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Some cemeteries in the city of [[Madras (City)|Madras]].
The Madras Cemeteries Board (300 Kilpauk Garden Road, Chennai 600-010, ph. 611 506) manages all Christian cemeteries in Madras. The Honourary Secretary is/was [http://web.archive.org/web/20100603040329/http://www.madrascemeteries.com/contactus.html Mr. G. Jothi Paul], (archived information) and the contact email is/was <nowiki>mcbchennai@gmail.com</nowiki> (archived information) . You could also It is probably preferable to try the contact details for the [http://www.csimadrasdiocese.org/contactus.php C.S.I Madras Diocese]. The previous website is now [http://web.archive.org/web/20100515085543/http://madrascemeteries.com/ archived]. The previous website had a search facility for burials from 1900.
==Fort St George, Madras==
==Pallavan Salai, Madras==
(This section appears to have been written in April 2007)
===Old British Cemetery===
This is a huge cemetery and very overgrown. Although the grounds are in poor condition, most of the headstones appear to be intact, which is unusual for India.
==Washermanpettah Cemetery==
(This section appears to have been written in April 2007)<br>Washermanpettah is an area of northern Madras. This is a huge and very disorganised cemetery. Although the burial records of my ancestors showed that some had been buried at Washermanpettah Cemetery in the nineteenth century, I was unable to find any graves earlier than the 1940's. It is possible that there may be more than one cemetery, although the locals assured me that there wasn't, or alternatively I may just have not gone to the right spot within the cemetery.
==Pursewalkum Cemetery==
This is the burial ground for St Matthias' at Vepery. The cemetery has had many of the headstones demolished to build a Tamil church. When I visited in 1993, half of the remainder was under water. Nevertheless, I found the graves of two of my ancestors. To get to this cemetery, you will need to visit St Matthias' on the corner of V.K.Sampath Road and Vepery High Road, and ask for a guide. It is about a 15 minute walk.
==Madras War Cemetery==
*[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2015100/MADRAS%20WAR%20CEMETERY,%20CHENNAI Madras War Cemetery] Commonwealth War Graves Commission
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20111204044912/http://zeenews.india.com/news/zee-exclusive/1945-an-untold-story-of-war-and-love_722032.html Article] by DN Singh July 25, 2011 about 14 RAF airmen ([[Second World War|WW2]]) now buried at the Madras War Cemetery (archive.org link)
[[Category:Cemeteries]]
