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Inscriptions in online books
*[https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.22864 ''List of Christian Tombs and Monuments of Archaeological or Historical Interest and their Inscriptions in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh''] by Rev A Fuhrer 1896 Archive.org. Note: entire book is printed sideways. For those in areas such as North America, also available on [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015083010952 HathiTrust Digital Library], where the pages may be rotated. This book was subsequently revised and enlarged as Blunt's 1911 publication which follows
:[http://www.archive.org/details/listofinscriptio00blunuoft ''List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs and Tablets of Historical Interest in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh''] by Sir Edward Arthur Henry Blunt (1911) Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/listofinscriptio00blunuoft#page/264/mode/2up Index of names], following page 263.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1902-list-of-inscriptions-on-tombs-or-monuments-in-assam-by-francis-pdf/ ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Assam''] 1902. Pdf download, PAHAR-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Also on a restricted basis, available to those in North America and some other countries: [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012154332 HathiTrust Digital Library]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Zek2AQAAMAAJ Google Books version] may be viewable some countries.
*Articles in ''Bengal, Past and Present'', Archive.org, mostly from the Digital Library of India Collection.
**[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.500672/2015.500672.Bengal-Past#page/n243/mode/2up "Forgotten Graveyards"] by D G Crawford, Lt.-Colonel IMS p189-201 ''BPP'' Volume 3, April-June 1909. Archive.org/DLI.
*:[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.501563/2015.501563.Bengal-Past#page/n103/mode/2up "Monumental Inscriptions, Third Series" Part VI. Nos.1891-2000] by H Bullock, Major. Page 89 ''BPP'' Volume 53 January-June 1937. Archive.org/DLI.
** See [[Calcutta#Historical books online|Calcutta-Historical books online]] for Calcutta burial records 1713-1788 from ''BPP''.
*The following books are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website as pdf downloads. , or now with mirror editions on Archive,.org.
**''List Of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in the Central Provinces and Berar'' by O S Crofton 1932. Contents digital file page 11 from Mandla (the previous page appears to be missing). A number of pages are missing at the beginning of the book. The inscriptions commence page 2, (missing pages 1 and 3) [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/325351 Pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.325351 Archive.org version]. Also available as [https://archive.org/details/99999990002208ListOfInscriptionsOnTomesOrMonumentsInTheCentralProvincesAndBerar Archive.org, 2nd file] which seems to be the same digital file. The author is stated to be Olive Crofton, wife of a Civil Servant, and there is reference in the Introduction to "the husband of the writer". Crofton, in the Introduction, also mentions that the numbers killed by tigers and other animals of the jungle “is considerably larger than would appear from the lists”. This book is also available on LDS microfilm [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/65999 795967], and has been digitised but unfortunately is not available for digital viewing and only appears to be available if a microfilm can be located. See [[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|FamilySearch Centres]]. Also available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01009530366 .
*:'' List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Rajputana and Central India'' by O S Crofton. Table of Contents digital file page 14. Author is catalogued as Croften and publication date 1905, but the latter appears to be c 1934-35. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/34576 Pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.34576 Archive.org version]. Also available as [https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsInRajputanaCentralIndia Archive.org, 2nd file].
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/annalsofkarnal00buckrich#page/34/mode/2up ''The Annals of Karnal- Chapter 6 Churches and Cemeteries''] by Major C H Buck 1914 Archive.org lists some of the inscriptions in the cemeteries at [[Kurnaul]]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007648516#page/n7/mode/2up ''List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated''] by J Penry Lewis 1913 Archive.org. The information from this book has now been transcribed and is available on the [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=1623&s_id=975 FIBIS Database]
*Restricted basis, available to those in North America and some other countries: [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012154332 ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Assam''] 1902. Hathi Trust Digital Library; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Zek2AQAAMAAJ Google Books version] may be viewable some countries.
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.510652/2015.510652.The-Gazette#page/n157/mode/2up/ List of Graves at Howrah Cemetery in a ruinous condition] page 701 ''Gazette of India April 3, 1915''. Subsequently repeated [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.510652/2015.510652.The-Gazette#page/n561/mode/2up/ page 774] ''Gazette of India April 17, 1915''.
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