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**[http://www.virtualshanghai.net/Texts/Articles?ID=80  "The Colonial Space of Death in Shanghai (1844-1949)"] by Christian Henriot 2007
**[http://www.virtualshanghai.net/Texts/Articles?ID=80  "The Colonial Space of Death in Shanghai (1844-1949)"] by Christian Henriot 2007
*Graham Earnshaw's [http://web.archive.org/web/20081222072026/http://www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/tales.htm Tales of Old Shanghai], now an archived website. Includes
*Graham Earnshaw's [http://web.archive.org/web/20081222072026/http://www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/tales.htm Tales of Old Shanghai], now an archived website. Includes
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20090221131015/http://earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-library.htm Online Library]. Note, some books at least have text. If the book you select does not appear to contain text, try clicking on an earlier (or later) archived link, and text may be available.
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20090221131015/http://earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-library.htm Online Library]. Note, most of the books appear to have text. If the book you select does not appear to contain text, try clicking on an earlier (or later) archived link, and text may be available.
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20081212024808/http://www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-oldmap.htm Maps]
**[http://web.archive.org/web/20081212024808/http://www.earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-oldmap.htm Maps]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120425051943/http://yangziman.blog.com/2011/10/04/shanghais-lost-foreigner-cemeteries/  Shanghai’s Lost Foreigner Cemeteries] by  Eric N. Danielson 10 April 2011 from his website [http://web.archive.org/web/20120616084651/http://yangziman.blog.com YangziMan: Adventures in China], now an archived website.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120425051943/http://yangziman.blog.com/2011/10/04/shanghais-lost-foreigner-cemeteries/  Shanghai’s Lost Foreigner Cemeteries] by  Eric N. Danielson 10 April 2011 from his website [http://web.archive.org/web/20120616084651/http://yangziman.blog.com YangziMan: Adventures in China], now an archived website.
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*[https://archive.org/stream/travelershandboo00crow#page/n125/mode/1up "Shanghai"] , page 102 ''The Travelers' Handbook for China (including Hongkong'') by Carl Crow. Third Edition, Revised 1921 Archive.org  
*[https://archive.org/stream/travelershandboo00crow#page/n125/mode/1up "Shanghai"] , page 102 ''The Travelers' Handbook for China (including Hongkong'') by Carl Crow. Third Edition, Revised 1921 Archive.org  
**[https://archive.org/stream/travelershandboo00crow#page/n128/mode/1up Plan of the Foreign Settlements, Shanghai]
**[https://archive.org/stream/travelershandboo00crow#page/n128/mode/1up Plan of the Foreign Settlements, Shanghai]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20090221131015/http://earnshaw.com/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-library.htm Online Library] from the archived website Tales of Old Shanghai. Note, most of the books appear to have text. If the book you select does not appear to contain text, try clicking on an earlier (or later) archived link, and text may be available.
**One of the books available to read is [http://web.archive.org/web/20010529063420/http://www.earnshaw.com:80/shanghai-ed-india/tales/library/baby/t-baby.htm ''The Unexpurgated Diary of a Shanghai Baby''],  by  Elsie Mc Cormick  first published 1924. A  review<ref>[http://shanghailander.net/2008/09/the-unexpurgated-diary-of-a-shanghai-baby/ ''The Unexpurgated Diary of a Shanghai Baby''] shanghailander.net</ref> says "The writing is easy to read and very humorous. It is a great introduction to old Shanghai, but also contains many details of the period that make in an invaluable resource for research on this topic".
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015050791709?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''China's Trial by Fire : the Shanghai War of 1932''] by Donald A Jordan 2001. Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015050791709?urlappend=%3Bseq=3 ''China's Trial by Fire : the Shanghai War of 1932''] by Donald A Jordan 2001. Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015012846062?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Shanghai, the Paradise of Adventurers''] by G E Miller (Pseudonym) Diplomat 1937 Hathi Trust Digital Library.  Elsewhere, the author is stated to be Mauricio Fresco, the Mexican Honorary Consul, whose position had long been deeply implicated in the large-scale organized gambling in the city of the 1920s<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=H4y8q_Zk0g4C&pg=PT347  Page from ''Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai''] by Robert Bickers 2004 Google Books</ref>
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015012846062?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Shanghai, the Paradise of Adventurers''] by G E Miller (Pseudonym) Diplomat 1937 Hathi Trust Digital Library.  Elsewhere, the author is stated to be Mauricio Fresco, the Mexican Honorary Consul, whose position had long been deeply implicated in the large-scale organized gambling in the city of the 1920s<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=H4y8q_Zk0g4C&pg=PT347  Page from ''Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai''] by Robert Bickers 2004 Google Books</ref>

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Shanghai
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Pudong Waterfront, Shanghai
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Presidency:
Coordinates: 31.202462°N, 121.49743°E
Altitude: 4 m (13 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Shanghai
State/Province: Shanghai Metropolitan Area
Country: China
Transport links

Shanghai, the largest centre of commerce and finance in China, is situated at the mouth of the Yangtse River. First opened as a treaty port following the 1st China War, it became a multinational business hub by the 1930s.

History

Capture of Shanghai 1842
Battle of Shanghai 1860

Records

  • Shanghai Ancestors from China Coast Family History, Chinese Customs Project, University of Bristol has various information, including a number of useful databases, on its website which may assist in the search for European ancestors. These databases include a searchable named index of Chinese probates, cemetery information and directory extracts. Also includes an alphabetical database of names for Shanghai Municipal Police.
  • The FamilySearch Catalog for microfilm/digitised microfilm records includes "Cemetery records of old and new cemetery, 1859-1899 and Seaman's cemetery, Pootung, in Shanghai, China, 1859-1879" catalogue entry microfilm 418134 which has been digitised and may be viewed at a FamilySearch Centre.

British Army

See China.

External links

Historical books online

References