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Adding link to findagrave.com for Scottish cemetery
**[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://webwww.archivefindagrave.orgcom/web/20131207085018/http:cemetery/2319595/standrewschurchscottish-kolkata.org/ScottishCemeteryKolkata.html Records cemetery Images of the over 2,000 graves in Scottish Cemetery, Kolkata] Grave number, name and burial year transcribed from handwritten cemetery recordsfindagrave. Further information, where available, on request. From the archived website of St Andrews Church, Kolkata 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.
[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, archived.</ref>)
