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**''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.
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==British Library Records==
*The British Library has the book, in three volumes, ''The Oriental Obituary being an impartial compilation from monumental inscriptions on the tombs of those persons whose ashes are deposited in these remote parts since the formation of European Settlements, to the present time To which is added Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc'' by William Urquhart of Madras. Published in Madras by Journal Press, 1809. Shelfmark: General Reference Collection C.55.d.23. This book must be read in the Rare Books Reading Room. The first volume of The Oriental Obituary is available online at archive.org, refer below. It appears that some or all of the contents of this book has been borrowed by M Derozario for his 1815 book ''The Complete Monumental Register'', available online, refer below. [https://archive.org/details/TheOrientalObituary1809 The first volume of The Oriental Obituary 1809]is online at archive.org
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_11-2&cid=1-1-6#1-1-6 Official Publications: Church Registers '''IOR/V/27/73'''] gives details of the four volumes of the book ''List of burials at Madras / compiled from the register of St. Mary’s Church, Fort St. George'' by C.H. Malden, for the period 1680-1900, published 1903-05. Also available as Shelfmark OIR 929.5 open access , where the four volumes are bound in one. Volume 3, for the period 1800-1850, is available online, refer below.
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorv_11-2&cid=1-1-7#1-1-7 Official Publications: Monumental Inscriptions and Monuments '''IOR/V/27/74'''] 1848-1946. Many of these items are books on the open access shelves.
==Inscriptions in online books==
*[https://archive.org/details/TheOrientalObituary1809 ''The Oriental Obituary: Volume 1''] by William Urquhart 1809, published in Madras. Archive.org
*''Asiaticus : In Two Parts. Part One, Ecclesiastical, Chronological and Historical Sketches. [http://books.google.com/books?id=xHYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA61 Part Two, the Epitaphs in the Different Burial Grounds in and about Calcutta''] by John Hawkesworth 1803. (80 pages) (Google Books)
*''[http://books.google.com/books?id=3HYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11 The Complete Monumental Register: Containing All the Epitaphs in the Different Churches and Burial Grounds in and about Calcutta...together with General Inscriptions from the Presidencies of Madras, Bombay etc.]]'' by M Derozario 1815 (230 pages) (Google Books). [http://books.google.com/books?id=3HYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA225 Index of names].The author advises he has borrowed the contents of ''Asiaticus'' by Mr Hawkesworth and of the ''Oriental Obituary'' by Mr Urquhart of Madras.
**A revised edition, with additional information, was published in two volumes 1945-46. The first volume relates to the City of Madras, French India, Indian States and Fort Marlborough on the West Coast of Sumatra. The second volume relates to the districts of the Madras Presidency. There are two indexes at the end of each volume, an index to names on tombs or monuments, and an index to names in notes. [https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol1Cotton Volume I] [https://archive.org/stream/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol1Cotton/List%20Of%20Inscriptions%20On%20Tombs%20Or%20Monuments%20Madras%20Vol%201%20%28Cotton%29#page/n9/mode/2up Contents], [https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol2Cotton Volume II] [https://archive.org/stream/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol2Cotton/List%20of%20Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20or%20Monuments%20%20Madras%20Vol%202%20%28Cotton%29#page/n5/mode/2up Table of Contents] Archive.org.
:The three volumes also may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*[https://archive.org/details/ALlistOfInscriptionsOnChristianTombsPunjabKashmirNWFPVol1Inscriptions ''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 [https://archive.org/details/InscriptionsOnChristianTombsPunjabKashmirNWFPVol2BiogNotices ''Part 2''] by George William De Rhe-Philipe (1912), the latter containing biographical information. Currently for Part 1, it does not seem possible to read the book online, and it may be necessary to download the file as a pdf or in some other format. Archive.org. The two volumes also may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*[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.
**''List of Burials at Madras (in St Mary’s Cemetery) from 1801 to 1850 from the Register of St Mary’s Church, Fort St George'' by Rev CH Malden 1904. There are two book files, both catalogued as ''list of burials at madras from 1801 to 1850'' Note: both files may be very slow to read.
**''List of Tombs and Monuments of Europeans etc in the Madras District'' 1898 catalogued as ''list of tombs and monuments of europeans, and co. in the madras district'' 1898. There is no index. Listed by cemetery and year of death, with deaths up to the 1890s. (65 pages)
**''List of European Tombs in the Tanjore District'' 1914 Contents, computer page 6 (Madras Presidency, includes [[Tranquebar]])
**''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’ [http://barry-lewis.com/research/cemeteries/ Colonial Cemeteries] in addition to the following smaller lists
**''List of European Tombs in the District of Cuddapah'' by CH Mounsey 1893
**''List of European Tombs in the Kurnool District'' 1894
*[https://archive.org/details/RecordOfTheInscriptionsAtTheCatholic ''A record of Inscriptions at the Catholic Church at Patna Bihar and Orissa''] Prepared by the Rev A Gille 1917 Archive.org * [http://www.archive.org/stream/jesuitmissionar00hostuoft ''Jesuit Missionaries in Northern India and Inscriptions on their Tombs, Agra (1580-1803)'']by Rev H Hosten SJ (1907) Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/annalsofkarnal00buckrich#page/34/mode/2up ''The Annals of Karnal- Chapter 6 Churches and Cemeteries''] by Major C H Buck 1914 Archive.org lists some of the inscriptions in the cemeteries at [[Kurnaul]]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007648516#page/n7/mode/2up ''List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated''] by J Penry Lewis 1913 Archive.org. The information from this book has now been transcribed and is available on the [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=1623&s_id=975 FIBIS Database]
