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*:"Returns of Marriages at Outstations in the Madras Presidency, Recorded in the Register Book of St Mary’s, Fort  St George, between 1783 and 1805" [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogis_22selb#page/n517/mode/2up/ 1783-1796] pages 248-257  
*:"Returns of Marriages at Outstations in the Madras Presidency, Recorded in the Register Book of St Mary’s, Fort  St George, between 1783 and 1805" [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogis_22selb#page/n517/mode/2up/ 1783-1796] pages 248-257  
**Volume 23,  1907  [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n127/mode/2up  1796-1798], pages 54 -61,  [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n275/mode/2up 1798-1800],  page 128-129, [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n377/mode/2up/  1800-1805],  page 179-187,  [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n393/mode/2up/  additional entries], pages 187-189
**Volume 23,  1907  [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n127/mode/2up  1796-1798], pages 54 -61,  [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n275/mode/2up 1798-1800],  page 128-129, [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n377/mode/2up/  1800-1805],  page 179-187,  [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n393/mode/2up/  additional entries], pages 187-189
:These articles have been reprinted as the book ''Marriages at Fort St. George, Madras''. This book is available to read online, or download, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1931668 catalogue entry], from [[Online books#FamilySearch Digital Library|FamilySearch]]. You need to be registered and sign in first.
:These articles have been reprinted as the book ''Marriages at Fort St. George, Madras'', published 1907. This book is available to read online, or download, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1931668 catalogue entry], from [[Online books#FamilySearch Digital Library|FamilySearch]]. You need to be registered and sign in first.
:[http://tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail.php?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt0l0Id&tag=List%20Of%20Marriages%20%20:%20Presidency%20Of%20Fort%20St%20George%20%201680%20-%201800#book1/ ''List Of Marriages Registered in the Presidency Of Fort St George  1680 - 1800''] edited by H Dodwell, Curator Madras Record Office 1916. Tamil Virtual Library. These records are compiled from St Mary's registers, and also Missionary registers, so perhaps include records additional to the record series above. Contains 74 pages of records.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OG8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9  ''‪Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics of the Presidency Division of the Madras army‬: ‪including Fort St. George, and its dependencies, within the limits of the Supreme Court. Compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office'']‬ 1842 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OG8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9  ''‪Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics of the Presidency Division of the Madras army‬: ‪including Fort St. George, and its dependencies, within the limits of the Supreme Court. Compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office'']‬ 1842 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA43 Madras and its cantonments] page 43, ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847''. Google Books. The cantonments were classified as "Stations on the sea coast"
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA43 Madras and its cantonments] page 43, ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847''. Google Books. The cantonments were classified as "Stations on the sea coast"

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Madras (City)
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 13.09°N, 80.27°E
Altitude: 6m
Present Day Details
Place Name: Chennai
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links
Madras Railway (to 1908)
Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway (1908 on)
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
Madras (City)



Madras (now Chennai) was one of the early East India Company Factories, the location of Fort St George and the seat of the Madras Presidency.

Madras in 1862, with churches, missions & schools
Madras 1893 Rootsweb

History

Spelling variants

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

FIBIS resources

Cemeteries

See Madras Cemeteries, for details of some of the Christian cemeteries in the city.

Orphan schools

See the main article Orphan Schools in Madras, or the following list of schools:

Economy and business

External links

Also see Historical books online, below.

Maps

Note: this map contains an insert, A Plan of Fort St. George and the City of Madras, which can can be enlarged considerably.

Historical books online

Also see Madras (Presidency)
Directories online
Newspapers and journals online

Also available as downloads from GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, with possibly better images. Vol. I, Vol. II, Part 1, Vol. III.
Parrys of Madras by Hilton Brown 1954. Full title: Parry's of Madras: a story of British enterprise in India. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume 2 1805 to 1835 Volume 3 1835 to 1861
These articles have been reprinted as the book Marriages at Fort St. George, Madras, published 1907. This book is available to read online, or download, catalogue entry, from FamilySearch. You need to be registered and sign in first.
List Of Marriages Registered in the Presidency Of Fort St George 1680 - 1800 edited by H Dodwell, Curator Madras Record Office 1916. Tamil Virtual Library. These records are compiled from St Mary's registers, and also Missionary registers, so perhaps include records additional to the record series above. Contains 74 pages of records.

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