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:Also available from [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/List_of_inscriptions_on_tombs_or_monuments_in_Bengal.pdf wikimedia.org] as a pdf.
:The Preface says Wilson was the editor of a work brought together by the Publics Work Department "a special officer being deputed for the work". Elsewhere it has been stated there are a limited number of copies of the "original version" by the special officer c 1895 (who was named but a reference cannot be found).
*[https://archive.org/details/inscriptions-patna/page/n7/mode/2up ''List of Pre-Mutiny Inscriptions in Christian Burial Grounds in the Patna District''] by J F W J [John Francis William James]1935. Government of Bihar publication. Archive.org.
*'''Madras Presidency'''
**[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.
**"Glimpses of Serampore 1810-1820" [https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol46-julydec1933/page/23/mode/2up pages 23-25] and [https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol46-julydec1933/page/131/mode/2up pages 132-136] ''BPP'' Vol. 46 1933 July-Dec. Archive.org. Extracts from the diary of Severin Kierulf, merchant in the Danish Ost Indian Company at [[Serampore]]. Includes details of deaths, marriages and births.
** See [[Calcutta#Historical books online|Calcutta-Historical books online]] for Calcutta burial records 1713-1788 from ''BPP''.
*The book ''Illustrated Handbook to St John’s Church (Old Cathedral) Calcutta'' 1909 includes some cemetery records. This book is available online to members of the [[Society of Genealogists]]. Non members may see 34 Index records from this book which are available in this [https://sogdata.org.uk/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2141&s_id=1306&sort=27830 SoG Data Online] database.
*The following books are available as 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) [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. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8895/page/n1/mode/2up 3rd file] Archive.org, appears to contain all pages, but perhaps more difficult to read.
