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Get Started
Building Your
Family Tree
Specific Geographic Regions of India
Religious & Ethnic Records
East India Company & British India
Media, Researchers,
& Scholars
Facebook Groups
& more
General Research
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 worldm
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
Specific Geographic Regions of India
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National Archives of India
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List of Indexed Indian Records: FamilySearch
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Small Archive of Indian Graves & Records: The Kabristan Archives (includes some from Ceylon & Sri Lanka)
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History of Andhra Pradesh
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Assam State Archives
- Chandigarh: Punjab Digital Library
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Delhi: India Vital Records 1879 to 1990
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Delhi: Birth, Marrige, Travel, & Cemetary Records ect.
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Hyderabad: A Brief History and Ancestry of Nizams of Hydrebad
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Jharkhand: Records kept by the Pandit Dharam Rakshni Sabha 1958-2013
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Karnataka: India National Government Services Portal Birth & Death Records
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Kerala: A Practical Guide to Genealogical Research in Kerala
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Koilukh, Bihar, & Pandit Kirtinand Jha: Brahmin Records 1750-1990
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Mizoram: Facts & History of Mizoram
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Nagaland: Obtaining a Family Tree Certificate
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Pondicherry: The Families in British India Society Wiki Page
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Madras and Tamil Nadu: Parish Records from FamilySearch Wiki
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Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh: Town & Surname Information
The Indian Subcontinent
Around the World
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Beliz: The East Indians of Beliz
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Canada Library and Archives: East India
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Caribbean: A You Tube Video on How to Find Research Resources
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Fiji: Alphabetical list of Girmityas & Personal Histories
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Fiji: List of South Indian Girmitya Immigrants from India
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Fiji: National Library of Australia Indian Immigration Passes to Fiji 1876-1916
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Fiji: Indian Immigration Passes 1879-1916
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Fiji: Girmitiya Indentured Laborers
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Guyana: Early 19th Century Newspapers
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Mauritius: Genealogy, Family Connections and Other Networks
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Mauritius: The Records of Indentured Immigration of the Republic of Mauritius from the Mahatma Gandhi Institute
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Mauritius: High Commission of India Tracing Roots
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Trinidad and Tobago: Indian Indentureship Records
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Shanghai- Sikhs in Shanghai The Families in British India Society Wiki Page
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South Africa: Ship Records 1860-1911
Specific Periods in Time
Religious Records
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Catholic Churches in India
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British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia
- Jews in India: Genealogy of the Bene-Israel Community
- The History of Punjab and the Shik Diaspora
Ethnic Groups
- Accounts of the Romani People in India 1851-1925 (Gypsies)
- Armenians in India: Blog on the Forgotten History
- Portuguese Ancestry in India
Indian Military Records
Scholars Around the World
Professional Researchers
Available to hire for a fee - More coming soon.
Books, Films and Documentaries: Purchase or Stream
East India Company Resources
- England East India Company Records for Family History (National Institute)
- British East India Company Record of People & Shipping
- French East India Company
- List of Bombay(Madras) East Indian Company Civil Servants
- List of Bengal East India Company Civil Servants
- Records of Madras East India Company Civil Servants 1741 to 1858
British India Resources
- FIBIS: Families in British India Society
- Families in British India Society Beginners Guide
- General List of Resources- Historic India
- Anglo-Indian Family Trees
- Anglo Indian Association- Daipur Branch
- The Scottish Genealogy Society- India Resources
- Doctors in British India
- Apothecary in British India
- FIBIS List of Online Directories: Excellent Resource
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 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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