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*[https://www.bris.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/directories.html Online Directories] from [http://www.bris.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors China Coast Family History] University of Bristol Historical Studies Department. Mostly these focus on Shanghai, althogh there are some about Hong Kong
 
*[https://www.bris.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/directories.html Online Directories] from [http://www.bris.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors China Coast Family History] University of Bristol Historical Studies Department. Mostly these focus on Shanghai, althogh there are some about Hong Kong
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/whoswhoinfareast00hongrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''Who's Who in the Far East, 1906-7, June''] Achive.org
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/whoswhoinfareast00hongrich#page/n3/mode/2up ''Who's Who in the Far East, 1906-7, June''] Achive.org
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*''The Colonial Office List for ...'' Includes a section on each country, and the Colonial Office List at the end of each volume. Google Books, HathiTrust Digital Library and Archive.org.
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:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GtANAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 1862: First publication], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1dcNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 1867], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CtgNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 1877], [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002214374g?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 1878], [https://archive.org/details/colonialofficel00offigoog/page/n14 1881], [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89090339342?urlappend=%3Bseq=21 1889], [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11897910_001/page/18 1901], [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11897910_002/page/24 1902], [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11897910_003/page/23 1903], [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11897910_004/page/49 1904]; HathiTrust Digital Library  editions to 1922  viewable in restricted areas such as North America: [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005698734 A] and [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009992447 B]
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: In addition, ''Colonial Office List, 1863'' and ''Colonial Office List, 1870'' are available in the [[findmypast]] (pay website) dataset [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/britain-directories-and-almanacs "Britain, Directories & Almanacs"] located in Newspapers, Directories & Social History/Directories & Almanacs.
 
*''Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843; and of the Combined Naval and Military Operations in China: Comprising a Complete Account of the Colony of Hong Kong, and Remarks on the Character and Habits of the Chinese'' from Notes of W[illiam] H[enry] Hall, R N and W D Bernard 1844 [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nX1CAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9HZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9  Volume II] Google Books
 
*''Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843; and of the Combined Naval and Military Operations in China: Comprising a Complete Account of the Colony of Hong Kong, and Remarks on the Character and Habits of the Chinese'' from Notes of W[illiam] H[enry] Hall, R N and W D Bernard 1844 [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nX1CAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9HZCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9  Volume II] Google Books
 
*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-1798051 "Note on the Island of Hong-Kong"] by A R Johnston .HM Deputy Superintendent of Trade,  an article from ''Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume 14. January 1, 1844''
 
*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-1798051 "Note on the Island of Hong-Kong"] by A R Johnston .HM Deputy Superintendent of Trade,  an article from ''Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume 14. January 1, 1844''

Revision as of 11:51, 26 May 2019

Also see

Records

  • See General Register Office, UK
  • There was Civil Registration in Hong Kong, refer External links below. There are no records before 1873.
  • FamilySearch Catalog for microfilm/digitised microfilm records includes
"Births, deaths, marriages from Canton and Hong Kong newspapers, arranged chronologically, 1828-1862" catalogue entry microfilm 1208508, item 13, which has been digitised and may be viewed on your home computer.
"Europeans - China Coast : [card file]" “Individual cards for Europeans residing in Hong Kong and China during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries”. Digitised microfilm which may be viewed on your home computer.
Search the FamilySearch Catalog for additional catalogue entries, for example by using keywords Hong Kong, and filtering by English language, and selecting Availability Online. There are many databases available, including Church Registers for Birth, Marriage and Death, Cemetery Inscriptions, Will extracts, Card Files and other data from the Carl T. Smith collection etc, most of which are viewable on home computers. Also see FamilySearch Centres for changes involving microfilms.
  • Refer online Hong Kong newspapers, see below, for birth, marriage and death notices.
  • See Hong Kong Government Reports Online, below. A researcher advised that he found details of a relative who worked for the Hong Kong lighthouse service in these online government publications.[1]
  • The book Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley by Solomon Bard 1997 is available at the British Library in the BACSA Archive, catalogue reference Mss Eur F370/1242 . By the same author, but not held in the BACSA Archive, Study of Military Graves and Monuments: Hong Kong Cemetery 1991.
  • The book British and Indian Armies on the China Coast 1785-1985 by Alan Harfield 1990 is available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01009472436 . Includes lists such as “List of Known Recipients of the Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894” and “List of Officers who served with the Hong Kong Regiment 1892-1902”. This link lists some “Military Commanders of Hong Kong and China” from the book (pages 483-484).

External links

  • “Major Genealogical Record Sources in Hong Kong” by the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Series J, No. 4 1975. lib.byu.edu. Refers to Civil Registration. Records prior to 1873 no longer exist. All pre-war marriage records have been lost.
    • Immigration Department contact details. This Department is responsible for Civil Registration but the website does not include information about certificates for family history purposes for persons not resident in Hong Kong, so you would need to contact the Department.
  • Hong Kong Public Libraries
    • Information about Old Newspapers and microforms available, now an archived page (details at 2013/03, it is not clear whether this information is also available on the current website.)
    • Newspapers and Periodicals Services, now an archived page (details at 2013/05, it is not clear whether this information is also available on the current website.)
    • To access online historical newspapers, from the link, Multimedia Information System (MMIS) select Collection then “Old HK Newspapers” to view these online. Previously the website advised the online newspapers are in TIFF format, which may require a plug-in. If you cannot see the newspaper images, refer Online books-Digital Library of India for more details of the TIFF format, including plug-ins. The Newspapers available in English are
      • China Mail (1866/01/04 – 1961/12/29),
      • Hong Kong Daily Press (1864/01/04 – 1941/09/30),
      • Hong Kong Sunday Herald (1929/01/06 – 1950/10/29),
      • Hong Kong Telegraph (1881/06/16 – 1951/03/30)
      • Hong Kong Weekly Press (1895/01/03 – 1909/12/24)
Note some issues and pages may be omitted

Second World War

Maps

Historical photographs online

Historical books online

1862: First publication, 1867, 1877, 1878, 1881, 1889, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904; HathiTrust Digital Library editions to 1922 viewable in restricted areas such as North America: A and B
In addition, Colonial Office List, 1863 and Colonial Office List, 1870 are available in the findmypast (pay website) dataset "Britain, Directories & Almanacs" located in Newspapers, Directories & Social History/Directories & Almanacs.

Journals online

Hong Kong Journals online The University of Hong Kong Libraries. Click on 'Browse the titles' to see all the titles available. Included are the following:

  • Online editions of Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1961-2007
    • "Transactions of the China Medico-Chirurgical Society" [Hong Kong], 1845-46 by H. A. Rydings Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 13 (1973)
    • "Incident between the Hong Merchants and the Super-cargoes of the British East India Company in Canton, 1811" by J. L. Cranmer-Byng Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 15 (1975)
  • "The Colony of Hongkong - From a Lecture on Reminiscences of a long Residence in the East"by Rev. Jas. Legge, D.D., LL.D. The China Review, or notes & queries on the Far East Volume 1 No. 3 (1872)
  • "Historical Outline of Medical Missions at Canton, Hongkong and Macao" The China Review, or notes & queries on the Far East Volume 4 No. 5 (1876)

References

  1. Who Do You Think You Are? Forum thread Lighthouse keeper in the dark