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*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/867e7211-e80a-4f9b-aee9-3908dea1cc72 '''IOR/V/27/73/3-6'''] gives details of the four volumes of the book ''List of burials at Madras / compiled from the register of St. Mary’s Church, Fort St. George'' by C.H. Malden, for the period 1680-1900, published 1903-05. Also available as Shelfmark OIR 929.5 open access , where the four volumes are bound in one. Volume 3, for the period 1800-1850, is available online, refer below.
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==British Library Records==
*The British Library has the book, in three volumes, ''The Oriental Obituary being an impartial compilation from monumental inscriptions on the tombs of those persons whose ashes are deposited in these remote parts since the formation of European Settlements, to the present time To which is added Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, etc'' by William Urquhart of Madras. Published in Madras by Journal Press, 1809. Shelfmark: General Reference Collection C.55.d.23. This book must be read in the Rare Books Reading Room. The first volume of The Oriental Obituary is available online at archive.org, refer below. It appears that some or all of the contents of this book has been borrowed by M Derozario for his 1815 book ''The Complete Monumental Register'', available online, refer below.
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/b3bca65f-4f39-413d-92e9-e4bf20af1a53 Official Publications: Monumental Inscriptions and Monuments '''IOR/V/27/74'''] 1848-1946. Many of these items are books on the open access shelves.
**Two of these books, items '''IOR/V/27/74/69 -70''', ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest'' Part 1 by Miles Irving (1910) and Part 2 by George William De Rhe-Philipe (1912), the latter containing biographical information, have been reprinted by the Naval and Military Press under the title ''[http://www.naval-military-press.com/soldiers-of-the-raj.html Soldiers of the Raj]''. These books are also available to read online, refer below.
**[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7122/mode/2up ''List of Tombs and Monuments erected in Madras''] 1898 No index (21 pages). Last death noted was 1891. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.22728/page/n3 ''List Of Tombs And Monuments of Europeans &c In The Madras District''] 1898 Archive.org. There is no index. Listed by cemetery and year of death, with deaths up to the 1890s. (65 pages).
**[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7394 ''List of Burials at Madras from 1680 to 1746 compiled from the register of St. Maryʼs church, Fort St. George''] by Rev. C H Malden 1903. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library, Government of India*:[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7383 ''List of Burials at Madras from 1749 to 1800 compiled from the register of St. Maryʼs Church, Fort St. George''] by Rev. C H Malden 1903. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library, Government of India*:[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.22732/page/n3 ''List Of of Burials At at Madras (In St Mary's Cemetery) from 1801 to 1850 compiled from the Register register of St Mary’s Church, Fort St George''] by Rev CH Malden 1904. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.536408/page/n3 Same file, white pages] [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6589/mode/2up 3rd file]. Archive.org.*:[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7387/mode/2up ''List of Burials at Madras (In St.Mary’s Cemetery) from 1851 to 1900 compiled from the register of St. Maryʼs Church, Fort St. George''] by Rev. C H Malden 1905. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library, Government of India.
*:[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail.php?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt0kJhe ''A Hand book to St. Mary's Church : with a description of its monuments and other objects of interest with illustrations and a plan''] by the Rev. Charles Herbert Malden 1905. Tamil Virtual Library. Note author incorrectly cataloged as Maiden. Full title includes the words ''... St. Mary's Church, Fort St. George, Madras''. For those in regions such as North America [https://books.google.com/books/about/A_Hand_Book_to_St_Mary_s_Church_Fort_St.html?id=JTYzBxLteC4C Google Books] edition should be Public Domain and therefore viewable.
**From Tamil Virtual Library, a Division of Tamil Virtual Academy. Available to read online, or download. At the top of the webpages click on E (for English), and if the correct book does not display, click on the orange Search button. Although some books have been uploaded to the Internet Archive, Archive.org, topic/source [https://archive.org/search.php?query=tamil+digital+library&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Tamil+Digital+Library%22&page=1 Tamil Digital Library] '''none''' of the following have been (at 2020/03). Note, if the following links change, use the Tamil Virtual Library [https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in Search] and Select Books.
