East India Company

                           Other British Records

                                  History 407R

 

 

A.        Read the Short references to India in the England Research Outline (PP. 10,30).

 

B.                 Read the back of this handout and familiarize yourself with the sources listed there.  Check out http://www.bl.uk/collections/oriental/records/.

 

C.        Note the address of the India Office Library:

India Office Library

197 Blackfriars Road

London SE1 8NG

 

  1. sTUDY THE eAST INDIA COMPANY REGISTER AT THE REGISTER TABLE

 

  1. Answer the following questions (yes, this is the assignment)

 

 

 

1.         What presidency is Changamah in (and what is Changamah?)

 

 

 

 

2.         Your ancestor=s children may have been born in Changamah in the 1860's. What film number(s) would you use to check the baptismal index?

 

 

 

 

3,         An index reference is Bengal, Vol 136, p. 72--on what film is the actual entry found?

 

 

 

4.         Look at NIDS 0.070 section, choose a finding aid, record below both the NIDS fiche number and FHL fiche number, and describe it briefly, telling how it might (or doesn=t) apply to genealogy.

 

 

 

 

5.         Find the marriage of James Smith to Jane Taylor in 1848 in India. Record the date and location below.