Tranquebar
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| Presidency: Madras | |
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| Place Name: | Tharangambadi |
| State/Province: | Tamil Nadu |
| Country: | India |
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Tranquebar, sometimes spelled Trankebar (now called Tharangambadi) is a coastal town about 100km south of Pondicherry, formerly in the Madras Presidency. In the Danish era it was an important port.
History
Founded by the Dutch East India Company, Tranquebar was a Danish colony from 1620 until 1845, when it was sold to the British. The Danish built Fort Dansborg in 1620 as the governor's residence.
Records for Family History
The original records for Tranquebar are housed in archives in Denmark. In addition, some details are held in a card index compiled by Kay Larsen – which up to at least the early 1980s was housed in the Rigsarkivet in Copenhagen.
Records held outside Denmark
- Some records can be found amongst those of the Madras Presidency – more particularly after 1845 when the colony came under British control.
- LDS film no 128836 covers registers of baptisms , marriages and burials of both the Jerusalem and Zion churches of Tranquebar during the period 1707-1818. These records were taken from the original records at Landsarkivet, Copenhagen and the microfilms can be ordered on loan and viewed at local Family History Centres.
- LDS films no 39091-39092 which covers 1834 census of Tranquebar (these films are in Danish and can be accessed as above)
- List of marriages registered in the Danish church register of Zion church, Tranquebar, 1767-184 by Knud Heiberg. (In the UK , this title is available in, at least, both the British Library and Society of Genealogists )
- List of Inscriptions on Tombs or monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaeological interest. Vol. II by J Cotton (1946). Includes inscriptions from the Danish Cemetery at Tranquebar and the Dutch Cemeteries at Masulipatam, Pulicat, and Sadras. (In the UK , this title is available in, at least, both the British Library and Society of Genealogists )
External Links
Tranquebar - The Danish East India Company 1616 - 1669
Article A Danish heritage on Indian shores The Tribune (India) of 6 December 2009
“The Medical Skills of the Malabar Doctors in Tranquebar, India, as Recorded by Surgeon T L F Folly, 1798” by Niklas Thode Jensen, PhD student Med Hist. 2005 October 1; 49(4): 489–515.
