If you are contemplating researching your genealogy in India you should visit Cathy Day's excellent website FAMILY HISTORY IN INDIA .This is a well organised, information rich site that is the gateway to genealogy in India. At the site you will be able to join the India_L mailing list which will connect you to thousands of kind, helpful, knowledgeable people world wide who are also delving into the mysteries of family history in India.
Well that's the commercials over now back to my Genealogy in India pages, the following are descriptions of the selections available
Indexes
This section contains various lists and indexes, the largest of which
is an index of Cadet papers held at in OIC in London. There are are approximately
15000 names of officer cadets that joined the EIC Madras army from 1789
until 1859. These names are cross referenced to the OIC ref. and the LDS
film number, LDS films can of course be accessed at any Church
of The Latterday Saints Family History Centre.
Kamptee
This section is in memory of my Anglo Indian great grandmother,Mary Chick, whose origins was successfully hidden from the family for over 100 years until I uncovered them in the course of my family history research. She was born in the town of Kamptee that grew up around the military cantonment of that name which was established,in the days of the Raj, on the outskirts of Nagpur the native capitol of the Central States of India.
South Staffordshire Regiment
This section contains photographs that my father took whilst serving with the South Staffs in India from 1935 untill 1941. There is a section with photographs of his mates with their names, and another section with photographs of amateur dramatic productions put on by members of the regiment and a section with pictures of places my father visited.
Gordon Gibbon's Photographs
In mid 2003 I was talking to Gordon and discovered that he had served on the North West Frontier as a RAF pilot in the years shortly before World War 2. He told me that he some photos and asked me if I would like to see them. A while later he came for lunch at the restaurant and produced a box of photos and offered to let me copy them. We spent a hour or two checking them and writing their descriptions on the back, I told him I would scan them and return them asap, he said not to worry as next week he was going to Slovakia for a three months holiday. I took my time copying them and then early in 2004 I rang him to return them. At first I got no reply, and when finally I talked to his wife she told me that Gordon, unbeknown to me, had been quite frail and during the trip to Europe had had a heart attack in Bangkok and died. When I offered to return the pictures she explained that Gordon had been aware of his health problems and in effect had passed the photos on to me as someone who would appreciate them. I told her that I would look after them and display them on my website for all to see. So please enjoy.
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