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Churches and missions
'''Other denominations'''
*St Andrew's Church of Scotland - opened 1818. [http://standrewschurch-kolkata.org/index.html Website for St Andrew’s Church] with contact email. The website advises that the church holds the Scottish Cemetery Burial Register from its inception in 1826 and Baptism and Marriage Registers of St Andrew's Church, Kolkata and for small fee will search and provide a copy of an extract. It also holds the Baptism and Marriage Registers and some other documents for Church of Scotland cantonment Churches throughout India, Ceylon, Burma and some Gulf stations. Note however this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-05/1338219325 post] dated 28 May 2012 reports a problem obtaining a copy of a record.*Greek Church - established 1780.
*Holy Church of Nazareth ([[Armenian]]) - built in 1724. Dr. Reuben Khachaturyan/Liz Chater have transcribed all the baptisms at this church. They can be viewed on the [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=195&s_id=126 FIBIS database]. Liz also has many photos of graves at the Nazereth Church on [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chaterfamilytree/nazareth_church.htm her website].
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