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*St Andrew's Church of Scotland - opened 1818. [http://www.standrewschurchkolkata.in Website for St Andrew’s Church] with contact details. Previously the website advised 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 would 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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130923172221/http://standrewschurch-kolkata.org/index.html Previous Home page] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926204733/http://standrewschurch-kolkata.org/archive.html Archive] St. Andrew's Church. Retrieved 28 October 2014</ref> Note however this wording no longer appears. In the past a researcher reported a lack of response to emails, so a personal visit may be necessary. Note also that this church is now part of the [Anglican/Protestant] Church of North India, refer above.
*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 [httphttps://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 Nazareth Church on [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chaterfamilytree/ her website].
'''Missions'''
*''The Early History and Growth of Calcutta'' by Binaya Krishna Deb 1905 [http://www.archive.org/details/earlyhistoryand00debgoog Archive.org]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/calcuttapastpres00blec#page/n7/mode/2up ''Calcutta, Past and Present''] by Kathleen Blechynden 1905 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/calcuttaoldandn00cottgoog ''Calcutta, Old and New: A Historical & Descriptive Handbook to the City''] by H E A Cotton 1907 Archive.org. Some pages are poorly filmed. [httphttps://wwwarchive.new.dli.ernet.inorg/handledetails/2015/56954 Pdf download], Digital Library of Indiain. [http://www.newernet.dli.ernet2015.in/handle/2015/98358 1980 Edition, edited by N R Ray] Pdf download, DLI. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.98358 Archive.org]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924029787383#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Thackerays in India and some Calcutta graves''] by Sir William Wilson Hunter 1897 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=MvgFbfjoUx8C&pg=PR8 ''The history, design, and present state of the religious, benevolent and charitable institutions, founded by the British in Calcutta and its vicinity''] by Charles Lushington 1824 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/recollectionsofc00massiala#page/n5/mode/2up ''Recollections of Calcutta for over half a century''] by Montague Massey 1918 Archive.org
*''Calcutta in the 19th Century'' by P Thankappan Nair contains extracts by many authors and is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The contents is computer page 10, and the index is computer page 1028. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/47382 Pdf download], DLI. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.47382 Archive.org].
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32155 ''Old Calcutta Cameos''] by B V Roy 1946 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/bygonedaysinindi00dewa ''Bygone Days in India''] by Douglas Dewar 1922. Archive.org. Extracts from accounts by various authors. Includes Calcutta. Covers the period early 1800s to c 1857.
*''Memoirs of William Hickey'': edited by Alfred Spencer, published 1913-1925. Note however the comment that a later version, edited by Peter Quennell, London 1960, is to be preferred to that edited by Alfred Spencer, in which some of Hickey’s racier reportage is expurgated.<ref>Footnote in [http://www.asiaticsociety.org.bd/journals/Golden_jubilee_vol/articles/H_459%20(PJ%20Marshall).htm "The Muharram Riot Of 1779 And The Struggle For Status And Authority In Early Colonial Calcutta"] by P J Marshall ''Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Golden Jubilee Volume 50 2005''</ref> Quennell’s edition was a one volume selection, with a slightly expanded edition in 1975.<ref>[https://books-and-records.com/products/58/1913/william_hickey_memoirs_of_a_georgian_rake_folio_society/ William Hickey: Memoirs of a Georgian Rake] books-and-records.com</ref>
:Edited by Alfred Spencer: [http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsofwilliam015028mbp#page/n1/mode/2up Volume 1 1749-1775] [http://www.archive.org/stream/memoirsofwilliam015028mbp#page/n347/mode/2up/search/Index Index] Archive.org, [http://books.google.com/books?id=jXcNAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover Volume 2 1775-1782] [http://books.google.com/books?id=jXcNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA397 Index] Google Books. Volume 3 (1782-1790) and Volume 4 (1790-1809) may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Pdf downloads, DLI: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/41512 Volume III], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.41512 Volume III archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/41514 Volume IV], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.41514 Volume 1V Archive.org].
:Edited by Peter Quennell: [https://archive.org/details/prodigalrakememo00hickrich ''The Prodigal Rake: Memoirs of William Hickey''] 1962 is available to borrow from the Archive.org Lending Library. (Only one person at a time is able to read the book). You first need to register.
*[http://travel-letters.org/kindersley/ The Travel Letters of Mrs. Kindersley], transcriptions from the book first published in 1777 ''Letters from the Island of Teneriffe, Brazil, the Cape of Good Hope, and the East Indies''. The letters from India commence with Letter 18 in Pondicherry June 1765 and conclude with letter 67 from Calcutta in 1768. Letters 20-21, and 64-67 are written from Calcutta. Note: Only the first page of the letter is displayed, click on the image for a full transcription. travel-letters.org. For further details see [[Travel accounts online]]
