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**[https://archive.org/stream/InscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsInMadras1st1905Ed/Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20Or%20Monuments%20in%20Madras%201st%201905%20Ed#page/n5/mode/2up ''Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaelogical interest''] Julian James Cotton 1905 archive.org.“It includes all epitaphs of adults earlier than 1800 and such entries of later date as possess historical or local interest”. Covers the Madras Presidency. [https://archive.org/stream/InscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsInMadras1st1905Ed/Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20Or%20Monuments%20in%20Madras%201st%201905%20Ed#page/n15/mode/2up Table of Contents] An Index of names appears at the end.
***A revised edition, with additional information, was published in two volumes 1945-46. The first volume relates to the City of Madras, French India, Indian States and Fort Marlborough on the West Coast of Sumatra. The second volume relates to the districts of the Madras Presidency. There are two indexes at the end of each volume, an index to names on tombs or monuments, and an index to names in notes. [https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol1Cotton Volume I] [https://archive.org/stream/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol1Cotton/List%20Of%20Inscriptions%20On%20Tombs%20Or%20Monuments%20Madras%20Vol%201%20%28Cotton%29#page/n9/mode/2up Contents], [https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol2Cotton Volume II] [https://archive.org/stream/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol2Cotton/List%20of%20Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20or%20Monuments%20%20Madras%20Vol%202%20%28Cotton%29#page/n5/mode/2up Table of Contents] Archive.org.
*:The three volumes are also available on in the Digital Library of India website, and in the DLI Collection on [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Madras%29%20AND%20creator%3A%28Cotton%20Julian%29 Archive.org] **[https://archive.org/details/ListOfTombsAndMonumentsOfEuropeansAndCoInTheMadrasDistrict ''List Of Tombs And Monuments of Europeans &c In The Madras District''] 1898 Archive.org. There is no index. Listed by cemetery and year of death, with deaths up to the 1890s. (65 pages). Also available on the Digital Library of India.**[https://archive.org/details/ListOfBurialsAtMadrasFrom1801To1850 in.gov.ignca.22732/page/n3 ''List Of Burials At Madras (In St Mary's Cemetery) from 1801 to 1850 from the Register of St Mary’s Church, Fort St George''] by Rev CH Malden 1904. Archive.org Also available on the Digital , Public Library of India (two files)Collection. [httphttps://wwwarchive.neworg/details/in.ernet.dli.ernet2015.in536408/handlepage/2015/107044 Pdf downloadn3 Same file, white pages], Digital Library of IndiaArchive.org.
**From Tamil Virtual Library, a Division of Tamil Virtual Academy. Available to read online, or download. At the top of the webpages click on E (for English).
***[http://tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail.php?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9jZUy&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Bellary%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon ''List of European tombs in the Bellary district with inscriptions thereon''] 1894.
***[http://tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail.php?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt8luh8&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Tanjore%20district%20%20:%20compiled%20under%20the%20orders%20of%20the%20collector%20of%20Tanjore ''List of European tombs in the Tanjore district : compiled under the orders of the collector of Tanjore''] 1894.
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70473 ''List of European Tombs in the Tanjore District''] 1914 Archive.org. Includes [[Tranquebar]]. Also available [http://tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail.php?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI9juMy&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Tanjore%20district%20%20:%20complied%20under%20the%20orders%20of%20the%20collector%20of%20Tanjore Tamil Virtual Library].
**[https://archive.org/details/monumentalremain00alex/page/n7 ''The Monumental Remains of the Dutch East India Company in the Presidency Of Madras 1664-1824''] by Alexr. Rea. Reprint edition, first published 1897. Archive.org.*''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest: [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Part I]'' by Miles Irving (1910) [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=205 Index] (Hathi Trust Digital Library), [https://archive.org/details/InscriptionsOnChristianTombsPunjabKashmirNWFPVol2BiogNotices ''Part II Biographical Notices of Military Officers and others whose names appear in the inscriptions of Part I''] by George William De Rhe-Philipe (1912), (Archive.org) . Both these books were later reprinted under the title ''Soldiers of the Raj''. Part 1 is also available on [https://archive.org/details/ALlistOfInscriptionsOnChristianTombsPunjabKashmirNWFPVol1Inscriptions Archive.org], and previously it did not seem possible to read the book online, but this problem seems to have resolved. The two volumes also may be read online on the Digital Library of India website.
*"God’s Acre in North-West India" by Colonel R. H. Firth ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1914. A record of the names, the careers, and details as to the graves of, or monuments to, all the medical officers buried or memorialized in the Punjab, the North-west Frontier Province, and Kashmir. [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/23/3/320.full.pdf Part 1] Volume 23:3 320-333 and [http://jramc.bmj.com/content/23/4/415.full.pdf Part 2] Volume 23:4 415-439
*[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
*: Note, a complete set of the Bullock entries from ''BPP'', is to be found as bound reprints in the Lloyd Collection at the British Library, refer above, Mss Eur F146/9 and Mss Eur F146/13.
** 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, originally from the Digital Library of India.**''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].
*: Olive Crofton also wrote ''List of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's Dominions : with biographical notes'', not available online, but available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01001781826 .
*Barry Lewis’ [http://barry-lewis.com/research/cemeteries/ Colonial Cemeteries] contains many transcriptions, together with downloads of the following publications
