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==A==
 
==A==
 
'''Abbottabad'''  
 
'''Abbottabad'''  
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pakwgw/british_cemeteries_nwfp_abbottabad.html Older, cursory listing of the Old Christian Cemetery at Abbottabad]
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* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pakwgw/british_cemeteries_nwfp_abbottabad.html Pakistan Genealogy Resource] Older, cursory listing of the Old Christian Cemetery at Abbottabad
* [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=266 FIBIS Updated Database Information and detailed listing of surviving graves at the Old Christian Cemetery Abbottabad, verified to 2010]
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* [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=266 FIBIS database - Old Christian Cemetery Abbottabad]
  
  
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'''Allahabad'''
 
'''Allahabad'''
  
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=219 Trancriptions and images from memorials and gravestones in Allahabad - including Holy Trinity Church, Muir Road (Civil Lines) Cemetery and Kydganj no 1 Cemetery] FIBIS database
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*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=219 FIBIS database] has trancriptions and images from memorials and gravestones in Allahabad for
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**Holy Trinity Church,  
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**Muir Road (Civil Lines) Cemetery  
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**Kydganj no 1 Cemetery
  
 
'''Ali Majid'''  
 
'''Ali Majid'''  
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'''Assam'''
 
'''Assam'''
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=990 Church of Scotland Burials in Assam] Andy Nicoll from Scotland has transcribed all the Church of Scotland burials in the cemetery in Assam for the period 1939-1959.  
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*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=990 FIBIS-Database Church of Scotland Burials in Assam] Andy Nicoll from Scotland has transcribed all the Church of Scotland burials in the cemetery in Assam for the period 1939-1959.  
 
 
 
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=485043 Dibrugarh Cemetery] (in North East Assam) inscriptions from the 1800's from the website Koi-Hai
 
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=485043 Dibrugarh Cemetery] (in North East Assam) inscriptions from the 1800's from the website Koi-Hai
  
 
'''Anantapur District'''
 
'''Anantapur District'''
* Barry Lewis’ [http://barry-lewis.com/research/cemeteries/ Colonial Cemeteries] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130812081737/http://barry-lewis.com/research/cemeteries/  archive.org] link)
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* Barry Lewis’ [http://barry-lewis.com/research/cemeteries/ Colonial Cemeteries]
  
 
==B==
 
==B==
 
'''Bangalore'''
 
'''Bangalore'''
 
*[[Bangalore Cemeteries]]
 
*[[Bangalore Cemeteries]]
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=684&s_id=197 Agram Cemetery, Gravestone Inscriptions 1806-1866|Agram Cemetery]
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*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=684&s_id=197 Agram Cemetery]
  
 
'''Barrackpore'''
 
'''Barrackpore'''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100926024724/http://www.cbbarrackpore.org.in/ListGraves.htm  List of Graves in the Old Christian Cemetery at Sadar Bazaar] from the website Cantonment Board Barrackpore, now an archived page.
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*[http://www.cbbarrackpore.org.in/ListGraves.htm  Old Christian Cemetery at Sadar Bazaar] Cantonment Board Barrackpore.
  
 
'''Bellary'''
 
'''Bellary'''
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'''Bihar'''
 
'''Bihar'''
 
*[[Moharampore Cemetery]]
 
*[[Moharampore Cemetery]]
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'''Bimlipatam'''
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*Dutch Cemetery
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* For records see [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Bimlipatam#Cemeteries Bimlipatam Cemeteries]
  
 
'''Bombay'''
 
'''Bombay'''
 
* Sewri Cemetery
 
* Sewri Cemetery
**[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=603&s_id=189# Indexed images and transcriptions of graves in Sewri cemetery on FIBIS database].
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**[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=603&s_id=189# FIBIS database].
 
**[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2296111&CScntry=34&CSsr=181& Find A Grave: Sewri Cemetery]
 
**[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2296111&CScntry=34&CSsr=181& Find A Grave: Sewri Cemetery]
**A Guest blog in the FIBIS Social Network (accessible to logged in FIBIS members. Under 'Categories' on the RHS of the page, select 'Guest blog posts'): "Visit to Sewri Cemetery, Mumbai, India" by Geoff Summers dated 25 April 2012 An informative blog post about his visit to Sewri Cemetery. As well as providing a brief history of the cemetery, Geoff explains how he went about finding his ancestor’s grave, provides some useful contact details and reports on the condition of the cemetery.
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** Article in the FIBIS Social Network (FIBIS Members Only) - "Visit to Sewri Cemetery, Mumbai, India" by Geoff Summers dated 25 April 2012. An informative blog post about his visit to Sewri Cemetery. As well as providing a brief history of the cemetery, Geoff explains how he went about finding his ancestor’s grave, provides some useful contact details and reports on the condition of the cemetery.
**This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-03/1331782216 post] dated 15 March 2012 indicates the burial registers for Sewri Cemetery, Bombay are available at the cemetery and the person in charge is willing to do look ups.
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**[https://www.mid-day.com/articles/fiona-fernandez-treasures-from-the-grateful-dead/18192151 "Treasures From The Grateful Dead"] by Fiona Fernandez 24 April 2017. mid-day.com
**[http://archive.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2013/mar/070313-mumbai-guide-sewri-cemetery.htm  Sewri Cemetery] by Fiona Fernandez March 07, 2013 ''Mid Day''
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*:[https://www.mid-day.com/articles/grateful-to-the-dead/22095198 "Grateful To The Dead"] by Fiona Fernandez 21 November 2019. mid-day.com
**[http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/dec/31/featuresreviews.guardianreview14 "In the oasis"] by David Morphet ''The Guardian'',  31 December 2005. A Kipling discovery. At Sewri Cemetery the author finds the grave of his wife’s grandfather. In addition he is shown the grave of Mr  A  M Jacob of Simla,  on whom the Kipling character Lurgan Sahib in the novel Kim, is based.
 
 
*Cemetery and other inscriptions from the Hutchfield family website, [http://web.archive.org/web/20090209135709/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutchfield/monint.html Forever England], now archived
 
*Cemetery and other inscriptions from the Hutchfield family website, [http://web.archive.org/web/20090209135709/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutchfield/monint.html Forever England], now archived
 
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20090213122825/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutchfield/sewree.html    Sewree Christan Cemetery, Mumbai (Bombay)] and  [http://web.archive.org/web/20090213122820/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutchfield/sewree-2.html  Sewree Christian Cemetery 2]
 
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20090213122825/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutchfield/sewree.html    Sewree Christan Cemetery, Mumbai (Bombay)] and  [http://web.archive.org/web/20090213122820/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hutchfield/sewree-2.html  Sewree Christian Cemetery 2]
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'''Chandernagore'''
 
'''Chandernagore'''
*[http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20071121040640rn_1/chandernagor.ifrance.com/cimeti.html  European Cemetery], an archived site.
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100830012255/http://chandernagor.ifrance.com/cimeti.html  Chandernagor European Cemetery], an archived site.
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'''Chinsurah'''
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*[[Chinsura|Dutch Cemetery, Chinsurah]]
  
 
'''Chitradurga'''
 
'''Chitradurga'''
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'''Cochin'''
 
'''Cochin'''
*[http://replay.web.archive.org/20091026041651/http://geocities.com/tijso/cochin/index.htm Dutch Cemetery], an archived site.
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*[[St Francis Church, Cochin]]
  
 
'''Columbo Cemetery''' ([[Ceylon]])
 
'''Columbo Cemetery''' ([[Ceylon]])
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'''Dacca'''
 
'''Dacca'''
 
*[[Dacca]] for Armenian burials
 
*[[Dacca]] for Armenian burials
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'''[[Dagshai]]
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*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=1787&s_id=1004&sort=0&st=0&np=6&tn=156 Dagshai memorial inscriptions and images on FIBIS database]
  
 
'''Dandoti''' <br>See  Gulbarga District
 
'''Dandoti''' <br>See  Gulbarga District
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'''Madras'''
 
'''Madras'''
 
*[[Madras Cemeteries]]
 
*[[Madras Cemeteries]]
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'''Malakand'''
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* Old British cemetery at [[Malakand]]
  
 
'''Mangalore'''
 
'''Mangalore'''
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'''Pallavaram'''
 
'''Pallavaram'''
 
*See [[Some Cemeteries in South India]]  
 
*See [[Some Cemeteries in South India]]  
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'''Penang'''<br>
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See [[Penang]]
  
 
'''Pondicherry'''
 
'''Pondicherry'''
*[http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20051217204608/pondichery.ifrance.com/patro-cim.html  Surnames from the European cemeteries in Pondicherry], a French site, now archived, listing mostly [[French]] names.
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* English Cemetery
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* French Cemetery
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* Cemetery opposite Notre Dames Des Anges
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*For links to online databases see [[Pondicherry]]
  
 
'''Poona'''
 
'''Poona'''
 
* St Sepulchre Cemetery
 
* St Sepulchre Cemetery
 
**[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=207  Indexed grave transcriptions and images on FIBIS database]
 
**[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=207  Indexed grave transcriptions and images on FIBIS database]
**India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2012-04/1334904356  post dated 20 Apr 2012] by Edmund Bourne  with transcriptions of monuments in St Sepulchre Cemetery, Poona [West Gate] - now on FIBIS website above. Also mentions the East Gate section of the cemetery is totally in ruins, infested with snakes etc
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**See [[Poona]] for comments about the cemetery.
  
 
'''Poonamallee'''
 
'''Poonamallee'''
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* Westridge Cemetery
 
* Westridge Cemetery
 
* Rawalpindi War Cemetery
 
* Rawalpindi War Cemetery
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'''Roorkee'''
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*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=331 Transcriptions of gravestones on FIBIS database]
  
 
==S==
 
==S==
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'''Secunderabad'''
 
'''Secunderabad'''
 
* Bolarum, Holy Trinity Church and Cemetery. (Fibiwiki page on [[Bolarum]] links to images and transcriptions).
 
* Bolarum, Holy Trinity Church and Cemetery. (Fibiwiki page on [[Bolarum]] links to images and transcriptions).
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* [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1094&s_id=332 Transcriptions of gravestones on FIBIS database]
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'''Seringapatam'''<br>
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see [[Seringapatam]]
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*Garrison Cemetery
 
   
 
   
 
'''Simla'''
 
'''Simla'''
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'''Trichinopoly'''
 
'''Trichinopoly'''
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=688&s_id=201 Christchurch Cemetery]Transcriptions and images Fibis Database
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*Christchurch Cemetery
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=687&s_id=201 St John's Cemetery]Transcriptions and images Fibis Database
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*St John's Cemetery
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=958&s_id=201 St Thomas, Church Cemetery] Transcriptions and images Fibis Database
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*St Thomas, Church Cemetery
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For links to online inscriptions see [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Trichinopoly#Cemeteries Trichinopoly Cemeteries]
  
 
'''Tumkur District'''
 
'''Tumkur District'''
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'''Vellore'''
 
'''Vellore'''
 
*See [[Some Cemeteries in South India]]
 
*See [[Some Cemeteries in South India]]
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'''Vizagapatam'''
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*See [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Vizagapatam#Cemeteries Vizagapatam Cemeteries]
  
 
==W==
 
==W==

Revision as of 23:24, 25 February 2020

Cemeteries in British India listed by location.


Contents: 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Abbottabad


Agra

For links to some online records see Agra

  • Cantonment Cemetery
  • Padre Santos Cemetery
  • St George's Church Cantonments
  • St Paul's Cemetery

Ahmadabad

Allahabad

  • FIBIS database has trancriptions and images from memorials and gravestones in Allahabad for
    • Holy Trinity Church,
    • Muir Road (Civil Lines) Cemetery
    • Kydganj no 1 Cemetery

Ali Majid

  • Graves of soldiers

Amballa

Anandapur

  • See Gulbarga District

Arcot

Assam

Anantapur District

B

Bangalore

Barrackpore

Bellary

Bidar District

  • Barry Lewis’ Bidar District. Includes
    • Bidar
    • Hali Khurd Ahmed Taluq
    • Murag

Bihar

Bimlipatam

Bombay

Burma
See entries on this page for:-

  • Maymyo
  • Moulmein
  • Thayetmyo

C

Calcutta

Cawnpore

Chandernagore

Chinsurah

Chitradurga

Cochin

Columbo Cemetery (Ceylon)

Coonor
See Nilgiri District

Cuddapah District

D

Dacca

  • Dacca for Armenian burials

Dagshai

Dandoti
See Gulbarga District

Darjeeling
See Fibiwiki Darjeeling Cemetery section

Delhi For links to transcriptions see Delhi-Cemeteries

  • Lothian Cemetery
  • Nicholson Cemetery
  • St James Churchyard

G

  • Gujarat includes Ahmadabad, which has details

H


J

Jamrud

  • Jamrud Cemetery

K

Karachi

Kirkee

  • Kirkee, for digitised pages from the burial registers of All Saints' Church

Kurnool District

L

Lahore

Landi Kotal

Lingsugur
See Raichur District

M

Madras

Malakand

Mangalore

Mardan

  • Cemetery at the Headquarters of the Corps of Guides Mardan

Maymo, Burma

Meerut

Moulmein, Burma

Mudkul
See Raichur District

Multan

  • European Cemetery - some inscriptions here

Murag
See Bidar District

Murree

  • Old Cemetery
  • Pindi Point Cemetery
  • Cliffden Road Cemetery

For links to transcriptions and images see Murree


Muthala
See Gulbarga District

N

Nainital

Neemuch

Nilgiri District

O

Ootacamund
See Nilgiri District


P

Pachmarhi

Pallavaram

Penang
See Penang

Pondicherry

  • English Cemetery
  • French Cemetery
  • Cemetery opposite Notre Dames Des Anges
  • For links to online databases see Pondicherry

Poona

Poonamallee

R

Raichur District

Rangoon Burma

Rawalpindi

  • Harley Street Cemetery
  • Westridge Cemetery
  • Rawalpindi War Cemetery

Roorkee

S

Secunderabad

Seringapatam
see Seringapatam

  • Garrison Cemetery

Simla
See Simla for more information about the individual cemeteries.

  • Cart Road Cemetery (consecrated 1840).
  • Kanlog Cemetery
  • Oakover Cemetery (in use 1829-1841).
  • Sanjauli Cemetery
  • St Bede's Cemetery (private burial ground for nuns of Convent of Jesus and Mary, also some Loreto religious)

Sira
See Tumkur District

Sirajganj

Shimoga

Shorapur Cemetery
See Gulbarga District

Sultanpet

Surat
See fibiwiki article on Surat for more details

  • Dutch Cemetery
  • English Cemetery

T

Thayetmyo, Burma

Trichinopoly

  • Christchurch Cemetery
  • St John's Cemetery
  • St Thomas, Church Cemetery

For links to online inscriptions see Trichinopoly Cemeteries

Tumkur District

V

Vellore

Vizagapatam

W

Wellington Cantonment Cemetery

Y

Yermeras
See Raichur District