I hope you will forgive me but I cannot find a NG that covers India (or Asia), so I'm asking if SKS on this group will assist with a single query. I have a number of relatives listed as living in a place called JHOSSEE in India. I cannot find it in Google except some references from the IGI. The best I can find is a place near Karnaul, West Bengal, aparrently near Dehli ( Now called Kamal) I would just like to find the modern name for the place Anyone able to assist me please? With Thanks Phil

Dear Phil, Cannot help with the place name, but you might be interested in these. All are free: Forum and notice board, not a mailing list: http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/423-India-Genealogy Here is the Rootsweb home page: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Various India mailing lists: http://bigfile.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/listsearch Please insert the word .... india ..... or a relevant country name Seems is if there's only one message type board for India: http://boards.rootsweb.com/?o_iid=33216&o_lid=33216&o_sch=Web+Property Message board. Not a mailing list: http://genforum.genealogy.com/india/ Happy Hunting, Tony Moore (Castle Hill, NSW) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ On 3 Nov 2011 at 9:41, One Eyed Phil wrote: Date sent: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:41:36 +0800 From: One Eyed Phil <[email protected]> Subject: ?Off topic India To: [email protected] > I hope you will forgive me but I cannot find a NG that covers India (or > Asia), so I'm asking if SKS on this group will assist with a single query. <<snipped>> > With Thanks > Phil

According to this map of India, Kurnaul is in the state of Haryana, north/west India http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/india-political-map.htm Looking at the map, you see West Bengal and the state of Haryana are a long way from each other, yet Jhossee was, supposedly, near Kurnaul according to the report in the following There is an entry in Google Books "The Asiatic Journal etc" recording a Death at Jhossee near Kurnaul http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uSsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA257&lpg=RA1-PA257&dq=jhossee+in+india&source=bl&ots=IFYGM2xhP2&sig=X1WwTH6fNvRfLnHIx_trUciXRP4&hl=en&ei=4hyyTpfgEaPRmAWQjpGlAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&sqi=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false Sorry I can't help with a modern name but looking towards the state of Haryana might help. Perhaps those who wrote the reports did the best they could with place names and just got it wrong. As a matter of interest, I put the name Jhossee/Ghossee into TNA, Asia, Pacific and Africa collection and didn't get a nibble. Regards, Kate (Sydney, Australia) "One Eyed Phil" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > I hope you will forgive me but I cannot find a NG that covers India (or > Asia), so I'm asking if SKS on this group will assist with a single query. > I have a number of relatives listed as living in a place called JHOSSEE in > India. I cannot find it in Google except some references from the IGI. > The best I can find is a place near Karnaul, West Bengal, aparrently near > Dehli ( Now called Kamal) > I would just like to find the modern name for the place > Anyone able to assist me please? > With Thanks > Phil >