Is this the Black Hole your 19th C ancestors disap

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Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	23 Aug 2005 18:38
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Many Brits were in India during the 2nd half of the 19th Century. here is a good Website for starters. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm . If anyone has any others covering the British Empire or the East India Company please list below.
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 3 470 Send Message	Phoenix	Report	23 Aug 2005 18:46
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 3 470 Send Message	Lateral thinking sometimes helps. GG Grandfathers' siblings disappear into that black hole. Miraculously, a nephew turned up on the 1881, lodging with GG Grandfather's sister in law, a widow living on an annuity. The annuity suggested a legacy. Lo and behold, though her husband died in Calcutta, his will was proved in London! It is always worth checking Documents Online and the Principal Probate Registry for wills of those who died abroad. Even humble sailors appear in the PCC because they died 'in foreign parts'
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 58 Send Message	Jennifer	Report	23 Aug 2005 18:47
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 58 Send Message	also try www.fibis.org (families in British India Society) www.indiaman(.)com also found some baptisms on IGI for husband's relatives