British Library ‘South Asia Series’
Some of our readers may be interested in the following announcement from the British Library about the 'South Asia Series' line-up for 2019. Asia and African Studies, British Library is…
0 Comments
10/05/2019
Over 12,000 additional India Office Deaths and Burial records added to findmypast
Findmypast made the following announcement on their blog this morning. British India Office Deaths & Burials Over 12,000 additional records have been added to our collection of India Office Deaths…
03/05/2019
Dhobi Ghat Cemetery, Pune
Photographs of graves at Dhobi Ghat Cemetery, Pune have now been transcribed and details uploaded to the FIBIS database. Our thanks goes to Jack Thornton for the transcription work, and…
11/04/2019
Times of India Arrival and Departures June – December 1898
A further 6,945 Times of India arrival and departure notices for June - December 1898 have now been uploaded to the FIBIS database website. This batch comprises of 4,545 arrivals…
09/04/2019
Postcard from Ceylon to Mrs Henty (1910)
“ I have got a set of china which cost 25 shillings. So will you say if you want it or not?” This rather curt sounding message sent from Ceylon…
29/03/2019
Conservation of the Scots’ Cemetery In Kolkata: Beyond the Tangible
SPAB (the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) Scotland group are hosting an event in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh Centre for Conservation Studies about the 'conservation of…
29/03/2019
Scotland’s Empire: The Scots in British India
The British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia invites those of Scots/British India ancestry, and all interested in the history of the Scots in India, to attend a lecture on…
26/03/2019