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:Note these records are available on [[Family Search]] microfilm/digitised microfilm <ref>Microfilm catalogue entry [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1112010 British High Commission cemetery records, ca. 1870-1967] (See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for access.)</ref> where there is more detail provided about the individual items, in the "Film Notes".
*''Bengal Past and Present'' which was the ''Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society'' was issued from 1907. Some issues contained articles about burial inscriptions. Most editions are held by the British Library, although some appear to be missing. There is also an ''Index'' volume for the years 1907-1985, available on open access in the Asian & African Studies Reading Room
*There is an extensive collection of records in the BACSA archive at the British Library, refer [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia]].The BACSA archive also includes publications, at least one of which does not appear to be listed elsewhere ''Inscriptions on Christian graves and memorial tablets in the Purnea District, Bihar and Orissa'' by Rev H Hosten, SJ (Patna, 1920) photocopy of printed book Mss Eur F370/1156.
==Libraries in India==
*The Goethals Indian Library in Calcutta holds the book ''The Registers & Inscriptions of the Church of Our Lady of Dolours, Baithakhana (1810-1914)'' by Fr H Hosten, published 1915, which probably contains burial details.This was a Portuguese church. See [[Calcutta#Churches and missions|Calcutta - Churches and missions]] for more details.
==Organisations==
===BACSA===
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