The collections include the documents from the
India Office Library and Records, relating to the entire history of
British involvement in
India and other parts of the eastern world, as well as materials in the languages of
Asia-Pacific and of north and north-east
Africa. It was located at Orbit House, 197 Blackfriars Road, London. Also, until 1998, The Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books was located at 14, Store Street, off Tottenham Court Road, London. Orbit House was demolished in 2004. The collections also include transcriptions of baptism, marriage, and burial records of
Christians of
European descent, sent to Britain from India during the period of British rule, which are a vital resource in researching the
genealogy of
Anglo-Indians or
domiciled Europeans who lived there. ==External links==