Tracing Your British Indian Ancestors - A Guide for Family Historians by Emma Jolly

Description

This book gives a fascinating insight into the history of the subcontinent under British rule and into the lives the British led there. It also introduces the reader to the range of historical records that can be consulted in order to discover more about the experiences of individuals who were connected to India over the centuries of British involvement in the country.

Emma Jolly looks at every aspect of British Indian history and at all the relevant resources. She explains the information held in the British Library India Office Records and The National Archives. She also covers the records of the armed forces, the civil service and the railways, as well as religious and probate records, and other sources available for researchers.

At the same time, she provides a concise and vivid social history of the British in India: from the early days of the East India Company, through the Mutiny and the imposition of direct British rule in the mid-nineteenth century, to the independence movement and the last days of the Raj.

*Essential guide to the British in India for family historians
*Covers British Indian history from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries
*Shows how the lives and careers of individuals can be reconstructed using the records
*Introduction to the information held in the India Office Records, The National Archives and other major sources
*A valuable handbook for anyone who is studying Indian history

Paperback published by Pen and Sword