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British India Office Collection

The world subscription from findmypast includes access to the British Library  British India Office Collection which, according to their website, currently includes:

Baptisms,  marriages, and burials c.1700-1969

• Bengal 1713-1948 including Burma prior to 1937, Madras 1698-1948, Bombay 1709-1948
• Indian States 1890-1946
• St Helena 1767-1835
• Fort Marlborough (Benkulen, Sumatra) 1759-1825
• Prince of Wales Island (Penang) 1799-1829
• Macao 1820-1833
• Burma 1937-1957
• Kuwait 1937-1961
• Aden 1842-1969
• Deaths of Uncovenanted Servants 1870-1949
• Madras Army Officers ‘ marriage notifications 1869-1888
• Bombay Army Officers ‘ marriage notifications 1867-1888
• Cooper ‘s Hill Engineering College: Birth/baptismal certificates of candidates for the Indian Telegraph Department, 1865-1869
• Cooper ‘s Hill Engineering College: College Chapel Baptismal Register, 1897-1904
• Ecclesiastical records can include birth and death information. Papers of recruits to the military and civil services often include details of birth or baptism.

Wills

• Wills, probates, administrations, inventories 1774-1948
• Soldiers ‘ wills 1820-1881
• Officers ‘ wills 1831-1875
• Treasury Deposits (EIC and Indian Armies) 1792-1915 returns of estates of deceased European officers and other ranks
• Military Estate Papers 1849-1937

Appointments

• Writers (Writers ‘ petitions and Haileybury records) 1749-1856
• Bombay Marine and Pilot Service 1822-1832
• Indian Navy 1838-1859
• Indian Army 1789-1860
• Medical Officers 1787-1896
• Veterinary surgeons 1826-1859
• Indian Forest Service 1906
• Telegraph Department 1865-1869, 1877-1888
• Engineers (Cooper ‘s Hill records) 1855-1864, 1871-1903

Pensions

• Civil funds: Bengal 1885-1960, Madras 1762-c1950, Bombay 1882-1950
• Military: Lord Clive Fund 1770-1886, Bengal 1866-1950s, Madras 1808-1960, Bombay 1858-1960, Non-Effective Account for officers and warrant officers 1883-1913
• Bengal Military Orphan Society 1818-1960s
• Mercantile Marine (Poplar Fund) 1809-1838
• Indian Navy – compiled 1855 and 1864