Researching Asian Family History
Malaysia
FamilySearch have a good set of links that can lead to physical records and the official government archives.
Singapore
Family Search have some useful links including the Genealogy Society for Singapore.https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Singapore_Genealogy
Hong Kong
Some useful links for those looking at researching Hong Kong genealogy are available at Christine Thomas’ website.
Family Search has very good PDF links on their website to a Genealogy information timeline of various records alongside several links to Chinese records.
Indian Subcontinent
The BBC have a family history guide for finding genealogy information about the Indian Subcontinent. It covers all of the countries listed here.
Researching Worldwide Family History
- Genealogy in Education
- Researching African Colonies Family History
- Researching Asian Family History
- Researching European Family History
- Researching Jewish Family History
- Researching Middle Eastern Family History
- Researching Oceanican Family History
- Researching Overseas Family History
- Researching South American Family History
- Researching Traveller Community Family History
- Researching W.Indies & Caribbean Family History
Indian
The British Library have a record of 300,000 births, marriages, deaths and burials that can be freely searched for mainly British and European people in India c.1600-1949.https://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/home.aspx
Find My Past have a searchable database of the British India Office records that also cover army records. http://www.findmypast.co.uk/articles/world-records/search-all-uk-records/special-collections/british-india-office-collection
The Families in British India Society have more transcribed records from the period of British colonisation. Researchers can join the society as a member for a £15 yearly fee for access to journals and help from research officers. http://www.fibis.org/
Bangladesh
Forebears have accessible records for Bangladesh available online and they also include greater Indian records. http://forebears.co.uk/bangladesh
Family Search also have a page for Bangladesh genealogy with additional links to several sites such as the National Archives and a Bangladesh Mailing List.
http://forebears.co.uk/bangladesh
MyHeritage allows you to search Bangladesh family history collections.https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-Bangladesh/bangladesh
Pakistan
Family Search have some guides for those wishing to find records from Pakistan. Note that there was a fire at the central repository in 1948 causing many civil records to be lost.https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Pakistan_Civil_Registration_-_Vital_Records
Sri Lanka
Genealogy Sri Lanka contains BMD records, and they are dedicated to the preservation of Dutch, Portuguese and British records.http://www.genealogysrilanka.com/
Forebears also have searchable Sri Lankan records http://forebears.co.uk/sri-lanka
