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One of the hardest problems is working out where the cemeteries are, since most of them are old and neglected. This page is a list of some of the cemeteries in India, with article details on how to find them, sources for monumental inscriptions and a few photos. If you would like to add some information to this page (or another one on North India, Burma, [[Pakistan]] or [[Bangladesh]]) please docemetery records.
Many French people lived and died in India, and some cemetery transcriptions have been done for French cemeteries. They are in the French language, but an English-speaker should be able to work out the lists.
*[http://www.ifrance.com/pondichery/adresses.html Surnames in European Cemetery in Pondicherry]
Fredie and Bas from the Netherlands have transcribed all the names from the records of the Dutch Church at Cochin.
*[http://www.geocities.com/tijso/cochin/index.htm Churchbook of Dutch Church of Cochin]
*Sumit Raj Vashisht's blog [http://cemeteriesinshimla.blogspot.com/2008_11_07_archive.html Cemeteries In Shimla] gives information about Sanjauli Cemetery,Simla established 1921.Includes a list of names. Nothing remains of an earlier cemetery. This [http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/Churches-and-cemeteries-of-Himachal-Pradesh.aspx link] also mentions the churches and cemeteries in Simla and the surrounding area.
*Burials in Sirajganj, Bangladesh from the website [http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/sirajganj.htm Jute in India]
*Dibrugarh Cemetery (in North East Assam) from the 1800's from the website [http://www.koi-hai.com/cemetery%20inscriptions.html Koi-Hai] together with an article [http://www.koi-hai.com/Graves.html Graves], with photographs, from the same website.
A very useful resource for locating ancestors buried in South Asia is the [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia]] (BACSA). This organisation is dedicated to preserving European cemeteries in the region and has completed many projects to preserve cemeteries. In addition, BACSA publishes many useful books on the subject of South Asia, including complete transcriptions of all the monuments in many cemeteries, see [[Cemeteries and monumental inscriptions reading list]].
*[[:wikipedia:Bacsa]]
*[[Neemuch Cemetery]]
If your ancestors died this century whilst serving with Commonwealth armed forces (e.g. Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) then their graves will be maintained in special cemeteries by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. These are scattered throughout Asia (and other parts of the world) and are beautifully maintained.
*[[:wikipedia:Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]
*[http://www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission Homepage]
==Books==Kabristan Archives-Old Irish and Indian Graveyards has books on cemeteries in [http://www.kabristan.org.uk/kabristan-archives-publications/india.html India] and [http://www.kabristan.org.uk/kabristan-archives-publications/sri-lanka-ceylon.html Ceylon], most of which are available through the [http://shop.fibis.org/amazon.htm FIBIS Online Bookshop]. [[Category:Cemeteries| ]]
reorganize. individual cemetery links to new List article. See talk page.
See also:*[[Some Cemeteries in South IndiaList of cemeteries]] [[Cemeteries in Calcutta]]British India*[[Cemeteries and monumental inscriptions reading list]]
==British Library Records==
Two of these books, items IOR/V/27/74/69 -70, ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest'' Part 1 by Miles Irving (1910) and Part 2 by George William De Rhe-Philipe (1912), the latter containing biographical information, have been reprinted by the Naval and Military Press under the title ''[http://www.naval-military-press.com/soldiers-of-the-raj.html Soldiers of the Raj]'', available through the [http://shop.fibis.org/amazon.htm FIBIS Online Bookshop] .
==Online BooksOrganisations=====BACSA===A very useful resource for locating ancestors buried in South Asia is the [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia]] (BACSA). This organisation is dedicated to preserving European cemeteries in the region and has completed many projects to preserve cemeteries. In addition, BACSA publishes many useful books on the subject of South Asia, including complete transcriptions of all the monuments in many cemeteries, see [[Cemeteries and monumental inscriptions reading list]]. ===Indian-cemeteries.org===*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org Indian-cemeteries.org] has hundreds of transcribed memorials from cemeteries all over India. ===CWGC===If your ancestors died this century whilst serving with Commonwealth armed forces (e.g. Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) then their graves will be maintained in special cemeteries by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. These are scattered throughout Asia (and other parts of the world) and are beautifully maintained. *[[:wikipedia:Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]*[http://www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission Homepage] ==Inscriptions in online books==
*''List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs and Tablets of Historical Interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh'' by Sir Edward Arthur Henry Blunt 1911 [http://www.archive.org/details/listofinscriptio00blunuoft Archive.org]
*List in ''Bengal, Past and Present Volume 41, Part 2, April-June 1931'' called "Monumental Inscriptions in the United Provinces Part 2" pages 148-156 by Captain H Bullock (computer page 72) [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalpastprese01socigoog#page/n72/mode/1up Archive.org]. Includes some corrections to Blunt transcriptions.<br> (Part 1 is pages 58-67 Volume 41, January-March 1931, unfortunately not online, but available at the [[British Library]])
*''Jesuit Missionaries in Northern India and Inscriptions on their Tombs, Agra (1580-1803)'' 1907 [http://www.archive.org/stream/jesuitmissionar00hostuoft Archive.org]
==Other Linksexternal links==Ronnie Johnson is a very enthusiastic worker at attempting to restore the Agram Cemetery, or Old Protestant Cemetery, in [[Bangalore]]. He has several pages which are worth a browse, and he has done some transcription work on some of the surviving headstones. He also has a useful webpage on the Baithkol Cemetery, near Mangalore, with photos and inscriptions of the 24 graves there. *[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9460 Photos of Agram Cemetery, Bangalore]*[[Agram Cemetery, Gravestone Inscriptions 1806koi-1866]]*[http://www.geocitieshai.com/Athens/Acropolis/9460/allaGraves.htm Photos html Graves] in various parts of the Agram Cemetery Bangalore]*[http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9460/baithkol.htm Baithkol Cemetery] Barry Lewis has visited RamandroogIndia and Ceylon, a former hill station in the Sandur Hillsan article with photographs, Bellary District and has photographed and transcribed all the existing gravestones. *[http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~blewis/ramandroog.htm Ramandroog Cemetery] Andy Nicoll from Scotland has transcribed all the Church of Scotland burials in the cemetery in Assam for the period 1939Koi-1959Hai website.
*Kabristan Archives-Old Irish and Indian Graveyards has books on cemeteries in [http://www.kabristan.org.uk/kabristan-archives-publications/india.html India] and [Church http://www.kabristan.org.uk/kabristan-archives-publications/sri-lanka-ceylon.html Ceylon], most of Scotland Burials in Assam]which are available through the [http://shop.fibis.org/amazon.htm FIBIS Online Bookshop].
