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/2531.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Fiona Igatpuri was a railway town on the Great Indian Peninsular Railway., so David Ross may have been a railway employee. See *http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2008-05/1210977567 *http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2009-02/1234165570 *FIBIS Fibiwiki page "Great Indian Peninsula Railway" http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway which indicates if he joined this railway 1925 or before, you may find records at the British Library. With regards to the death record, read the FIBIS Fibiwiki page "LDS Microfilms for Church Records outside of the usual Presidencies" http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=LDS_Microfilms_for_Church_Records_outside_of_the_usual_Presidencies , the subsection "Church Records after Independence" Alternatively, if you know the religion you may be able to contact the Church Diocesan office in India (if you can work which Diocese Igatpuri was in!) See FIBIS Fibiwiki page "Church records" http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Church_records As a final option, depending how much you want the information, you could attempt to obtain a copy of the death registration, which would involve using a service in India to do this. Read FIBIS Fibiwiki page "Birth and death registration" http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Birth_and_death_registration 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.