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Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, '''N/1'''. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also '''IOR: R/9/39/3'''.
Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, '''N/1'''. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also '''IOR: R/9/39/3'''.


==Cemeteries==
For other record sources generally, see [[Singapore]] and [[Malaysia]].
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=180 Images and transcriptions of graves at Northam Rd Cemetery, Georgetown] FIBIS database See also external links section below.
[http://www.bacsa.org.uk/ BACSA] have published
*''Penang: Graves in the Protestant Section of Western Road Cemetery'' by Justin Corfield, 2000 80pp, 27 illustrations
*''Christian Cemeteries of Penang & Perak'' which details inscriptions of those buried there.
:The index of persons named therein can be searched at [http://bacsa.frontis.co/bin/index.php BACSA Search]. Application can be made to BACSA for copies of the full inscription - charges apply. For details of the books including purchase, see [http://indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/html/bacsa_books.html BACSA Books] - select Cemetery Record Books.
Also See [http://www.peterloud.co.uk/photos/Penang/Cemetery/Cemetery.html Details of the English Cemetery and some Graves]from Pete's Penang.  


==External Links==
==FIBIS Resources==
*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=180 Images and transcriptions of graves at Northam Rd Cemetery, Georgetown] FIBIS database
*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1086&s_id=180 The Protestant Cemetery, Penang, Malaysia - Records of graves] FIBIS database.
 
==Cemeteries==
See FIBIS Resources above. Also:-
*[http://www.bacsa.org.uk/ BACSA] have published
**''Penang: Graves in the Protestant Section of Western Road Cemetery'' by Justin Corfield, 2000 80pp, 27 illustrations. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01009531508 .
**''Christian Cemeteries of Penang & Perak'' by Alan Harfield c 1987  which details inscriptions of those buried there. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011842779
*:The index of persons named therein can be searched at [http://bacsa.frontis.co/bin/index.php BACSA Search]. Application can be made to BACSA for copies of the full inscription - charges apply. For details of the books including purchase, see [http://indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/html/bacsa_books.html BACSA Books] - select Cemetery Record Books.
*[http://www.peterloud.co.uk/photos/Penang/Cemetery/Cemetery.html Details of the English Cemetery and some Graves] from Pete's Penang.
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_Island Penang Island] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_Island Penang Island] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements Straits Settlements] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements Straits Settlements] Wikipedia
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/4499753953/in/photostream  Photograph: St George's Church - Penang - 1818] by DBHKer flickr.com
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/stgeorge-pen.htm Introductory Note to the Microfilm: History of Saint George's, Penang] by Michael Poon.  anglicanhistory.org. With pdf downloads which are only available in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20101123190628/http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/stgeorge-pen.htm  archived version] , particularly Part 2 which includes An Alphabetical List of Memorials and Monuments in St. George's Church, Penang, with Short Biographical Details of the Persons Commemorated. Unfortunately the text quality of this listing is not very good. Note, pdfs may be slow to load.
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/stgeorge-pen.htm Introductory Note to the Microfilm: History of Saint George's, Penang] by Michael Poon.  anglicanhistory.org. With pdf downloads which are only available in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20101123190628/http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/stgeorge-pen.htm  archived version] , particularly Part 2 which includes An Alphabetical List of Memorials and Monuments in St. George's Church, Penang, with Short Biographical Details of the Persons Commemorated. Unfortunately the text quality of this listing is not very good.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150928085840/http://www.dutchmalaysia.net/lang_en/ Official website of the Malaysian Dutch Descendants Project], now archived, includes [https://web.archive.org/web/20150119021413/http://www.dutchmalaysia.net:80/lang_en/press/paper_20080527_history_of_the_dutch_and_dutch_eurasians_in_malaysia.html  History of the Dutch and Dutch-Eurasians in Malaysia], now archived. A history has been published.<ref>[http://www.nutmegpublishing.com/hotdim.html ''History of the Dutch in Malaysia'' by Dennis De Witt]. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01015564894 </ref>
*[http://www.dutchmalaysia.net/lang_en/ Official website of the Malaysian Dutch Descendants Project] includes [http://www.dutchmalaysia.net/lang_en/press/paper_20080527_history_of_the_dutch_and_dutch_eurasians_in_malaysia.html  History of the Dutch and Dutch-Eurasians in Malaysia]
*[http://www.peterloud.co.uk/photos/Penang/Penang.html Pete's Penang] photographs of Penang by Peter Loud
*[http://www.peterloud.co.uk/photos/Penang/Penang.html Pete's Penang] photographs of Penang by Peter Loud


===Cemetries===
===Cemeteries===
*George Town’s Northam Road Protestant Cemetery.  From George Town World Heritage Inc. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gtwhi.com.my%2Fimages%2Fnortham-road-protestant-cemetery.pdf html version], [http://www.gtwhi.com.my/images/northam-road-protestant-cemetery.pdf pdf]
*George Town’s Northam Road Protestant Cemetery.  From George Town World Heritage Inc. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gtwhi.com.my%2Fimages%2Fnortham-road-protestant-cemetery.pdf html version], [http://www.gtwhi.com.my/images/northam-road-protestant-cemetery.pdf pdf]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141028163855/http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/RaimyCheRoss.pdf "A Penang Kaddish: The Jewish Cemetery In Georgetown. A case study of the Jewish Diaspora in Penang (1830s-1970s)"] by Raimy Ché-Ross 2002.  ''The Penang Story''-International Conference 18-21 April 2002.  Now an archived webpage. Includes some transcriptions from tombstones.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141028163855/http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/RaimyCheRoss.pdf "A Penang Kaddish: The Jewish Cemetery In Georgetown. A case study of the Jewish Diaspora in Penang (1830s-1970s)"] by Raimy Ché-Ross 2002.  ''The Penang Story''-International Conference 18-21 April 2002.  Now an archived webpage. Includes some transcriptions from tombstones.
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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*Also see [[Malaysia]]
*Also see [[Malaysia]]
*[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/DEPEO72XGPMIGNSWCPLDCB5FDO5TFASF ''Historical Memoir Relative To Prince Of Wales Island, In The Straits Of Malacca: And Its Importance Political And Commercial: Submitted To The Honourable The East-India Company, And The Government and Legislature Of Great Britain''] by Norman Macalister, Captain and late Commander of the Artillery upon Prince of Wales Island 1803. Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
*''Straits Settlements Blue Book for the year…'' . See [[Singapore#Historical books online|Singapore- Historical books online]] for a  range 1870-1938 from various sources. Very informative official government publications.
*[https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/item/DEPEO72XGPMIGNSWCPLDCB5FDO5TFASF ''Historical Memoir Relative To Prince Of Wales Island, In The Straits Of Malacca: And Its Importance Political And Commercial: Submitted To The Honourable The East-India Company, And The Government and Legislature Of Great Britain''] by Norman Macalister, Captain and late Commander of the Artillery upon Prince of Wales Island 1803. Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. Also available on [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/f5e4f6fb-33e2-4962-b8bd-90d18731dc56.aspx BookSG] National Library of [[Singapore]].
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000347B8  ''A short account of the settlement, produce, and commerce, of Prince of Wales Island in the Straits of Malacca''] by Sir George Leith, Major 17th Foot, and late Lieutenant Governor.  1805 British Library Digital Collection. [http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:278 SouthEast Asia Visions version] Cornell University Library.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5vVbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Extract from Prince of Wales island Gazette [containing a memorial by C. Mackinnon, Head Surgeon, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company''<nowiki>]</nowiki>] 1811 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5vVbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Extract from Prince of Wales island Gazette [containing a memorial by C. Mackinnon, Head Surgeon, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company''<nowiki>]</nowiki>] 1811 Google Books
*''Annual Register and Directory 1821 Prince of Wales Island'' . This publication lists the British government and administrative departments, military personnel, organizations, trades, church committees, etc, on Prince of Wales Island. Includes an index. Available to  [http://sgebooks.nl.sg/detail/d3fcc6e6-ba76-47a2-b7cf-613b34867aa1.aspx download] from the National Library of [[Singapore]].
*[https://archive.org/details/journal-of-a-voyage-in-1811-and-1812-to-madras-and-china/page/n1/mode/2up ''Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812 to Madras and China returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; In the H. C. S. the Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass'']  by James Wathen 1814.  With Coloured Prints from drawings by the author. Archive.org. Includes a visit to Penang.
*[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/d3fcc6e6-ba76-47a2-b7cf-613b34867aa1.aspx ''Annual Register and Directory 1821 Prince of Wales Island''] . This publication lists the British government and administrative departments, military personnel, organisations, trades, church committees, etc, on Prince of Wales Island. Includes an index. Available to  read online or download from BookSG,  National Library of [[Singapore]].
*[https://archive.org/details/b21949062 ''Official Papers on the Medical Statistics and Topography of Malacca and Prince of Wales' Island and on the prevailing diseases of the Tenasserim Coast''] by T M Ward and J P Grant 1830 Archive.org. [https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b21949062 Wellcome Library version] with rotatable pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/dissertationons00LowJ ''A dissertation on the soil & agriculture of the British settlement of Penang, or Prince of Wales island, in the straits of Malacca : including Province Wellesley on the Malayan peninsula. With brief references to the settlements of Singapore & Malacca''] by    Captain James Low of the Madras Army, in Civil Charge of Province Wellesley 1836 Archive.org. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ppleAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books edition], [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000038E2  British Library Digital edition], the latter with rotatable pages.
*''Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca: Viz. Pinang, Malacca, and Singapore, with a History of the Malayan States on the Peninsula of Malacca‬'' by T J Newbold 1839 Google Books [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=OQ8PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2E0PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume II]
*''Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca: Viz. Pinang, Malacca, and Singapore, with a History of the Malayan States on the Peninsula of Malacca‬'' by T J Newbold 1839 Google Books [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=OQ8PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2E0PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume II]
*''Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire from the Official Records of the Colonial Office'' by  Robert Montgomery Martin 1839 Google Books. ''Book IV- Possessions in Asia'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PvtqMe2cxhoC&pg=PA402 "Chapter III Penang, or Prince of Wales’s Island"] pages 402-405
*''Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire from the Official Records of the Colonial Office'' by  Robert Montgomery Martin 1839 Google Books. ''Book IV- Possessions in Asia'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PvtqMe2cxhoC&pg=PA402 "Chapter III Penang, or Prince of Wales’s Island"] pages 402-405
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*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t5leAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR4 ''De Zieke Reiziger: Or, Rambles in Java and the Straits. In 1852''] [The Invalid Traveller] by A Bengal Civilian [stated elsewhere to be Charles Walter Kinloch] 1853 Google Books.
*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t5leAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR4 ''De Zieke Reiziger: Or, Rambles in Java and the Straits. In 1852''] [The Invalid Traveller] by A Bengal Civilian [stated elsewhere to be Charles Walter Kinloch] 1853 Google Books.
*Penang, [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA718 page 718] ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore'' by Pharoah &Co 1855
*Penang, [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA718 page 718] ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore'' by Pharoah &Co 1855
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IaBVAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Memorandum on the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca''] by John Crawfurd 1858 Google Books (Missing pages 1-3) Penang, [[Malacca]] and [[Singapore]]
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IaBVAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Memorandum on the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca''] by John Crawfurd 1858 Google Books (Missing pages 2-3) Penang, [[Malacca]] and [[Singapore]]
*[https://archive.org/stream/b2809265x#page/284/mode/2up "Penang"]  page 284 ''Reports on mountain and marine sanitaria; medical and statistical observations on civil stations and military cantonments, jails - dispensaries - regiments - barracks, &c. within the Presidency of Madras, the Straits of Malacca, the Andaman Islands, and British Burmah from January 1858 to January 1862'' by Inspector General of Hospitals Duncan Macpherson. 1862 Archive.org. Part of the series ''Selections from the Records of the Madras Government''.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b2809265x#page/284/mode/2up "Penang"]  page 284 ''Reports on mountain and marine sanitaria; medical and statistical observations on civil stations and military cantonments, jails - dispensaries - regiments - barracks, &c. within the Presidency of Madras, the Straits of Malacca, the Andaman Islands, and British Burmah from January 1858 to January 1862'' by Inspector General of Hospitals Duncan Macpherson. 1862 Archive.org. Part of the series ''Selections from the Records of the Madras Government''.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=QBxJAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India: Being a Descriptive Account of Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca: Their Peoples, Products, Commerce and Government''] by John Cameron.  1865 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=QBxJAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India: Being a Descriptive Account of Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca: Their Peoples, Products, Commerce and Government''] by John Cameron.  1865 Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/ourtropicalposse0000came/page/n9 Reprint edition 1965] with an Introduction by Wang Gungwu. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/straitsofmalacca00thom_0 ''Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China; or, Ten Years’ Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad''] by J Thomson 1875 Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035424  British Library Digital Collection with rotatable images]. [http://www.johnthomsonexhibition.org/biography/ Through the Lens of John Thomson : Biography]
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000008934  ''The China Sea Directory Volume I Supplement ... Directions for Malacca Strait'']. Compiled by Staff Commander John Cumins Richards Hydrographic Office, Admiralty 1876.  British Library Digital Collection
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023301710#page/n7/mode/2up ''Prisoners their own warders: a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements, established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797''] by Major J. F. A. McNair, assisted by W. D. Bayliss. 1899 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023301710#page/n7/mode/2up ''Prisoners their own warders: a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements, established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797''] by Major J. F. A. McNair, assisted by W. D. Bayliss. 1899 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HbknAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Slavery and the slave trade in British India; with notices of the existence of these evils in the islands of Ceylon, Malacca, and Penang, drawn from official documents''] Published 1841 Google Books  
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HbknAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Slavery and the slave trade in British India; with notices of the existence of these evils in the islands of Ceylon, Malacca, and Penang, drawn from official documents''] Published 1841 Google Books  
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D64 ''Précis of information concerning the Straits Settlements and the Native States of the Malay Peninsula'']. Prepared in the Intelligence Division, Horse Guards, War Office, etc.  1891. With a [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D64#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=189&z=0%2C-289.3696%2C2571%2C2533.7391  Map of Town of Singapore] (which can be rotated). British Library Digital file.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D64 ''Précis of information concerning the Straits Settlements and the Native States of the Malay Peninsula'']. Prepared in the Intelligence Division, Horse Guards, War Office, etc.  1891. With a [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D64#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=189&z=0%2C-289.3696%2C2571%2C2533.7391  Map of Town of Singapore] (which can be rotated). British Library Digital file.
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]]
*[https://archive.org/details/wideworldmag-1914-v32/page/222/mode/2up "The Pirates of Penang"] by Hector Fuller page 222 ''The Wide World Magazine. Volume  32 1913-1914 November-April''. Archive.org
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*[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/19f6775f-8e17-4473-8e9f-0a8ae66b10e1.aspx ''The colonial directory of the Straits Settlements, including Sarawak, Labuan, Bangkok and Saigon, for 1875''] Includes Penang. BookSG, National Library of Singapore.
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*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]].
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*''The London and China Telegraph''. Published weekly in London. Covers [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], Japan, [[Straits Settlements]] ([[Singapore]], Penang), [[Indonesia|Batavia]] and perhaps a wider area. For editions 1860-1875 (missing 1862), see [[China]].
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*[https://archive.org/details/b32843355_0001/page/n5/mode/2up ''Drainage problems of the East : being a revised and enlarged edition of "Oriental drainage", [Volume 1<nowiki>]</nowiki>''] by C C James 1917, first published 1906 Archive.org. Includes chapters relating to Drainage of the major cities in India (Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, Madras, “Benares, Lucknow, Mirzapur and Lahore”), Rangoon, Singapore, '''Penang''' and Shanghai, and of the major cities in Egypt. [https://archive.org/details/b32843355_0002/page/n5/mode/2up ''Drainage problems of the East, Volume 2- Plans''] by C C James 1917 Archive.org
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 09:59, 16 March 2023

Penang Island was also known as Prince of Wales Island. It was part of the Straits Settlements, along with Singapore and Malacca. The capital of Penang is George Town (or Georgetown). The island now forms a part of the larger Malaysian state of Penang.

Province Wellesley (now Seberang Perai), or mainland Penang, is opposite Penang island on the Malay Peninsula. This area was also incorporated into the Straits Settlements.

Alternative Spelling

Pinang

Records

Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library. Prince of Wales Island [Penang], Malacca and Singapore 1799-1829 in IOR N/8. These records are included in the digitised records available on the commercial site findmypast
The LDS film number for these records is 498606, item 2.

Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, N/1. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also IOR: R/9/39/3.

For other record sources generally, see Singapore and Malaysia.

FIBIS Resources

Cemeteries

See FIBIS Resources above. Also:-

  • BACSA have published
    • Penang: Graves in the Protestant Section of Western Road Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 2000 80pp, 27 illustrations. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01009531508 .
    • Christian Cemeteries of Penang & Perak by Alan Harfield c 1987 which details inscriptions of those buried there. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011842779
    The index of persons named therein can be searched at BACSA Search. Application can be made to BACSA for copies of the full inscription - charges apply. For details of the books including purchase, see BACSA Books - select Cemetery Record Books.
  • Details of the English Cemetery and some Graves from Pete's Penang.

External links

Cemeteries

Historical books online

References

  1. History of the Dutch in Malaysia by Dennis De Witt. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01015564894