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As a result of new construction in the Fort in the 1880s, the ‘old’ burial ground is no longer in existence, and some of the headstones were moved and are now mounted on the walls at South Park Cemetery. <ref>Evers, Maureen [httphttps://archiverweb.archive.org/web/20200118055550/https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/india.rootsweb.com/2009-11thread/2240541/1258770329 Kolkata research] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 21 November 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2015, archived. The original advice was from 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 Calcutta.</ref> The ‘new' burial ground is part of the military base and is closed to the public.<ref>Murphy, Sylvia [httphttps://archiverweb.archive.org/web/20200118055402/https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/india.rootsweb.com/thread/2009-112240456/1258498545 Kolkata research] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 18 November 2009, archived. Retrieved 19 February 2015</ref>

A crematorium was erected in Calcutta in 1903, situated to the east of the Circular Road Cemetery. There was provision for the erection of a monument not exceeding 2 feet by 2 feet. It was intended mainly for the use of Europeans, Anglo- Indians and Indians who had adopted a European style of living. (More details.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.33547/page/n260 Page 222] ''Municipal Calcutta'' by SW Goode 1916. Archive.org, available to read online, computer page 261, on the Digital Public Library of India websiteCollection.</ref>) The crematorium was built by a French company Toisoul Fradet & Co. Refer based in Paris, which specialised in crematoriums,<ref>[[Online books#Digital Library https://indianvagabond.com/2015/11/21/a-french-crematorium-for-the-christians-and-brahmos-of India| Online books-Digital Library calcutta/ "A French Crematorium for the Christians and Brahmos of India Calcutta"]by Subhadip Mukherjee November 21, 2015 indianvagabond.com.</ref> and continued operating until the early 1980s, when erratic gas supply caused it to close.<ref>[https://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/gas-crematorium-crematorium-street-kolkata/ Gas Crematorium: Crematorium Street, Behind Lower Circular Road Cemetery, Kolkata] for more details about this siteby Rangan Datta December 9, 2015 rangandatta.wordpress.com.</ref>  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

*[httphttps://www.flickr.com/search/?qtext=South+Park+Street+Cemetery %22South%20Park%20Street%20Cemetery%22 Photographs of 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 *This [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-07/1248700329 July 2009] post and this [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-08/1249307371 Aug 2009] post from the [[Mailing lists|India List]] are about Lower Circular Road Cemetery. *This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-04/1271358656 April 2010 post] mentions several cemeteries, including Lower Circular Road.

*[https://webwww.archivefindagrave.orgcom/webcemetery/2319595/scottish-cemetery Images of over 2,000 graves in Scottish Cemetery, Kolkata] findagrave.com**[http://readinggamesplayingbooks.com/scots/20131207085018node/194 The Scottish Cemetery Project] includes [http://standrewschurchreadinggamesplayingbooks.com/scots/full-list-of-kolkatatombs Full list of tombs] and an advance search.orgIt 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:/ScottishCemeteryKolkata/www.dhtcollections.com/item/Brand_GravesofJuteMillmanagersburiedinIndia_0_0_28576_1.html Records Graves of Jute Mill managers buried in India] Dundee Heritage Trust. Includes wives. Contains twenty five records at the Scottish Cemeteryin Calcutta, Kolkata] Grave number, name fourteen at Barrackpore Cemetery and burial year transcribed one of Tollygunge Cemetery. Graves date from handwritten cemetery records. Further information1881 to 1951, covering workers at the four of the major Indian mills - Titaghur, where availableSamnuggur, on requestAngus and Victoria. **[http://scottishcemeterykolkata.wordpress. From com/ Scottish Cemetery Kolkata] The official blog for the team who went to Kolkata in 2008 to survey the archived website Scottish Cemetery for The Kolkata Scottish Heritage Trust **[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/search/?keyword=Kolkata&submit=search Photographs] of Scottish Cemetery, Park Street Cemetery, St Andrews Andrew's ChurchBBD Bagh, Kolkata Bishop's House

*[http://scottishcemeterykolkata.wordpress.com/ Scottish 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.gov.uk/en/search/?keyword=Kolkata&submit=search Photographs] of Scottish Cemetery, Park Street Cemetery, St Andrew's Church BBD Bagh, Bishop's House *Mullickbazar grave of ''Economist'' founder James Wilson, died 11 August 1860, in this . [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20171011181309/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1090811/jsp/calcutta/story_11343895.jsp link"Taxman rediscovers father of taxation"] by Sumatra Das from the ''Telegraph'', Calcutta11 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-cemeteries.org :80/ www.indian-cemeteries.org] , now archived, has photographs and transcriptions from the following cemeteries:. Although an archived website, the internal links appear to be still working.

*[http://www.indianjewsacademia.edu/5121162/The_Greek_Cemetery_of_Kolkata "The Greek Cemetery of Kolkata"] by Helen Abadzi. academia.edu.*[[Jewish]] records: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110704132728/http://www.americansephardifederation.org/englishPDF/genealogy/?page_id=192 Kolkata (calcuttagraves.xls.pdf Calcutta) Grave Records] from [https://web.archive.org/web/20110219144254/http://sephardiclibrary.org/genealogy.html Genealogy] National Sephardic Library, now archived webpages. :[http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/cemeteries Exhibit 09 Jewish CemeteryIn 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://wwwdouble-dolphin.indianjewsblogspot.orgcom/2014/10/english Indian jewish-cemetery-narkeldanga-main-road.html "Jewish Heritage CenterCemetery, Narkeldanga Main Road"] Israel including16 October 2014. The Concrete Paparazzi.</ref> “Recalling Jewish Calcutta: Memories Of The Jewish Community In Calcutta”. jewishcalcutta.in**:[http://www.indianjewssephardicgen.com/databases/CalcuttaCemeterySrchFrm.html Calcutta Cemetery Search] Index Search. SephardicGen. :The Jewish Cemetery was restored in 2017.<ref>[https://rangandatta.wordpress.orgcom/2018/01/english05/?page_id=194 A Historical Review restoration-of the Calcutta -jewish-cemetery-kolkata/ "Jewish Cemetery, Kolkata"] by Rangan Datta January 5, 2018 rangandatta.wordpress.com. </ref> :The Oseh Haised Board [Jewish Burial Board] also maintained the Jewish cemetery in Darjeeling.<ref> From a page "A Historical Review of the Calcutta Jewish Cemetery" www.indianjews.org/english, no longer available.**Also mentioned in [http://wwwshodhganga.inflibnet.indianjewsac.orgin/jspui/bitstream/10603/164753/english12/?page_id=204 Burial Records12_chapter%208.pdf "Chapter 8"], ''The Jewish world of Calcutta 1798 to 1948'' by Kaustav Chakrabarti, 2010 thesis University of Calcutta. shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in </ref>*Online [httphttps://sephardiclibraryindianvagabond.orgcom/2022/11/07/portuguese-burial-ground-kolkata/genealogy.html Calcutta Jewish grave records "Portuguese Burial Ground Kolkata"] National Sephardic Libraryby Subhadip Mukherjee November 7, American Sephardi Federation2022. indianvagabond.com *[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/92010/CALCUTTA%20(BHOWANIPORE)%20CEMETERY,%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 the cemetery, who are not named.*[http://www.business-standard.com/article/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://www.eict.org.in/tiki-index.php East India Charitable Trust] answers queries about Bhowanipore Cemetery in respect of the section they manage.(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)]]. 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 [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20181025102253/https://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/india.rootsweb.com/2005-10thread/6410770/1129990944 "preserving Fort William Cemetery record"] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'', 22 October 2005, archived. Retrieved 4 September 2014</ref>)

*[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