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The '''Families {{sic|In|hide=y|reason=Yes, they really mis-capitalise it this way; see website.}} British India Society''' (FIBIS) is a [[genealogy|genealogical]] organisation which assists people in researching their family history and the background against which their [[ancestor]]s led their lives in [[British India]].<ref>http://www.ukbmd.org/british_abroad</ref>

==Scope==
FIBIS was formed in November 1998 to provide research and social history resources for India from 1600 up to (and even after) [[History of the Republic of India|Indian Independence]] in 1947. It covers the earlier part of the [[British East India Company]]'s history and provides help and advice on researching it both in England and abroad,<ref>For reference to activities in Scotland and relating to finding Scottish ancestors please refer to the BBC Radio programme http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007rv8l</ref> and all EIC stations, including those outside the Indian sub-continent.

The Society states that it "does not concentrate on the Raj period nor solely on the British in India because to do so would exclude a number of other nationalities who played an important part and became part of the Indian culture."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fibis.org/about_us.htm |title=Aims of FIBIS |accessdate=26 May 2010 |work=www.fibis.org |publisher=Families In British India Society |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416002339/http://www.fibis.org/about_us.htm |archivedate=16 April 2010 }}</ref>

==Resources==
FIBIS provides books, journals, online resources and community facilities to assist research into individuals' ancestors and the social structure in which they lived.<ref>http://www.sog.org.uk/events/pdf/2012-Show-Handouts/WDYTYA-20120224-Researching-Ancestors-in-British-India.pdf</ref> They also host a [[wiki]] to aid information sharing and research.

===Transcription and publishing of records===
In conjunction with the [[British Library]], FIBIS have a programme of transcribing and publishing [[East India Company]] and [[India Office]] material that was previously only available in the [[India Office Records]] at the library. These [[Transcription (linguistics)|transcription]]s are freely available to the general public in searchable form on the FIBIS website.<ref>Which site has been archived for preservation by the British Library, pl see https://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/target/15237122/source/search</ref> Information available covers areas including lists of Indian cemeteries, [[ecclesiastical]] records (births, marriages and deaths), passenger lists, military history and [[will(law)|will]]s.

==See also==
*[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia]]
*[[Indian Military Historical Society]]
*[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]
*[[British Raj]]
*[[Company rule in India]]
*[[Family history]]
*[[The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and its Dependencies]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fibis.org FIBIS Web site]
*[http://search.fibis.org Free transcribed records on fibis.org (searchable)]

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[[Category:History organisations based in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Family history societies in the United Kingdom|FIBIS (Families In British India Society)]]
[[Category:People of British India]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1998]]
[[Category:Wikis]]

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