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A [[Portuguese]] colonial interest in [[China]]. After Napoleon invaded Portugal, the [[Macao Expedition]] was launched against a potential French threat. | A [[Portuguese]] colonial interest in [[China]]. After Napoleon invaded Portugal, the [[Macao Expedition]] was launched against a potential French threat. | ||
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==Records== | ==Records== | ||
*Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the [[ British Library]]. Macao and Whampoa [Canton] 1820-1833, '''IOR N/9''' | *Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the [[ British Library]]. Macao and Whampoa [Canton] 1820-1833, '''IOR N/9''' '''These records are included in the digitised records available on the commercial site [[findmypast]]'''. Note: may be subject to omissions for technical reasons. | ||
*Family Search records | *Family Search records | ||
**Microfilm catalogue entry for [https://www.familysearch.org/ | **Microfilm catalogue entry for [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/58612 Macao baptisms, marriages and burials, 1820-1833 ; Whampoa burials, 1820-1824] from the India Office Records. Index to baptisms, marriages, burials 1820-1833 498603 Item 5. Baptisms, marriages, burials 1820-1833 498606 Item 3. As these are Indian Office records, they are probably included in the digitised records on findmypast, see above. | ||
**Microfilm catalogue entry for [https://www.familysearch.org/ | **Microfilm catalogue entry for [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/49368 Records of the Church of England concerning British subjects in Macao. Text in English. Includes baptisms, marriages and burials, 1820-1838] film 576993 Item 4. See the Fibiwiki page [[FamilySearch Centres]] for details about digitised microfilm. | ||
:Some/all of these records for baptisms and marriages are available on FamilySearch as transcribed indexes. These records are in the World category (All Records Collections) in a group of records called World Miscellaneous. | ::The original records were previously in the Guildhall Library and are now in the [http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm London Metropolitan Archives] DL/E/E/059/MS11218: Transcripts of baptisms 1820-38, marriages 1822-38 and burials 1821-38 at Macao, and burials 1820-4 at Whampoa (registered at Macao), with certificates of marriages at the China Inland Mission at Wanhsien 1934, and Chengtu 1935. | ||
::[https://www.familysearch.org/search/ | :Some/all of these records for baptisms and marriages are available on FamilySearch as transcribed indexes. These records were/are? in the World category (All Records Collections) in a group of records called World Miscellaneous, however the batch numbers below are now stated to be in the collections Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977, and Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988. | ||
::[https://www.familysearch.org/search/ | ::[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=100&q.batchNumber=%20C310001 Baptisms batch C310001]. It is not known whether this is the complete data set. | ||
*The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] Archive at the [[British Library]] | ::[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=100&q.batchNumber=M310001 Marriages batch M310001] (16 marriages) It is not known whether this is the complete data set. (If the links are unstable, in FamilySearch [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ Search Historical Records] next select More Options then enter the batch number). | ||
*The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] Archive at the [[British Library]] holds information on both the Old and New Protestant Cemeteries in Macao under ref Mss Eur F370/816 | |||
*''An East India Company Cemetery: Protestant Burials in Macao'' by Lindsay Ride, May Ride, Bernard Mellor Hong Kong University Press, 1996 is available at the [[ | *''An East India Company Cemetery: Protestant Burials in Macao'' by Lindsay Ride, May Ride, Bernard Mellor Hong Kong University Press, 1996 is available online, refer below. | ||
*Anglican Church registers for baptisms and marriages for the period 1838- c 1841 are held in Hong Kong at the Government Records Service/Public Records Office, see [[Hong Kong]]. | |||
*Also see [[China#Records|China - Records]]. | |||
==External | ==External links== | ||
*[http://gwulo.com/macau-protestant-cemeteries Macau's Protestant Cemeteries] Gwulo.com. Contains links to photographs and transcriptions of gravestones taken by Ms Shyama Peebles. | *[http://gwulo.com/macau-protestant-cemeteries Macau's Protestant Cemeteries] Gwulo.com. Contains links to photographs and transcriptions of gravestones taken by Ms Shyama Peebles. | ||
*[http:// | *[http://crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/4145/1/Challenging%20Dead_final.pdf ''Challenging Dead. A Look into Foreigners’ Cemeteries in Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan''] by Gotelind Müller 2018. crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de. | ||
*[http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2017/09/david-scott-india-merchant-and-british-supercargoes-at-macao.html "David Scott, India merchant, and British Supercargoes at Macao"] 07 September 2017. British Library Untold lives blog. | |||
===Historical photographs online=== | |||
*[http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-Y-30383-A/8 Photographic panorama of Macau c 1900-1910] University of Cambridge Digital Library. A panoramic view, at the mouth of the Pearl River delta, by an unknown photographer. | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/journal-of-a-voyage-in-1811-and-1812-to-madras-and-china/page/n1/mode/2up ''Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812 to Madras and China returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; In the H. C. S. the Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass''] by James Wathen 1814. With Coloured Prints from drawings by the author. Archive.org. Includes a visit to Macao, the spelling used is Macoa. | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/mymothersjourna00hillgoog#page/n12/mode/2up ''My mother's journal: a young lady's diary of five years spent in Manila, Macao, and the Cape of Good Hope from 1829-1834'']. Edited by Katharine Hillard 1900 Archive.org | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.30753 ''A Subaltern's Sick Leave: Rough notes of a visit in search of health to China and the Cape of Good Hope''] by Nicolas Polson, Bengal Native Infantry 1837. Archive.org Ministry of Culture/ National Library of India Collection. Elsewhere it is stated the author was in fact Lieutenant Peter Nicholson (or Nicolson). He sailed from Calcutta July 1835. Includes Macao. | |||
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ordAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA343 "Historical Outline of Medical Missions at Canton, Hongkong and Macao"] ''The China Review, or notes & queries on the Far East'' Page 329 Volume 4 July 1875 to June 1876. Google Books | |||
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035E8C ''A Guide to Hongkong. With some remarks upon Macao and Canton''] by William Legge. Printed at Hongkong c 1893. British Library Digital Collection. | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/historicmacao00jesugoog ''Historic Macao''] by C A Montalto de Jesus 1902 Archive.org | |||
*[https://archive.org/stream/twentiethcentury00wriguoft#page/798/mode/1up "Macao"] page 798 ''Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China: their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources'' by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/seller-sing-songs/File1SellerSingSongs/page/n1/mode/2up "A Seller of 'Sing-Songs' : a chapter in the foreign trade of China and Macao"] by J M Braga originally from ''Journal of Oriental Studies'' [Hong Kong], v. 6 no. 1-2, 1961/64. Reprinted in 1967. Archive.org. Sing-songs was the collective term for items such as clocks and watches, musical boxes etc , which became obligatory gifts for foreigners to give to Government officials. | |||
:[https://archive.org/details/seller-sing-songs/File2JoseMariaBraga/mode/1up Article about the author, the historian José Maria Braga] and his books about Macau. Translated by Kevin Sherlock, originally appeared ''Tribuna de Macau'', Macau 7 April 1984. Archive.org. | |||
*[http://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/a97d6514015199a46f9e2064aba4c8c4.pdf "The Old Protestant Cemetery in Macao"] by Lindsay Ride ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 3 (1963)'' (27 pages) from [https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/exhibits/show/hkjo/home Hong Kong Journals online] The University of Hong Kong Libraries | |||
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20190130105758/https://lib.hku.hk/Press/9622093841.pdf ''An East India Company Cemetery: Protestant Burials in Macao''] by Lindsay Ride, May Ride, Bernard Mellor Hong Kong University Press, 1996, lib.hku.hk, archived. A searchable limited view with sample pages is available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=flbXWNoVraEC Google Books] | |||
:Sample pages Google Books [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CTLxAQAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 ''The Voices of Macao Stones''] by Lindsay and May Ride, abridged with additional material by Jason Wordie. Hong Kong University Press 1999. | |||
*[http://libdigital.umac.mo UM Digital Library Portal] University of Macau. Contains a number of different collections including "Books on China Online, 16th – Early 20th Century", "Open Access Books", "Rare Book Digitization Project (Western Rare Book)". Search or browse each collection separately. | |||
[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
[[Category:China]] | [[Category:China]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:47, 31 May 2022
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| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 22.198745°N, 113.54387°E |
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| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Macau |
| State/Province: | Macau Special Administrative Region |
| Country: | China |
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Alternative spelling: Macau.
A Portuguese colonial interest in China. After Napoleon invaded Portugal, the Macao Expedition was launched against a potential French threat.
Records
- Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library. Macao and Whampoa [Canton] 1820-1833, IOR N/9 These records are included in the digitised records available on the commercial site findmypast. Note: may be subject to omissions for technical reasons.
- Family Search records
- Microfilm catalogue entry for Macao baptisms, marriages and burials, 1820-1833 ; Whampoa burials, 1820-1824 from the India Office Records. Index to baptisms, marriages, burials 1820-1833 498603 Item 5. Baptisms, marriages, burials 1820-1833 498606 Item 3. As these are Indian Office records, they are probably included in the digitised records on findmypast, see above.
- Microfilm catalogue entry for Records of the Church of England concerning British subjects in Macao. Text in English. Includes baptisms, marriages and burials, 1820-1838 film 576993 Item 4. See the Fibiwiki page FamilySearch Centres for details about digitised microfilm.
- The original records were previously in the Guildhall Library and are now in the London Metropolitan Archives DL/E/E/059/MS11218: Transcripts of baptisms 1820-38, marriages 1822-38 and burials 1821-38 at Macao, and burials 1820-4 at Whampoa (registered at Macao), with certificates of marriages at the China Inland Mission at Wanhsien 1934, and Chengtu 1935.
- Some/all of these records for baptisms and marriages are available on FamilySearch as transcribed indexes. These records were/are? in the World category (All Records Collections) in a group of records called World Miscellaneous, however the batch numbers below are now stated to be in the collections Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977, and Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988.
- Baptisms batch C310001. It is not known whether this is the complete data set.
- Marriages batch M310001 (16 marriages) It is not known whether this is the complete data set. (If the links are unstable, in FamilySearch Search Historical Records next select More Options then enter the batch number).
- The BACSA Archive at the British Library holds information on both the Old and New Protestant Cemeteries in Macao under ref Mss Eur F370/816
- An East India Company Cemetery: Protestant Burials in Macao by Lindsay Ride, May Ride, Bernard Mellor Hong Kong University Press, 1996 is available online, refer below.
- Anglican Church registers for baptisms and marriages for the period 1838- c 1841 are held in Hong Kong at the Government Records Service/Public Records Office, see Hong Kong.
- Also see China - Records.
External links
- Macau's Protestant Cemeteries Gwulo.com. Contains links to photographs and transcriptions of gravestones taken by Ms Shyama Peebles.
- Challenging Dead. A Look into Foreigners’ Cemeteries in Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan by Gotelind Müller 2018. crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de.
- "David Scott, India merchant, and British Supercargoes at Macao" 07 September 2017. British Library Untold lives blog.
Historical photographs online
- Photographic panorama of Macau c 1900-1910 University of Cambridge Digital Library. A panoramic view, at the mouth of the Pearl River delta, by an unknown photographer.
Historical books online
- Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812 to Madras and China returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; In the H. C. S. the Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass by James Wathen 1814. With Coloured Prints from drawings by the author. Archive.org. Includes a visit to Macao, the spelling used is Macoa.
- My mother's journal: a young lady's diary of five years spent in Manila, Macao, and the Cape of Good Hope from 1829-1834. Edited by Katharine Hillard 1900 Archive.org
- A Subaltern's Sick Leave: Rough notes of a visit in search of health to China and the Cape of Good Hope by Nicolas Polson, Bengal Native Infantry 1837. Archive.org Ministry of Culture/ National Library of India Collection. Elsewhere it is stated the author was in fact Lieutenant Peter Nicholson (or Nicolson). He sailed from Calcutta July 1835. Includes Macao.
- "Historical Outline of Medical Missions at Canton, Hongkong and Macao" The China Review, or notes & queries on the Far East Page 329 Volume 4 July 1875 to June 1876. Google Books
- A Guide to Hongkong. With some remarks upon Macao and Canton by William Legge. Printed at Hongkong c 1893. British Library Digital Collection.
- Historic Macao by C A Montalto de Jesus 1902 Archive.org
- "Macao" page 798 Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China: their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org
- "A Seller of 'Sing-Songs' : a chapter in the foreign trade of China and Macao" by J M Braga originally from Journal of Oriental Studies [Hong Kong], v. 6 no. 1-2, 1961/64. Reprinted in 1967. Archive.org. Sing-songs was the collective term for items such as clocks and watches, musical boxes etc , which became obligatory gifts for foreigners to give to Government officials.
- Article about the author, the historian José Maria Braga and his books about Macau. Translated by Kevin Sherlock, originally appeared Tribuna de Macau, Macau 7 April 1984. Archive.org.
- "The Old Protestant Cemetery in Macao" by Lindsay Ride Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 3 (1963) (27 pages) from Hong Kong Journals online The University of Hong Kong Libraries
- An East India Company Cemetery: Protestant Burials in Macao by Lindsay Ride, May Ride, Bernard Mellor Hong Kong University Press, 1996, lib.hku.hk, archived. A searchable limited view with sample pages is available at Google Books
- Sample pages Google Books The Voices of Macao Stones by Lindsay and May Ride, abridged with additional material by Jason Wordie. Hong Kong University Press 1999.
- UM Digital Library Portal University of Macau. Contains a number of different collections including "Books on China Online, 16th – Early 20th Century", "Open Access Books", "Rare Book Digitization Project (Western Rare Book)". Search or browse each collection separately.