Thank you so much for this, Colin. My COBB ancestor managed to survive and thrive in the colony of Jamestown, Virginia, when so many others perished, and I always thought that perhaps it was because he was related to the Robert COBB who was a charter member of the East India Company, but who died before the charter of Jamestown in 1607. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 4:42 AM, Colin Withers via <[email protected]> wrote: > The records of the East India Company, pertaining to the Middle East > have now been digitised, funded by the Qatari government. > > If you had relatives in the East India Company, or who travelled on > their ships through the Middle East and on to India and beyond, then > this could be a lucky dip for you. > > http://www.qdl.qa/en > > Colin > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > FREEREG - http://www.freereg.org.uk/ > > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > > > Links to more useful websites - > > www.ryedalefamilyhistory.org > > www.wharfedalefhg.org.uk > > www.yorkshireparishregisters.com > > www.yorkshireroots.org.uk > > ------------------------------- > 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