
FIBIS Blog

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