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Families in British India Society

We are pleased to be working in partnership with the Families in British India Society (FIBIS).

FIBIS is a charity managed entirely by volunteers and funded by small membership fees and the sale of relevant publications.

The society was founded in 1998 with the primary aim of providing no-cost online resources for people researching family and social history in India and beyond, during the British presence in South Asia from 1600 to Indian Independence in 1947.

FIBIS is proud of its database holding over a million entries from the India Office Records and other sources, all transcribed by dedicated volunteers. The Society will in future be concentrating on transcribing new records from alternative sources currently not available online.

Old records stacked on shelves

British India Office: Vital Records

Delve into vital records for your ancestors in British India, Burma and other territories connected to the India Office, including St Helena, Sumatra, Kuwait, Aden, Penang and Macao.

You can discover records of births and baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials. These records can help you uncover what your ancestors' lives might have looked like living in India and beyond.

British India Office Army and Navy Pensions

Explore this collection of service records and pensions of soldiers and sailors in the British East India Company as well as European soldiers and sailors in the British Indian Army and the Royal Indian Navy.

This record set can help you uncover useful biographical information about your ancestor, such as their occupation and rank, marriage details and names and dates of birth of any dependants.

Search British India Office Army & Navy Pensions

Additional information

FIBIS will also be expanding its FIBIS Wiki, which gives extensive information about British India, particularly the military and social history of this period, help with geography, place names, occupations and interpretation and translation of words peculiar to the British in India at this time.

Members can enjoy many benefits including dedicated social networking, enabling members to set up special interest groups, share photos and information, blog and generally keep in touch, as well as having access to exclusive members only information in the database.

FIBIS news is available on its website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google Plus and free subscription email.

The Website Homepage is available through www.fibis.org

The celebrated and helpful FIBIS Wiki is available through www.wiki.fibis.org