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Your brick wall could be in India!

Whether you are a genealogist, family historian or social historian researching India or South Asia between 1600 and 1947 our website can help you with your research. Let FIBIS help you break down those brick walls in your research. The Families In British India Society (FIBIS) is a self-help organisation devoted to members researching their British India family history and the background against which their ancestors led their lives in India under British rule.

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The Genealogy Show at Birmingham NEC 7-8 June 2019

The Genealogy Show at Birmingham NEC 7-8 June 2019

By Valmay  /  12/05/2019
FIBIS will have a stand at “The Genealogy Show” at Birmingham NEC 7-8 June 2019 and our team will there...
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British Library ‘South Asia Series’

British Library ‘South Asia Series’

By FIBIS Webmaster  /  10/05/2019
Some of our readers may be interested in the following announcement from the British Library about the ‘South Asia Series’...
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Over 12,000 additional India Office Deaths and Burial records added to findmypast

Over 12,000 additional India Office Deaths and Burial records added to findmypast

By Valmay  /  03/05/2019
Findmypast made the following announcement on their blog this morning. British India Office Deaths & Burials Over 12,000 additional records...
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Dhobi Ghat Cemetery, Pune

Dhobi Ghat Cemetery, Pune

By Valmay  /  11/04/2019
Photographs of graves at Dhobi Ghat Cemetery, Pune have now been transcribed and details uploaded to the FIBIS database. Our...
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Times of India Arrival and Departures June – December 1898

Times of India Arrival and Departures June – December 1898

By Valmay  /  09/04/2019
A further 6,945 Times of India arrival and departure notices for June - December 1898 have now been uploaded to...
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Postcard from Ceylon to Mrs Henty (1910)

Postcard from Ceylon to Mrs Henty (1910)

By Beverly  /  29/03/2019
“ I have got a set of china which cost 25 shillings. So will you say if you want it...
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Conservation of the Scots’ Cemetery In Kolkata: Beyond the Tangible

Conservation of the Scots’ Cemetery In Kolkata: Beyond the Tangible

By Valmay  /  29/03/2019
SPAB (the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) Scotland group are hosting an event in collaboration with the University of...
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Scotland’s Empire: The Scots in British India

Scotland’s Empire: The Scots in British India

By Valmay  /  26/03/2019
The British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia invites those of Scots/British India ancestry, and all interested in the history...
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Lives of the First World War needs your help

Lives of the First World War needs your help

By Valmay  /  15/03/2019
Lives of the First World War needs your help: make your contributions before 12:01am on 19 March 2019. Take the...
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Meet FIBIS trustees – dates for your diary

Meet FIBIS trustees – dates for your diary

By Valmay  /  09/03/2019
FIBIS trustees plan to be at three national events in 2019 April 26, 27: Family Tree Live at Alexandra Palace...
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