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Some cemeteries in the city of [[Madras (City)|Madras]]. [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://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) . 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.
[http://www.archive.org/stream/fortstgeorgemad02penngoog#page/n253/mode/1up "Monuments in the Old St Mary’s Cemetery"] page 189 from ''Fort St. George, Madras; a short history of our first possession in India'' by Fanny Emily Penny 1900 Archive.org
[https://archive.org/stream/facsimilestombs00marygoog#page/n4/mode/2up Facsimiles of Tombstones etc Connected with St Marys Church Fort St George Madras] Revenue Survey Dept Madras 1880. Archive.org At the [[British Library]], [http://www.ansnationalarchives.comgov.auuk/~rampaisa2a/genelogyrecords.aspx?cat=059-iorv_11-2&cid=1-1-6#1-1-6 Official Publications: Church Registers IOR/indiaV/indexes27/73] gives details of the four volumes of the book ''List of burials at Madras /cemeterycompiled from the register of St.htm Cemetery Index for St Mary’sChurch, Fort St . George'' by C.H. Malden, Madras City]for the period 1680-1900, published 1903-05. Also available as Shelfmark OIR 929.5 open access , where the four volumes are bound in one.
[httpshttp://archivewww.organs.com.au/stream~rampais/facsimilestombs00marygoog#pagegenelogy/n4india/modeindexes/2up Facsimiles of Tombstones etc Connected with cemetery.htm Cemetery Index for St Marys Church Mary’s, Fort St George , MadrasCity]Revenue Survey Dept Madras 1880. Archivetranscribed from LDS film number 0795967.orgRampais website
At the [[British Library]], [http://www.nationalarchivesgravefindings.gov.ukcom/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059st-iorv_11marys-2&cid=1chennai/st-1marys-6#1-1-6 Official Publications: Church Registers IORchurch/V/27/73] gives details of the four volumes of the book Memorials in St Mary''List of burials at Madras / compiled from the register of St. Mary’s s Church, Fort St. George'' by C.H. Malden, for the period 1680-1900, published 1903-05. Also available as Shelfmark OIR 929.5 open access , where the four volumes are bound in one] gravefindings.com
==Pallavan Salai, Madras==
===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.
<br>*[http://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm?countryid=564&chapterid=1696&picturesize=big Photographs: The Old English Burial Ground, Madras] greatmirror.com. Website of Bret Wallach, Professor of Geography, University of Oklahoma*[http://www.gravefindings.com/st-marys-chennai/st-marys-cemetery-pallavan-salai-chennai/ St Mary’s Cemetery, Pallavan Salai, Chennai] gravefindings.com*[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/a-picture-of-neglect/article4155143.ece "A picture of neglect"] by T.S. Atul Swaminathan December 2, 2012 ''The Hindu''. St. Mary’s Cemetery on the Island, Madras
===Presbyterian Cemetery===
==External links==
*[http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/departments/health/burialGrounds.htm Burial Grounds: List Of Corporation and Private Burial Grounds] Corporation of Chennai. Retrieved 9 January 2015
*[http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article388136.ece '"Nostalgia at Quibble island cemetery"] by Shilpa Krishnan 26th April 2011. ''The New Indian Express''. This cemetery is located on a river island, formed by the Adyar River and its tributary and is situated at MRC Nagar on the DGS Dhinakaran road.
*[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,
 
===Historical Books Online===
*[https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol1Cotton ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras Vol 1''] by J J Cotton pub 1945. archive.org.
 
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