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*''Bengal Past and Present-Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society''
:''Bengal, Past and Present, Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society'' was first published 1907 and is a very valuable source of information. Volumes are available at the [[British Library]]. There are published indexes, each of one volume, as follows: Volumes 1 (July 1907)-8 (June 1914); Volumes 9 (1914)-18 (1919); Volumes 1 (1907)-85 (1966); Volumes 1 (1907)-104 (1985). In addition, the British Library has an index for Volumes 19-29.
:(Note that a different Journal, with a somewhat similar name, is the ''Calcutta Historical Journal'', published by the University of Calcutta, first published July 1976, available at the [[British Library]], with some available online, see further on).
:A broken range of volumes to 1939, plus 1955 is available online, see '''[[Bengal, Past and Present, Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society]]'''
:*Transcriptions from Registers of St John's, Calcutta by E W Madge as they appeared in ''Bengal Past and Present''. Each listing contains many pages of biographical notes. Some articles are available online, as mirror editions on Archive.org, originally from Digital Library of India. Other articles are available at the [[British Library]]. '''Note''': Records for Baptisms 1767-1777 have been transcribed and are available on the [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=1979&s_id=1064&sort=0&st=0&np=14&tn=412 FIBIS database] in the category Publications.
:**[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.501558/2015.501558.Bengal-Past#page/n147/mode/2up Burials 1775-81] BPP Volume 31 (Jan-Jun 1926) pages 130-156. Archive.org/DLI.
:**[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.501558/2015.501558.Bengal-Past#page/n359/mode/2up Burials 1782-88] Volume 32 II (Oct-Dec 1926) pages 109-132. Archive.org/DLI.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22Calcutta+Historical+Journal%22%29&sort=date ''The Calcutta Historical Journal''] Volumes 1-14 1976-1989 published by Calcutta University. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/storylallbazarb00wenggoog '' The Story of the Lall Bazar Baptist Church, Calcutta: Being the History of Carey's Church from 24th April 1800 to the Present Day''] by Edward Steane Wenger 1908 Archive.org. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/storylallbazarb00wenggoog#page/n604/mode/2up An Alphabetical List of members of the Church] and other lists, following page 575. [https://archive.org/stream/storylallbazarb00wenggoog#page/n664/mode/2up Index]
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.500671/2015.500671.Bengal-Past#page/n15/mode/2up "Slavery Days in Old Calcutta"] by Syud Hossain, ''Bengal Past and Present, Volume II, Part II 1908'', pages 271-276, Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
