in the Bengal Returns.
Ecclesiastical Returns (Parish Register Transcripts)
Transcripts of Christenings, Marriages & Burials from Protestant & Catholic churches in British India. 1713-1948. Indexed alphabetically within years.

Index to Christenings
Index to C    1713-1820
Index to C    1821-1840
Index to C    1841-1850
Index to C    1851-1859
Index to C    1860-1867
Index to C    1868-1875 [A - K]
Index to C    1868-1875 [L - Z]
Index to C    1876-1884
Index to C    1885-1895 [A - L]
Index to C    1885-1895 [M - Z]
Index to C    1896-1904 [A - L]
Index to C    1896-1904 [M - Z]
Index to C    1905-1911 [A - K]
Index to C    1905-1911 [L - Z]
Index to C    1912-1918 [A - K]
Index to C    1912-1918 [L - Z]
Index to C    1919-1927 [A - L]
Index to C    1919-1927 [M - Z]
Index to C    1928-1934
Index to C    1935-1942
Index to C    1943-1948
Film B Ind 1
Film B Ind 2
Film B Ind 3
Film B Ind 4
Film B Ind 5
Film B Ind 6
Film B Ind 7
Film B Ind 8
Film B Ind 9
Film B Ind 10
Film B Ind 11
Film B Ind 12
Film B Ind 13
Film B Ind 14
Film B Ind 15
Film B Ind 16
Film B Ind 17
Film B Ind 18
Film B Ind 19
Film B Ind 20
Film B Ind 21
Index to Marriages
Index to M    1713-1830
Index to M    1831-1859
Index to M    1860-1873
Index to M    1874-1896
Index to M    1897-1910 [A - P]
Index to M    1897-1910 [P - Z]
Index to M    1911-1922
Index to M    1923-1935 [A - K]
Index to M    1923-1935 [L - Z]
Index to M    1936-1945
Index to M    1946-1948
Film B Ind 22
Film B Ind 23
Film B Ind 24
Film B Ind 25
Film B Ind 26
Film B Ind 27
Film B Ind 28
Film B Ind 29
Film B Ind 30
Film B Ind 31
Film B Ind 32
Index to Burials
Index to B    1713-1800
Index to B    1801-1820
Index to B    1821-1830
Index to B    1831-1850
Index to B    1851-1859
Index to B    1860-1867
Index to B    1868-1875
Index to B    1876-1884
Index to B    1885-1897
Index to B    1898-1907
Index to B    1908-1918
Index to B    1919-1832
Index to B    1933-1945
Index to B    1946-1948
Film B Ind 33
Film B Ind 34
Film B Ind 35
Film B Ind 36
Film B Ind 37
Film B Ind 38
Film B Ind 39
Film B Ind 40
Film B Ind 41
Film B Ind 42
Film B Ind 43
Film B Ind 44
Film B Ind 45
Film B Ind 46

BOMBAY  PRESIDENCY
(The Presidency of Bombay mainly consists of the present day States of Gujarat and Maharashtra as well as the Sind State in Pakistan)
Note: From 1840-1869 returns of baptisms/births, marriages & burials for Aden are largely duplicated in the Bengal Returns.
Ecclesiastical Returns (Parish Register Transcripts)
Transcripts of Christenings, Marriages & Burials from Protestant & Catholic European churches in British India. 1709-1948
Indexed alphabetically within years.

Index to Christenings
Index to C    1709-1850
Index to C    1851-1870
Index to C    1871-1885
Index to C    1886-1898
Index to C    1899-1928
Index to C    1929-1948
Film B Ind 78
Film B Ind 79
Film B Ind 80
Film B Ind 81
Film B Ind 82
Film B Ind 83
Index to Marriages
Index to M    1709-1859
Index to M    1860-1912
Index to M    1913-1928
Index to M    1929-1948
Film B Ind 84
Film B Ind 85
Film B Ind 86
Film B Ind 87
Index to Burials
Index to B    1709-1800
Index to B    1801-1840
Index to B    1841-1859
Index to B    1860-1890
Index to B    1891-1907
Index to B    1908-1929
Index to B    1930-1946
Film B Ind 88
Film B Ind 89
Film B Ind 90
Film B Ind 91
Film B Ind 92
Film B Ind 93
Film B Ind 94

MADRAS  PRESIDENCY
(The Presidency of Madras mainly included the present day States of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu)
Ecclesiastical Returns (Parish Register Transcripts)
Transcripts of Christenings, Marriages & Burials from Protestant & Catholic European churches in British India1698-1948.
Indexed alphabetically within years.
Index to Christenings
Index to C    1698-1820
Index to C    1821-1840
Index to C    1841-1850
Index to C    1851-1859
Index to C    1860-1871
Index to C    1872-1888
Index to C    1889-1905
Index to C    1906-1819
Index to C    1920-1944 [A - P]
Index to C    1920-1944 [P - Z]
Index to C    1845-1848
Film B Ind 49
Film B Ind 50
Film B Ind 51
Film B Ind 52
Film B Ind 53
Film B Ind 54
Film B Ind 55
Film B Ind 56
Film B Ind 57
Film B Ind 58
Film B Ind 59
Index to Marriages
Index to M    1698-1800
Index to M    1801-1850
Index to M    1851-1870
Index to M    1871-1898
Index to M    1899-1921
Index to M    1922-1948
Film B Ind 60
Film B Ind 61
Film B Ind 62
Film B Ind 63
Film B Ind 64
Film B Ind 65
Index to Burials
Index to B    1698-1800
Index to B    1801-1820
Index to B    1821-1830
Index to B    1831-1840
Index to B    1841-1850
Index to B    1851-1859
Index to B    1860-1871
Index to B    1872-1895
Index to B    1896-1914
Index to B    1915-1948
Film B Ind 66
Film B Ind 67
Film B Ind 68
Film B Ind 69
Film B Ind 70
Film B Ind 71
Film B Ind 72
Film B Ind 73
Film B Ind 74
Film B Ind 75

EMBARKATION   LISTS
British Indian Army Embarkation Lists 1753 -1861
Lists compiled of men embarked on ships for India include the name, age, description and other information of each man [L/MIL/9/77-106]
Depot Embarkation Lists Vol 19 -21  1824 -1843
Film B Ind 99
British Troops embarked for India, 1871-1874, 1878-1880
1871-1889
1880-1885
1885-1887
LDS Film 2030021
LDS Film 2030093
LDS Film 2030091
LDS Film 2030092
Depot Embarkation Lists 1844 -1855
Film B Ind 100
Depot Embarkation Lists 1819 -1849,  1856 -1861, 
Embarkation Lists  1753 -1763,  1767 -1769
Film B Ind 101
Embarkation Lists  1769 - 1789
Film B Ind 102
Embarkation Lists  1789 - 1809
Film B Ind 103
Embarkation Lists  1810 - 1816,  1825 -1853
Film B Ind 104
Embarkation Lists  1853 -1861,  1833 -1858
Film B Ind 105
Indian Troop service embarkation and disembarkation returns, 1909-1914
LDS Film 2030093

INDIA  NATIVE  STATES  &  EAST  INDIA  COMPANY  SETTLEMENTS

Indexes to Ecclesiastical Returns 
Indian Native States                    CB.   1923-1950
St Helena                                CMB.   1767-1835
Fort Marlbro (Sumatra)              CMB.  1759-1825
Prince of Wales Isl. (Penang)     CMB.  1805-1829
Macoa & Whampoa                 CMB.    1820-1833
Film B Ind 96

GAZETTEERS  &  GUIDES

Murray’s Handbook – India, Burma & Ceylon 1933
CD
Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Saugor District
CD

HISTORY

The History of British India.- McFarlane 1881
CD

INDIAN  ARMY
Her Majesty's Army c1890
DVD 1563
Depot approvals and desertions 1858 -1861 (England)
Monthly returns of recruits received at the depot. Lists Name, age, description and other.
Film B Ind 99
Recruits who deserted before arriving at the depot 1834 -1860
Film B Ind 99
Registers of Cadets and assistant Surgeons  1833 -1859
Includes Name, parent's names, age and birthplace of cadet plus miscellaneous information.
Film B Ind 105

INDIAN   ARMY  &  CIVIL  SERVICE  LISTS

East India Register & Army List 1851
CD
Indian Army & Civil List 1861
CD
Indian Army & Civil Service List  - July 1869
fiche B Ind 14-17
India List Civil & Military 1877
CD
The India Office List 1933
CD

INDIA  OFFICE  LISTS

India Lists & India Office List 1905
Includes index of names, deaths, retirements and service records.
CD
India Office List 1914
fiche B Ind 10-13
The India Office List 1933
CD

MAGAZINES
The Indiaman Magazine:  Issues 1 -42
CD

MISCELLANEOUS

Bombay Civil Fund minutes 1830-1840 [Items 3-4]
LDS Film 1850715
General records of the East India Company 1599-1879
Catalogue and Indexes to General Records held in the Record Department of the India Office, London.
Indexes include reference numbers [303 pages]
Film B Ind 98
Madras Military Fund 1866-1895
fiche B Ind 18
Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon
CD

PENSIONS
Madras Medical Fund Pensions 1870-1884
Register of living subscribers 1884-1900s
Regulations of Madras medical fund: Register of subscribers 19th century
LDS Film 1850712
Madras Register of subscribers19th century
Pension agent's book 1845
Pension reports 1839, 1845-1846, 1854
Memorials from subscribers 1867-1874
LDS Film 1850713
Madras Registers of Pensioners 1866-1888
LDS Film 1850714
Madras Registers of Pensioners 1877-1889 [Items 1-2]
LDS Film 1850715

SHIPS  LOGS
Most of these ships were travelling between England, Port Jackson, India and China. Many were convict transports.

1.  
Coromandel  
           
Royal Admiral  
     
Royal Admiral         
Warren Hasting      

1801-1803
1792-1793
1800-1802
1787-1788
Film Gen 33
2
Ganges
Sovereign
Sovereign
Bellona
Prince of Wales
              
1781-1785
1795-1796
1796-1797
1792-1794
1796-1797
Film Gen 34
3
Young William
Resolution
Resolution
Resolution
Resolution
Receipt Book
        
1794-1796
1778-1780
1782-1784
1785-1785
1778-1780
Film Gen 35
4
Ceres
Minerva
Hercules
Canada
Nile

1795-1797
1793-1801
1801-1803
1801-1803
1801-1803
Film Gen 36
5
Minorca
Friendship
Duff
Duff
Barwell

1801-1803
1800-1801
1796-1798
1797-1799
1797-1799
Film Gen 37
6
Atlas
Atlas
Marquis of Wellington
Marquis of Wellington
Henry Porcher
Guilford
               
1801-1803
1801-1804
1814-1815
1815-1816
1825-1826
1811-1812
Film Gen 38
7
England
Alexander
Providence
Providence
William Pitt

1826-827
1802-1803
1810-1812
1811-1812
1805-1807
Film Gen 39
8
Ocean
Ocean
General Graham
General Graham
Mary
Mary
Rollo
Perseus
Indefatigable
              
1803-1803
1804-1805 [Very faint]
1811-1813
1812-1813
1811-1813
1813-1813
1802-1804
1801-1802
1812-1814
Film Gen 40

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