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The BACSA British Library archive catalogue is now available online at ==Crematorium==A crematorium was erected in Calcutta in 1903, situated to the BACSA website. Under east of the category Circular Road Cemetery Files and Registers, BACSA Archive references at . There was provision for the British Library may be found erection of a monument not exceeding 2 feet by 2 feet. It was intended mainly for Calcutta on the use of Europeans, Anglo- Indians and Indians who had adopted a European style of living. (More details.<ref>[httphttps://bacsa.frontisgrouparchive.comorg/bindetails/aps_browse_sourcesin.ernet.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=209&s_id=86&sort=0&st=200&np=24&tn=1188 pages 5 and 6]dli.2015. In the vicinity of Calcutta:Bandel [http:33547/page/bacsan260 Page 222] ''Municipal Calcutta'' by SW Goode 1916.frontisgroupArchive.comorg, Public Library of India Collection.</bin/aps_browse_sourcesref>) The crematorium was built by a French company Toisoul Fradet & Co.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=209&s_id=86&sort=0&st=50&np=24&tn=1188 page 2]based in Paris, Barrackporewhich specialised in crematoriums, and Berhampore <ref>[httphttps://bacsa.frontisgroupindianvagabond.com/bin2015/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=209&s_id=86&sort=0&st=100&np=24&tn=1188 pages 3and 4], Chandernagore [http:11/21/bacsa.frontisgroup.coma-french-crematorium-for-the-christians-and-brahmos-of-calcutta/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=209&s_id=86&sort=0&st=250&np=24&tn=1188 page 6"A French Crematorium for the Christians and Brahmos of Calcutta"]by Subhadip Mukherjee November 21, Chinsura [http://bacsa2015 indianvagabond.frontisgroupcom.com</bin/aps_browse_sourcesref> and continued operating until the early 1980s, when erratic gas supply caused it to close.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=209&s_id=86&sort=0&st=300&np=24&tn=1188 page 7], Dum Dum <ref>[httphttps://bacsarangandatta.frontisgroupwordpress.com/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=209&s_id=86&sort=0&st=400&np=24&tn=1188 page 9], Howrah [http:2015/12/bacsa.frontisgroup.com09/bingas-crematorium-crematorium-street-kolkata/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=209&s_id=86&sort=0&st=500&np=24&tn=1188 page 11Gas Crematorium: Crematorium Street, Behind Lower Circular Road Cemetery, Kolkata]by Rangan Datta December 9, Serampore [http://bacsa2015 rangandatta.frontisgroupwordpress.com.</bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=209&s_id=86&sort=0&st=1050&np=24&tn=1188 page 22]ref>
Under the heading Publications - Calcutta there are the following references, also part ==Maps of shelfmark Mss Eur F370*1207 Illustrated handbook to St John's Church (Old Cathedral) Calcutta [by E W Madge and K N Dhar] (66 pp. Calcutta, 1909)==*1208 St John's Church (1787-1987) by Nisith S Ray. (21 pp., 1987) 2 copies with copies For location of Parish Magazine 1973-74*1209 A visit to St John's Church, the cemeteries see [[Calcutta [by J A Gonsalves] (3 pp., 1971)*1210 St Andrew's Church of Scotland, #Maps|Calcutta 1815-1965 with copies of Church magazines, July 1974 and Jan 1977 (20 pp., 1965)*: St Paul’s Cathedral Calcutta: see Mss Eur F370/1330*1211 South Park Street CemeteryMaps]], Calcutta. Register where a number of graves and standing tombs: from 1767 by Maurice Shellim and others (BACSA 1992)*1212 The South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta by Aurelius Khan and others (BACSA 1978)*1213 The South Park Street Cemetery, Calcutta 1978-1986 by Aurelius Khan and others (2nd ed, BACSA 1986)*1214 The South Park Street Cemetery Calcutta 1978-1997 (3rd ed, APHCI, 1997)*1215 French Cemetery, Park Street, Calcutta (BACSA 1983)*1216 "Préserver nos cimetiéres, l'example de nos collègues anglais: le cimetière francais de Calcutta" par Xavier Guyot, La Vie Généalogique, nmaps produced at different dates are available.s. 3, no 13, (1996), pp. 17-22.*: Therefore Forward ! The Story of Carey Church Calcutta: see Mss Eur F370/1388
Adding link to findagrave.com for Scottish cemetery
# '''Tiretta's Cemetery''' - "The French or Tiretta's Burial Ground, Park Street" - earliest record 1796, also no longer in extistence.
# '''Bhowanipore Cemetery''' - "The Military Burial Ground, beyond the General Hospital was opened in the year 1782-3"
# '''Lower Circular Road''' (at 184 Acharya Jagadis Bose Road) - "The New Burial Ground, Circular Road" was opened on 29 April 1840 for the remains of Captain E T Milner's child. This cemetery is still in use. However, the condition of the older graves in general is not good.The [http://www.christianburialboardkolkata.com/ Christian Burial Board] now oversees this cemetery and will identify and show visitors to a relevant grave. Burial records are maintained on site and the Board is contactable by email for enquiries.
# '''Scottish Cemetery''' (3 Karaya Road) - "The Scotch & Dissenters Burial Ground - was purchased in 1820.
# '''Armenian Church & Cemetery''' - the [[Armenian]] Church of St Nazareth built 1724 has a burial ground attached to it.
# '''Greek Church & cemetery''' - the [[Greek]] Church of the Transfiguration of Our Blessed Redeemer on Mount Tabor was consecreted 6 August 1781, but demolished and a new one built at Kalighat in 1926. "Greek cemetery at 105 Narkeldanga Main Road is forlorn" (NB: Interestingly I have a CD of pictures of Greek gravestones which was given to me, but need transcribing).
# '''Portuguese Church & burial grounds''' of which there seem to be several, the most notable may be the [[Portuguese]] Burial Ground at Boithakhana, opened on 8 February 1786.
# '''St Pauls Cathedral'''
3, 4 and 5 above adjoined opposite the South Park Street Cemetery which has been recently restored to a good standard. The sites of these cemeteries are now occupied by tall buildings.
*The [[Jewish]] Cemetery at 45 Narikeldanga Main Road
*5 [[Chinese]] Cemeteries
Burial grounds were also located at [[Dum Dum]], [[Barrackpore]], [[Serampore]], [[Chandernagore]], [[Chinsurah]], [[Bandel]] and [[Howrah]] (epitaphs from which are represented in ''The Bengal Obituary'' - see Notes below). Many maritime related burials took place at Howrah, where St Thomas' Church and Cemetery were established in 1833.
==RecordsFort William Burial Ground=====BACSA records at As a result of new construction in the British Library===The [[British Association for Cemeteries Fort in South Asia|BACSA Archive]] at the [[British Library]]1880s, shelfmark Mss Eur F370 includes entries the ‘old’ burial ground is no longer in its catalogue under Cemetery Files . The Notes advise: The arrangement existence, and some of this list and the names of provinces, places headstones were moved and cemeteries are based now mounted on the walls at South Park Cemetery. <ref>Evers, Maureen [https://web.archive.org/web/20200118055550/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list which BACSA took over in 1976 /india.rootsweb.com/thread/2240541/ Kolkata research] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 21 November 2009, archived. The original advice was from the British High Commission Dr John Roberts, co-author of ''Malabar Christian Memorials at Cannanore, Tellicherry and Mahe 1723-1990'' and ''Nilgiri Hills Christian Memorials 1822-2006'', who has researched in IndiaCalcutta. </ref> The cemetery status (i.e. whether open or closed) ‘new' burial ground is based on part of the information military base and is closed to handthe public.<ref>Murphy, and may since have changedSylvia [https://web.archive.org/web/20200118055402/https://lists.rootsweb. If a particular cemetery is not in the com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/2240456/ Kolkata research] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 18 November 2009, archived.</ref> These burial grounds are different burial grounds to those at Bhowanipore Cemetery, some details the old (separate) part of it may sometimes be found in the general file for the province or town in which it is situatedknown as the Military Burial Ground.
The [http://www.christianburialboardkolkata.com/statistics.html Mini Cemetery with a closed Gas Crematorium] (150 graves) is now under the control of the Christian Burial Board, Kolkata
==Records=Other ====BACSA records===*[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia)]] cemetery publications are **''Bengal Past and PresentCalcutta: South Park Street: Journal Register of the Graves and Standing Tombs (from 1767)'' 1992 "128pp, 9 plans, also serves as index to tomb photos in BACSA archive"**''Calcutta Historical Society: South Park Street''by Maurice Shellim, available at the [[British Library]] has a list of burials based on the original registers 1986 (2nd edition) "On progress in restoring 'The Great Cemetery'. 28pp, 8 illustrations, 2 plans" **''Calcutta: French Cemetery'' by Basil La Bouchardiere, two articles written by Rev W1983 "Cemetery cleared in 1977 - a complete record. 28pp, 8 illustrations, 4 maps/plans" :See [http://indian-cemeteries. Korg/bacsa/html/bacsa_books. Firmingerhtml BACSA Books]. They are probably mostly covered by the Ecclesiastical Returns :[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] have put the Bindexes to these cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse.L., however there may If an indexed name is of interest then application can be some additional entries which never made it to England (e.g. BACSA for details of the ship carrying the returns to England was lost). There are also some biographical details.*Burials 1713-1755 Volume 10 (1915) pages 257relevant burial inscription -284 (author not known)*Burials 1759-1761 Volume 5 (Jan-June 1910) pages 136-142*Burials 1762-1774 Volume 6 (July-Dec 1910) pages 92-126.charges apply for this service
==Notes==BACSA records at the British Library====<references />The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|'''BACSA Archive''']] at the '''[[British Library]]''', shelfmark '''Mss Eur F370''' includes entries in its catalogue under Cemetery Files . The Notes advise: The arrangement of this list and the names of provinces, places and cemeteries are based on the list which BACSA took over in 1976 from the British High Commission in India. The cemetery status (i.e. whether open or closed) is based on the information to hand, and may since have changed. If a particular cemetery is not in the list, some details of it may sometimes be found in the general file for the province or town in which it is situated.
The BACSA British Library archive catalogue is now available online at the BACSA website. Under [http://www.bacsa.org.uk/?page_id=697 BACSA Cemetery files] select Calcutta and West Bengal.
== External links ==
*[http://www.burialsinindiachristianburialboardkolkata.netcom/ home.html Christian Burial Board, Kolkata] The Christian **[http://www.christianburialboardkolkata.com/burialrecords.html Burial Boards online Records]**[http://www.christianburialboardkolkata.com/archaeology.html South Park Cemetery] *[https://www.flickr.com/search facility for access to grave records and pottahs /?text=%22South%20Park%20Street%20Cemetery%22 Photographs of burials dating back to the 1700s South Park Street Cemetery] including a small group by [http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=35582639@N04&q=South%20Park%20Street%20Cemetery ron de lightbox] Flickr.com
*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2319595/scottish-cemetery Images of over 2,000 graves in Scottish Cemetery, Kolkata] findagrave.com**[http://readinggamesplayingbooks.com/scots/node/194 The Scottish Cemetery Project] includes [http://readinggamesplayingbooks.com/scots/full-list-of-tombs Full list of tombs] and an advance search. It is stated on the Main Page that “The digitized versions of the burial records of St. Andrew’s Kirk have been made available to us”. However, as far as can be established, this website does not include those digitised burial records, neither can an online source for the burial records be established. Perhaps they may be held by St Andrew’s Church, for the use of Church staff.**[http://www.christianburialboardkolkatadhtcollections.com/archaeologyitem/Brand_GravesofJuteMillmanagersburiedinIndia_0_0_28576_1.html South Park Graves of Jute Mill managers buried in India] Dundee Heritage Trust. Includes wives. Contains twenty five records at the Scottish Cemetery in Calcutta, fourteen at Barrackpore Cemetery and one of Tollygunge Cemetery] . Graves date from 1881 to 1951, covering workers at the four of the major Indian mills - Titaghur, Samnuggur, Angus and Victoria. **[http://wwwscottishcemeterykolkata.christianburialboardkolkatawordpress.com/indexScottish Cemetery Kolkata] The official blog for the team who went to Kolkata in 2008 to survey the Scottish Cemetery for The Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust **[http://canmore.rcahms.html Christian Burial Board gov.uk/en/search/?keyword=Kolkata&submit=search Photographs]of Scottish Cemetery, Park Street Cemetery, St Andrew's Church BBD Bagh, Bishop's House
*This Mullickbazar grave of ''Economist'' founder James Wilson, died 11 August 1860. [httphttps://archiverweb.rootswebarchive.org/web/20171011181309/https://www.ancestrytelegraphindia.com/th1090811/readjsp/INDIAcalcutta/story_11343895.jsp "Taxman rediscovers father of taxation"] by Sumatra Das from the ''Telegraph'', Calcutta 11 August 2009, now an archived webpage. ‘Father of Indian finance', he was finance member of the Viceroy of India Council, akin to the post of chancellor of the Indian Exchequer.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180217175111/http://www.indian-07cemeteries.org:80/1248700329 July 2009www.indian-cemeteries.org] post , now archived, has photographs and this transcriptions from the following cemeteries. Although an archived website, the internal links appear to be still working.**Lower Circular Road Cemetery. **North Park Street Cemetery. **Scotts Cemetery. **South Park Street Cemetery. **St Johns Church. **St Johns Church Black Hole Memorial. **St Pauls Cathedral. *[http://archiverwww.academia.edu/5121162/The_Greek_Cemetery_of_Kolkata "The Greek Cemetery of Kolkata"] by Helen Abadzi. academia.rootswebedu.*[[Jewish]] records: [https://web.ancestryarchive.comorg/web/20110704132728/http:/th/readwww.americansephardifederation.org/INDIAPDF/2009-08genealogy/1249307371 Aug 2009calcuttagraves.xls.pdf Calcutta Grave Records] post from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110219144254/http://sephardiclibrary.org/genealogy.html Genealogy] National Sephardic Library, now archived webpages. :[Mailing lists|India Listhttp://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/cemeteries Exhibit 09 Jewish Cemetery In Calcutta, Narkeldanga], which in turn includes a list of the graves. This data comes from handwritten cemetery registers which were digitised c 1999.<ref>[http://double-dolphin.blogspot.com/2014/10/jewish-cemetery-narkeldanga-main-road.html "Jewish Cemetery, Narkeldanga Main Road"] are about Lower Circular Road 16 October 2014. The Concrete Paparazzi.</ref> “Recalling Jewish Calcutta: Memories Of The Jewish Community In Calcutta”. jewishcalcutta.in:[http://www.sephardicgen.com/databases/CalcuttaCemeterySrchFrm.html Calcutta CemeterySearch] Index Search. SephardicGen.:The Jewish Cemetery was restored in 2017.<ref>*[httphttps://scottishcemeterykolkatarangandatta.wordpress.com/ Scottish 2018/01/05/restoration-of-jewish-cemetery-kolkata/ "Jewish Cemetery , Kolkata"] by Rangan Datta January 5, 2018 rangandatta.wordpress.com. </ref> :The official blog for Oseh Haised Board [Jewish Burial Board] also maintained the team who went to Kolkata Jewish cemetery in 2008 to survey Darjeeling.<ref> From a page "A Historical Review of the Scottish Calcutta Jewish Cemetery for The Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust " www.indianjews.org/english, no longer available. *Also mentioned in [http://canmoreshodhganga.rcahmsinflibnet.govac.ukin/jspui/bitstream/10603/en164753/search12/?keyword=Kolkata&submit=search Photographs12_chapter%208.pdf "Chapter 8"] , ''The Jewish world of Scottish Cemetery, Park Street Cemetery, St AndrewCalcutta 1798 to 1948''s Church BBD Bagh by Kaustav Chakrabarti, Bishop's House2010 thesis University of Calcutta. shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in </ref>*[https://indianvagabond.com/2022/11/07/portuguese-burial-ground-kolkata/ "Portuguese Burial Ground Kolkata"] by Subhadip Mukherjee November 7, 2022. indianvagabond.com *Mullickbazar grave of ''Economist'' founder James Wilson[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/92010/CALCUTTA%20(BHOWANIPORE)%20CEMETERY, died 11 August 1860%20KOLKATA Inscriptions from Bhowanipore Cemetery, Kolkata] Over 700 names from Commonwealth War Graves Commission. cwgc.org. The Commission also has responsibility for the care of 233 non-war burials in this the cemetery, who are not named.*[http://www.telegraphindiabusiness-standard.com/1090811article/beyond-business/buried-history-112060300010_1.html Buried history] by Shine Jacob Kolkata June 3, 2012 business-standard.com. Calcutta cemeteries. Includes advice that the [http:/jsp/calcuttawww.eict.org.in/story_11343895tiki-index.php East India Charitable Trust] answers queries about Bhowanipore Cemetery in respect of the section they manage.jsp link(not War Graves) (Note: this function is not mentioned on the EICT website, although it is stated the Trust is actively associated with the [[BACSA|British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia (BACSA)]] from . Select “Contact Us” in the EICT website for contact details). (In 2005 it was advised the Bhowanipore Cemetery was maintained by APHCI, the Association for the Preservation of Historical Cemeteries in India, the sister organisation of BACSA), with contact details given.<ref>Kendall, John [https://web.archive.org/web/20181025102253/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/6410770/ "preserving Fort William Cemetery record"] ''TelegraphRootsweb India Mailing List'', Calcutta 22 October 2005, archived.</ref>)
===Historical books online===
*''[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]'' by M Derozario 1815 (230 pages) (Google Books). [http://books.google.com/books?id=3HYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA225 Index of names].
*[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 has many records for cemeteries in Calcutta. [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.
*[https://archive.org/details/thackeraysinind01huntgoog ''The Thackerays in India and some Calcutta Graves''] by Sir William Wilson Hunter 1897 archive.org
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