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[[Image: Nairobi1915.jpg |thumb|right|450px|Sixth Avenue Nairobi, British East Africa c 1915 sent by John Flatman who was probably in British East Africa with the Indian Army]]
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Also Includes some '''other regions of Africa'''.
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Information on ancestors with a '''Dutch''' connection.
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==The Dutch East India Company or VOC==
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The Dutch name of the Dutch East India Company was the Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC, literally the "United East Indian Company". The alternative spelling Vereenigde is also used.
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===Brief History===
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"The Dutch sent their first fleet to the East in 1595. Being commercial realists they went straight to the source of the spice trade in the East Indies, established themselves at Batavia (now, as previous to their arrival, called Jakarta), and proceeded to oust the Portuguese. Then they established a chain of posts through Ceylon and Capetown to connect themselves with their home base and proceeded to develop a great Asian network of trade by which they planned to earn resources needed to purchase spices without drawing on the silver bullion which was in chronic short supply in northern Europe. India came within their purview only as a link in their great commerical chain. It was a source of textiles for sale in the East Indies in exchange for spices while the extreme south and Ceylon were valuable for their own supplies of pepper, cardamom and cinnamon. The Dutch had 'factories' or warehouses as far north as Agra but they took no part in politics or cultural contacts. Their eccentric tombs at Surat and their factories at Cochin and Negapatam are their principal memorials in India. Only in Ceylon did they exercise dominion in the plains from Colombo and leave a living memorial in the Burgher community."<ref> Spear, ''A History of India'' (Volume Two) (1978) pp.65-68 </ref>
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===Individuals===
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An example of a  Dutchman who ended up in Bengal was Johan Jacob Hoff .  A Dutch book states he had joined the VOC in 1788. He went from Holland to the Dutch East Indies for the Chamber of Enkhuizen with the vessel Maria Carolina. Having arrived at Batavia, Hoff was sent to Malacca where he served as a “second chirurgeon.” In 1795 he was taken prisoner by the English in Malacca at Pera; together with the garrison stationed there, he was sent to Bengal. <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=agJXAAAAMAAJ&q=Hoff+inauthor:Pieter+inauthor:Van+inauthor:der+inauthor:Kemp&dq=Hoff+inauthor:Pieter+inauthor:Van+inauthor:der+inauthor:Kemp&hl=en&ei=A-AvTbRAi71xh9SI8wc&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ    ''Het Nederlandsch-Indisch bestuur in het midden van 1817, naar oorspronkelijke stukken''] by Pieter Hendrik van der Kemp 1915 Google Books (snippet view); pages 216 and 217, translated by Leo Janssen. The book by Van der Kemp deals with the period of 1817 and the complications with respect to the cession of the former Dutch possessions in Bengal according to the Treaty of London of 1814. Details provided by Mary McPherson (<nowiki>marymac129@btinternet.com</nowiki>) who is researching a man named Johann Jacob Hoff, possibly the man mentioned in the book. The book is available at the [[British Library]] together with many other books by the author including ''De administratie der geldmiddelen van Neerl.-Indië. (Alphabetisch Register, etc.)''.</ref>
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Also see [[Dutch#FIBIS resources|FIBIS resources]], below.
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==FIBIS resources==
 
==FIBIS resources==
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*"The [[North-Western Railway Battalion|North-Western Railway Volunteer Rifles]] in East Africa in the First World War" by Noel Clark ''FIBIS Journal Number 32 (Autumn 2014)'', pages 30-33. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]].
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*"The Origins of Johann Jacob Hoff:  my ancestor in the Dutch East India Company" by Mary McPherson ''FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014)'', pages 30 -35. For access, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
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== Church Records ==
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'''See also  general article: [[Church records]]'''
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If your ancestors were baptised, married or buried in a European church in British India, then the church records should have been transcribed and sent to the capital of the Presidency, where they would later have been forwarded on to London. These records were indexed and about 80% of church records in British India are believed to have survived. You can access these records at the [[British Library]], or at [[LDS]] [[Family History Centres]]. Moreover many of the church records have now been didigitsed and are held on the subscription website [http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071/ findmypast]
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However, your Dutch ancestors may not have lived in British India (i.e. that portion of India that was controlled by the British - this grew from a very small area in 1600 to almost all of India by 1947). In this case, the church records will not be kept at the British Library.
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The Dutch Churchbook of [[St Francis Church, Cochin]] has been microfilmed by the [[LDS]] and is available at [[LDS]] [[Family History Centres]] on microfilm '''498601'''. A transcribed index of the names in this book, together with dates of death, can be seen on the [http://web.archive.org/web/20040314182003/http://www.geocities.com/tijso/cochin/index.htm Archived Cochin Churchbook website] The dates of death cover the period 1751-1804
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===Cemeteries===
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[[BACSA]] have transcribed and published Bimlipatam Christian Cemeteries which contain British and Dutch tombs from the 17th century.
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Other BACSA  holdings at the British Library comprise lists of Dutch graves and miscellaneous papers relating to genealogical sources. These are itemised in the [http://bacsa.frontis.co/bin/index.php BACSA online database]
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[http://databases.tanap.net/ead/html/LondonBL_1/ Dutch Records from Malacca in the India Office Records] Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
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[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=dutch+cemetery&CScntry=34&CSst=0 Dutch Cemeteries] Findagrave.com for indexes and transcriptions of graves at
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*[[Bheemunipatnam]]
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*[[Cossimbazar]]
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*[[Daatzerom]]
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*[[Masulipatam]]
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*[[Nagapattinam]]
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*[[Pulicat]]
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*[[Sadras]]
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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/mars1940/sets/72157622742474621/ Photographs taken in Dutch Cemeteries in India] flickr.com
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== Records at the National Archives of the Netherlands==
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*[http://www.gahetna.nl/ National Archives of the Netherlands] - website can be accessed in [http://www.gahetna.nl/en English]. Contains records relating to men of the Dutch East India Company.
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*Located in the same building as the National Archives at The Hague but a separate organization, is the 'Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie' (Central Bureau for Genealogy - CBG), the Dutch information and documentation centre for genealogy, family history and related sciences. Researchers visiting this centre found some copies of  records relating to British [[Ceylon]] christenings.<ref> Andresen, Larry & Coreen [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/srilanka/2006-12/1167611521 British Ceylon christening records in The Hague] ''Rootsweb Srilanka Mailing List'',  01 January 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2014</ref>
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Refer [[Dutch#External links|External links below]] for  both organisations.
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== Associations ==
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*If you had Dutch ancestors who lived in India, a useful association is the Dutch Indies Genealogical Association. Although their main focus is what is now called Indonesia, the [[Dutch Indies Genealogical Association]] can also help with Dutch genealogy in India.
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* [http://www.dutchburgherunion.org/ Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon] - Website contains much information including journals containing various family histories [http://www.dutchburgherunion.org/journals/vol_31_40/JDBU%20Vol%2040%20No%202%20-%201950%281%29.pdf Example]
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==See also==
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*[[Commerce and trade reading list]]
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*[[Bencoolen]]
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*[[Chinsura]]
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*[[Dutch Indies Genealogical Association]]
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*[[Indonesia]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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*[http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums Great War Forum] contains a category "Sub Saharan Africa".
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_India_Company Dutch East India Company] Wikipedia
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*[http://gweaa.com Great War in Africa Association]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_India Dutch India] Wikipedia
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*[http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/the-great-war/great-war-on-land/other-war-theatres/1072-indian-volunteers-in-the-great-war-east-african-campaign.html  Indian Volunteers in the Great War East African Campaign] - Western Front Association.  
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*[http://what-when-how.com/western-colonialism/dutch-united-east-india-company-western-colonialism/ Dutch United East India Company] what-when-how.com
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*Harry Fecitt’s [http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/home.html Harry’s Africa]  kaiserscross.com
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*[http://www.colonialvoyage.com/ Dutch and Portuguese Colonial History Links]  Marco Ramerini's site
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**[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/524201.html The 29th Punjabis in British East Africa, September to December 1914]. There is also a brief mention of the Cossipore Artillery Volunteers  (Calcutta Volunteer Battery).  
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*[http://gutenberg.net.au/VOC.html "Why Did The Largest Corporation In The World Go Broke? [<nowiki>VOC]</nowiki>: An economic review"] By Peter Reynders. Abridged version. gutenberg.net.au
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**[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/437364.html The Advance into German East Africa:  Indian Army Units in Action, March to mid-June 1916]
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*[http://www.tanap.net/content/archives/introduction.cfm TANAP] a website about the Archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC or Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie), 1602-1796. Includes  a page about the holdings at the [http://www.tanap.net/content/archives/archives.cfm?ArticleID=202 Tamil Nadu Archives] in Madras. (For more details about the latter archives, refer [[Indian Libraries and Archives]])
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**[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/447622.html The 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis. German East Africa, October 1916 to January 1917]
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**Various [http://www.tanap.net/content/voc/archnl/archnl_depart.htm muster and other records for the years 1700 [1720<nowiki>]</nowiki>-1791] for regions such as [http://www.tanap.net/content/voc/appendices/establishments.htm Bengal, Coromandel, Malabar] are available at the [http://www.tanap.net/content/archives/archives.cfm?ArticleID=209 National Archives of the Netherlands (Nationaal Archief)] in The Hague
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**[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/536101.html British Somaliland: March 1915 – October 1919 Minor Operations against the ‘Mad Mullah’]. Includes Indian Army troops.
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*[http://www.academia.edu/1787722/_Gold-Leaf_Flattery_Calcuttan_Dust_and_a_Brand_New_Flagpole._Five_Little-Known_VOC_Collections_in_Asia_on_India_and_Ceylon_Itinerario_36_1_2012_  "Gold-Leaf Flattery, Calcuttan Dust, and a Brand New Flagpole: Five Little-Known VOC Collections in Asia on India and Ceylon"] by Lennart Bes ''Itinerario''  Volume 36  Issue 01  April 2012, pp 91 - 106.
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::[http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/566401.html Somaliland 1920: The Final Campaign against the “Mad Mullah”]. Includes Indian Army troops.
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*[http://vocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl/?lang=en VOC-Sea Voyagers] from the Nationaal Archief (National Archives of the Netherlands) contains a searchable free database which is a comprehensive index of ships’ pay-ledgers. The ship's pay-ledgers form the basis of the personnel-administration of the 'VOC' or Dutch East India Company. For each departing ship all employees sailing with her were registered, amounting to some 655.000 persons over the period 1700-1794.
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*Harry Fecitt on gweaa.com
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**This [http://vocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl/Inleiding.aspx?p=2 page] describes the four categories of sea-voyagers and states that the soldiers were mainly from [[German|Germany]]
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**[http://gweaa.com/th-cavalry-east-africa-squadron/ "The 17th Cavalry East Africa Squadron 1915 – 1916"] by Harry Fecitt April 14, 2011.  
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: This same database also is available on the pay website Ancestry.
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**"The Indian Railway Corps, East African Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919" by Harry Fecitt, April 2015. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgweaa.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2FThe-Indian-Railway-Corps-East-African-Expeditionary-Force_1.pdf html version] [http://gweaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/The-Indian-Railway-Corps-East-African-Expeditionary-Force_1.pdf pdf]
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*[http://en.nationaalarchief.nl  Nationaal Archief (National Archives of the Netherlands)] with the  associated website  [http://www.gahetna.nl/en gahetna] which presents the collection of records at the Nationaal Archief.
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**"Atonement: The [[5th Regiment of Bengal (Light) Infantry|5th Light Infantry]] Regiment in German Kamerun, August 1915 to February 1916" by Harry Fecitt, April 2015. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgweaa.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FAtonement-5LI-in-German-Kamerun.pdf html version], [http://gweaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Atonement-5LI-in-German-Kamerun.pdf pdf]
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**[http://www.gahetna.nl/en/contactformulier Contact page]
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**"The 5th Light Infantry In East Africa March 1916 – January 1918" by Harry Fecitt, April 2015. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgweaa.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2F5LI-in-East-Africa.pdf html version], [http://gweaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/5LI-in-East-Africa.pdf pdf]
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**[http://www.gahetna.nl/en/q-and-a/ask-a-question/commissioned-research Commissioned research]
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**"The [[40th Regiment of Pathan Infantry|40th Pathans]] in action in East Africa, January 1916 to February 1918" by Harry Fecitt, March 2015 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgweaa.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2F40th-Pathans-in-East-Africa.pdf html version], [http://gweaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/40th-Pathans-in-East-Africa.pdf pdf]
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*[http://www.cbg.nl/index.php/EN?taal=EN  Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie (Central Bureau for Genealogy - CBG)]. Retrieved 15 September 2014
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**[http://gweaa.com/?p=279 The 57th Wilde’s Rifles (Frontier Force), Indian Army, in German East Africa] by Harry Fecitt gweaa.com. July 1916-1917. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
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*[https://www.wiewaswie.nl Wie Was Wie] Similar to a Dutch findmypast<ref>Dent, Gearoidin [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2013-03/1364206453 Christoffel Jochem Salder] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'', 25 March 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2014</ref> Retrieved 15 September 2014
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**"The [[Derajat Mountain Battery|22nd Derajat Mountain Battery (Frontier Force)]] In East Africa December 1916 to December 1918" by Harry Fecitt [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgweaa.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2F22nd-Derajat-Pack-Battery-in-East-Africa-Dec-1916-Dec-1918.pdf html version], [http://gweaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/22nd-Derajat-Pack-Battery-in-East-Africa-Dec-1916-Dec-1918.pdf pdf] gweaa.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
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*[https://www.openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/12087 ''Fort Cochin in Kerala 1750-1830 : the social condition of a Dutch community in an Indian milieu''] by Anjana Singh.  June 2007 Doctoral thesis,  Leiden University [Digital] Repository. Subsequently published in the series TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ; v. 13.
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**"The [[30th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|30th Punjabis]] at Tandamuti Hill and Nakadi Ridge East Africa, February – October 1917" by Harry Fecitt, March 2015 [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgweaa.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2F30th-Punjabis-at-Tandamuti-Hill-and-Nakadi.pdf html version], [http://gweaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/30th-Punjabis-at-Tandamuti-Hill-and-Nakadi.pdf pdf]
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**[http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Portuguese_Brazilian_Studies/ejph/html/issue17/pdf/v9n1a07.pdf Article about the thesis/book] by Markus Vink  ''e-JPH'', Vol. 9, number 1, Summer 2011 brown.edu.
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**"The [[25th Cavalry (Frontier Force)]] in German and Portuguese East Africa September 1917 – February 1918" by Harry Fecitt c May 2016. [https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgweaa.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F02%2F25th-Cavalry-in-GEA-PEA-Sep-1917-Feb-1918.pdf html version], [http://gweaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/25th-Cavalry-in-GEA-PEA-Sep-1917-Feb-1918.pdf pdf]
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**[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/the-dutch-who-stayed-back/article782720.ece  "The Dutch who stayed back"] by  K. Pradeep March 1, 2010 ''The Hindu''.
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*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/511922.html "Oranges, Dates and Coconuts: 58th Vaughan’s Rifles (Frontier Force) in Egypt, Palestine, Somaliland and Portuguese East Africa 1916 - 1918"] by Harry Fecitt. ''Harry’s Sideshows'' kaiserscross.com. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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*[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]
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*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/ww1/stories/major-charles-stooks Soldiers’ Stories: [Diary extracts<nowiki>]</nowiki> Major Charles Stooks]. The diary of Major Charles Stooks of the 5th Light Infantry reveals the difficulties faced by those involved in the final conquest of Germany’s West African colony of Kamerun. nam.ac.uk
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*[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/madras-miscellany/article4252833.ece "Madras Miscellany"] by S. Muthiah December 30, 2012 ''The Hindu'' Scroll down for "Getting to know Castle Geldria", in Pulicat. The Dutch presence on the Coromandel.
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*[http://www.nam.ac.uk/microsites/ww1/stories/major-john-montgomery Soldiers’ Stories: [Letter extracts<nowiki>]</nowiki> Major John Montgomery] Letters sent home by Major John Montgomery, 1st Mounted Rifles (1st Natal Carbineers), describe the successful campaign fought by South African troops in German South-West Africa. nam.ac.uk
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*[http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/centuries-old-dutch-heritage-still-visible-india "Centuries-old Dutch heritage still visible in India"] by Johan van Slooten 25 October 2011 Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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*[http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p4013coll2&CISOPTR=65&CISOBOX=1&REC=1#metajump  "Battle of Tanga, German East Africa, 1914"]. Kenneth J Harvey, 2003. Master of Military Art and Science Theses from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. In November 1914, British Indian Expeditionary Force "B" conducted an amphibious assault on the Port of Tanga in German East Africa
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*[http://www.chakoten.dk/tanga_1914.html#n4 The Battle of Tanga – 1914]   by Geoffrey Regan. This article from "Dansk Militærhistorisk Selskab - Chakoten" is in English and Danish and appears to be based on ''Brassey’s Book of Military Blunders'' by Geoffrey Regan
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**[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/The_Netherlands  The Netherlands] includes [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Netherlands_Language_and_Languages  Netherlands Language and Languages] and three tutorials [https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=place%3A%22Netherlands%22    Reading Dutch Handwritten Records]  Family Search (LDS)  Wiki
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*First page only of [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03071846809422315?journalCode=rusi19  "Armoured Trains in British India"] by Colonel A. A. Phillips C.I.E., V.D ''Royal United Services Institution. Journal Volume 113, Issue 651, 1968'' pages 254-257.  There is mention of the armoured train crew from the Regiment sent to East Africa during the First World War. They operated until the railway lines were safe from German attacks and then manned a tug on one of the Great Lakes.
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**Rudy Schmidt’s [https://web.archive.org/web/20130116104152/http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/International/Dutch.htm Dutch/English Glossary of Causes of Death and other Archaic Medical Terms], now archived.
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*Listen to the podcast [http://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/event/great-war-razed-east-africa/ How the Great War Razed East Africa: Edward Paice on WW1 in Africa] africaresearchinstitute.org
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===Historical books online===
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*Article [http://www.africaresearchinstitute.org/publications/counterpoints/how-the-great-war-razed-east-africa/ "How the Great War Razed East Africa"] by Edward Paice africaresearchinstitute.org
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023942828#page/n3/mode/2up  ''Dutch Records No 13: The Dutch in Malabar : being a translation of selections nos. 1 and 2'']  by A Galletti 1911 Archive.org. One of 15 volumes of records from the archives of the Madras Presidency, almost all of which are in Dutch, many also available at Archive.org. The other titles in the series may be seen at this [http://www.archive.org/details/selectionsfromre13madr  Archive.org link]
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*[http://www.bsa.org.nz/index.php/stories/b-s-a-in-german-east-africa?showall=1&limitstart=    B.S.A.s in German East Africa]. The South African Motor Cyclist Corps. bsa.org.nz
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/williamboltsdutc00hallrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''William Bolts, a Dutch adventurer under John Company''] by Norman Leslie Hallward 1920 Archive.org
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*[http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/14143 ''The Dutch In Bengal And Bihar 1740-1825 A D''] by  Dr Kalikinkar Datta 1948 Osmania University Digital Library [OUDL]. May only be available Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm), (IST = GMT+5:30). Also available as a  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/533754 pdf download, Digital Library of India].
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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/530045 ''Malabar And The Dutch''] by K M  Panikkar 1931. Full title: ''Malabar and the Dutch. Being the history of the fall of the Nayar power in Malabar.'' Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/505180 ''The Dutch In Malabar''] by P C  Alexander. Date of publication incorrectly catalogued, should be 1946.  Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
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*''Voyages To The East-Indies, by the late John Splinter Stavorinus, Esq Translated From The Original Dutch, by Samuel Hull Wilcocke. The Whole Comprising A Full And Accurate Account Of All The Present And Late Possessions Of The Dutch In India, And At The Cape Of Good Hope'' 1798 Google Books
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**[http://books.google.com/books?id=Ci0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Volume 1 A Voyage to the Cape Of Good Hope, Batavia, Bantam, and Bengal, with Observations on Those Parts, &c. in the years 1768-1771''].
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**[http://books.google.com/books?id=piwLAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Volume 2 A Voyage To The Cape Of Good Hope, Batavia, Samarang, Macasser, Amboyna, and Surat, With Accounts Of Those Places  in the years 1774 and 1775''].
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**[http://books.google.com/books?id=pC0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Volume 3  A Continuation Of The Voyage From Surat To Batavia, The Coast Of Malabar, and the Cape of Good Hope in the years 1775-1778''].
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***[http://books.google.com/books?id=pC0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA475 Appendix: "Regulations and Orders"], [http://books.google.com/books?id=pC0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA561 Appendix:"Sketch of the Life of Reinier De Klerk, Late Governor General for the Dutch East-India Company"], [http://books.google.com/books?id=pC0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA577 Index for the 3 volumes]
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*A Translation of the ''Charter of the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC)'' Peter Reynders, Translator; Rupert Gerritsen, Editor. [http://rupertgerritsen.tripod.com/pdf/published/VOC_Charter_1602.pdf Pdf]
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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/511637 ''Dutch Activities In The East''] 1945. Full title:  ''Dutch Activities in the East, seventeenth century : being a "Report on the records relating to the East in the State Archives in The Hague," with two appendices''  by Frederick Charles Danvers. Edited with an introd. by Nihar-ranjan Ray. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
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*[https://archive.org/details/instructionsfro00maetgoog  ''Instructions from the Governor-General and Council of India to the Governor of Ceylon, 1656-1665''] Translated by Sophia Pieters. [The Government of Netherlands India]. 1908 Archive.org
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*[http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=IOR/L/MIL/7/17250  Collection 425/95 Operations in East Africa: reports of engagements, honours and rewards IOR/L/MIL/7/17250 1914-1919] British Library Digitised Manuscripts. Awards to both British and Indian soldiers. From [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=ior!l!mil!7!17250_f224r page 224] there is a description of the action which took place on the Tsavo River on 6th September 1914.
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015030679016?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Military operations : East Africa: Volume I August 1914-September 1916''] compiled by  Charles Hordern 1941 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Part of the series "History of the Great War based on Official Documents". This was the only volume  published.
 
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*[http://archive.org/stream/medicalservicesg04macp#page/n3/mode/2up  ''History of the Great War: Medical Services: General History, Volume IV''] by G W Macpherson 1924.  Includes  East Africa.  Archive.org
 
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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284463 ''The Royal Army Service Corps: A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, Volume II'']  by Colonel R H Beadon 1931. Link to an Adobe pdf download. Digital Library of India. Includes the First World War period, with a chapter on  East Africa.
 
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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/274726 ''A History of the Army Ordnance Services, Volume III: The Great War''] by Major General Arthur Forbes 2nd edition 1932, first published 1929. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Includes a chapter on  East Africa.
 
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*''The Post Office of India in the Great War'' edited by H.A. Sams 1922 Archive.org. [http://archive.org/stream/cu31924012679548#page/n273/mode/2up "East Africa"], page 253.
 
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*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30182/supplement/7067 "Military affairs in Rhodesia from the outbreak of the war to the beginning of 1916"] ''The London Gazette'' 13 July 1917 Supplement: 30182 Page: 7067. Includes
 
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**[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30182/supplement/7070 The Tanganyika Naval Expedition] [1915-1916] ''The London Gazette'' 13 July 1917 Supplement: 30182 Page: 7070. This incident inspired ''The African Queen'', the 1935 novel by C. S. Forester and  1951 film (starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn) and was retold in the book ''Mimi and Toutou Go Forth: The Bizarre Battle for Lake Tanganyika'' by Giles Foden.
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/withbothasmutsin00whitrich ''With Botha and Smuts in Africa''] by W Wittall Late Lieutenant–Commander, RN, Armoured Car Division 1917 Archive.org. Also includes South West Africa.
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/marchingontangaw00younrich ''Marching on Tanga: (with General Smuts in East Africa)''] by Francis Brett Young. New and revised edition 1919. First published 1917. Archive.org
 
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b742748?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Sketches of The East Africa Campaign''] by Capt. Robert V. Dolbey, R.A.M.C.  1918 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available as a [https://archive.org/details/sketchesoftheeas10362gut transcribed Project Gutenberg edition]  Archive.org, or from [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10362 Gutenberg.org].
 
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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/284624 ''Three Years of War In East Africa''] 1919. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  Although the author is catalogued as Captain F R Sedgwick, the author is probably Captain Angus Buchanan, 25th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, (the Legion of Frontiersmen)
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/eastafricanforce00fend ''The East African Force 1915-1919; an unofficial record of its creation and fighting career; together with some account of the civil and military administrative conditions in East Africa before and during that period''] by Brigadier General C P Fendall 1921 Archive.org
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/myreminiscenceso00lettuoft ''My Reminiscences Of East Africa'']  by General von Lettow-Vorbeck, [the German commander], published London,  c 1920 Archive.org
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/withnigeriansing00down ''With the Nigerians in German East Africa''] [Nigeria Regiment] by Captain  W D Downes 1919 Archive.org
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/goldcoastregimen00clif ''The Gold Coast Regiment in the East African Campaign''] by  Sir Hugh Clifford  1920 Archive.org
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/lifeoffrederickc00milluoft ''Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers'']  by J G Millais 1919 Archive.org. Includes two chapters on the East African Campaign.
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/warinairbeingsto03rale ''War in the Air: being the story of the part played  in the Great War by the Royal Air Force, Volume III''] by H A Jones  1931  Archive.org. Part of the series "History of the Great War based on Official Documents". Includes German East Africa.
 
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*[https://archive.org/stream/warinafrica1914100onei#page/n11/mode/2up ''The War in Africa, 1914-1917, and in the Far East, 1914''] by H C O’Neil 1918 Archive.org
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/britishcampaigns00dane ''British Campaigns in Africa and the Pacific, 1914-1918''] by Edmund Dane 1919 Archive.org
 
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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/525169 ''Duel For Kilimanjaro An Account Of The East African Campaign 1914-1918''] by Leonard Mosley. Published c 1963. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/navyeverywhere00cato ''The Navy Everywhere''] by Conrad Cato  1919. Archive.org Includes "The Navy in East Africa"
 
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*[http://www.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/world-war-i-naval-staff-monographs  ''World War I Naval Staff Monographs''].  Select ''Volume 2:  East Africa to July 1916. Cameroons 1914'', to download a pdf.  Published London c 1920.  Royal Australian Navy website (Select Media Room/Publications/World War I Naval Staff Monographs)
 
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89100004282?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 ''Britain's Sea Soldiers. A Record of the Royal Marines during the War 1914-1919'']. Compiled by General Sir H. E. Blumberg, Royal Marines  1927. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Includes East Africa and the Cameroons.
 
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*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011947036?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''"Severn's" Saga''] by E. Keble Chatterton 1938 Hathi Trust Digital Library.  HMS Severn of the Royal Navy in East Africa.
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/fromdartmouthtod00unse ''From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles, a midshipman's log, edited by his mother''] 1916 Archive.org. Includes two chapters on East Africa. Note: the first page of the Foreword advises that due to tradition, the names of officers and ships have been suppressed- those of the midshipmen mentioned are all fictitious.
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/storyoflionhuntw00wienrich ''The story of a lion hunt; with some of the hunter's military adventures during the war''] by Arnold Weinholt, late Intelligence Corps [British East Africa] 1922 Archive.org
 
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*"Eighteen Months Shore Service in German East Africa" by Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Cecil G Sprague R N. [https://archive.org/stream/JRNMSVOL5Images/JRNMS_VOL_5#page/n247/mode/2up Pages 184-192] and [https://archive.org/stream/JRNMSVOL5Images/JRNMS_VOL_5#page/n397/mode/2up pages 306-316] ''Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service'', Volume 5 1919 Archive.org
 
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*From  ''The Motor Cycle'' Archive.org
 
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**[https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle17lond_/motorcycle17lond#page/n330/mode/1up "Despatch Carrying in the Jungle"] page 203, Volume 17, September 16, 1916 .
 
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**[https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle17lond_/motorcycle17lond#page/n389/mode/1up/ "A South African Despatch Rider in “German East”] page 244,  Volume 17, September 21st 1916.
 
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**[https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle17lond_/motorcycle17lond#page/n519/mode/1up/ "Motor Cyclist Infantry in German East Africa"] page 324, Volume 17, October 12 , 1916
 
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**[https://archive.org/stream/motorcycle17lond_/motorcycle17lond#page/n689/mode/1up  "Despatch Carrying in German East Africa"] page 452, Volume 17,  November 23rd 1916.
 
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*[https://archive.org/stream/truestoriesofgre04mill#page/254/mode/2up "Humours of the East African Campaign"] age 254 ''True Stories of the Great War, Volume IV''. Editor in Chief Francis Trevelyan Miller 1917 Archive.org
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/TheMadMullahOfSomaliland ''The Mad Mullah Of Somaliland''] by Douglas Jardine, Secretary to the Administration, Somaliland, I916-21. published 1923 Archive.org
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearscaptivit00holtrich ''Two years' captivity in German East Africa, being the personal experiences of Surgeon E. C. H., Royal Navy''] [Ernest Charles Holtom] c 1919 Archive.org
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/ingermangaolsnar00span ''In German Gaols; a narrative of two years' captivity in German East Africa''] by Ernest F Spanton, Priest of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa. 1917 Archive.org
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/reportsontreatme00grea ''Reports on the treatment by the Germans of British prisoners and natives in German East Africa …''] Presented to both Houses of Parliament September 1917 Archive.org
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/britishcivilianp00grea ''British civilian prisoners in German East Africa; a report by the Government Committee on the Treatment by the Enemy of British Prisoners of War''] 1918. Archive.org
 
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1sizo659wZMC&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1 ''The Kenya Gazette''] Issues from 1899.  (broken range). There is a  small tool bar which enables you to scroll the volumes available. There appear to be no editions for 1916, however issues for the other WW1 years are available. There is a Search facility for all issues. Google Books
 
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:''The Kenya Gazette'' is an official publication of the government of the Republic of Kenya. It contains notices of new legislation, notices required to be published by law or policy as well as other announcements that are published for general public information. It is published every week, usually on Friday, with occasional releases of special or supplementary editions within the week.
 
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The South-West Africa Campaign was the conquest and occupation of German South West Africa (Namibia) by forces from the Union of South Africa acting on behalf of the British  Government at the beginning of the First World War.
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/withbothainfield00ritc ''With Botha in the field''] by Moore Ritchie 1915 Archive.org
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/withbothasarmy00robirich ''With Botha's Army''] by J P Kay Robinson 1916 Archive.org
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/withbothasmutsin00whitrich ''With Botha and Smuts in Africa''] by W Wittall Late Lieutenant–Commander, RN, Armoured Car Division 1917 Archive.org. Also includes East Africa.
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/doctorsdiaryinda00walkrich  ''A Doctor's Diary in Damaraland''] by Dr H F B Walker , late Captain RAMC 1917 Archive.org. Damaraland was the central portion of German South-West Africa.
 
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*[https://archive.org/stream/truestoriesofg03mill#page/230/mode/2up "Our Escape from German South West Africa"] by Corporal H J McElnea, late of the Imperial Light Horse, South Africa. Page 231, ''True stories of the Great War, Volume III''. Editor in Chief Francis Trevelyan Miller 1917. Archive.org
 
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*''History of the Great War based on Official Documents'': [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015019366734?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Military Operations, Togoland and the Cameroons, 1914-1916''] by Brig.-General F J Moberly 1931. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Lacks maps and illustrations.
 
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*French Official Histories: [http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/arkotheque/inventaires/ead_ir_consult.php?fam=11&ref=FRSHD_AFGG_ead ''Les Armées françaises dans la Grande Guerre''] sga.defense.gouv.fr. Includes ''Tome IX. Les fronts secondaires. Deuxième volume. Les campagnes coloniales : Cameroun. - Togo. - Opérations contre les Senoussis''. With online  maps (Cartes).
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/correspondencere00grea ''Correspondence relative to the alleged ill-treatment of German subjects captured in the Cameroons''] Presented to both Houses of Parliament November 1915 HMSO London 1915 Archive.org.
 
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Non-British Ancestors:
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French
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Greek
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Jewish
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Information on ancestors with a Dutch connection.

The Dutch East India Company or VOC

The Dutch name of the Dutch East India Company was the Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie or VOC, literally the "United East Indian Company". The alternative spelling Vereenigde is also used.

Brief History

"The Dutch sent their first fleet to the East in 1595. Being commercial realists they went straight to the source of the spice trade in the East Indies, established themselves at Batavia (now, as previous to their arrival, called Jakarta), and proceeded to oust the Portuguese. Then they established a chain of posts through Ceylon and Capetown to connect themselves with their home base and proceeded to develop a great Asian network of trade by which they planned to earn resources needed to purchase spices without drawing on the silver bullion which was in chronic short supply in northern Europe. India came within their purview only as a link in their great commerical chain. It was a source of textiles for sale in the East Indies in exchange for spices while the extreme south and Ceylon were valuable for their own supplies of pepper, cardamom and cinnamon. The Dutch had 'factories' or warehouses as far north as Agra but they took no part in politics or cultural contacts. Their eccentric tombs at Surat and their factories at Cochin and Negapatam are their principal memorials in India. Only in Ceylon did they exercise dominion in the plains from Colombo and leave a living memorial in the Burgher community."[1]

Individuals

An example of a Dutchman who ended up in Bengal was Johan Jacob Hoff . A Dutch book states he had joined the VOC in 1788. He went from Holland to the Dutch East Indies for the Chamber of Enkhuizen with the vessel Maria Carolina. Having arrived at Batavia, Hoff was sent to Malacca where he served as a “second chirurgeon.” In 1795 he was taken prisoner by the English in Malacca at Pera; together with the garrison stationed there, he was sent to Bengal. [2]

Also see FIBIS resources, below.

FIBIS resources

  • "The Origins of Johann Jacob Hoff: my ancestor in the Dutch East India Company" by Mary McPherson FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014), pages 30 -35. For access, see FIBIS Journals

Church Records

See also general article: Church records

If your ancestors were baptised, married or buried in a European church in British India, then the church records should have been transcribed and sent to the capital of the Presidency, where they would later have been forwarded on to London. These records were indexed and about 80% of church records in British India are believed to have survived. You can access these records at the British Library, or at LDS Family History Centres. Moreover many of the church records have now been didigitsed and are held on the subscription website findmypast

However, your Dutch ancestors may not have lived in British India (i.e. that portion of India that was controlled by the British - this grew from a very small area in 1600 to almost all of India by 1947). In this case, the church records will not be kept at the British Library.

The Dutch Churchbook of St Francis Church, Cochin has been microfilmed by the LDS and is available at LDS Family History Centres on microfilm 498601. A transcribed index of the names in this book, together with dates of death, can be seen on the Archived Cochin Churchbook website The dates of death cover the period 1751-1804

Cemeteries

BACSA have transcribed and published Bimlipatam Christian Cemeteries which contain British and Dutch tombs from the 17th century. Other BACSA holdings at the British Library comprise lists of Dutch graves and miscellaneous papers relating to genealogical sources. These are itemised in the BACSA online database

Dutch Records from Malacca in the India Office Records Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Dutch Cemeteries Findagrave.com for indexes and transcriptions of graves at

Photographs taken in Dutch Cemeteries in India flickr.com

Records at the National Archives of the Netherlands

  • Located in the same building as the National Archives at The Hague but a separate organization, is the 'Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie' (Central Bureau for Genealogy - CBG), the Dutch information and documentation centre for genealogy, family history and related sciences. Researchers visiting this centre found some copies of records relating to British Ceylon christenings.[3]

Refer External links below for both organisations.

Associations

  • If you had Dutch ancestors who lived in India, a useful association is the Dutch Indies Genealogical Association. Although their main focus is what is now called Indonesia, the Dutch Indies Genealogical Association can also help with Dutch genealogy in India.
  • Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon - Website contains much information including journals containing various family histories Example

See also

External links

This same database also is available on the pay website Ancestry.

Historical books online

References

  1. ↑ Spear, A History of India (Volume Two) (1978) pp.65-68
  2. ↑ Het Nederlandsch-Indisch bestuur in het midden van 1817, naar oorspronkelijke stukken by Pieter Hendrik van der Kemp 1915 Google Books (snippet view); pages 216 and 217, translated by Leo Janssen. The book by Van der Kemp deals with the period of 1817 and the complications with respect to the cession of the former Dutch possessions in Bengal according to the Treaty of London of 1814. Details provided by Mary McPherson (marymac129@btinternet.com) who is researching a man named Johann Jacob Hoff, possibly the man mentioned in the book. The book is available at the British Library together with many other books by the author including De administratie der geldmiddelen van Neerl.-Indië. (Alphabetisch Register, etc.).
  3. ↑ Andresen, Larry & Coreen British Ceylon christening records in The Hague Rootsweb Srilanka Mailing List, 01 January 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2014
  4. ↑ Dent, Gearoidin Christoffel Jochem Salder Rootsweb India Mailing List, 25 March 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2014

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