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This [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_11-2&cid=1-1-7#1-1-7 link] gives information about the records called Monumental Inscriptions and Monuments IOR/V/27/74 1848-1946. Many of these items are books on the open access shelves.
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] . These books are also available to read online, refer below.
There is also an extensive collection of records in the BACSA archive at the British Library, refer [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia]]
*[http://www.archive.org/details/listofinscriptio00blunuoft ''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) 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]])<br>Further monumental inscriptions are in Volume 44 (of BPP), page 169 but computer page 78,which may be read online on the Digital Library of India website. (contents is computer page 7 and volume commences at page 103) Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site.
*The following books are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
**''Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest'' by Julian James Cotton.1905. ”It includes all epitaphs of adults earlier than 1800 and such entries of later date as possess historical or local interest”. Covers the Madras Presidency. Table of Contents computer page 16
**''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. Index for Part 1, computer page 202. The second book commences computer page 10 and is an alphabetical listing.
**''Inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Rajputana and Central India'' by O S Croften, 1905 Table of Contents computer page 14
*''List of European Tombs in the Cemeteries Attached to the Various Churches in the Nilgiri District'' 1905 (106 pages) is available to download on Barry Lewis’ [https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/blewis/www/cemeteries.htm Colonial Cemeteries] in addition to the following smaller lists
**''List of European Tombs in the Anantapur District'' 1894
