East India Company

[DeafDoggy488]

Hi,

I was wondering if there's any resources online about East India Company as I have discovered that some of my Ancestors were employed by the Company and I'd like to know more about what they did.

Thanks

[Girl Guide]

Find My Past have East India Company and Civil Service Pensions records and below is a list of the sort of information that could be found about ancestors who worked for them.

PENSION DETAILS

Name of applicant

Date of application

Liability of applicant

Sum paid

Date of payments

Duration of payments

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Name of recipient

Age of applicant

Station of applicant

Relations of applicant

Baptism, marriage and death details of applicant

Baptism details of applicant’s children

Death of applicant

Daughter's marriage dates

Remarks on applicant

If you have a sub to Find My Past you could have a look and see if you can find anything.

[mckha489]

I have found newspapers mention appointments to the EIC sometimes.

[Bookbox]

See also ...

India Office Family History Search
http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Advancediscovery.aspx

FIBIS
https://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/

[philipsearching]

Ihn addition to the links already supplied I would add The London Gazette https://www.thegazette.co.uk/ has entries on the East India Company going back to 1667.

The East India Company had a civilian bureaucracy and its own army (up to the passing of the Government Of India Act 1858 when the Company was nationalised.  The Company continued until it was dissolved under the East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873.

So, - much would depend on the time-frame and status (civilian or military) of your ancestors as to what they might have done.  Conquest, control, plunder, trade, diplomacy or administration.

Philip

[Floozy]

You could try this link
Just saw someone  has already covered it.


https://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/AdvanceDiscovery.aspx