Diane wrote: > I have been carefully making sure that I have references for the > information in my tree. I have my 4th x Great Grandfather, James > RICHARDSON arriving in India in 1808 on the William Pitt, and that he > was a Gunner in the Right Wing Carnatic European Veteran, Battalion. > Also his marriage to Susannah PARISH on the 21 Feb 1820 with the > reference N/2/7/312. > > For the life of me I cannot find where I obtained this reference, it > doesn't appear to be the usual haunts such as the National Archives, > FIBIS or the India Office Family History Search, the reference on the > beta search site is an LDS film no. and doesn't give any other info. > > I know James died sometime before 1829 as his wife was a widow then > and that he was apparently born around 1790ish. in Barnett Middlesex, > I am presuming I have this information as well as his arrival date > from the same source, but it could be two different sources I am > missing. > > Does anyone have any clue which website I would have trawled to find > James' military info and the British Library reference? > My suggestion is that JR's Rank & Occupation (at the time) came from the details of his marriage to Susannah Parish in N/2/7 fo 312. and that his Arrival Date and Place of Origin came from his Embarkation Record (Probably in L/MIL/9/97) or from one of the Annual Musters. If neither of these records is available on-line, my further suggestion is that the data were provided by a researcher such as Donald Jacques or via the Fibis Research Service. Hope this helps Good Hunting! Peter Bailey Chairman Families in British India Society www.fibis.org

Richard asked: > I have a relative, Sophia Tubbs, ward of the LOS, married at the house of > the Chaplain in Dum Dum 1816 to John Blake, a teacher in the LOS. No > father's name is given for her. > > A burial in 1836 gives her age as 40, widow of John Blyth (John Blake > being an alias at the time of marriage) i.e. 1796 birth. > > A baptism takes place in 1798 (source British Library microfilm) giving > father's name William Tubbs. > > The burial and baptism both point towards having an age of 20 at the time > of the marriage. > > What are your thoughts on this age being too old for still being a WARD of > the LOS? > There is no great problem in accepting that Sophia was counted as a Ward of the LOS. It is likely that she had been a ward for some years and, not having married earlier, was able to help with looking after the younger children. At age 21, she might have had to be given a more formal position. Good Hunting! Peter Bailey Chairman Families in British India Society www.fibis.org

The following announcement appeared in the West Briton newspaper, Truro, Cornwall, UK on 28 May 1852. I have no further information, nor any interest in the family. I purely forward it to the List in the hope that it's of use to someone. Best wishes, Tom Thompson, St Agnes, Cornwall. ---0--- West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser - 28 May 1852 Marriages At St. Andrew's, Guernsey, on the 20th instant, Mr. DENIS REED, of Helston, to ELEANOR, widow of the late THOMAS ANNIS, Esq., of the H.E.I.C.S.

Hello listers. I'm looking for more info on Thomas Robertson BOCK. Baptised 1 Sep 1820 Stepney, England, son of John Thomas BOCK & Charlotte BESSELL. Thomas married Charlotte CURTIS in 1844 & had a son Alfred Robertson BOCK in 1845. At some stage Thomas & family went to India where he was supposedly an indigo planter. On 1 Jan 1849 he married Mary Ann MAY, daughter of Thomas Percy KNIGHT & 5 children were born. On familysearch beta I've found descendents of Alfred but I wonder if there's anyone else out there researching any branches of the Bock family that started with Frederick BOCK (Tobacconist at St Martins, Westminster, London) & Maria Theresa GIGNEUX/GIGNOUES. Here's hoping! Lorraine

Hi Listers, I have a relative, Sophia Tubbs, ward of the LOS, married at the house of the Chaplain in Dum Dum 1816 to John Blake, a teacher in the LOS. No father's name is given for her. A burial in 1836 gives her age as 40, widow of John Blyth (John Blake being an alias at the time of marriage) i.e. 1796 birth. A baptism takes place in 1798 (source British Library microfilm) giving father's name William Tubbs. The burial and baptism both point towards having an age of 20 at the time of the marriage. What are your thoughts on this age being too old for still being a WARD of the LOS? Many thanks, Richard

Hello, I continue to investigate the life of George Cumming. He died in December 1800 on board the Anna, somewhere around the Cape of Good Hope. The ship's journal states that his effects were transferred to a Danish ship. The captain's handwriting and syntax are both problematic so I can't tell if his body was,too. My questions relate to the effects and the Danish ship. 1. Does anyone have any knowledge or thoughts about what these effects might have been? 2. At DKR 575/hr (I think that about US $ 100), the Danish archives are willing to undertake a search of their records to find out the name of the Danish ship and whatever other relevant information they can find about the transfer. Obviously, they cannot guarantee that they will find anything. I am mighty curious but the price is steep, I think. Has anybody had any experience working with the Danish archives? Best, Frances Singh

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: maureenr5 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2543.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Nick The following record is from https://beta.familysearch.org/s/recordDetails/show?uri=http://pilot.familysearch.org/records/trk:/fsrs/rr_675898011/p4&hash=MPAfKvgWGXfZ5STyuqUCQxOVNk8%3D and may possibly be the one you are looking for. Groom's Name William Thomas Ball Groom's Birth Date 1895 Groom's Age 24 Bride's Name Frances Louise Wood Bride's Birth Date 1891 Bride's Age 28 Marriage Date 10 Dec 1919 Marriage Place Calcutta, Bengal, India Groom's Father's Name Frederick Ball Bride's Father's Name Richmond A. Wood Groom's Marital Status Single Bride's Marital Status Single Indexing Project (Batch) Number M75049-7 System Origin India-EASy Source Film Number 463385 FOr information generally, there is the FIBIS Fibiwiki Beginners' Guide http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Beginners'_Guide Cheers Maureen Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Really, there is no need to panic. Just don't use MS IE!!! I have used Firefox for years as my preferred browser - copying and pasting Ed's URL in there is no problem. Cheers. Sylvia > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Keelin [mailto:ED.KEELIN@comcast.net] > Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 11:18 AM > To: india@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [INDIA] Re : Family Search Beta - Link to Blog > <SNIP> > > I completely agree with Ann who wrote about the problem she > had and Microsoft's suggestion that she upgrade to a Beta > version of IE9.  I would never do that either.  Hopefully > others will not have the same problem and will be able to > watch the videos. > > Ed Keelin > > San Jose, California

I have just watched a lovely programme on Sky Ch.280 "Horse & Country" called "Under the Spell of Horses". An hour long with an English translators voice over the voices, music etc of Rajasthan ..made in India by an EU funded organisation. As many of these type of films are re programmed may I suggest that you keep a look out as I think that, even if horses are not your thing, you will find it a fascinating show. Peter D Rogers, Suffolk UK

Hello, The occupation of my relative was given as "Manager of Messrs. Gray, Young ___ Firm" on the 1874 birth certificate of his son in Calcutta, India. I cannot read the third word of the Firm. Has anyone heard of a similar business? I can't seem to find anything on my end. Thanks, Melanie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: nickthomas68 Surnames: BALL Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/2543/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My grandfather, William BALL, born Saltash, Cornwall, UK, 1894, shipped out to Oorgaum, Province of Mysore, South India at the end of July 1919. He gained employment on the Kolar Gold Fields as an engineer. Can anybody advise on where to start looking for employment or marriage records. The mines have changed hands many times over the past 100 years. Hopefully, Nick Thomas. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

IE8 works fine too. If no images come open Select TOOLS > COMPATIBILITY MODE and it works fine Mel Smith -----Original Message----- From: india-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sylvia Murphy Sent: October 23, 2010 8:39 AM To: india@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INDIA] Re : Family Search Beta - Link to Blog Really, there is no need to panic. Just don't use MS IE!!! I have used Firefox for years as my preferred browser - copying and pasting Ed's URL in there is no problem. Cheers. Sylvia > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Keelin [mailto:ED.KEELIN@comcast.net] > Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 11:18 AM > To: india@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [INDIA] Re : Family Search Beta - Link to Blog > <SNIP> > > I completely agree with Ann who wrote about the problem she > had and Microsoft's suggestion that she upgrade to a Beta > version of IE9.  I would never do that either.  Hopefully > others will not have the same problem and will be able to > watch the videos. > > Ed Keelin > > San Jose, California ===== India Mailing List ===== Families in British India Society: http://www.fibis.org Archives for this list can be found at: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=INDIA and at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/INDIA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I apologize to anyone who may have a problem with this link. My thanks to Ann for responding so quickly.  I went to it before I sent the email to be sure I had no problems.  Some people had a problem opening Dick Eastman's Newsletter a year or more ago.  He said the problem was IE8 and mentioned recently that the fix would be in IE9.  If the page did not open he told his readers to go to the small box to the right of the URL box and click on the broken page.  That fixed it for me and apparently everyone else because he never wrote about it again. I completely agree with Ann who wrote about the problem she had and Microsoft's suggestion that she upgrade to a Beta version of IE9.  I would never do that either.  Hopefully others will not have the same problem and will be able to watch the videos. Ed Keelin San Jose, California ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ed wrote: If you go to the link below for Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter he has links to two terriffic videos put out by the LDS Church.  One is a tour of their Granite Mountain Vault and the other describes the digitizing process now taking place .  Their goal is to digitize all of their records within the next ten years and put them on the FamilySearch website.  These are the digitized images now showing up on their site.  Many of the images are free to download but some collections will lead you to a paid site such as Footnote.  If any of you are not aware of Dick Eastman's (almost) daily free newsletter I highly recommend that you sign up.  He covers a wide range of topics related to genealogy and regularly posts information on updates to the beta FamilySearch site.  Also, on the right hand side of the page are links to previous newsletters. I have deleted the link In Answer: I am sorry to throw a dampener on things, but the link takes me to the web page and tells me there is an incompatability problem with Internet Explorer 8 and gives me the option to upgrade to IE 9 BETA version. Absolutely no way would I do this, and I would urge caution to anyone who wants to try this.  It might work for you, but I would definitely not upgrade to a beta version for anyone. I won't even upgrade to any software package that ends in version number x.00. I apologise if I am casting aspersions and I certainly don't mean to imply anything malicious is intended, but I truly think that anyone who wants to take advantage of upgrading to a "beta" system from Microsoft needs to know exactly what the risks are and should do so from the official Microsoft website and not some blog.  They should also be technically aware and competent enough to put their system back together if it all goes pear shaped. Sorry, off soap box, just don't want anyone's system  to be compromised.

David said, Family Search Beta record pages have a space allocated for an image of the original record with the words 'Image is not available online. I assume that this implies that it is the intention to make such images available some time in the future. Does anyone know when this might be? If you go to the link below for Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter he has links to two terriffic videos put out by the LDS Church.  One is a tour of their Granite Mountain Vault and the other describes the digitizing process now taking place .  Their goal is to digitize all of their records within the next ten years and put them on the FamilySearch website.  These are the digitized images now showing up on their site.  Many of the images are free to download but some collections will lead you to a paid site such as Footnote.  If any of you are not aware of Dick Eastman's (almost) daily free newsletter I highly recommend that you sign up.  He covers a wide range of topics related to genealogy and regularly posts information on updates to the beta FamilySearch site.  Also, on the right hand side of the page are links to previous newsletters. http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/07/granite-mountain-records-vault-videos-online.html I hope this is helpful to everyone. Ed Keelin San Jose, California ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

David, I have seen images of parish registers on some lookups I have done from Costa Rica. These have been there for the last few months to my knowledge. No doubt there are other scans already there, but ultimately it will come down to copyright permissions. Regards Simon.

Hello Annie Could find nothing for Ernest Alfred Stewart/Stuart on the fibis site or the National Library site but googling the Boer War brings up many pages and this one in particular gives hints on where to email for records. http://www.genealogyworld.net/boer/tracing.html I hope this is of some help. Joan in NSW, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annie McCann" > I am trying to findout whether the STEWART EA that I came across whilst > searching the Boer war 1899-1902 files on 'Find my past'was the Ernest > Alfred STEWART that I am searching for.All that was listed was > rank-volunteer.Unit-Indian army military accounts & a list of several > awarded medals giving roll & page numbers. > Please can one of you kind folk point me in the right direction for > further investigation. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1077 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message

Family Search Beta record pages have a space allocated for an image of the original record with the words 'Image is not available online'. I assume that this implies that it is the intention to make such images available some time in the future. Does anyone know when this might be? David

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: umaa1231 Surnames: Vijayan P. Raman Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.asia.india.general/846.5/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am one of the memember of an anciant Thiyya Family of Travancore. My grand father (Father's father)is belog to the famous Pannikottu Thiyya Tharavad in Kalloopara, Thiruvalla and my grand monther(Mother"s Mother) belog to the famous Thiyya Taravad named as Malethreyil, Vaipooru,Mallappally. My Mother's Father is belong to famous Thiyya Taharavad named as Varikad, Mallappally. Most of the North Keralite Thiyya ignore the thiyya of Travancore. There are more famous Thiyya family in Travncore They are, Pavothhu kattil & Ambiyil in kezvaipur,Mallappally & Ambalavelil in Kulathoor, Mallappally etc. and also many Thiyyas Tharavad in Amblapuza also. We want more studies to find our thiyya culture. We request our North Keralite thiyyas to kindly take necessary step to get together of all thiyyas. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Hi Liz, Nadia & Listers, Liz thank you very much but I do not need  Sarkies death as a necessity unless you too need it for your records. I do have two marriages where the name is MACKERTICH and the father is named as Sarkies MACKERTICH. Cheryl