Many thanks Maureen for your helpful information. I've just started looking into my grandfather's time in India and have been overwhelmed about which way to go. You've given me the jumpstart that I needed. Thanks again, Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Evers" <maureen.evers@bigpond.com> To: <india@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 3:30 PM Subject: [INDIA] FW: Eric Parker > Hello List > Ann said: I am looking for information about my grandfather Eric Parker. > He > joined the Indian Army in 1918 .... > I have some information about his time in Tibet but virtually no > information > about his time in India. I live in Canada so I do not have access to the > British Library. > > The FIBIS Fibiwiki has a page called Indian Army > http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Indian_Army > Eric Parker's record may be available in the series "Indian Army Records > of > Service IOR/L/MIL/14/239/1-72481". Ann could contact the British Library, > or > if she is a FIBIS member, FIBIS can obtain documents and do research for > her. > (Details of both in the FIBIS Fibiwiki page British Library > http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=British_Library) > > Also mentioned on the Indian Army page are Indian Army Lists which may > give > an indication of Eric Parker's service. These are available on LDS > microfiche to 1940. > > His time as a tea factory manager may possibly mean he had a mention in > one > of Thacker's Indian Directories of the late 1920's/1930s. These are > available at the British Library and in some National/State/University > Libraries. Ann could check the library catalogues for the major libraries > accessible to her. > > Eric Parker's marriage is listed on the LDS beta site > https://beta.familysearch.org, so a copy of the record from the LDS > microfilm could be obtained if required > > Cheers > Maureen (Sydney) > > ===== 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 >