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[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/pager.html?object=60 1909 Map of Madras]<ref> ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 26, Atlas 1909 edition, Madras, page 54.</ref>
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://webin September 2015, D.archiveBosco Alangar Raj,<ref>"There's little resting space for the dead in Chennai" by K.org/web/20100603040329/http://www.madrascemeteriesLakshmi September 19, 2015 ''The Hindu'', see External links above.com</contactus.html Mr. G. Jothi Paul], (archived information) ref> and the contact email is/was <nowiki>mcbchennai@gmail.com</nowiki> (archived information) . 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==
*[http://muthusamyphotostream.blogspot.com/2014/04/qubble-island-cemetery-chennai.html Qubble Island Cemetery, Chennai] 29 April 2014. Formed in 1903, it is maintained by the Madras Cemeteries Board. Muthusamy's Photo Stream. Retrieved 9 January 2015
*[http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/09/30/stories/2002093000180300.htm "Will Chennai's Jews be there?"] by S. Muthiah Sep 30, 2002 ''The Hindu''. Includes mention of a Jewish cemetery in a corner of the larger cemetery off Lloyd's Road,
*[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/theres-little-resting-space-for-the-dead-in-chennai/article7667655.ece "There's little resting space for the dead in Chennai] by K. Lakshmi September 19, 2015 ''The Hindu''. Includes mention of the Madras Cemeteries Board (MCB) Trust and its cemeteries.
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