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@karendebruyne @wdytya Beverly’s ancestor was Sarah Farley and her sister married Thomas Quinn.

@fibiswebmaster @wdytya That's really interesting and quite cool

Watching @wdytya and wondering who did the #BritishIndia research #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre @fibiswebmaster #bbc #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FamilyTree #Genealogist #EastIndiaCompany #HEIC #BritishIndia

Can either @fibiswebmaster @valmayuk help with this query from the Second World War Experience Centre? ##WWII

This Wed 26 Mar giving talk Newham & Redbridge branch East of London Family History Society "Finding Great Uncle Bill: an overview of British India Records" #FamilyHistory #Genealogist #EastIndia #BritishIndia @fibiswebmaster @AGRAGenealogy eolfhs.org.uk/diary/

Connie Shakespear's diary and photographs of her time in the Naga Hills 1900-1902. blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/20…

Letter written by Gandhi to Herbert William Emerson of the Government of India in 1931 - ‘My right hand needing rest, I have to write with the left hand'. blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/20…

Dr Penny Walters: FIBIS Gala Speaker. Family History is for Everyone – A Journey Through Genealogy and Education fibis.org/dr-penny-walte… #history #FamilyHistory #genealogy

Digitised India Office Records currently available online - Untold lives blog shar.es/agcEbs #history #genealogy #FamilyHistory

FIBIS have had a DNA project with Family Tree #DNA for several years now and we are pleased to announce that we now have an Ancestors Project on GEDmatch. fibis.org/british-india-… #genealogy #familyhistory

Tragic shipwreck off Dorset granted special status #history bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Looking back to the sporting prowess of Indian marine cadets in the 1940s. blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/20…

Auckland Family History Expo at the Fickling Convention Centre Mt Roskill, Sat 10 - Sun 11 August 2024. FIBIS will have a stand at this 10th anniversary event. We will provide research assistance and a cash only bookstall. Come and catch up. fibis.org/auckland-famil… #genealogy

Edward Murphy of Ireland - went with his mother to Rangoon as a young child; employed on the Prome Railway; lost his eyesight; deported to England aged 19. blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/20…

New post! Coroner’s records from late 18th-century Bombay. blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/20…

The Battle of Jhelum mutinyreflections.wordpress.com/2024/07/07/the… For the 14th NI, the 7th of July was not the best of days, but they fell fighting.

Somerset Home Guard - Information Sought Since The Somerset Home Guard a Pictorial Rollcall was published in 2004 more information has surfaced. A companion vol is planned for 2025. If you have any photographs or information that you would like considered please see this notice

The British Library are offering a free #familyhistory session. An introduction to birth/baptism/marriage/burial records in the India Office archives​. Tues 30 July 12.00–13.15​ Meet at front hall information desk @ 11.50 Email  hedley.sutton@bl.uk​ No previous knowledge required

While we work to get our services fully back online, we’ve published some resources that may help you find what you’re looking for. Visit our Asian and African Studies blog to find alternative ways of working with our Asian and African collections: bit.ly/BLResourceAsia…

Due to planned electrical work, our St Pancras building will be closed on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 June. Additionally Reader Registration and Wi-Fi will be unavailable from 16.00 on Friday 28 June until 10.00 on Monday 1 July. Our exhibition galleries will also close early on Friday and reopen at 12.30 on Monday. Please plan ahead before your visit and see full details: bit.ly/BLVisitUpdateJ… We’re really sorry for any inconvenience caused.

FIBIS will be at the East Midlands Really Useful Family History Show on Sat 15 June at the University of Nottingham, Kings Meadow Campus, Lenton Lane, NG7 2NR.  We will have experts on hand to help with research enquiries + a selection of books for sale fibis.org/east-midlands-…