Oriental and India Office Collections
The
Oriental and India Office Collections (
OIOC) form a significant part of the holdings of the
British Library. The collections include the documents from the India Office Library and Records, relating to the entire history of
British involvement in
India and other parts of the eastern world, as well as materials in the languages of
Asia and of north and north-east
Africa.
The collections include transcriptions of baptism, marriage, and burial records of Christians of European descent, sent to Britain from India during the period of British rule, which are a vital resource in researching the genealogy of Anglo-Indians or domiciled Europeans who lived there.
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