How to find your missing family in India

Ask anyone who has ever done family history and they will all tell you the same thing – that at one time or another they have hit a brick wall. Some relative has seemingly disappeared off the records or a line cannot be traced back further than a particular point. Finding missing members of your family can be particularly tricky if it is not possible to take a trip down to the local archive centre to trawl for yourself. This is often the case if you have ancestors who lived in another country to you, such as India. Millions of people in Britain, America and across the world have ancestors who lived, loved and died in India yet they can find it is tricky to navigate the various collections to find answers to their questions. This guide will break down where you can find information relating to your family in India and give you hints and tricks that will help you to trace your family tree even further back.

There are, of course, a variety of websites that hold information on India and its past. It can often be difficult to know exactly where to start, however whether you are a beginner or more experienced with researching your family history in India then I hope that this guide will offer some insight as to how to trace your family tree as far back as you can. Firstly, here is a breakdown of some of the material that is available online and how best to use it.

Ancestry

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/Births, marriages & deaths

A good place to start off when looking for your family history in India online