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*[https://archive.org/stream/InscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsInMadras1st1905Ed/Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20Or%20Monuments%20in%20Madras%201st%201905%20Ed#page/n5/mode/2up ''Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaelogical interest''] Julian James Cotton 1905 archive.org.“It includes all epitaphs of adults earlier than 1800 and such entries of later date as possess historical or local interest”. Covers the Madras Presidency. [https://archive.org/stream/InscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsInMadras1st1905Ed/Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20Or%20Monuments%20in%20Madras%201st%201905%20Ed#page/n15/mode/2up Table of Contents] An Index of names appears at the end.
**A revised edition, with additional information, was published in two volumes 1945-46. The first volume relates to the City of Madras, French India, Indian States and Fort Marlborough on the West Coast of Sumatra. The second volume relates to the districts of the Madras Presidency. There are two indexes at the end of each volume, an index to names on tombs or monuments, and an index to names in notes. [https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol1Cotton Volume I] [https://archive.org/stream/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol1Cotton/List%20Of%20Inscriptions%20On%20Tombs%20Or%20Monuments%20Madras%20Vol%201%20%28Cotton%29#page/n9/mode/2up Contents], [https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol2Cotton Volume II] [https://archive.org/stream/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol2Cotton/List%20of%20Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20or%20Monuments%20%20Madras%20Vol%202%20%28Cotton%29#page/n5/mode/2up Table of Contents] Archive.org.
:The three volumes are also may be read online available on the [[Online books# Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, and in the DLI Collection on [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Madras%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Cotton%20Julian%29 Archive.org]
*[https://archive.org/details/ListOfTombsAndMonumentsOfEuropeansAndCoInTheMadrasDistrict ''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). Also available on the Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/ListOfBurialsAtMadrasFrom1801To1850 ''List Of Burials At Madras (In St Mary's Cemetery) from 1801 to 1850 from the Register of St Mary’s Church, Fort St George''] by Rev CH Malden 1904. Archive.org Also available on the Digital Library of India (two files). [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/107044 Pdf download], Digital Library of India.
*''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Part I]'' by Miles Irving (1910) [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=205 Index] (Hathi Trust Digital Library), [https://archive.org/details/InscriptionsOnChristianTombsPunjabKashmirNWFPVol2BiogNotices ''Part II Biographical Notices of Military Officers and others whose names appear in the inscriptions of Part I''] by George William De Rhe-Philipe (1912), (Archive.org) . Both these books were later reprinted under the title ''Soldiers of the Raj''. Part 1 is also available on [https://archive.org/details/ALlistOfInscriptionsOnChristianTombsPunjabKashmirNWFPVol1Inscriptions Archive.org], but currently (December 2014) and previously it does did not seem possible to read the book online, and it may be necessary but this problem seems to download the file as a pdf or in some other formathave resolved. The two volumes also may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*"God’s Acre in North-West India" by Colonel R. H. Firth ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1914. A record of the names, the careers, and details as to the graves of, or monuments to, all the medical officers buried or memorialized in the Punjab, the North-west Frontier Province, and Kashmir. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/23/3/320.full.pdf Part 1] Volume 23:3 320-333 and [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/23/4/415.full.pdf Part 2] Volume 23:4 415-439
*[http://www.archive.org/details/listofinscriptio00blunuoft ''List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs and Tablets of Historical Interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh''] by Sir Edward Arthur Henry Blunt (1911) Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/264/mode/2up Index of names], following page 263.
*List in ''Bengal, Past and Present Volume 41, Part 2, April-June 1931'' called "Monumental Inscriptions in the United Provinces Part 2" pages 148-156 by Captain H Bullock (computer page 72) [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalpastprese01socigoog#page/n72/mode/1up Archive.org]. Includes some corrections to Blunt transcriptions.<br> (Part 1 is pages 58-67 Volume 41, January-March 1931, unfortunately not online <br>Further monumental inscriptions are in Volume 44 (of BPP), page 169 but computer page 78,which may be read online on the Digital Library of India website. (contents is digital file page 7 and volume commences at page 103) Refer [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Online books-Digital Library of India]] for more details about this site.
*The following books are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format, or as pdf downloads.
**''List of European Tombs in the Tanjore District'' 1914 Contents, digital file page 6 (Madras Presidency, includes [[Tranquebar]]). [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/70473 Pdf download][https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70473 Archive.org version].**''List Of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in the Central Provinces and Berar'' by O S Crofton 1932. Contents digital file page 11 from Mandla (the previous page appears to be missing). A number of pages are missing at the beginning of the book. The inscriptions commence digital file page 17 (book page 4). [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/325351 Pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.325351 Archive.org version]. Also available on as [https://archive.org/details/99999990002208ListOfInscriptionsOnTomesOrMonumentsInTheCentralProvincesAndBerar Archive.org, 2nd file] which seems to be almost the same file, but contains page 2. The author is stated to be Olive Crofton, wife of a Civil Servant. Crofton, in the Introduction, mentions that the numbers killed by tigers and other animals of the jungle “is considerably larger than would appear from the lists”. This book is also available on LDS microfilm [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/65999?availability=Family%20History%20Library 795967] ([[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]]) **''Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Rajputana and Central India'' by O S Crofton. Table of Contents digital file page 14. Author is catalogued as Croften and publication date 1905, but the latter appears to be c 1934-35. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/34576 Pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34576 Archive.org version]. Also available on as [https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsInRajputanaCentralIndia Archive.org, 2nd file], however for at least some browsers, the book cannot be read online, and needs to be downloaded in another form.
*Barry Lewis’ [http://barry-lewis.com/research/cemeteries/ Colonial Cemeteries] contains many transcriptions, together with downloads of the following publications
**''List of European Tombs in the Cemeteries Attached to the Various Churches in the Nilgiri District'' 1905 (106 pages)
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20131123113237/http://www.twgpp.org/downloads/news/On_the_road_to_Mandalay.pdf "On the Road to Mandalay"] by David Milborrow February 2013. Burma cemeteries (archive.org link)
*[http://britishwargraves.co.uk/index.htm British War Graves: War Grave Photographs] is a site which provides free photographs of War graves from some cemeteries around the world. Includes category "Memorials to the Missing" which includes Basra Memorial.
*[http://asiawargraves.com/countries/ Asia War Graves]. Provides free photographs of War graves in Asia for selected cemeteries, mainly relating to the Second World War.
*[http://www.findagrave.com/index.html Find A Grave] - millions of user added grave inscriptions from around the world, some with photos. Asian cemeteries not well covered but some with war graves/memorials have many entries.
*[https://www.deceasedonline.com/ deceased online] Search for free and pay to view records. Mainly UK records
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