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*[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.
*[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.  
**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.
:The three volumes are also available on the Digital Library of India website, and in the DLI Collection on [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Madras%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Cotton%20Julian%29  Archive.org] 
*[https://archive.org/details/ListOfTombsAndMonumentsOfEuropeansAndCoInTheMadrasDistrict  ''List Of Tombs And Monuments of Europeans &c In The Madras District''] 1898 Archive.org. There is no index. Listed by cemetery and year of death, with deaths up to the 1890s. (65 pages). Also available on the Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/ListOfTombsAndMonumentsOfEuropeansAndCoInTheMadrasDistrict  ''List Of Tombs And Monuments of Europeans &c In The Madras District''] 1898 Archive.org. There is no index. Listed by cemetery and year of death, with deaths up to the 1890s. (65 pages). Also available on the Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/ListOfBurialsAtMadrasFrom1801To1850  ''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. Archive.org Also available on the Digital Library of India (two files). [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/107044  Pdf download], Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/ListOfBurialsAtMadrasFrom1801To1850  ''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. Archive.org Also available on the Digital Library of India (two files). [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/107044  Pdf download], Digital Library of India.
*''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=9  Part I]'' by Miles Irving (1910) [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=205 Index] (Hathi Trust Digital Library),  [https://archive.org/details/InscriptionsOnChristianTombsPunjabKashmirNWFPVol2BiogNotices ''Part II Biographical Notices of Military Officers and others whose names appear in the inscriptions of Part I''] by George William De Rhe-Philipe (1912), (Archive.org) . Both these books were later reprinted under the title  ''Soldiers of the Raj''.  Part 1 is also available on [https://archive.org/details/ALlistOfInscriptionsOnChristianTombsPunjabKashmirNWFPVol1Inscriptions Archive.org], but currently (December 2014) 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.  The two volumes also may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=9  Part I]'' by Miles Irving (1910) [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=205 Index] (Hathi Trust Digital Library),  [https://archive.org/details/InscriptionsOnChristianTombsPunjabKashmirNWFPVol2BiogNotices ''Part II Biographical Notices of Military Officers and others whose names appear in the inscriptions of Part I''] by George William De Rhe-Philipe (1912), (Archive.org) . Both these books were later reprinted under the title  ''Soldiers of the Raj''.  Part 1 is also available on [https://archive.org/details/ALlistOfInscriptionsOnChristianTombsPunjabKashmirNWFPVol1Inscriptions Archive.org], and previously  it did not seem possible to read the book online, but this problem seems to have resolved.  The two volumes also may be read online on the Digital Library of India website.
*"God’s Acre in North-West India" by Colonel R. H. Firth ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1914. A record of the names, the careers, and details as to the graves of, or monuments to, all the medical officers buried or memorialized in the Punjab, the North-west Frontier Province, and Kashmir. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/23/3/320.full.pdf Part 1] Volume 23:3 320-333  and [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/23/4/415.full.pdf Part 2]  Volume 23:4 415-439  
*"God’s Acre in North-West India" by Colonel R. H. Firth ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1914. A record of the names, the careers, and details as to the graves of, or monuments to, all the medical officers buried or memorialized in the Punjab, the North-west Frontier Province, and Kashmir. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/23/3/320.full.pdf Part 1] Volume 23:3 320-333  and [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/23/4/415.full.pdf Part 2]  Volume 23:4 415-439  
*[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. [https://archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/264/mode/2up Index of names], following page 263.
*[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. [https://archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/264/mode/2up Index of names], following page 263.
*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 <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 digital file 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.
*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 <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 digital file 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, in TIFF format, or as pdf downloads.
*The following books  are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format, or as pdf downloads.
**''List of European Tombs in the Tanjore District'' 1914 Contents, digital file page 6 (Madras Presidency, includes [[Tranquebar]]). [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/70473 Pdf download]
**''List of European Tombs in the Tanjore District'' 1914 Contents, digital file page 6 (Madras Presidency, includes [[Tranquebar]]). [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/70473 Pdf download] [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70473 Archive.org version].
**''List Of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in the Central Provinces and Berar'' by O S Crofton 1932. Contents digital file page 11 from Mandla (the previous page appears to be missing). A number of pages are missing at the beginning of the book. The inscriptions commence  digital file page 17 (book page 4). [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/325351  Pdf download]. Also available on [https://archive.org/details/99999990002208ListOfInscriptionsOnTomesOrMonumentsInTheCentralProvincesAndBerar Archive.org] which seems to be almost the same file, but contains page 2.  The author is stated to be Olive Crofton, wife of a Civil Servant. Crofton, in the Introduction, mentions that the numbers killed by tigers and other animals of the jungle “is considerably larger than would appear from the lists”. This book is also available on LDS microfilm [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/65999?availability=Family%20History%20Library 795967]  ([[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]])  
**''List Of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in the Central Provinces and Berar'' by O S Crofton 1932. Contents digital file page 11 from Mandla (the previous page appears to be missing). A number of pages are missing at the beginning of the book. The inscriptions commence  digital file page 17 (book page 4). [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/325351  Pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.325351 Archive.org version]. Also available as [https://archive.org/details/99999990002208ListOfInscriptionsOnTomesOrMonumentsInTheCentralProvincesAndBerar Archive.org, 2nd file] which seems to be almost the same file, but contains page 2.  The author is stated to be Olive Crofton, wife of a Civil Servant. Crofton, in the Introduction, mentions that the numbers killed by tigers and other animals of the jungle “is considerably larger than would appear from the lists”. This book is also available on LDS microfilm [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/65999?availability=Family%20History%20Library 795967]  ([[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]])  
**''Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Rajputana and Central India''  by O S Crofton. Table of Contents digital file page 14. Author is catalogued as Croften and publication date 1905, but the latter appears to be c 1934-35. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/34576  Pdf download]. Also available on [https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsInRajputanaCentralIndia Archive.org], however for at least some browsers, the book cannot be read online, and needs to be downloaded in another form.
**''Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Rajputana and Central India''  by O S Crofton. Table of Contents digital file page 14. Author is catalogued as Croften and publication date 1905, but the latter appears to be c 1934-35. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/34576  Pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34576 Archive.org version]. Also available as [https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsInRajputanaCentralIndia Archive.org, 2nd file].  
*Barry Lewis’  [http://barry-lewis.com/research/cemeteries/ Colonial Cemeteries] contains many transcriptions, together with downloads of the following publications
*Barry Lewis’  [http://barry-lewis.com/research/cemeteries/ Colonial Cemeteries] contains many transcriptions, together with downloads of the following publications
**''List of European Tombs in the Cemeteries Attached to the Various Churches in the Nilgiri District'' 1905 (106 pages)  
**''List of European Tombs in the Cemeteries Attached to the Various Churches in the Nilgiri District'' 1905 (106 pages)  
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**[https://web.archive.org/web/20131123113237/http://www.twgpp.org/downloads/news/On_the_road_to_Mandalay.pdf "On the Road to Mandalay"] by David Milborrow February 2013. Burma cemeteries (archive.org link)
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20131123113237/http://www.twgpp.org/downloads/news/On_the_road_to_Mandalay.pdf "On the Road to Mandalay"] by David Milborrow February 2013. Burma cemeteries (archive.org link)
*[http://britishwargraves.co.uk/index.htm British War Graves: War Grave Photographs] is a site which provides free photographs of  War graves from some cemeteries around the world. Includes category "Memorials to the Missing" which includes Basra Memorial.
*[http://britishwargraves.co.uk/index.htm British War Graves: War Grave Photographs] is a site which provides free photographs of  War graves from some cemeteries around the world. Includes category "Memorials to the Missing" which includes Basra Memorial.
*[http://asiawargraves.com/countries/  Asia War Graves]. Provides free photographs of  War graves in Asia for selected cemeteries, mainly relating to the Second World War.
*[http://www.findagrave.com/index.html Find A Grave] - millions of user added grave inscriptions from around the world, some with photos. Asian cemeteries not well covered but some with war graves/memorials have many entries.  
*[http://www.findagrave.com/index.html Find A Grave] - millions of user added grave inscriptions from around the world, some with photos. Asian cemeteries not well covered but some with war graves/memorials have many entries.  
*[https://www.deceasedonline.com/ deceased online] Search for free and pay to view records. Mainly UK records
*[https://www.deceasedonline.com/ deceased online] Search for free and pay to view records. Mainly UK records

Revision as of 06:54, 13 February 2017

This article details sources for monumental inscriptions and cemetery records.

See also:

FIBIS resources

  • The FIBIS database has a category of records called Cemeteries
  • FIBIS Fact File No 6: Graves in British India by Richard Morgan 2011.
    • Part 1 explains what sources, paper and online, there are for Memorial Inscriptions in British India.
    • Part 2 suggests how to make best use of your time and resources if you wish to visit India and transcribe or photograph MIs of ancestors there.
Available to buy from the FIBIS Shop
  • FIBIS blog: Book of the month. A comprehensive new edition of Burma Register of European Deaths and Burials, edited by Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, published by BACSA, 2015. Covers burials up to 1948. 212pp

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.
  • 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.
  • Official Publications: 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 Soldiers of the Raj. These books are also available to read online, refer below.
    • An additional book at the British Library is List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions : with biographical notes by O.S. Crofton.1941 (UIN: BLL01001781826)
  • United Kingdom High Commission files relating to cemeteries IOR/R/4/1-539 1943-1967. Transferred from Indian Public Works Department to the British High Commission, New Delhi, and from there to the India Office Records in 1972-73. Includes
    • File 12a Military memorials of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in India and Pakistan IOR/R/4/87 Dec 1948-Dec 1950
    • File 12b Military memorials of the Royal Artillery in India and Pakistan IOR/R/4/88 Jul 1947-May 1948
    • File 12e Military memorials of the Royal Engineers and the Sappers and Miners in India IOR/R/4/91 Jul 1947-Dec 1947
    • File 18/1 Durham Light Infantry monuments IOR/R/4/97 Aug 1949-May 1950
    • File 18/4 Graves of foreign nationals IOR/R/4/114 Mar 1890-Sep 1950
    • Also contains items "List of inscriptions". As an example, the FIBIS data base contains Transcriptions of summary data from gravestones in Chakrata taken from IOR/R4/539
Note these records are available on LDS microfilm [1] 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

Organisations

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. It has many records in its archive at the British Library. In addition, BACSA publishes many useful books on the subject of South Asia, including complete transcriptions of all the monuments in many cemeteries. To view the Cemetery Record books currently available, and also those out of print, go to BACSA Books and select Cemetery Record Books. Also see Cemeteries and monumental inscriptions reading list.

Indian-cemeteries.org

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.

The CWGC has a long term program in India for the reinstatement of First World War Cantonment Graves which were previously declared un-maintainable[2]

For images, see the "War Graves Photographic Project" below

Inscriptions in online books

The three volumes are also available on the Digital Library of India website, and in the DLI Collection on Archive.org

Other external links

  • Kabristan Archives 'Old Irish and Indian Graveyards'
  • Dead men’s tales The Telegraph, Calcutta 17 February 2008. John Kendall and indian-cemeteries.org
  • The War Graves Photographic Project. Worked in conjunction with the CWGC until June 2016. Covers “all nationalities and military conflicts”. A researcher found an image for a British Army soldier who died in Hong Kong c 1900.[3] There is a fee payable if you require a high resolution image or photograph.
  • British War Graves: War Grave Photographs is a site which provides free photographs of War graves from some cemeteries around the world. Includes category "Memorials to the Missing" which includes Basra Memorial.
  • Asia War Graves. Provides free photographs of War graves in Asia for selected cemeteries, mainly relating to the Second World War.
  • Find A Grave - millions of user added grave inscriptions from around the world, some with photos. Asian cemeteries not well covered but some with war graves/memorials have many entries.
  • deceased online Search for free and pay to view records. Mainly UK records
    • Includes a section on burials at overseas military garrisons. For details, select coverage, then scroll down to " “The National Archives - Military Burials” date added: 12 Dec 2013". The records are mainly from Malta, Egypt and Cyprus. Selected records from WO 156/103-122.
  • Stephen Lewis' Soldiers Memorials lists NCO and other ranks graves in India by surname, amongst other memorials. Officers Died is the equivalent commissioned ranks site.
  • Memorials to Indian soldiers and sailors First World War cwgc.org, now an archived webpage.
Memorials to Indian soldiers and sailors Second World War cwgc.org, now an archived webpage.

References

  1. Microfilm catalogue entry British High Commission cemetery records, ca. 1870-1967 (Ordering microfilms)
  2. 2011-2012 Annual Report page 19 (located in “Learning and Resources” section of the website)
  3. 2ndRWF. 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers graves hong kong Victorian Wars Forum 18 Nov 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2016