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The Danish name was FrederiksnagorAn excellent website which provides beautiful images of missionary sites in and around Serampore, along with maps and useful links is at [https://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/legacy/virtual-serampore/index. Alternative spelling: Frederiksnagore, Frederiksnagarhtml Virtual Serampore].
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'''Serampore''' was a former [[Danish]] colony. It is now called Shrirampur and is 20km due north of [[Calcutta]]. It was the headquarters of the centre subdivision of the same name in Hughli District, [[CalcuttaBengal]]during the british period.
==Spelling variants==Modern name: Serampore<br>Variants: Serampur/Srirampur/Srirampore/Shreerampur/Shreerampore/Shrirampur/Shrirampore/Srerampore ==FIBIS resources==*FIBIS database: [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=1923&s_id=1032 1840 Serampore Census] transcribed by Sylvia Murphy. European & Indo-European names. Details of names are available without restriction. Full details such as address, occupation, religion etc. are only available to logged-in FIBIS members.==Danish history==The Danish name was Frederiksnagore. Alternative spelling: Frederiksnagor, Frederiksnagar. It was established by the Danish East India Company, by then called the Asiatic Company, in 1755.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=FZQcjsSitEcC&pg=PA77 ''Der dänische Gesamtstaat: ein unterschätztes Weltreich?/The Oldenburg Monachy:An excellent website which provides beautiful images Underestimated Empire''] (in English) page 77 article by Eric Gobel 2006 Google Books</ref> A [http://books.google.com/books?id=FZQcjsSitEcC&pg=PA57 description] of missionary sites Frederiksnagore in the early 1780’s.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=FZQcjsSitEcC&pg=PA57 ''Der dänische Gesamtstaat: ein unterschätztes Weltreich?/The Oldenburg Monachy:An Underestimated Empire''] (in and around SeramporeEnglish) page 57 article by Finn- Einar Eilassen 2006 Google Books</ref> Frederiksnagore was transferred from the Danish Crown to the East India Company 22 February 1845, along with maps and useful links is at as detailed in this [http://wwwbooks.virtualseramporegoogle.org Virtual Seramporecom/books?id=kDYQAAAAYAAJ&dq=Frederiksnagore&pg=PA70 link]<ref>[http://books.google. com/books?id=kDYQAAAAYAAJ&dq=Frederiksnagore&pg=PA70 ''A collection of treaties, engagements, and sunnuds, relating to India and neighbouring countries. Volume 1 Bengal, Burmah and the Eastern Archipelago''], page 70 1862 compiled by C U Aitchison Google Books</ref>
==Danish residents in 1813==
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== Cemeteries==
There are two burial grounds at Serampore - Danish and the Mission.<ref>Roberts, John E C. [https://web.archive.org/web/20181029061442/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india.rootsweb.com/thread/2239614/ Marshall/Marschalk] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 26 August 2009, now archived. Also mentions records.</ref>
==External links==
*[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 Searchable British Library catalogue]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160120134426/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120715/jsp/calcutta/story_15730606.jsp "Our heritage, their heritage"] Sunday, July 15, 2012 ''The Telegraph'', Calcutta, now an archived webpage. Heritage buildings in Serampore and [[Chandernagore]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150925044909/http://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/research/research-projects/the-serampore-initiative/projects/ The Serampore Initiative] National Museum of Denmark, now archived.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20131206212136/http://natmus.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/natmus/etnografisksamling/billeder/Serampore/Serampore_report_2010_web.pdf "Indo-Danish Heritage Buildings of Serampore"] by Flemming Aalund & Simon Rastén August 2010. natmus.dk, now an archived webpage.
*[http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1175779 Photograph: Serampore (Fredericknagore), St Olaf's Church c. 1912 to 1914]. Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland.
*[https://www.peepultree.world/livehistoryindia/films/places/hooghly-the-global-history-of-a-river-with-robert-ivermee Robert Ivermee on ''Hooghly: The Global History of a River''] Live History India Book Club at peepultree.world. Contains a video (50 minutes). Includes discussion about Serampore.
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_183.gif Serampore] Imperial Gazetteer
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8720/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Story of Serampore and its College''] by George Howells and A C Underwood 1918. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository.
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.93601/2015.93601.The-Calcutta-Review1918#page/n99/mode/2up "The Danes at Serampore"], by F.B.Bradley Birt, ''Calcutta Review, No. 295, January 1919, (New [2nd] Series Volume 25)'', pages 92-118 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. Note however, that it is in the volume which is catalogued as 1918. This volume has title page and contents pages for 1918, but articles for 1919.
*From ''Bengal, Past and Present Volume 23, July to Dec. 1921'' Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/bpp-1921-vol22-vol23/page/153/mode/2up "The Three Oldest Church Registers of Serampur 29th July 1769-1843"] by Rev H Hosten SJ, page 154
**[https://archive.org/details/bpp-1921-vol22-vol23/page/171/mode/2up "Christian Inscriptions from Serampur"] by Rev H Hosten SJ, page 171.
*"Glimpses of Serampore 1810-1820" [https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol46-julydec1933/page/23/mode/2up pages 23-25] and [https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol46-julydec1933/page/131/mode/2up pages 132-136] ''Bengal Past and Present Vol. 46 1933 July-Dec''. Archive.org. Extracts from the diary of Severin Kierulf, merchant in the Danish Ost Indian Company at Serampore. Includes details of deaths, marriages and births.
*[https://archive.org/details/bengal-past-present-vol-47-janmar1934/page/n69/mode/2up "Mission Burial Ground, Serampore"] by J G Brooker page 57 ''Bengal Past and Present Vol. 47 Part 1, 1934 Jan.-March''. Archive.org. With a Plan between pages 56-57.
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