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'''Secunderabad''' was a cantonment town that is now generally considered a part of the city of [[Hyderabad]]. The villages of [[Trimulgherry]] and [[Bolarum]] are suburbs of Secunderabad. The Headquaters Headquarters of [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]], their railway workshops and a railway colony were at Lallaguda (Lalaguda), in the suburbs 2 miles(3km) east of Secunderbad Secunderabad town centre.

*The church records for churches located in the British '''cantonment areas ''' are part of the Madras Returns, now available on the commercial site [[findmypast]], but possibly other church records can be found in the Indian States N5 Series at the British Library from 1890, now also available on [[findmypast]]. **As an example, an 1871 Marriage was noted to be in the Madras Ecclesiatical Ecclesiastical Returns at the [[British Library]], indicating these Returns are a source of records.<ref>Charles Partridge married 13 September 1871 in Secunderabad, Madras, India [https://www.familysearch.org/ Family Search] LDS film 521859</ref>*[[LDSFamilySearch]] film: Names from Secunderabad Cemetery, Hyderabad, India ca. 1820-1990 - film 795981 Item 6 whikm)ch which is a microfilm of an unnamed “manuscript (photocopy)” - (but also note transcriptions in FIBIS Resources above).The [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/706759 catalogue entry] however shows that although digitised, this record is only viewable as a microfilm, which should be available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. A '''possible''' source of some of the contents of the record is the book ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions : with biographical notes'' by O.S. Crofton. 1941. (Available , which is available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01001781826), and in an Indian reprint edition.<ref>[https://heritage.telangana.gov.in/publications/list-of-inscriptions-on-tombs-or-monuments-in-h-e-h-nizam-dominion/ Department of Heritage Telangana reprint] which includes a description of the contents, of ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions : with biographical notes'' by O.S. Crofton. 1941. </ref>

The Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Workshop of the Nizam State Railway (NSR) was established in 1893 and was located at Lallaguda (Lalaguda)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151225122257/http://www.newswala.com/Hyderabad-News/Prestigious-INTACH-Heritage-Award-for-SCRs-Carriage-Workshop-155394.html Prestigious INTACH Heritage Award for SCR's Carriage Workshop] newswala.com, now archived.</ref>, part of Secunderabad, together with the railway colony. This area was '''not''' in the British controlled cantonment area, so baptisms, marriages and burials from churches in the railway colony will not be found in the Madras Ecclesiastical Returns.

Cemetery names have changed over time as detailed below.<ref>Johnson, Ronnie. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200118023605/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/2240638/ New Names of Cemeteries in Secunderabad] ''Rootsweb Mailing List'' 7 November 2009 and Edwards, Kerry. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200118023510/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/2240596/ New Names of Cemeteries in Secunderabad] ''Rootsweb Mailing List'' 8 November 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2020, now archived.</ref>

*An India List post<ref> Taylor, Rosemary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200102024307/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/1316210/ Alfred Madgwick] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 5 July 2011.Retrieved 2 January 2020, archived.</ref> indicates that the priest at St Mary's Church in Secunderabad, c 1904, resented having to send the ecclesiastical returns which in turn led to one of the marriage registers being lost.