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**''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. Index of Names computer page 424.
***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 [[Bencoolen|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. Volume 1, bar code 99999990133369 Table of contents, computer page 11; index to names on tombs, computer page 228; index to names in notes, computer page 244. Volume 2 bar code 99999990133370 Table of contents, computer page 6; index to names on tombs, computer page 306; index to names in notes, computer page 332.
→Inscriptions in online books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=T-HwSiLns14C&printsec=frontcover ''The Bengal Obituary: or, a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth, being a compilation of tablets and monumental inscriptions from various parts of the Bengal and Agra presidencies''] 1851 Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=T-HwSiLns14C&pg=PA399 Index of Names]
*[https://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&frbg=&tab=default_tab&dstmp=1388671506558&srt=rank&ct=search&mode=Basic&dum=true&indx=1&vl(freeText0)=%22List%20of%20inscriptions%20on%20tombs%20or%20monuments%20in%20Bengal%22%20&fn=search&vid=FHD_PUBLIC '' List of inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Bengal possessing historical or archaeological interest''] by C R Wilson, 1896 is available as a free pdf type download from [[Online books#Family History Books| FamilySearch]] (located, if the given link is not permanent, by [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search searching the Library catalogue]). Includes index. Part I contains the Calcutta inscriptions; part II contains inscriptions from the Lower Provinces. c 248 pages This link may have download problems during maintenance night time Utah Time (Utah Time=GMT less seven hours). Try again at another time. Adobe Acrobat reader probably required.
*[https://archive.org/stream/InscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsInMadras1st1905Ed/Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20Or%20Monuments%20in%20Madras%201st%201905%20Ed#page/n5/mode/2up ''Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaelogical interest''] Julian James Cotton 1905 archive.org.“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. [https://archive.org/stream/InscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsInMadras1st1905Ed/Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20Or%20Monuments%20in%20Madras%201st%201905%20Ed#page/n15/mode/2up Table of Contents] An Index of names appears at the end.**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.
*[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 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]])
