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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/englishintercour00ande/page/n27/mode/2up ''English intercourse with Siam in the seventeenth century''] by  John Anderson 1890, with a [https://archive.org/details/englishintercour00ande/page/n39/mode/1up  Map] Archive.org. The province of Tenasserim was then part of the kingdom of Siam.
*[https://archive.org/details/englishintercour00ande/page/n27/mode/2up ''English intercourse with Siam in the seventeenth century''] by  John Anderson 1890, with a [https://archive.org/details/englishintercour00ande/page/n39/mode/1up  Map] Archive.org. The province of Tenasserim was then part of the kingdom of Siam.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.505022/page/n5/mode/2up ''Peter Floris His Voyage to the East Indies in the Globe 1611-1615''] edited by W H Moreland. Printed for the Hakluyt Society Second Series No LXXIV 1934. Originally translated from a manuscript in Dutch. Includes  a chapter on Siam.
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.283422/2015.283422.The-Journal#page/n9 "Early Trade Relations between Denmark and Siam"] by His Highness Prince Dhani Nivat and Major Erik Seidenfaden page 1 ''The Journal Of The Siam Society'' 1939 Vol XXXI Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.283422/2015.283422.The-Journal#page/n9 "Early Trade Relations between Denmark and Siam"] by His Highness Prince Dhani Nivat and Major Erik Seidenfaden page 1 ''The Journal Of The Siam Society'' 1939 Vol XXXI Archive.org.
*''The history of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire : of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings, of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes, of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular, of the original descent, religions, customs, and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade and commerce with the Dutch and Chinese : together with a description of the kingdom of Siam'' by  Engelbert Kaempfer [1651-1716],  translated by John Gaspar Scheuchzer. Published 1727. [https://archive.org/details/historyofjapangi01kaem/page/n7/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/historyofjapangi02kaem/page/n5/mode/2up Volume II] Archive.org
*''The history of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire : of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings, of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes, of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular, of the original descent, religions, customs, and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade and commerce with the Dutch and Chinese : together with a description of the kingdom of Siam'' by  Engelbert Kaempfer [1651-1716],  translated by John Gaspar Scheuchzer. Published 1727. [https://archive.org/details/historyofjapangi01kaem/page/n7/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/historyofjapangi02kaem/page/n5/mode/2up Volume II] Archive.org
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*''List of Protestant missionaries in China, Japan and Siam'' for 1874, 1881, 1884, see [[China]].
*''List of Protestant missionaries in China, Japan and Siam'' for 1874, 1881, 1884, see [[China]].
*[https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11948/ ''Siam''] by Josiah Crosby, the British consul-general in Bangkok. HMSO 1920.  Number 74 in a series of more than 160 studies prepared by the British Foreign Office as background information for British delegates at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. World Digital Library, Library of Congress.
*[https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11948/ ''Siam''] by Josiah Crosby, the British consul-general in Bangkok. HMSO 1920.  Number 74 in a series of more than 160 studies prepared by the British Foreign Office as background information for British delegates at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. World Digital Library, Library of Congress.
*[https://archive.org/details/wherestrangetrai00powe/page/n9/mode/2up ''Where the strange trails go down; Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits settlements, Malay states, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China''] by E Alexander Powell 1921 Archive.org
*[http://nlirepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/1478 ''From Golden Gate to Golden Sun: a record of travel, sport and observation in Siam and Malaya'']  by Hermann Norden 1923. Link to a pdf, DSpace, National Library of India.
*[http://nlirepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/1478 ''From Golden Gate to Golden Sun: a record of travel, sport and observation in Siam and Malaya'']  by Hermann Norden 1923. Link to a pdf, DSpace, National Library of India.
*[https://digitallib.stou.ac.th/handle/6625047444/1639  ''Guide to Bangkok: with Notes on Siam'']  by Major Erik Seidenfaden 1927. Link to a pdf download,  STOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Note, this website has been noticed to be unavailable at times, possibly it may only be accessible during "office hours".
*[https://digitallib.stou.ac.th/handle/6625047444/1639  ''Guide to Bangkok: with Notes on Siam'']  by Major Erik Seidenfaden 1927. Link to a pdf download,  STOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Note, this website has been noticed to be unavailable at times, possibly it may only be accessible during "office hours".
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*[https://archive.org/details/SiamGuidebook1930  ''Siam Guidebook: Bangkok,  Bang Pa-In, Ayudhya and Lopburi''] [1930] Archive.org  
*[https://archive.org/details/SiamGuidebook1930  ''Siam Guidebook: Bangkok,  Bang Pa-In, Ayudhya and Lopburi''] [1930] Archive.org  
*[https://archive.org/details/fromsiamtosuez010141mbp ''From Siam to Suez''] by James Saxon Childers 1932 Archive.org. The author travelled to Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma and India.
*[https://archive.org/details/fromsiamtosuez010141mbp ''From Siam to Suez''] by James Saxon Childers 1932 Archive.org. The author travelled to Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma and India.
*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2724 ''Malayan Symphony : Being the Impressions Gathered During a Six Months' journey Through the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Siam, Sumatera, Java and Bali''] by William Robert Foran 1935. Pdf download, Repositori Digital,  National Library of Malaysia. Probably sample pages only.
*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2724 ''Malayan Symphony : Being the Impressions Gathered During a Six Months' journey Through the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Siam, Sumatera, Java and Bali''] by William Robert Foran 1935. Pdf download, Repositori Digital,  National Library of Malaysia. Probably sample pages only. Available, for those with University access [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001255884 HathiTrust Digital Library].
*[https://archive.org/details/pepperriceelepha00rick ''Pepper, Rice, and Elephants : a Southeast Asian journey from Celebes to Siam''] by Ruth Masters Rickover 1975 Archive.org Lending Library
*[https://archive.org/details/pepperriceelepha00rick ''Pepper, Rice, and Elephants : a Southeast Asian journey from Celebes to Siam''] by Ruth Masters Rickover 1975 Archive.org Lending Library
*[https://archive.org/details/captiveongermanr00tray ''A Captive on a German Raider'']  by  F G Trayes 1918 Archive.org. The author, captured in September 1917,  had been in government service for twenty years in  Siam, and there is a brief mention of the decorations he had been awarded by the King of Siam page 104-105.
*[https://archive.org/details/captiveongermanr00tray ''A Captive on a German Raider'']  by  F G Trayes 1918 Archive.org. The author, captured in September 1917,  had been in government service for twenty years in  Siam, and there is a brief mention of the decorations he had been awarded by the King of Siam page 104-105.

Revision as of 03:22, 28 July 2020

Thailand was previously known as Siam.

The Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 provided rights for British subjects in Siam, including the right of property the right of residence and travel. As part of this treaty, the Siamese government transferred to the British government the states of Kelantan, Tringganu, Kedah, Perlis, and adjacent islands. These areas areas became part of the Unfederated Malay States.

A rubber plantation industry developed in Thailand. For general information about this industry, see Malaysia.

There was a Norwegian community in Thailand. [1]

Records

  • See General Register Office for general sources which may be relevant.
  • British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia (BACSA) has published
Bangkok : the Protestant Cemetery, & notes on other cemeteries in Thailand by Justin Corfield. 1997
BACSA have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online, including it is believed this book, and these indexes are free to browse. For more details, see the Fibiwiki page British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia.
  • The FamilySearch catalogue of microfilms/digitised microfilms includes the following
"Extracts from St. Andrew's Outlook, quarterly messenger of the Presbyterian Churches in Malaya, Sumatra, Burma and Siam : marriages and deaths, March 1914 - July 1951" catalogue entry film 87992. See the Fibiwiki page FamilySearch Centres for information about microfilms and digitized microfilms.
  • For online editions of the publication The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c, and similar publications, which may contain birth, marriage and death notices, see the Fibiwiki page China.
  • Some incidental records relating to Siam, especially BMDs for the 19th century, may have been collected by the Anglo-Burmese Library. Refer Burma - External links

External links

Bangkok Protestant Cemetery findagrave.com.
"The Protestant Cemetery Bangkok: a memorial to the early pioneers" by Eric Lim. Some members of the Jewish community in Bangkok were also buried there.
British, German and Danish graves are the most common.[2]

Maps

Historical books online

  • English intercourse with Siam in the seventeenth century by John Anderson 1890, with a Map Archive.org. The province of Tenasserim was then part of the kingdom of Siam.
  • Peter Floris His Voyage to the East Indies in the Globe 1611-1615 edited by W H Moreland. Printed for the Hakluyt Society Second Series No LXXIV 1934. Originally translated from a manuscript in Dutch. Includes a chapter on Siam.
  • "Early Trade Relations between Denmark and Siam" by His Highness Prince Dhani Nivat and Major Erik Seidenfaden page 1 The Journal Of The Siam Society 1939 Vol XXXI Archive.org.
  • The history of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire : of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings, of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes, of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular, of the original descent, religions, customs, and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade and commerce with the Dutch and Chinese : together with a description of the kingdom of Siam by Engelbert Kaempfer [1651-1716], translated by John Gaspar Scheuchzer. Published 1727. Volume I, Volume II Archive.org
Reprint edition The history of Japan, together with a description of the kingdom of Siam, 1690-92, published 1906. Volume I, Volume II, Volume III Archive.org.
Engelbert Kaempfer (Wikipedia), also Engelbert Kämpfer or Engelbertus Kaempferus. C 1685 Kaempfer joined the fleet of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the Persian Gulf as chief surgeon and in September 1689, arrived in Batavia. In May 1690 he set out for Japan as physician to the VOC trading post in Nagasaki. He was also the author of Amoenitatum exoticarum (Latin language) concerning Japan, published 1712 in (modern) Germany.
Part II (May 1824 to July 1826)
Part III (August 1825 to March 1825)
Part IV (November 1824 to June 1827
Part V (February 1825 to October 1827)
Part VI (January 1826 to February 1831)
Each part is separately numbered.
  • Volume III nla.gov.au. V.3, pt.1. Mar. 1827-June 1833.--pt.2. Aug. 1830-June 1840. Page numbering is continuous.
  • Volume IV nla.gov.au. Part I (February 1838 to March 1849)
Part 2 (March 1841 to December 1846)
Each part is separately numbered.
  • Volume V nla.gov.au. Part 1 (Retrospect of British policy from the period of the first establishment of Penang 17th July 1786-1839). Only Part 1 was published.
The files from nla.gov.au are available to read online, or to download.
Five Years in Siam, from 1891 to 1896 by H Warington Smyth, formerly Director of the Department of Mines in Siam. 1898. With Maps and Illustrations by the author.
Volume I Archive.org
Volume I, Volume II HathiTrust Digital Library
Volume I with General Index Map; Volume II British Library Digital Collection.
Third Edition 1932 With illustrations. Archive.org. Note, to view, select single page option, as the book has been scanned two original pages to one digital page.
Index Volume I to XXV Journal of the Siam Society 1935 Archive.org
Also available online, where articles may be downloaded, from The Siam Society website. A complete series, currently to 2016. (Journals are placed online three years after being published).

References

  1. Meet Connie conniemangskau.com. Connie Mangskau was born in Chiangmai, Thailand in 1907 to an English father and Thai mother. At 18 she was married to a Norwegian rubber planter. For her support of the Norwegian community in Thailand, she was later presented with an award.
  2. "Bangkok Protestant Cemetery" Graving Blog.