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BACSA have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service. Many of the burials indicated in the search facility do not appear in the N Series of burials held in the British Library and this is , therefore, an invaluable supplementary resource to those records. Names on India related Monumental Inscriptions known to BACSA have also been included in the search facility - many of these being UK inscriptions.. See [http://bacsa.frontis.co BACSA Search] for more information.
In addition to their published material, the archive containing all of BACSA's transcripts is deposited in the private papers collection (shelf mark Mss Eur F370) at the [[British Library]], where it may be consulted by readers. [http://www.bacsa.org.uk/?page_id=697 BACSA Cemetery files] and [http://www.bacsa.org.uk/?page_id=699 BACSA Other archive resources] has details about the items contained in the BACSA Archive . The latter link includes "Publications containing data chiefly of biographical interest" and [http://www.bacsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Reference-materials-geographical.pdf "Publications containing data chiefly of geographical interest"].
In respect of category 1 "Cemetery files and registers", the website advises "Some files contain little information. Others may include information of all kinds, for example photographs, reports and correspondence on the cemetery's condition, burial registers, copies of inscriptions, notes on individuals buried there, or descriptions of the town in which the cemetery is situated" The archive includes some card indexes/papers prepared by Lt Col H K Percy Smith (1897-1975) who also prepared the Percy Smith card index collection at the [[Society of Genealogists]].
It is also possible to browse the contents of the BACSA archive from the [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library catalogue] by entering the name BACSA, or Library reference MssEurF370, or at the direct [http://hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000075.0x00037d catalogue entry]. The publications available in the BACSA Archive are listed [http://www.bacsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Reference-materials-geographical.pdf here]Mss Eur F370.
BACSA publishes a journal, ''Chowkidar'', twice a year, containing a wide range of news, queries about ancestors, topics of interest and reviews of books about South Asia. Past editions are now available online, refer below.
