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Inscriptions in online books
**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 Family History FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/4286496 catalogue entry with details of contents]. Also at the Family History 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==
*[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]
: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 are were a limited number of copies of the "original version" of 1895 by the special officer c 1895 (E S Wenger, who was named but a reference cannot be found)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.
***[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. 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 two maps at the back of the book dated 1912. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. Elsewhere the publication date is stated to be 1913.
*[http://pahar.in/pahar/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] [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.
**"Glimpses of Serampore 1810-1820" [https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol46-julydec1933/page/23/mode/2up pages 23-25] and [https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol46-julydec1933/page/131/mode/2up 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/>
*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/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/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''.
*[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.
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