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Many of the burials indicated in the search facility do not appear in the N Series of burials held in the British Library and this is , therefore, an invaluable supplementary resource to those records. Amongst those indexes already available are Meerut Cantonment, Agra , Vizagapatam and the Kacheri cemetery of Kanpur. Names on India related Monumental Inscriptions known to BACSA have also been included in the search facility - many of these being UK inscriptions.. See [http://bacsa.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php BACSA Search] for more information.
In addition to their published material, the archive containing all of BACSA's transcripts is deposited in the private papers collection (shelf mark Mss Eur F370) at the [[British Library]], where it may be consulted by readers. Files kept on cemeteries often consist of a report on the current state of the cemetery but some also include directions, descriptions, burial records, inscriptions or photographs. The catalogue of the archive folders is available at [http://bacsa.frontisgroup.com/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=86&s_id=173 Cemetery Files and Registers] (bacsa.org.uk) The archive includes some card indexes/papers prepared by Lt Col H K Percy Smith (1897-1975) who also prepared the Percy Smith card index collection at the [[Society of Genealogists]] . To browse the British Library catalogue contents for Mss Eur F370, which for some entries appears to have more detail than the BACSA site, click [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/emsform.asp here] which brings you to a timeout screen. Then click on "Welcome Screen", then on "Private papers",then enter F370 as the "Number", click on "Submit search", then "View Contents List"
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