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Latest uploads – Home Missionary Society of India and Over 1000 Graves

04 Feb | News,

Our volunteer transcription team have been very busy and the following has been uploaded to the FIBIS Database.

The Home Missionary Society of India (HMSI)

Two datasets transcribed by Eleanor Neil.

  • Report of the Womens Home Missionary Society of India [June 1905-1908]
  • 21st Conference of the Home Missionary Society of India held at Bangalore [January 8-9 1931].

URL: https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1237&s_id=196

Ranchi Area Churches and Cemeteries

Graves from the following cemeteries in the Ranchi area have been added to the database:

  • Catholic Cemetery Ranchi
  • Hazaribagh Cemetery Ranchi
  • Old British Cemetery Ranchi
  • Siyon Mashihi Sangat Cemetery Ranchi
  • St Pauls Cathedral Ranchi

Transcribers: Alan Goodchild and Don Freer
Photographer: Karen Mkrtchyan
URL: https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1238&format=1&st=0&np=5&tn=92

Cemeteries Project

The following cemeteries have been photographed as part of our cemeteries project.

Mahabaleshwar Christian Cemetery

74 graves photographed.

Transcribed by Robin Kinloch
URL: https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1239&s_id=379

Jhansi Lychgate Cemetery

47 graves photographed.

Transcribed by Robin Kinloch
URL: https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1240&s_id=154

Katchehari Cemetery Civil Lines, Kanpur

252 graves photographed.

Transcribed by Alan Goodchild and Don Freer
URL: https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2501&s_id=854

Lal Kurti Christian Cemetery, Kanpur

556 graves photographed.

Transcriber: Betty Rudder, Robin Kinloch, Linda Maxted, Alan Goodchild, Don Freer
URL: https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1241&s_id=155

Subedar Ka Talab Cemetery, Kanpur

112 graves photographed.

Transcriber: Betty Rudder
URL: https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1242

WANT A PHOTOGRAPH OF ONE OF THESE HEADSTONES?

If you would like to order copies of photographs of any headstone listed as part of the cemeteries project, please make a note of the Gravestone Reference Number and order copies on our Cemeteries Project page where you will also find more details about this exciting project.

Embarkation Lists

Embarkation from the following ships have been uploaded:

  • HC Edinburgh 1826
  • ASTELL Military Embarkations – Fragment
  • BERWICK Military Embarkations 2nd June 1825
  • DUKE OF YORK Military Embarkations 28th Feb 1820

https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=4