India School Records

School Records: Student Records
Research Use: Lineage linked information given, linking two generations. Also a primary source of birth date.

Record Type: Admissions and births

Time Period: 1840-present

Content: Name of student, father’s name, address, date of birth, name of school, class, date & year of admission, signature of clerk.

Location: State and district record offices.

Population coverage: 90% Hindu; 9% Muslim; 1% Christian.

Reliability: Reasonably accurate, but they are a number of years after the birth of the student, so care should be taken with that data.