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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131207085018/http://standrewschurch-kolkata.org/ScottishCemeteryKolkata.html Records of the Scottish Cemetery, Kolkata] Grave number, name and burial year transcribed from handwritten cemetery records. Further information, where available, on request. From the archived website of St Andrews Church, Kolkata
:[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.
Adding link to findagrave.com for Scottish cemetery
==Fort William Burial Ground==
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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20200118055550/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/2240541/ Kolkata research] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 21 November 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2018, 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20200118055402/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/2240456/ Kolkata research] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 18 November 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2018, archived.</ref>
These burial grounds are different burial grounds to those at Bhowanipore Cemetery, the old (separate) part of which is known as the Military Burial Ground.
**[http://www.christianburialboardkolkata.com/archaeology.html South Park Cemetery]
*[https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=%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
*[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.dhtcollections.com/item/Brand_GravesofJuteMillmanagersburiedinIndia_0_0_28576_1.html 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://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. [https://web.archive.org/web/20171011181309/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1090811/jsp/calcutta/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-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.
**Lower Circular Road Cemetery.
:[http://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"] 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 Cemetery Search] Index Search. SephardicGen.
:The Jewish Cemetery was restored in 2017.<ref>[https://rangandatta.wordpress.com/2018/01/05/restoration-of-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://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/164753/12/12_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> *[https://indianvagabond.com/2022/11/07/portuguese-burial-ground-kolkata/ "Portuguese Burial Ground Kolkata"] by Subhadip Mukherjee November 7, 2022. 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20181025102253/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/6410770/ "preserving Fort William Cemetery record"] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'', 22 October 2005. Retrieved 25 October 2018, archived.</ref>)
===Historical books online===
*[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
