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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements Straits Settlements] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements Straits Settlements] Wikipedia
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/4499753953/in/photostream  Photograph: St George's Church - Penang - 1818] by DBHKer flickr.com
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/4499753953/in/photostream  Photograph: St George's Church - Penang - 1818] by DBHKer flickr.com
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/stgeorge-pen.htm Introductory Note to the Microfilm: History of Saint George's, Penang] by Michael Poon.  anglicanhistory.org. With pdf downloads which are only available in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20101123190628/http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/stgeorge-pen.htm  archived version] , particularly Part 2 which includes An Alphabetical List of Memorials and Monuments in St. George's Church, Penang, with Short Biographical Details of the Persons Commemorated. Unfortunately the text quality of this listing is not very good.
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/stgeorge-pen.htm Introductory Note to the Microfilm: History of Saint George's, Penang] by Michael Poon.  anglicanhistory.org. With pdf downloads which are only available in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20101123190628/http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/stgeorge-pen.htm  archived version] , particularly Part 2 which includes An Alphabetical List of Memorials and Monuments in St. George's Church, Penang, with Short Biographical Details of the Persons Commemorated. Unfortunately the text quality of this listing is not very good. Note, pdfs may be slow to load.
*[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]
*[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]
*[http://www.peterloud.co.uk/photos/Penang/Penang.html Pete's Penang] photographs of Penang by Peter Loud
*[http://www.peterloud.co.uk/photos/Penang/Penang.html Pete's Penang] photographs of Penang by Peter Loud

Revision as of 05:42, 18 November 2019

Penang Island was also known as Prince of Wales Island. It was part of the Straits Settlements, along with Singapore and Malacca. The capital of Penang is George Town (or Georgetown). The island now forms a part of the larger Malaysian state of Penang.

Province Wellesley (now Seberang Perai), or mainland Penang, is opposite Penang island on the Malay Peninsula. This area was also incorporated into the Straits Settlements.

Alternative Spelling

Pinang

Records

Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library. Prince of Wales Island [Penang], Malacca and Singapore 1799-1829 in IOR N/8. These records are included in the digitised records available on the commercial site findmypast
The LDS film number for these records is 498606, item 2.

Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, N/1. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also IOR: R/9/39/3.

FIBIS Resources

Cemeteries

See FIBIS Resources above. Also:-

  • Penang: Graves in the Protestant Section of Western Road Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 2000 80pp, 27 illustrations
  • BACSA have publishedChristian Cemeteries of Penang & Perak by Alan Harfield c 1987 which details inscriptions of those buried there.
The index of persons named therein can be searched at BACSA Search. Application can be made to BACSA for copies of the full inscription - charges apply. For details of the books including purchase, see BACSA Books - select Cemetery Record Books. In addition FamilySearch have digitised Christian cemeteries of Penang and Perak , which has restricted access, but which may be viewed on a FamilySearch computer at a FamilySearch Centre. Catalogue entry. For more information, see FamilySearch Centres. Update June 2018. It appears that FamilySearch digital viewing is no longer possible. To be clarified.

External Links

Cemetries

Historical books online