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Research in Other Countries => Other Countries => Other Countries - Resources => Topic started by: Josephine on Friday 10 March 17 16:24 GMT (UK)
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There's a publication called Homeward Mail from India, China and the East that I've just discovered on The British Newspaper Archive http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ . (It's called Homeward Mail in the index.)
The website has a large number of issues from the mid-1800s to some time in the 1900s.
I've found some interesting information on some members of my distant family who worked in India. On one person, I've found information about his work in Punjab, and mentions of when he and his wife travelled to and from home in England by ship (these ship lists aren't available online elsewhere as far as I can tell). I found a lovely, information obit for another person. He worked in India prior to the coverage offered online but luckily they wrote about him when he died, so I lucked out in that way.
I don't have any affiliation with the website; I just wanted to mention the publication as a great potential resource.
Regards,
Josephine
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Thank you for this Josephine.
I accessed it on FindMyPast and found some very useful articles for my Lewin family. I am not sure when it came online but obviously since my last searches!
Barbara
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That's great, Barbara! It's good to know that it's also available on FindMyPast.
Regards,
Josephine