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*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)
**''List of Tombs of Europeans Interred in the Nilgiri District, with Inscriptions Thereon'' by J D Rees 1895
**''List of European Tombs in the Anantapur District'' 1894
**''List of European Tombs in the Bellary District with Inscriptions Thereon'' by J J Cotton 1894 (41 pages)
**''List of European Tombs in the District of Cuddapah'' by CH Mounsey 1893
**''List of European Tombs in the Kurnool District'' 1894
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.510652/2015.510652.The-Gazette#page/n157/mode/2up/ List of Graves at Howrah Cemetery in a ruinous condition] page 701 ''Gazette of India April 3, 1915''. Subsequently repeated [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.510652/2015.510652.The-Gazette#page/n561/mode/2up/ page 774] ''Gazette of India April 17, 1915''.
→Inscriptions in online books
*[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.
**An additional book at the British Library (UIN: BLL01012507305) is ''Inscriptions in the district of Puri'' by W.H. Lee (William Herbert) 1898 Cuttack : Orissa Mission Press, (43 p.). This book (or selected pages) is also part of the online database available to members of the [[Society of Genealogists]], London.
**An additional book at the British Library is ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions : with biographical notes'' by O.S. Crofton. 1941 (UIN: BLL01001781826). Also available in an Indian reprint edition.<ref name=OSC>[https://heritage.telangana.gov.in/publications/list-of-inscriptions-on-tombs-or-monuments-in-h-e-h-nizam-dominion/ Department of Heritage Telangana reprint] which includes a description of the contents, of ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions : with biographical notes'' by O.S. Crofton. 1941.</ref>
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/18fe854d-623b-42a2-bf5c-3aa0ab5bca4f United Kingdom High Commission files relating to cemeteries '''IOR/R/4/1-539'''] 1943-1967. Transferred from Indian Public Works Department to the British High Commission, New Delhi, and from there to the India Office Records in 1972-73. Includes
**Also contains items "List of inscriptions". As an example, the FIBIS data base contains [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=856&s_id=253 Transcriptions of summary data from gravestones in Chakrata taken from IOR/R4/539]
:Note these records are available on [[Family Search]] microfilm/digitised microfilm <ref>Microfilm catalogue entry [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1112010 British High Commission cemetery records, ca. 1870-1967] (See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for access.)</ref> where there is more detail provided about the individual items, in the "Film Notes".
*''Bengal Past and Present'' which was the ''Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society'' was issued from 1907. Some issues contained articles about burial inscriptions. Most editions are held by the British Library, although some appear to be missing. There is also an ''Index'' volume for the years 1907-1985, available on open access in the Asian & African Studies Reading Room. Many editions are now available online, see the Fibiwiki page [[Bengal, Past and Present, Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society]].*There is an extensive collection of records in the BACSA archive at the British Library, refer [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia]], Mss Eur F370. The BACSA archive also includes publications, one BACSA listing is [https://www.bacsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Reference-materials-geographical.pdf "Publications containing data chiefly of geographical interest"], where at least two of the publications do not appear to be listed elsewhere ''Inscriptions on Christian graves and memorial tablets in the Purnea District, Bihar and Orissa'' by Rev H Hosten, SJ (Patna, 1920) photocopy of printed book Mss Eur F370/1156, and ''List of European tombs and monuments in Mysore'', by B Lewis Rice (Bangalore 1906) F370/1188, the latter possibly also available at IOR/R/2/Box17/106, with title ''File 299 1905 European tombs and monuments in Mysore'', or perhaps this is a different file. There is also a BACSA listing titled "Publications containing data chiefly of biographical interest", see [[BACSA]], where geographical coverage is mixed/covers multiple locations.
*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/215ccc3f-27e0-459f-90c8-765da76a5b93 Lloyd Collection: papers on European cemeteries in India and biographical information on British in India Mss Eur F146]
*There are Monumental Inscriptions from Surat made by A F Bellasis, at the British Library, catalogue reference [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:LSCOP_BL:IAMS032-002017547 Add MS 44948 : c 1860]. These Inscriptions contain additional records to those appearing in the 1861 article by Bellasis "Old Tombs in the Cemeteries of Surat", available online, see below.
*The book ''In Memoriam Burma-Siam 1942-1945'', published in Bangkok in 1946 (Dutch language) in respect of Dutch war graves is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011257081 , and also at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/4286496 catalogue entry with details of contents]. Also at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1037473 catalogue entry] for ''[List of deceased World War Two-era Dutch military personnel in Burma and Siam]'', 1946, Dutch language, source Nederlandsch Hoofdkwartier Bangkok, Kantoor Personeele Zaken Afd. Inlichtingen Overledenen (Dutch Headquarters Bangkok, Office Personnel Affairs Dept. Information Deceased).
==Libraries in India==
*The Goethals Indian Library in Calcutta holds the book ''The Registers & Inscriptions of the Church of Our Lady of Dolours, Baithakhana (1810-1914)'' by Fr H Hosten, published 1915, which probably contains burial details.This was a Portuguese church. See [[Calcutta#Churches and missions|Calcutta - Churches and missions]] for more details.*Tamilnadu State Archives, Egmore, Chennai is indicated to hold the book ''List of European Tombs in the Calicut Taluk'', Calicut, 1907 (Internet search result, not confirmed)
==Other libraries==
*Some of the cemetery inscriptions by [https://www.jesuitica.be/catalogue-author/1665/ Fr H Hosten] are held at the Maurits Sabbe Library, University of Leuven, Belgium.
*[http://www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission Homepage]. To find the cemeteries in India on the CWGC database, select "Find War Dead", scroll down the page to "Find Cemeteries & Memorials" and enter India in "Country".
The CWGC has a long term program in India for the reinstatement of First World War Cantonment Graves which were previously declared un-maintainable.<ref> [httphttps://issuuarchive.comcwgc.org/wargravescommission/docs/2ar2012GetMultimedia.ashx?edb=4065448/2666323 Catalog&type=default&fname=26%5cffd9a1-691b-4a19-b49e-1f76f3493cde.pdf 2011-2012 Annual Report] page 19 (previously located 17. Located in “Learning and Resources” section of the website[https://archive.cwgc.org// CWGC Archive], however not yet located on Browse the "new "websitecollection, Annual Reports, introduced July 2020View Records then click on CWGC/2/1 .)</ref>
For images, see the "War Graves Photographic Project" [[Cemeteries#Other external links| below]].
==Inscriptions in online books==
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.96997/page/n261/mode/2up "List of books containing inscriptions on tombs and monuments in Christian graveyards in India and Burma"] Appendix F, ''Indian Historical Records Commission. Proceedings of Meetings Volume 14. Fourteenth meeting held at Lahore December 1937''. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/TheOrientalObituary1809 ''The Oriental Obituary: Volume 1''] by William Urquhart 1809, published in Madras. Archive.org
*''Asiaticus : In Two Parts. Part One, Ecclesiastical, Chronological and Historical Sketches. [httphttps://books.google.com.au/books?id=xHYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA61 RA1-PP1 Part Two, the Epitaphs in the Different Burial Grounds in and about Calcutta''] by John Hawkesworth 1803. (80 pages) (Google Books):A small number of these inscriptions had appeared in [https://archive.org/details/eastindianchrono00hawkuoft/page/84/mode/2up "Appendix II: Tombs in the Cemetry of Calcutta"] pages 84-89 ''The East Indian Chronologist'' 1801 Archive.org. The British Library catalogue gives the author as John Hawkesworth.*''[http://books.google.com/books?id=3HYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP11 The Complete Monumental Register: Containing All the Epitaphs in the Different Churches and Burial Grounds in and about Calcutta...together with General Inscriptions from the Presidencies of Madras, Bombay etc.]]'' by M Derozario 1815 (230 pages) (Google Books). [http://books.google.com/books?id=3HYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA225 Index of names].The author advises he has borrowed the contents of ''Asiaticus'' by Mr Hawkesworth and of the ''Oriental Obituary'' by Mr Urquhart of Madras.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=T-HwSiLns14C&printsec=frontcover ''The Bengal Obituary: or, a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth, being a compilation of tablets and monumental inscriptions from various parts of the Bengal and Agra presidencies''] 1851 Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=T-HwSiLns14C&pg=PA399 Index of Names]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/65995 '' List of inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Bengal possessing historical or archaeological interest''] by C R Wilson, 1896 is available to read online, or download, at [[Online books#FamilySearch Digital Library|FamilySearch]]. You need to be registered and sign in first. Includes index. Part I contains the Calcutta inscriptions; part II (whose Contents precedes page 121) contains inscriptions from the Lower Provinces. (c 248+ additional pages).
:Also available Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository : [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6657/mode/2up 1896 edition] ([https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6716/mode/2up 1895 edition]).
:Also available from [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/List_of_inscriptions_on_tombs_or_monuments_in_Bengal.pdf wikimedia.org] as a pdf.
:The Preface says Wilson was the editor of a work brought together by the Publics Work Department "a special officer being deputed for the work". Elsewhere it has been stated there were a limited number of copies of the "original version" of 1895 by the special officer E S Wenger, who was Registrar of the Bengal Public Works Department.<ref>Correspondence from Rev. Father H Hosten, S J [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32665/page/n127/mode/2up Pages 302-305] ''Bengal Past And Present'' Volume 10, 1915 Archive.org.</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/inscriptions-patna/page/n7/mode/2up ''List of Pre-Mutiny Inscriptions in Christian Burial Grounds in the Patna District''] by J F W J [John Francis William James] 1935. Government of Bihar publication. Archive.org.
*'''Madras Presidency'''
**[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 available in the Digital Library of India Collection on [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Madras%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Cotton%20Julian%29 Archive.org]
**[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/list-tombs-monuments-madras/mode/2up 2nd file] Archive.org, may be easier to read.
**[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/in.gov.ignca.22732/page/n3 ''List of Burials at Madras (In St Mary's Cemetery) from 1801 to 1850 compiled from the 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://wwwarchive.tamildigitallibrary.inorg/details/bookst-marys-madras-malden-detail.php?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt0kJhe 1905/page/n5/mode/2up ''A Hand book Book to St. Mary's Church : with , Fort St. George, Madras. With a description Description of its monuments Its Monuments and other objects Other Objects of interest with illustrations and a planInterest''] by the Rev. Charles Herbert Malden 1905. Archive.org. Also available [https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt7luQ7#book1/ Tamil Virtual Library. Note author incorrectly cataloged ], where the title is catalogued as Maiden. Full title includes the words ''... A Hand book to St. Mary's Church, Fort St. George, Madras: with a description of its monuments and other objects of interest with illustrations and a plan''. For those in regions such as North America Also available [https://books.google.com.au/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 Books have been uploaded to are also available on 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.***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9jZUy&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Bellary%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''List of European tombs in the Bellary district with inscriptions thereon''] 1894. [https://archive.org/details/european-tombs-bellary-district-1894 Archive.org mirror version].
***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9jZYy&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Chingleput%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''List of European tombs in the Chingleput district with inscriptions thereon''] 1894
***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt8luxe&tag=Supplemental%20list%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Chingleput%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''Supplemental list of European tombs in the Chingleput district with inscriptions thereon''] 1895.
**:[https://archive.org/details/pt-1-european-tombs-chingleput/Pt1EuropeanTombsChingleput/ Archive.org mirror version] of the two Chingleput titles.
***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt8lux8&tag=Revised%20list%20of%20tombs%20of%20Europeans%20and%20Eurasians%20in%20the%20Coimbatore%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''Revised list of tombs of Europeans and Eurasians in the Coimbatore district with inscriptions thereon''] 1895.
***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9juIy&tag=Revised%20list%20of%20tombs%20of%20Europeans%20and%20Eurasians%20in%20the%20Coimbatore%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''Revised list of tombs of Europeans and Eurasians in the Coimbatore district with inscriptions thereon''] 1909.
**:[https://archive.org/details/tombs-coimbatore-1895/TombsCoimbatore1895/ Archive.org mirror version] of the two Coimbatore titles.
***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt8lux0&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Cuddapah%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''List of European tombs in the Cuddapah district with inscriptions thereon''] 1900.
***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9jZIy&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20district%20of%20Cuddapah%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''List of European tombs in the district of Cuddapah with inscriptions thereon''] 1904.
**:[https://archive.org/details/tombs-cuddapah-1900/TombsCuddapah1900/ Archive.org mirror version] of three Cuddapah editions.***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt8lux7&tag=List%20of%20European%20and%20Eurasian%20tombs%20in%20the%20Ganjam%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''List of European and Eurasian tombs in the Ganjam district with inscriptions thereon''] 1893. [https://archive.org/details/tombs-ganjam/mode/2up Archive.org version].***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9jZQy&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Godaveri%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''List of European tombs in the Godaveri district with inscriptions thereon''] 1895. [https://archive.org/details/tombs-godaveri/mode/2up Archive.org version].
***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt8luxd&tag=List%20of%20European%20and%20Eurasian%20tombs%20in%20the%20Kistna%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''List of European and Eurasian tombs in the Kistna district with inscriptions thereon''] 1893.
***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9jZhy&tag=Inscriptions%20on%20the%20European%20&%20Eurasian%20tombs%20in%20the%20bandar%20and%20bezvada%20divisions%20of%20the%20Kistna%20district#book1/ ''Inscriptions on the European & Eurasian tombs in the Bandar and Bezvada divisions of the Kistna district''] 1904.
**:[https://archive.org/details/1893-tombs-kistna/1893TombsKistna/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version] of the two Kistna District titles.***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9jZxy&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Kurnool%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''List of European tombs in the Kurnool district with inscriptions thereon : corrected up to 31st March 1904''] 1904. [https://archive.org/details/tombs-kurnool Archive.org version] of two Kurnool editions.***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9jZMy&tag=Revised%20list%20of%20tombs%20of%20Europeans%20and%20Americans%20in%20the%20Madura%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''Revised list of tombs of Europeans and Americans in the Madura district with inscriptions thereon''] 1904. [https://archive.org/details/tombs-madura/mode/2up Archive.org version].***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9jZpy&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Nellore%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''List of European tombs in the Nellore district with inscriptions thereon''] 1904. [https://archive.org/details/tombs-nellore/page/n1/mode/2up Archive.org version].***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9jZty&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20North%20Arcot%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''List of European tombs in the North Arcot district with inscriptions thereon : revised up to 1st January 1904''] 1905. [https://archive.org/details/tombs-north-arcot/mode/2up Archive.org version].***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9jZly&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Soutn%20Canara%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ ''List of European tombs in the South Canara district with inscriptions thereon''] 1893. Catalogued with word ''Soutn'' in title. [https://archive.org/details/tombs-south-canara/mode/2up Archive.org version].***[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt8luh8&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Tanjore%20district#book1/ ''List of European tombs in the Tanjore district : compiled under the orders of the collector of Tanjore''] 1894. [https://archive.org/details/1894-tombs-tanjore/1894TombsTanjore/mode/2up Archive.org version] which also includes the 1914 edition following.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70473 ''List of European Tombs in the Tanjore District''] 1914 Archive.org. Includes [[Tranquebar]]. Also available [https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9juMy&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Tanjore%20district#book1/ Tamil Virtual Library].
**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)
***''List of Tombs of Europeans Interred in the Nilgiri District, with Inscriptions Thereon'' by J D Rees 1895
**:[https://archive.org/details/nilgiri-tombs-1895/NilgiriTombs1895/ Archive.org mirror version] of the two Nilgiri District titles.
***''List of European Tombs in the Anantapur District'' 1894. [https://archive.org/details/anantapur-tombs-1894/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
***''List of European Tombs in the District of Cuddapah'' by CH Mounsey 1893
***''List of European Tombs in the Kurnool District'' 1894
**:For Archive.org versions of the Lists for Cuddapah and Kurnool, see above under Tamil Virtual Library.
**[https://archive.org/details/monumentalremain00alex/page/n7 ''The Monumental Remains of the Dutch East India Company in the Presidency Of Madras 1664-1824''] by Alexr. Rea. Reprint edition, first published 1897. Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/handbook-seringapatam/page/67/mode/2up "Appendix Y. List of Tombs and Monuments" [at Seringapatam<nowiki>]</nowiki>] page 67 ''A Hand Book for the use of Visitors to Seringapatam'' by Subbaraya Moodeliar 1899 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/grave-inscriptions-hunsur/mode/2up Grave Inscriptions at Hunsur]. Archive.org. Scroll to the last five pages of this article which lists in English the grave inscriptions. Article otherwise in the Kannada language. Venkateshamurthy, R. and H. R. Hemaraju (2000) "Hunasurina British Samaadhigalu [The British Tombs at Hunasur]". ''Itihasa Dharshana'' 15:156-165. Hunsur (Hoonsoor) was situated about 30 miles west of the town of Mysore, and was c 1844 the head quarters of the Public Cattle Department, Madras Army.
*''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], and previously it did not seem possible to read the book online, but this problem seems to have resolved.
*"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 . Archive.org versions [https://archive.org/details/jramc-1914-vol23/page/319/mode/2up page 320], [https://archive.org/details/jramc-1914-vol23/page/415/mode/2up page 415]. :[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1915-vol24/page/287/mode/2up "Some Echoes of the Past"] by Lieutenant-Colonel W A Morris page 288 ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'', Volume 24 1915 Archive.org. Medical officers who lost their lives in N-W P and Oudh Provinces 1788-1860.*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.22864 ''List of Christian Tombs and Monuments of Archaeological or Historical Interest and their Inscriptions in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh''] by Rev A Fuhrer 1896 Archive.org. Note: entire book is printed sideways. For those in areas such as North America, also Also available on [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015083010952 HathiTrust Digital Library], where the pages may be rotated. This book was subsequently revised and enlarged as Blunt's 1911 publication which follows
:[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.
:Catalogued as [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7293/mode/1up ''List of Christian tombs and monuments, of archaeological by historical interest and their inscriptions in charge of the P.W.D. United Provinces'']. Internal title is ''List of Christian tombs in charge of the Public Works Department''. Contains a map two maps at the back of the book dated either 1912 or 1913. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. Elsewhere the publication date is stated to be 1913.*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-filepahar/1902-list-of-inscriptions-on-tombs-or-monuments-in-assam-by-francis-s-pdf/ ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Assam''] 1902. Pdf download, PAHAR-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Zek2AQAAMAAJ Google Books version] now seems to be full view[https://archive.org/details/list-inscriptions-tombs-assam-1902 Archive.org version].
*Articles in ''Bengal, Past and Present'', Archive.org, mostly from the Digital Library of India Collection.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.500670/page/n349/mode/2up "Note on Khijiri and Hijili"] by H G Reaks, Assistant River Surveyor page 245 ''BPP'' Volume 2, No. 2 April 1908. Archive.org/DLI. Hijili is 85 miles by boat from Calcutta. Khijiri is a spelling variant of Kedgeree, at the mouth of the Ganges. Contains details of a a few tombs.
**[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.500672/2015.500672.Bengal-Past#page/n243/mode/2up "Forgotten Graveyards"] by D G Crawford, Lt.-Colonel IMS p189-201 ''BPP'' Volume 3, April-June 1909. Archive.org/DLI.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.31280/page/5/mode/2up "A North-East Frontier Cemetery"] by W J Buchanan page 6, ''BPP'' Vol. 9 July-Dec 1914. Gnatong on the trade route from Sikkhim to Tibet. Archive.org, mirror from ASI/IGNCA.
**[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.32666/2015.32666.Bengal-Past-And-Present--Vol13#page/n228/mode/1up 3 Graves at Katwa], page 54 ''BPP'' Volume 15, part 1. 1918. Archive.org/DLI.
**[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.458773/2015.458773.Bengal-Past-And-Present-Vol-18-Serial-No-35-36#page/n57/mode/2up "Inscriptions on Christian Tombs, Akyab, Arakan" [1836-1906<nowiki>]</nowiki>] page 15, ''BPP'' Volume 18, Jan-June 1919. Archive.org/DLI.
**[https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.04011/page/53/mode/2up "Inscriptions on the Tombs (Pre-Mutiny) in the Patna City Cemetery"] by E A Horne pages 54-68 ''BPP'' Volume 28, July-September 1924. Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.501558/2015.501558.Bengal-Past#page/n15/mode/2up "List of Tombs of Historic Interest in Dacca Cemetery"] by H E Stapleton page 10, ''BPP'' Volume 31, January-March 1926. Archive.org/DLI.
**[https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.04022/page/57/mode/2up "Monumental Inscriptions in the United Provinces" Nos. 1-122] by H Bullock pages 58-67 ''BPP'' Volume 41, January-March 1931. Archive.org*:[https://archive.org/stream/bengalpastprese01socigoog#page/n72/mode/2up "Monumental Inscriptions in the United Provinces Part 2" Nos. 123-223] by Captain H Bullock, pages 148-156 (digital file page 72) ''Bengal, Past and Present BPP'' Volume 41, Part 2, April-June 1931''. Archive.org. Includes some corrections to Blunt transcriptions.<br> (Part *:[https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.04023/page/n3/mode/2up "Monumental Inscriptions in the United Provinces III" Nos 224-430] by H Bullock pages 1 is -17 ''BPP'' Volume 42 July-December 1931. Archive.org*:[https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.04023/page/120/mode/2up "More Monumental Inscriptions" Nos 431-567] by Capt H Bullock pages 58120-67 131 ''BPP'' Volume 4142 July-December 1931. Includes Murree, Poona Archive.org*:[https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.04024/page/91/mode/2up More Monumental Inscriptions II Nos 568 -744] by H Bullock pages 92-109 ''BPP'' Volume 43 January-March 1931, unfortunately not onlineJune 1932 Archive.) org
*:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.501560/2015.501560.Bengal-Past#page/n195/mode/2up "More Monumental Inscriptions III", Nos. 745-815], page 169 ''BPP'' Volume 44 July-Dec 1932. Archive.org/DLI.
*:[https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.04026/page/44/mode/2up "More Monumental Inscriptions", Nos 816-1029] by Capt. H Bullock pages 44-59 ''BPP'' Volume 45 January-March 1933 Archive.org. Includes Baluchistan, Karachi, Hyderabad State. Archive.org
*:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.32677/2015.32677.Bengal-Past-And-Present--Vol44#page/n153/mode/2up/ "More Monumental Inscriptions-V", Nos. 1030-1115] pages 124-129 ''BPP'' Volume 45 April-June 1933 Archive.org/DLI. Hyderabad State, Pishin, Baluchistan and Quetta. Archive.org/DLI
*:[https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol46-julydec1933/page/73/mode/2up "More Monumental Inscriptions (Nos. 1116-1405)"] by Captain H. Bullock pages 74-90 ''BPP'', Vol. 46 1933 July-Dec. Includes many from the district of Purnea in [[Bihar]] from the old indigo factories; and others from [[Fatehgarh]], United Provinces, a cantonment.
*:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.501561/2015.501561.Bengal-Past#page/n151/mode/2up "Anglo-Indian Monumental Inscriptions in Kent and Sussex", Nos. 1406-1456] by H Bullock, page 137, ''BPP'', Volume 49 January-June 1935. Archive.org/DLI.
*:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.501561/2015.501561.Bengal-Past#page/n293/mode/2up "Monumental Inscriptions, Third Series", Nos. 1457-1577] by H Bullock page 90, ''BPP'', Volume 50, July-December 1935. A continuation of Kent and Sussex inscriptions, and a list from Bhuj, Cutch. Archive.org/DLI.
*:[https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.04030/page/105/mode/2up "Monumental Inscriptions, Third Series, Part III" nos 1578-1697] by H Bullock, Major pages 105-111 ''BPP'' Volume 51 January June 1936 Archive.org*:[https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.04031/page/n109/mode/2up "Monumental Inscriptions, Third Series, Part IV" Nos 1698-1830] by H Bullock, Major pages 105-112 ''BPP'' Volume 52 July-December 1936. Archive.org*:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.501563/2015.501563.Bengal-Past#page/n45/mode/2up "More Monumental Inscriptions Part V. " Nos 1831-1889] by H Bullock, Major. Page 39 ''BPP'' Volume 53 January-June 1937. Archive.org/DLI.
*:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.501563/2015.501563.Bengal-Past#page/n103/mode/2up "Monumental Inscriptions, Third Series" Part VI. Nos.1891-2000] by H Bullock, Major. Page 89 ''BPP'' Volume 53 January-June 1937. Archive.org/DLI.
*: [https://archive.org/details/bpp-images/mode/2up Archive.org edition of all the articles by H Bullock]*: '''Note''', a complete set both FIBIS and BACSA have databases in respect of Percy-Smith/Bullock data, and it appears that some of the names in the records above from Major Bullock entries from are included, and some are not. ''BPP'', is as a source does not appear to be found as bound reprints in the Lloyd Collection included. [https://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=294 FIBIS database Personal papers/Percy-Smith and Bullock], [https://bacsa.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_classes&source_class=223 BACSA Database] Folder '6. Burial data collected by Lt-Col H K Percy-Smith and Brigadier Humphry Bullock.'**[https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol46-julydec1933/page/33/mode/2up "A forgotten Graveyard at the British LibraryDum Dum"] by J G Brooker pages 34-36 ''BPP'' Vol. 46 1933 July-Dec. Archive.org*:[https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol-47-janmar1934/page/n69/mode/2up "Mission Burial Ground, refer aboveSerampore"] by J G Brooker page 57 ''BPP'' Vol. 47 Part 1, 1934 Jan.-March. Archive.org. With a Plan between pages 56-57.*:[https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol-47-aprjune1934/page/101/mode/2up "Monumental Inscriptions at Diamond Harbour Cemetery"] by J G Brooker Mss Eur F146page 102 ''BPP'' Vol. 47 Part 2, 1934 April-June. Archive.org**"Glimpses of Serampore 1810-1820" [https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol46-julydec1933/page/23/mode/9 2up pages 23-25] and Mss Eur F146[https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol46-julydec1933/page/131/mode/132up pages 132-136] ''BPP'' Vol. 46 1933 July-Dec. Archive.org. Extracts from the diary of Severin Kierulf, merchant in the Danish Ost Indian Company at [[Serampore]]. Includes details of deaths, marriages and births.
** See [[Calcutta#Historical books online|Calcutta-Historical books online]] for Calcutta burial records 1713-1788 from ''BPP''.
*The book ''Illustrated Handbook to St John’s Church (Old Cathedral) Calcutta'' 1909 includes some cemetery records. The author is stated elsewhere to be E W Madge.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/b31359681_0003/page/131/mode/1up?q=calcutta Page 31], ''Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous English literature, Volume 3'' by Kennedy, Smith and Johnson 1928 Archive.org.</ref> This book is available online to members of the [[Society of Genealogists]]. Non members may see 34 Index records from this book which are available in this [https://sogdata.org.uk/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2141&s_id=1306&sort=27830 SoG Data Online] database. The book is also available at the British Library in the BACSA Archives Mss Eur F370/1207. Note the records from this book may be included with the records from this church appearing in ''Bengal Past and Present'', see item above. *[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.07588/19434.11160-%2520%2528part-4%2529/page/n39/mode/2up "List of Graves in the Old Cemetery closed at Howrah"] page 467 ''The Calcutta Gazette April 14, 1915''. Also appeared earlier [https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.07588/19434.11160-%2520%2528part-4%2529/page/n39/mode/2up page 436] April 7, 1915. Archive.org:Same list in a different publication, [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.510652/2015.510652.The-Gazette#page/n157/mode/2up/ List of Graves at Howrah Cemetery in a ruinous condition] page 701 ''Gazette of India April 3, 1915''. Subsequently repeated [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.510652/2015.510652.The-Gazette#page/n561/mode/2up/ page 774] ''Gazette of India April 17, 1915''. Archive.org.*[https://archive.org/details/jasb-volume-6-7-for-january-1861-issue-no-21/page/145/mode/2up "Old Tombs in the Cemeteries of Surat"] by A F Bellasis page 146 ''Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'', Vols. 6-7 - Issue 21, 1861 Archive.org. There are additional Monumental Inscriptions from Surat made by Bellasis, at the British Library, catalogue reference [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:LSCOP_BL:IAMS032-002017547 Add MS 44948 : c 1860]*The following books by O.S Crofton are available as mirror editions on Archive.org, originally from the Digital Library of India.
**''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 page 2, (missing pages 1 and 3) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.325351 Archive.org version]. Also available as [https://archive.org/details/99999990002208ListOfInscriptionsOnTomesOrMonumentsInTheCentralProvincesAndBerar Archive.org, 2nd file] which seems to be the same digital file. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8895/page/n1/mode/2up 3rd file] Archive.org, appears to contain all pages, but perhaps more difficult to read.
*:The author is stated to be Olive Crofton, wife of a Civil Servant, and there is reference in the Introduction to "the husband of the writer". Crofton, in the Introduction, also mentions that the numbers killed by tigers and other animals of the jungle “is considerably larger than would appear from the lists”.
*:'' List of 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. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34576 Archive.org version]. Also available as [https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsInRajputanaCentralIndia Archive.org, 2nd file].
*: Olive Crofton also wrote ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions : with biographical notes'', not available online, but available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01001781826 . Also available in an Indian reprint edition.<ref name=OSC/>
*[https://archive.org/details/RecordOfTheInscriptionsAtTheCatholic ''A record of Inscriptions at the Catholic Church at Patna, Bihar and Orissa''] Prepared by the Rev A Gille 1917 Archive.org
* [http://www.archive.org/stream/jesuitmissionar00hostuoft ''Jesuit Missionaries in Northern India and Inscriptions on their Tombs, Agra (1580-1803)''] by Rev H Hosten SJ (1907) Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/annalsofkarnal00buckrich#page/34/mode/2up ''The Annals of Karnal- Chapter 6 Churches and Cemeteries''] by Major C H Buck 1914 Archive.org lists some of the inscriptions in the cemeteries at [[Kurnaul]]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007648516#page/n7/mode/2up ''List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated''] by J Penry Lewis 1913 Archive.org. The information from this book has now been transcribed and is available on the [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=1623&s_id=975 FIBIS Database]
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70565/page/n351/mode/2up "Graves of Europeans in the Armenian Cemetery at Isfahan"] by T. W. Haig ''The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland'' (July, 1919), pp. 321-352. Archive.org.
*[https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/b2775190d ''Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley''] by Solomon Bard 1997. [https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/b2775190d#?c=&m=&s=&cv=154&xywh=-214%2C-77%2C1926%2C2293 Index of names digital page 155] This is a selection, not a complete list of those in the cemetery. Circumstances of death are usually included. digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk. Also see [[Hong Kong]] for more cemetery records.*[https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/def9b438f5401bdec99066297256390b.pdf "Monument to the Westmoreland Regiment The 55th Regiment of Foot in Dinghai City on Zhoushan Island"] by Keith Stevens and Jennifer Welch ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' Vol. 38 (1998), page 383 (12 pages). From [https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/exhibits/show/hkjo/home Hong Kong Journals online] hkjo.lib.hku.hk. [https://archive.org/details/monument-zhoushan-island/mode/2up Archive.org version]. Includes names of burials 1842-1857 in the British cemetery on Zhoushan Island [Chusan Island] off the East coast of China, but not specific dates of death.*[https://archive.org/details/british-cemetery-manila-philippines/mode/2up "The British (Protestant) Cemetery at San Pedro, Makati, Manila, Philippines"] by David W Mahoney ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' Vol. 27 (1987), pages 101-111. Archive.org.
*Search individual location pages, including [[Cawnpore]] for other book links.
===Other historical books online===
*[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. There is also a [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801 Find A Grave Index] collection on [[FamilySearch]], for which you must be signed in to FS to view, and also a [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60541/ Find a Grave Index on Ancestry].
*[https://billiongraves.com/site-map?country=India BillionGraves] contains some records for India, although probably limited coverage. Some images for [[Dalhousie]] were noted. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2026973 BillionGraves Index] collection on [[FamilySearch]], for which you must be signed in to FS to view.
*Baghdad[https://sharedcemeteries.net/en/ Shared Cemeteries] is about (former Dutch) funerary heritage all over the world. Includes [https://sharedcemeteries.net/en/india/introduction India: Introduction], Iraqor access India from the menu across the top of the page. *Baghdad [https://www.stevebusterjohnson.com/raf-hinaidi-burials-database Burials at Hinaidi RAF Cemetery, (now Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery): Searchable Database of 299 Graves] from 1921-1937. [https://www.stevebusterjohnson.com/_files/ugd/8b4727_2d077ae0211b4083826259f69fc1773f.pdf Direct pdf, edition 8 July 2022] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220708233325/https://www.stevebusterjohnson.com/_files/ugd/8b4727_2d077ae0211b4083826259f69fc1773f.pdf archived]). 196 of the 299 graves are for Royal Air Force casualties from eight RAF squadrons. Also includes Armoured Car Company deaths. There are also 71 graves for British Army personnel, 2 Royal Navy and 30 civilian. There are additional internal links about the cemetery. ''6 Squadron, Books & Early Military Aviation'' website.
*[https://www.deceasedonline.com/ deceased online] Search for free and pay to view records. Mainly UK records
** Includes a section on burials at overseas military garrisons. For details, select coverage, then scroll down to " “The National Archives - Military Burials” date added: 12 Dec 2013". The records are mainly from Malta, Egypt and Cyprus. Selected records from WO 156/103-122.
