The Families in British India Society

The Families in British India Society, or FIBIS for short, is the leading family history organisation focusing on assisting genealogists to research ancestors and the lives they lead in India during the period from 1600-1947. FIBIS was established in the latter half of 1998 and membership has grown to well over 1400 people in the UK and overseas.

The website at www.fibis.org, has a large and growing database, an image gallery, and also a wiki offering substantial background detail, suggestions for further reading and links in a “virtual library” to further sources of interest. All this information is freely available to researchers.

Regular lecture meetings, normally two a year, are held in London on a wide range of relevant topics. These meetings also include surgery sessions to support individual research,

In addition, members receive two FIBIS Journals per year, in print and digital form, with articles about individual people and the many aspects of life in British India. There is also an online members area where networking is encouraged and unique background resources can be accessed.

FIBIS welcomes contact and, for this reason, a dedicated team of volunteers is always available to assist with emailed individual research enquiries.