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*''Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc'' by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one.  Book 2  with index follows page 276  of Book 1 [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ Google Books]. A chapter on China commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA141 page 141 of book 2]
 
*''Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc'' by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one.  Book 2  with index follows page 276  of Book 1 [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ Google Books]. A chapter on China commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA141 page 141 of book 2]
 
*[https://archive.org/details/residencechinese00fort ''A residence among the Chinese inland, on the coast, and at sea. Being a narrative of scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856''] by Robert Fortune 1857 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/residencechinese00fort ''A residence among the Chinese inland, on the coast, and at sea. Being a narrative of scenes and adventures during a third visit to China, from 1853 to 1856''] by Robert Fortune 1857 Archive.org
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*''The Directory & chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay states, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''
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This publication had many titles over time and with different publishers: ''The China Register'' (1862, 1863, 1874). ''The Chronicle & Directory for China, Japan & the Philippines'' (1873, 1879). In 1889 included ''Corea, Cochin-China, Annam, Tonquin, Siam, Borneo, Straits Settlements, Malay States''. In 1889 included ''Indo-China'' (replacing Cochin-China, Annam, Tonquin). In 1899 included ''Netherlands India''
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Editions are available to read online on the Hathi Trust Digital Library, or to download as pdfs from Archive.org (Currently most/all browsers cannot read the online versions on archive.org)
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|[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b581037?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 1873]
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*Restricted access online books are available  at the website [http://xml.lib.hku.hk/gsdl/db/ctwe/search.shtml China Through Western Eyes] , a [http://lib.hku.hk/database/ digital initiative] from the  [http://lib.hku.hk/ University of Hong Kong Libraries]. Covers the period until 1911, although the date of publication may be later.  [http://xml.lib.hku.hk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?c=ctwe&a=d&cl=CL1  Browse the titles]. Includes titles about missionary work. Unfortunately this collection is no longer publicly available. For the collections publicly available,  see [http://www.lib.hku.hk/database/  Digital Initiatives]
 
*Restricted access online books are available  at the website [http://xml.lib.hku.hk/gsdl/db/ctwe/search.shtml China Through Western Eyes] , a [http://lib.hku.hk/database/ digital initiative] from the  [http://lib.hku.hk/ University of Hong Kong Libraries]. Covers the period until 1911, although the date of publication may be later.  [http://xml.lib.hku.hk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?c=ctwe&a=d&cl=CL1  Browse the titles]. Includes titles about missionary work. Unfortunately this collection is no longer publicly available. For the collections publicly available,  see [http://www.lib.hku.hk/database/  Digital Initiatives]
 
*[https://archive.org/details/chinamartyrsof1900fors ''The China Martyrs of 1900. 
A Complete Roll of the Christian Heroes Martyred in China in 1900, with Narratives of Survivors''] 
compiled and edited by Robert Coventry Forsyth 1904 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/details/chinamartyrsof1900fors ''The China Martyrs of 1900. 
A Complete Roll of the Christian Heroes Martyred in China in 1900, with Narratives of Survivors''] 
compiled and edited by Robert Coventry Forsyth 1904 Archive.org

Revision as of 04:11, 16 December 2014

China

Major locations

History

  • The Opium Wars:

Records

  • There are some records for China in the "World Miscellaneous" records on FamilySearch (source unspecified)
  • Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library - Macao and Whampoa [Canton] 1820-1833, IOR N/9. These records are now available on the pay site findmypast
  • China: Sources in the India Office Records Guide to records at the British Library
  • British and Indian Armies on the China Coast 1785-1985 by Alan Harfield 1990 is available at the British Library. 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)

British Army

The British Army leased for a time Wei-hai-wei (a fine natural harbour) on the mainland and Liu Kung Tao island. There was a garrison of British Troops A naval depot serviced the Royal Navy's China Squadron.[1]

Also see

External links

  • CHina Wikipedia
  • China Coast Family History Website of University of Bristol - project for "locating details about foreign residents in the Chinese treaty ports (excluding Hong Kong). As well as pointing to the location of various public records (probate details, marriage, birth and death registers) it contains a number of cemetery lists and other lists culled from public records and printed sources".
  • University of Bristol’s Visualising China Blog is "a web-based resource that allows users to explore more than 9,000 digitised images of historical photographs of China taken between 1870 and 1950".

Historical books on-line

  • Article in the Asiatic Journal, Volume 13, January-June 1822. "A Succinct Historical Narrative of the East India Company’s Endeavours to Form Settlements and to Extend and Encourage Trade in the East and of the Causes by which those Endeavours have been Frustrated":
    • Section 1 Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Eastern Islands, etc . pages 1-11
    • Section 2 The continental kingdoms of Siam, Cochin-China [Southern Vietnam], Tonquin [Northern Vietnam], Pegu [Burma], and Ava [Burma]. pages 11-20,
    • Section 3 Japan and China pages 105-118
    • Section 4 China pages 209 -220
  • Chronicles of the East India Company trading to China, 1635 to 1835 by Hosea Ballou Morse 1926 Digital Books from GIPE, Pune. Pdfs to download.
Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5: Supplementary, 1742-74. Volume 3 is also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website

This publication had many titles over time and with different publishers: The China Register (1862, 1863, 1874). The Chronicle & Directory for China, Japan & the Philippines (1873, 1879). In 1889 included Corea, Cochin-China, Annam, Tonquin, Siam, Borneo, Straits Settlements, Malay States. In 1889 included Indo-China (replacing Cochin-China, Annam, Tonquin). In 1899 included Netherlands India

Editions are available to read online on the Hathi Trust Digital Library, or to download as pdfs from Archive.org (Currently most/all browsers cannot read the online versions on archive.org)

1862 1863 1873 1874

1874 Archive.org

1879

1879 Archive.org

1889

1889 Archive.org

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1892 Archive.org

1894

1894 Archive.org

1899

1899 Archive.org

1902 1905

1905 Archive.org

1908

1908 Archive.org

1917

1917 Archive.org

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1920 Archive.org

1922

References

  1. ↑ Great War Forum thread Wei-hai-wei and Liu Kung Tao, then and now by Bushfighter April 2008. (Images only available to logged in members of GWF) (retrieved 14 April 2014)

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