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Churches and missions
*St Theresa - built 1893
*St Thomas' Church - (Middleton Row). Begun in 1841, adjacent to the Convent of Our Lady of Loreto
*[http://www.goethals.in/GoethalNews/2008Apr-JunGNews.htm Catholic <nowiki>[</nowiki>and other<nowiki>]</nowiki> Heritage Churches of Calcutta] goethals.in
*[http://www.archdioceseofcalcutta.in/archdiocese.html The <nowiki>[</nowiki>Catholic<nowiki>]</nowiki> Archdiocese of Calcutta] with [http://www.archdioceseofcalcutta.in/contact.html contact details]
'''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.
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