India and South East Asia SIG (ISEA)

During the course of our genealogical travels many of us have discovered links to India and South East Asia, either via our ancestor's involvement in the East India Company, the British Army, family migration to Australia and elsewhere, or we may just call it home, by virtue of the fact that we were born and raised there. 

Whatever your reasons, hopefully we will be able to help each other with queries and problems by drawing on our collective knowledge ... and come up with ideas and possible solutions that will assist in our endeavours.

Our outcome will be to have increased knowledge and understanding of India and South East Asia, in respect to our research interests - where our ancestors might be found, what they did, how they lived.

As a result of numerous expressions of these interests, an inaugural meeting was held on 23rd October 2010 at WAGS, with 18 attendees and 13 apologies. The group now meets once a quarter as the Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. India and South East Asia, Special Interest Group or ISEA.  

<< India and SE Asia Forum

Quarterly meetings are usually held at FHWA in February, May, August and November. Contact the Convenor for details. 

Convenor:    Liana Fitzpatrick

Email:  SIGS Contacts - Convenor - India & SE Asia SIG  

2022 Meetings - 26 February, 28 May, 27 August, 26 November at 10:30AM

*** Next Meeting - 28 May 2022 in Unit 4, 48 May St at 10:30AM 

Topic: Travel through the ranks of the East India Company. The focus of Susan Fearn's talk will be on Walter Scott Seton-Karr, a British civil servant and employee of the East India Company who was appointed to many high ranking roles during his time in India including judicial service.

All welcome - please book at https://www.trybooking.com/BMBCM

To see a complete list of all events and to book see:

FAMILY HISTORY WA Events

A $2 donation at meetings will either be used to provide something for morning tea or allow us to purchase reference material for the group's use and ultimate inclusion in the library. eg: Books, Journals, etc. 

Minutes 2021

• February
• May

The resource documents shown below have been complied by members who have shared the results of their research at the Group's meetings.

SLWA references for Indian research 3.73 Mb  (Kindly provided by the State library of Western Australia)

Useful websites for Indian Research 1.88 Mb Reference Books on the East India Company 48.35 Kb

Reference books of general interest on India 267.08 Kb

WAGS Library Reference Books on India and South East Asia 96.02 Kb

Web sites for Indian research 352.10 Kb

The documents published on this page have been accepted in good faith and have not been checked for accuracy.