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In 1819, the British [[East India Company]], led by Sir Stamford Raffles, established a trading post on the islandof '''Singapore''', which was used as a port along the spice route.

*Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the [[ British Library]]. Prince of Wales Island [Penang], Malacca and Singapore 1799-1829 in '''IOR N/8'''.

*[http://newspapers.nl.sg/default.aspx Singapore Straits Times 1845-1982 (search)] Full articles cannot be viewed, but searches can provide results to be explored on microfilm where available (, such as at BL Colindale, and Monash University Library, Victoria, Australia ([http://library.monash.edu.au/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=9845&recCount=20&recPointer=28&bibId=101962 catalogue entry]).

*The [http://WWW.nl.sg National Library of Singapore] , - items in the section [http://www.nl.sg/NLWEB.portal?_nfpb=true&_nfls=false&_pageLabel=NL_OCHandler&collectionCode=SingaporePages Singapore Pages]include::*Has a pdf brochure "[http://mms.elibraryhub.com/SHC/SSH%20Collection/Tracing%20Roots.pdf "Tracing Roots"]" pdf brochure:*The [http://www.nl.sg/NLWEB.portal?_cn_nodePath=NL%2FOtherCollections%2FLKCRL%2FSingaporePages&_nfpb=true&_cn_bookLevel=1&_cn_bookTitle1=LKCRL+Collections&_pageLabel=NL_CMSPage4&collectionCode=SingaporePages&_cn_pageTitle=Singapore Singapore Collection of the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library]. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-11/1258535163 linkpost] mentions microfilms of Directories directories at the Library.:* Has books Books [http://sgebooks.nl.sg available to download] including:::*[http://sgebooks.nl.sg/googlecse.aspx?q=Directories&start=0&cx=006597985428264677513%3Awzo_av3kkyw&cof=FORID%3A11#914 Directories for The Straits and/or Singapore] for the years 1853-19571857, 1859-1863, 1867-1871, 1875, 1877,1879, 1881.The majority of these books are in the category 'Commerce and Industry', but the volume for 1867-1869 is in the category Events. There is also an 1821 Directory for Prince of Wales Island (Penang) in the category Organisations.

*[http://www.nhb.gov.sg/NAS/index.htm National Archives of Singapore]. Includes , includes [http://www.a2o.com.sg/a2o/public/html Access to Archives Online]. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-11/1258523648 linkpost] details some of the information available at the National Archives.*[http://www.nhb.gov.sg/WWW National Heritage Board]. Includes including the [http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/nms/nms_html/index.asp National Museum of Singapore] ===Online books===*''Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles,F.R.S., &c. &c., particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816,Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824: with details of the commerce and resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and selections from his correspondence'' by Sophia Raffles 1835 [http://books.google.com/books?id=lqA2AAAAMAAJ Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=86A2AAAAMAAJ Volume 2] Google Books *Singapore in 1837 commencing [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA81 page 81 of Book 2] of ''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 .Google Books  *Singapore, [http://books.google.com/books?id=VwVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA39 Chapters 3 and 4] of ''Trade and Travel in the Far East; Or, Recollections of Twenty-one Years Passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China'' By G.F. Davidson 1846 Google Books *Singapore, [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA725 page 725] ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore'' by Pharoah &Co 1855 *[http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/3806/articles/3806mh1.htm "History Of Medicine In Singapore”] by J S Cheah ''Singapore Medical Journal'' 1997 Volume 38 (6)

 *“The Pauper Hospital In Early Singapore” by YK Lee ''Singapore Medical Journal''