Hello List: Is there any list which would show electical workers who left the UK (Northumberland) to work on the hydraulic dams in India during the first part of the 1900? I am looking for MARK SHERMAN THORNTON, father JOHN THORNTON, born Ormskirk, 1830+. Veronica Thornton Hagin northern California On Sep 8, 2012, at 12:52 AM, David Railton wrote: > Nora, > > A suggestion - why not join the India equivalent of this Liverpool list. It > can be found at: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/IND/INDIA.html > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Railton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 08 September 2012 08:35 > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: [ENG-LIV] Born in India > > Nora, > > The web address I gave: http://www.new.fibis.org/ provides lots of detail > about how to find records of Europeans in India pre independence. It also > includes some details of baptisms, marriages and burials and other records. > I suggest you use it as a guide to finding information. > > All Christian churches in British India of every denomination were obliged > to send copies of their records to London. These are now in the India Office > Library in the British Library in London. They are not complete - possibly > about 75% of the originals are there. There are a few churches in India that > still have their registers but those that exist are usually in poor > condition. Most have been destroyed by the climate or termites. There is > very little in India that is not in the British Library. Writing to churches > in India for information rarely produces a reply. Those that do reply > usually only want a small fee for information but getting money to India is > not an easy process. > > The Mormon church has microfilmed all the India records in the British > Library and these microfilms are available for all to view at their family > history centres. There will be one near you. The process of viewing is not > easy and is time consuming but it can be done. FindMyPast are supposedly > copying all the British Library India records and they should be available > on their site later this year. The website I gave will tell you about other > sources that have part of the British Library collection. > > There is more information currently available on-line for the 18th and 19th > centuries than the 20th so you may not be able to find what you are looking > for. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nora Kevan > Sent: 08 September 2012 03:49 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Born in India > > Hello David > I saw your message to Ian and wondered if you could help me. I have > compiled a history of my husband's family back to the 1600s and have always > intended to include later descendants and in-laws. I always wanted to find > out more about the family of my sister-in-law's husband's family but I put > it off as his widow lives in England and I live in Australia and I only > spoke to her two or thee times a year! Now she has had a stroke and there > is no one I can ask. > > Her name was Mary Kevan dau. of John James Kevan b.1915 and she married > Frederick Clarke in Calcutta 20 Sep 1937. probably in an Anglican church. > I do not know the name of his parents but Fred. (known, obviously as "Nobby" > > was an electrical engineer with > Bengal Iron & Steel Co. in Kulti near Calcutta until Indian independence > when the co. was taken over by the State.His father was also an engineer of > some sort. Nobby was born 13 May 1910, possibly in India. Nobby's family > lived there and he was sent back to England to be educated. I got the > impression that the connection with Bengal went back for more than one > generation. My sister in law, husband and only daughter Janet (who was born > in either Kulti or Calcutta, 28 Nov 1943were in England in 1947 on their > first home leave since their marriage when India became independent, Their > home and almost all their possessions were lost. Friends still in Kulti > where they lived managed to save some of their wedding presents from the > looters. > > I tried entering Frederick's name on the site you mentioned but it seemed to > be for ship's passengers, rather than permanent residents and I got no > result. > > Any advice or help would be appreciated. > > Regards > Nora > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Railton > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 6:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENG-LIV] Born in India > > Jean, > > For information and records of the British in India go to the Families in > British India Society (FIBIS) website at: http://www.new.fibis.org/ > > They have lots of information about how to find records. > > Passengers lists for ships arriving in England are on Ancestry. If you want > me to try to find your relatives arriving contact me off-list. I might also > be able to help with records in India. > > David Railton > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jean flanagan > Sent: 28 August 2012 21:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENG-LIV] Born in India > > Hi Listers, > > I have a relative who was born in India around 1869. I only have her in 1901 > census living in Bootle, with her husband and four children. She died in > childbirth 1902. > > I have her marriage 1894 St John Kirkdale. What I'm hoping for, is that > someone can point me to where I can find information, of her arriving in > England from India or via wherever between her birth and her marriage dates. > > I would be very grateful for any suggestions. > > Regards. > Jean > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message