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Includes Borneo
Includes southern '''Borneo'''. (For the former British North Borneo, see [[Malaysia]]).
 
Indonesia was formerly known as the Dutch East Indies, and was generally under Dutch control.
 
However the East India Company  had some involvement as [[Bencoolen]] on the southside of the island of Sumatra, was occupied by the East India Company from 1685 to 1825, when it was exchanged with the Dutch for Malacca which was more strategically useful. 
 
In 1811, the island of Java was captured by the Madras Army of the  East india Company, see [[Java Expedition]] and Sir Stamford Raffles was appointed as the island's Governor. In 1814, Java was returned to the Dutch under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, but the British retained at least some control until 1816.


==Also see==
==Also see==
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==Records==
==Records==
*[[BACSA]] publication'' Java: British and Empire Graves (1743-1975)'' by Justin Corfield, 1999.  MIs including World War II.
188pp, 70 illustrations and plans ISBN 0 907799 61 2
*See [[General Register Office]] (UK) for general sources which may be relevant.
*[[Dutch Indies Genealogical Association]] sells publications, including this [http://www.igv.nl/igv-publicaties/dvd-bronnen-voor-indisch-genealogisch-onderzoek DVD] of records.  Both the  DVD and webpage are in Dutch. You can obtain a computer produced translation of the webpage using [http://translate.google.com Google Translate], or some  browsers such as Google Chrome have an automatic option to translate.
*See [[Dutch]] for sources or aids which may be relevant.
*See [[Bencoolen]].
*''Bogor, Indonesia : the cemetery in the Botanical Gardens'' by Justin Corfield 1999 36 p. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01009894001 and also  Mss Eur F370. Distributed by BACSA
:''Pangkalpinang : a guide to cemeteries : Bangka Island, South Sumatra'' by Justin Corfield 1999. 48 p. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01009894005, and also  Mss Eur F370.  48p. Distributed by BACSA
*[[BACSA]] publication '' Java: British and Empire Graves (1743-1975)'' by Justin Corfield, 1999.  MIs including World War II.
188pp, 70 illustrations and plans Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008880088 and also  Mss Eur F370.
:For details including purchase, see [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia#See also|BACSA- See also]].
:[[BACSA]] have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online and these indexes are free to search and browse, see the [[BACSA]] Fibiwiki page.  If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
:Justin Corfield’s book incorporates  some of, perhaps the English language burial entries of, three of the four volumes of the book by P.C. Bloys van Treslong Prins, ''Genealogische en heraldische gedenkwaardigheden betreffende Europeanen op Java'', [''Genealogical and heraldic memorabilia relating to Europeans in Java''] published 1934-1939, but not Volume 4, published in Batavia in 1939 and not widely available due to WW2. Volume 4 appears to be available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01002992238 (note the BL appears to be missing Volume 3), and Volume 4 was also included, together with the first three volumes, in the USB stick mentioned below from IGV (Dutch language), and are thought to be still available but catalogued somewhat obscurely in the listing current 7 February 2023. Note that the FamilySearch catalogue, see following,  states that the information has been "transcribed from gravestones", but it appears additional sources have been included.
*The  FamilySearch catalogue of microfilms/digitised microfilms includes the following
**"Genealogische en heraldische gedenkwaardigheden betreffende Europeanen op Java" (stated to be "Genealogical and heraldic information transcribed from gravestones in European cemeteries in Java") [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/65715 catalogue entry] Volumes 1-3 of the book by P. C. Bloys van Treslong Prins, mentioned above. Note these have been digitised and are currently (2021/04/06) available to view on your home computer, but you must be signed in to FamilySearch. This film DGS 7821578 may also be  located through FS Home Page/Search/Images [https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/ Explore Historical Images] which may be easier to browse. The three volumes are the first three items on the film. Mainly Dutch language, although if the cemetery inscriptions were originally in English, the transcriptions also are in English. Each volume contains an index of names which appears at the beginning of each filmed volume (although from the page numbering probably comes from the back of the book).  Volume 1 1934. Volume 2 (1936) commences image no. 258, and Volume 3 (1938) commences image 516, ending image 773. There are generally two printed pages per image. The FamilySearch microfilm does  '''not''' include Volume 4 (1939)  which is however available at the British Library, or  was available on a USB stick  to buy from  IGV, and probably is still available,  see below. The impression (subject to language difficulties) is that each additional volume contains new information which has become available since the previous edition.
**"Extracts from St. Andrew's Outlook, quarterly messenger of the Presbyterian Churches in Malaya, Sumatra, Burma and Siam : marriages and deaths, March 1914 - July 1951"  [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/204135 catalogue entry] film 87992.
**[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Search the  Family Search Catalog] for the country Indonesia. Most of the English records originate from either The National Archives at Kew, or the India Office Records at the British Library and are available elsewhere online, see [[General Register Office]] (UK) and [[Findmypast]]. The Dutch records include
::[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/255996 Registers van de Burgerlijke Administratie, 1772-1806] Civil marriages and deaths of Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia
::[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/256056 Kerkelijke registers, 1808-1828] Roman Catholic parish registers of Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia.
::[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/255980 Kerkelijke registers, 1746-1855] Lutheran Church registers of Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia.
::[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/256419 Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand en kerkelijke registers, 1794-1889] Civil registration and church records of births, marriages and deaths of Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia
::[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/256657 Kerkelijke registers, 1616-1890] Dutch Reformed parish registers of the various congregations in Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia.
::[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/166606 Uittreksels van geboorten, huwelijken, overlijden, 1817-1923 : verzameling van gegevens van de Burgerlijke Stand, gepubliceerd in de Regerings Almanak van Nederlands-Indië] Births, marriages, and deaths of the civil registration of East Indies (Indonesia) as recorded in the Official Government Almanac. Text in Dutch.  Records  from Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie (Nederland)
::[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/308757 Catatan sipil, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1829-1945] Births, marriages, deaths and recognitions of illegitimate children for Jakarta (formerly Batavia), Indonesia. From records at the Civil Registry Office, Jakarta.
:: Most of the above records are available to view at FamilySearch Centres and FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries, see the Fibiwiki page [[FamilySearch Centres]] for information about microfilms and digitized microfilms.
::[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/178253 Indische testamenten, 1700-1800] Wills of the Netherlands East-Indies. Available on home computers provided you are signed in to FamilySearch.
:There are also some records for Indonesia in  the [[IGI#India records|"World Miscellaneous" records on FamilySearch]]. The source of these records is unknown. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ Search FamilySearch] for the three collections for births, marriages and deaths.
* For online editions of the publication ''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c'', and similar publications, which may contain birth, marriage and death notices, see the Fibiwiki page [[China]].
* ''The London and China Express'', published in London, with target readership those outside the Indian Empire, including Java, is available on [[Findmypast]], category "Newspapers & periodicals"/"British newspapers", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites. The date range is from November 25, 1858 to July 2, 1931. For more details see [[Newspapers and journals online#London and China Express|Newspapers and journals online]].
*''British & Indian Armies in the East Indies (1685-1935)'' by Alan Harfield 1984 is available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01012321679  and UIN: BLL01012672115 . History of British and Indian Armies in Sumatra, Java, Sarawak, Malaya and Singapore from 1685-1935. Includes names of officers and men buried in these areas. Also includes name lists of persons in some military units which served in these areas.
*For webpages which follow which are not available in English, you can obtain a computer produced translation of the webpage using [http://translate.google.com '''Google Translate'''], (by entering the URL of the webpage, or copying and pasting text), or your browser (such as Chrome) may have an automatic facility.
*Indische Genealogische Vereniging IGV or [[Dutch Indies Genealogical Association]]. Members have exclusive access to the Indisch Archief , a professional database with more than 2 million records with data that are not all publicly accessible. IGV also sells publications, including a [https://igv.nl/product/indische-bronnen-compleet-igv-publicaties-bronnen-op-usb/    USB stick] of records from multiple sources.  All four volumes of the book by Bloys van Treslong Prins, refer above, were previously included in the USB stick, and are thought to be still available in the listing dated 7 February 2023, but catalogued somewhat obscurely as GHG1GRAF.PDF, GHG2GRAF.PDF, GHG3GRAF.PDF, GHG4GRAF.PDF. Please clarify with IGV if this is relevant for you. (An [https://web.archive.org/web/20221003044954/https://igv.nl/product/indische-bronnen-compleet-igv-publicaties-bronnen-op-usb/ archived version of an earlier list] gives more details of the content.) Note both  the  USB stick and the webpage describing the USB stick,  are in Dutch.  If the webpage does not display the contents of the USB stick,  click on Beschrijving.
:Previously the  content of the  USB stick just described was available on two separate USB sticks which could be bought separately, but this option no longer seems to applies. Note that there is a 50% discount for IGV members, so it would be cheaper to become a digital IGV member if you want to purchase the USB stick.
:IGV Guide: https://igv.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Voorlopige-zoekwijzer-ten-behoeve-van-genealogisch-onderzoek-naar-Europeanen.pdf
:"Voorlopige zoekwijzer ten behoeve van genealogisch onderzoek naar Europeanen (Nederlanders) in Nederlandsch-Indië (Zuid- en Zuid-Oost-Azië)" (versie: april 2018)]
:Google Translate English title "Provisional search guide for genealogical research to Europeans (Dutch) in the Dutch East Indies (South and South East Asia)" (version: April 2018).  To obtain a translation of the contents  copy and paste the  the URL in Google Translate, alternatively copy and paste the text.
:The "Provisional search guide" refers to a published guide in the Dutch language [https://igv.nl/product/asal-oesoel-cbg-onderzoeksgids/ ''Asal Oesoel''], published by Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie en Familiegeschiedenis [CBG] [Central Bureau for Genealogy and Family History], available through the IGV [https://igv.nl/winkel/ online shop],  with a 50% discount for IGV members.
*Search online newspapers and books on the free Dutch language website [https://www.delpher.nl Delpher], developed by the KB (National Library), "Ruim 130 miljoen pagina's uit Nederlandse kranten, boeken en tijdschriften" ["More than 130 million pages from Dutch newspapers, books and magazines"]. [https://www.delpher.nl/over-delpher/wat-zit-er-in-delpher/wat-zit-er-in-delpher/kranten#cc362 Wat zit er in Delpher?] (Dutch language) advises there are newspapers from Nederlands-Indië,  with a link to [https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten#krantenoverzicht Krantenoverzicht] which then links to a pdf, [https://www.kb.nl/kbhtml/delpher/documentatie/beschikbare_kranten_alfabetisch.pdf List of newspapers] (Dutch language). The following titles were noted (but there may be others) with first and last dates, but no details of the extent of the holding:
:''Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië''  2-7-1900 to 22-12-1957
:''Java government gazette'' 29-2-1812 to 10-8-1816. In English and Dutch.  (The British were in control during this period.)
:''Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie'' 5-1-1853 to 30-11-1957
:''Javasche courant'' 3-1-1828 to 29-12-1847
:''Nederlandsch-Indisch handelsblad''  16-12-1828 to  18-6-1833.
*The National Archives of Singapore has in its collection, viewable in Singapore, a microfilm of records from "Church of England, Diocese of Singapore" catalogued as "Marriage Register (Marriages Solemnized in Java) from 05.07.1911 to 14.11.1946 and Baptism/ Confirmation Register from 21.04.1912 - 09.12.1917" Microfilm Number: NA 2349, [https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/private_records/record-details/dc898a6a-115b-11e3-83d5-0050568939ad catalogue entry].  Within this catalogue entry, click on the source "Church of England, Diocese of Singapore" for more catalogue entries for Java BMD records from the same source, mainly from the 1930s, including some specified Sourabaya/Sourbaya.


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.allsaintsjakarta.org/short-history All Saints Anglican Church, Jakarta], Indonesia. The  present church building opened in 1831.  The church became  the Java Chaplaincy of the Diocese of Singapore in 1910, which covered a vast area.
:Indonesia is currently one of the Deaneries of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore.
*[https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267111 ''The factory of the English East India company at Bantam, 1602-1682''] by David Kenneth Bassett 1955 Phd Thesis School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London). EThOS (British Library)
*[http://hdl.handle.net/1885/11102 ''The Dutch East India Company and the Straits of Malacca, 1700-1784 : trade and politics in the eighteenth century''] by Dianne Lewis 1970 PhD Thesis Australian National University. Link to a download ANU.
:[https://www.nzasia.org.nz/uploads/1/3/2/1/132180707/9_lewis_3.pdf "British trade to Southeast Asia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries revisited"] by Dianne Lewis. ''New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 11, 1 (June 2009)'': 49-59 nzasia.org.nz
*[https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2014/08/the-british-capture-of-java-1811.html "The British capture of Java, 1811"] British Library Asian and African studies blog 11 August 2014.
:[https://rafflesandjavablog.wordpress.com "Raffles and the British Invasion of Java"] "Footnotes and Sidelights from the Story of the British Interregnum in Java". The British, (being the East India Company in India) ruled Java to 1816.
: "A Highlanders' Grave at Probolinggo East Java" by E. Edwards McKinnon. ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'' Volume 74, Spring 1996 pp. 52-56. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/44225235 jstor.org]. Officers of the [[78th Regiment of Foot|78th Highlanders]] were killed in May 1813 trying to enforce a new 'land distribution scheme' with which many of the locals did not agree. Read online for free on the website Jstor.org, subject to registration with Jstor.org, and restrictions apply. For more details about Jstor, and the restrictions,  see the  page [[Miscellaneous tips]]. Alternatively you may be able to log in with a Library card.
*[https://www.persee.fr/doc/arch_0044-8613_1979_num_18_1_1514 "The Merchant Fleet of Java (1820-1850). A Preliminary Survey"] by F.J.A. Broeze ''Archipel''  Année 1979 [No.] 18  pp. 251-269 persee.fr
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheh  Acheh] (Wikipedia)is a special region of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra . Under the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 the British ceded their colonial possessions on Sumatra to the Dutch. In the treaty, the British described Aceh as one of their possessions, although they had no actual control over the Sultanate
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150923233358/http://www.indonesianhistory.info/placenameindex/a  Digital Atlas of Indonesian History:Index by place name] includes Pedir (Pedie, Padir), a trading port in Acheh, visited by ships of the East India Company. indonesianhistory.info, now archived.
*[http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/12299 [Researching in<nowiki>]</nowiki> the National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia (ANRI)] by Matthew Minarchek, Department of History, Cornell University, May 26, 2015. dissertationreviews.org
*[http://thedandelions.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/has-somerset-maugham-promoted-malaysia-more-than-shahrukh-khan/ Has Somerset Maugham promoted Malaysia more than Shahrukh Khan?] by Oscar the Grouch.  The short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia and Borneo, written during the 1920s and 1930s, were typically concerned with the lives of the British imperial colonist. Includes details of a murder in 1911 in Malaya on which one of the stories is thought to be based.   
*[http://thedandelions.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/has-somerset-maugham-promoted-malaysia-more-than-shahrukh-khan/ Has Somerset Maugham promoted Malaysia more than Shahrukh Khan?] by Oscar the Grouch.  The short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia and Borneo, written during the 1920s and 1930s, were typically concerned with the lives of the British imperial colonist. Includes details of a murder in 1911 in Malaya on which one of the stories is thought to be based.   
**[http://www.maleisie.be/en/literature_william_somerset_maugham.html A list of the short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia and Borneo] www.maleisie.be
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20130114152847/http://www.maleisie.be/en/literature_william_somerset_maugham.html A list of the short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia and Borneo] www.maleisie.be, now an archived webpage.
*[http://www.historytoday.com/dunia-garcia-ontiveros/treasures-london-library-phrasebooks-and-shipwrecks Treasures from the London Library]  Describes the book ''The Planter’s Manual, an English, Dutch, Malay and Keh Chinese vocabulary'' by G Fraser Melbourn  published Deli Sumatra 1894. Also available at the [[British Library]]. The author was a tobacco planter.
:See Historical books online, below.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheh Acheh] (Wikipedia)is a special region of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra . Under the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 the British ceded their colonial possessions on Sumatra to the Dutch. In the treaty, the British described Aceh as one of their possessions, although they had no actual control over the Sultanate
*The website ''Malayan Volunteers Group'' malayanvolunteersgroup.org.uk includes a category [https://www.malayanvolunteersgroup.org.uk/sumatra.html Sumatra]. Mainly 1930s and WW2 period.
*[http://www.indonesianhistory.info/placenameindex/a Digital Atlas of Indonesian History:Index by place name] includes Pedir (Pedie, Padir), a trading port in Acheh, visited by ships of the East India Company,  
 
===Maps===
*[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298421/ ''A map of the East-Indies and the adjacent countries, with the settlements, factories and territories, explaning [sic<nowiki>]</nowiki> what belongs to England, Spain, France, Holland, Denmark, Portugal etc. with many remarks not extant in any other map''] c1717- 1720 by Herman Moll, geographer. University of Texas. Also available [https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:cj82ks67n Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection at the Boston Public Library] and [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231221936/view National Library of Australia]. [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3426425 catalogue description from NLA].
:Note: this map contains insets including A plan of the city of Batavia (bottom corner, towards the left) and  A plan of the city of Bantam (top left hand corner) both of which can be enlarged considerably.
 
===Historical books online===
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]].
*''The London and China Telegraph''. Published weekly in London. Covers [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], Japan, [[Straits Settlements]] ([[Singapore]], [[Penang]]), Batavia and perhaps a wider area. For editions 1860-1875 (missing 1862), see [[China]].
*[https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A21093.0001.001?view=toc ''A courante of newes from the East India. A true relation of the taking of the ilands of Lantore and Polaroone in the parts of Bande in the East Indies by the Hollanders, which ilands had yeelded themselues subiect vnto the King of England. Written to the East India Company in England from their factors there''] 1622. A transcription.  lib.umich.edu
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5ElpAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 ''The Civil Wars of Bantam, Or, An Impartial Relation of All the Battels, Sieges and Other Remarkable Transactions, Revolutions and Accidents that Happened in the Late Civil Wars Between that King and His Eldest Son ...: Giving a Particular Account of the ... Siege and Taking of the City of Bantam and the English Factory There by the Young King, with the Help ... of the Dutch : in Several Letters from a Gentleman Residing for the East-India-Company at Bantam to a Merchant in London''] 1683 Google Books.
*''The Voyage of François Leguat of Bresse, to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the Cape of Good Hope'' edited and annotated by Captain Padfield Oliver 1891. [https://archive.org/details/voyageoffranoi01legu/page/n5/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/voyageoffranoi02legu Volume II]. Printed for the Hakluyt Society. Archive.org. The narrative commences 1689.
*[https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_7oFZAAAAYAAJ#page/n323/mode/2up "The Management of the Dutch in India",  page 309] ''An account of the trade in India: containing rules for good government in trade, price courants, and tables: with descriptions of Fort St. George, Acheen, Malacca, Condore, Canton, Anjengo, Muskat, Gombroon, Surat, Goa, Carwar, Telichery, Panola, Calicut, the Cape of Good-Hope, and St. Helena... To which is added, An Account of the Management of the Dutch in their Affairs in India'' by Charles Lockyer 1711 Archive.org.
*[http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=sea:175#page/8/mode/2up  ''A voyage to and from the island of Borneo, in the East Indies : with a description of the said island … Also a description of the islands of Canary, Cape Verd, Java, Madura; of the streights of Bally, the Cape of Good Hope, the Hottentots, the island of St. Helena, Ascension etc''] by Captain  Daniel Beeckman 1718. The first chapter states he was  in the service of the East India Company. He sailed from England  October 1713. South East Asia Visions Cornell University Library. Note, may be very slow to open. [http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:175 Catalogue entry] .
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4wAyDgrnHicC&pg=PR1 ''A Voyage to the East Indies in 1747 and 1748. Containing an Account of the Islands of St. Helena and Java. Of the City of Batavia. Of the Government and Political Conduct of the Dutch. Of the Empire of China, with a Particular Description of Canton ...''] 1762  Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/voyagetowestindi00nobl/page/n3/mode/2up Archive.org version]. The Preface states the author was an officer in the service of the East India Company. 
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Yx5MAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The History of Sumatra: containing an account of the government, laws, customs and manners of the native inhabitants, with a description of the natural productions, and a relation of the ancient political state of that island''] ‬by William Marsden. Third edition with additions 1811 Google Books. The map has not been filmed. Also available in an [https://archive.org/details/historyofsumatra00mars Archive.org version] with [https://archive.org/stream/historyofsumatra00mars#page/n4/mode/1up Map].    First published 1783. The 2nd edition describes the author "late Secretary to the President and Council of Fort Marlborough".
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q9QvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217 Alexander Dalrymple 1737-1808] page 217 ''‪The General Biographical Dictionary: Volume 11''<ref>Full title ''‪The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation‬: ‪Particulary the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time‬, Volume 11</ref> by Alexander Chalmers 1813.  Appointed a writer 1752 in Madras. Obtained  a grant of the island of Balambangan (an island off North Borneo, now part of the Malaysian state of Sabah), controlled by the Sultan of Sulu (Sooloo) for the East India Company in 1763. Hydrographer.
:[http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/asian-and-african/2014/06/alexander-dalrymples-treaties-with-sulu-in-malay-and-tausug.html Alexander Dalrymple’s Treaties with Sulu in Malay and Tausug]  05 June 2014 British Library  Asian and African studies blog.
*[https://archive.org/details/Chinamanabroadd00OngT/page/x/mode/2up ''The Chinaman Abroad, or, A desultory account of the Malayan Archipelago, particularly of Java''] by Ong-Tae-Hae [Wang-ta-hai]  1849 Archive.org. Translation of a 1791 Chinese account.
:[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52882891/view?partId=nla.obj-128447255#page/n9/mode/1up 1850 edition] National Library of Australia, states translator is W H Medhurst.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9QddAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP8 ''Memoir of the Conquest of Java: With the Subsequent Operations of the British Forces, in the Oriental Archipelago. To which is Subjoined a Statistical and Historical Sketch of Java… with an Account of Its Dependencies''] by Major William Thorn, late Deputy Quarter-Master- General to the Forces serving in Java. 1815 Google Books.
*''The History of Java'' by Thomas Stamford Raffles 1817 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/b22012382_0001 Volume I] with [https://archive.org/stream/b22012382_0001#page/n593/mode/1up Map of  Java], [https://archive.org/details/b22012382_0002 Volume II]. The Illustrations were later reprinted: [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=4ANMAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT4 ''Antiquarian, Architectural and Landscape Illustrations of the History of Java'']  by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 1844 Google Books. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/yul.11816219_003_00?urlappend=%3Bseq=6  Hathi Trust edition], where the pages are able to be rotated.
*[https://archive.org/details/zoologicalresear00hors ''Zoological researches in Java, and the neighbouring islands''] by Thomas Horfield MD  1824 Archive.org. With coloured plates.
:[https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/zoological-researches-in-java-and-the-neighbouring-islands#/?tab=about  Images from the book]  New York Public Library Digital Collection.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=VwVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Trade and Travel in the Far East; Or, Recollections of Twenty-one Years Passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China''] by G.F. Davidson (1846). Google Books. The author arrived  in Java in October 1823 and lived there until 1826.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8WVTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The Eastern Seas, or Voyages and adventures in the Indian Archipelago, in 1832, 33, 34 ... also an account of the present state of Singapore, etc''] by  George Windsor Earl 1837 Google Books
*''Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly : commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood, R.N., in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the years 1842-1846 : together with an excursion into the interior of the eastern part of Java'' by J Beete Jukes, Naturalist to the Expedition. 1847. [https://archive.org/details/narrativeofsurve01juke/page/n8 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/narrativeofsurve02juke/page/n10  Volume II] Archive.org
*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t5leAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR4 ''De Zieke Reiziger: Or, Rambles in Java and the Straits. in 1852''] [The Invalid Traveller] by A Bengal Civilian [[http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=2052 Charles Walter Kinloch] victorianresearch.org] 1853 Google Books.
*''Java, or How to Manage a Colony. Showing a practical solution to the questions now affecting British India'' by J W B Money 1861 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/javaorhowtomanag01moneuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/javaorhowtomanag02moneuoft Volume II]
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.72754/page/n5/mode/2up ''Jottings of an invalid in search of health, comprising a run through British India and a visit to Singapore and Java : a series of letters reprinted from the "Times of India"''] by Tom Cringle. [Author: William Walker, see Preface] 1865. Archive.org, Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Granth Sanjeevani Collection. Also available in the [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000356A0 British Library Digital Collection].
*Navigation
**[https://archive.org/details/b22011614/page/n5/mode/2up ''The British mariner's directory and guide to the trade and navigation of the Indian and China seas. Containing instructions for navigating from Europe to India and China, and from port to port in those regions, and parts adjacent: With an account of the trade, mercantile habits, manners, and customs of the natives''] by H M Elmore, late Commander of the Varuna Extra East Indiaman 1802 Archive.org.
**''The China Sea Directory''  by the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London. Includes ''Volume I. Containing directions for the approaches to the China Sea and to Singapore, by the straits of Sunda, Banka, Gaspar, Carimata, Rhio, Varella, Durian, and Singapore'' and ''Volume II. Containing directions for the navigation of the China Sea, between Singapore and Hong Kong''
::[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28China+Sea+Directory%29&sort=date '' China Sea Directory'' at Archive.org]. Also [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034776 Volume 2, 1868] British Library Digital Collection, not currently available until c 2025.
::[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28China+Sea+Pilot%29&sort=date ''China Sea Pilot'' at Archive.org]
::[https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Pilot%20guides%20--%20Indonesia%22 ''Indonesia Pilot'' at Archive.org] Tagged subject:"Pilot guides -- Indonesia"
**[https://archive.org/details/directoryfornavi00find ''A directory for the navigation of the Indian Archipelago, China, and Japan, from the straits of Malacca and Sunda, and the passages east of Java. To Canton, Shanghai, the Yellow Sea, and Japan, with descriptions of the winds, monsoons, and currents, and general instructions for the various channels, harbours, etc''] by Alexander George Findlay 2nd edition 1878 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/malaccastraitpilot1946/F1MalaccaStraitPilot1946/page/n1/mode/2up ''Malacca Strait Pilot comprising Malacca Strait and Its Northern Approaches, Singapore Strait, and the West Coast of Sumatra. 3rd edition 1946. Also Supplement No.1 1949 and Supplement No.4 1954 [Great Britain Admiralty]'' Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/paper-doi-10_1098_rspl_1883_0098/mode/2up "Extracts from a Report on the Volcanic Eruption in Sunda Strait by Commander the Honourable F. C. P. Vereker, H.M.S. 'Magpie,' Dated Singapore, October 22, 1883"] followed by [https://archive.org/details/paper-doi-10_1098_rspl_1883_0099/mode/2up "Report from H.B.M. Consul at Batavia, Inclosing Extract Relating to the Volcanic Outbursts in the Sunda Strait, from the Logbook of the Steam-Ship Governor-General Loudon"] from [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.7511/page/n209/mode/2up Page 198 onwards] ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of London from November 15 1883 to April 24, 1884, Volume 36, published 1884'' Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearsinjungle02horn ''Two Years in the Jungle : the Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo''] by William T Hornaday, Chief Taxidermist, US National Museum 1885 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/somenotesonjavai00boysrich ''Some Notes on Java and its Administration by the Dutch''] by Henry Scott Boys, late Bengal Civil Service 1892 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/visittojavawitha00wors ''A Visit to Java : with an Account of the Founding of Singapore''] by William Basil Worsfold 1893 Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gj4hHAAACAAJ&pg=PA1 ''The Planter’s Manual, an English, Dutch, Malay and Keh Chinese vocabulary''] by G Fraser Melbourn  published Deli Sumatra 1894. Google Books
:[https://web.archive.org/web/20150918223134/https://www.historytoday.com/dunia-garcia-ontiveros/treasures-london-library-phrasebooks-and-shipwrecks  "Treasures from the London Library"] historytoday.com, now an archived webpage.  Article about one particular copy of  the book.  The author was a tobacco planter.
*[https://archive.org/details/withdutchineasto00cool ''With the Dutch in the East. An outline of the military operations in Lombock, 1894, giving also a popular account of the native characteristics,…''] by Capt W Cool (Dutch Engineer). Translated from the Dutch by  E J Taylor 1897 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/fromjungletojava00keysiala  ''From Jungle to Java : The trivial impressions of a short excursion to Netherlands India''] by Arthur Louis Keyser [1897] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/javathegardenof00scidiala ''Java, the Garden of the East''] by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore 1897 Archive.org.
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:021/ ''A Padre in Partibus: being notes and impressions of a brief holiday tour through Java, the Eastern Archipelago and Siam ... Reprinted from the “Singapore Free Press.”''] by G. M. Reith, (George Murray), 1897. Cornell University Library- Southeast Asia Visions. Also available in the [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D46 British Library Digital Collection]
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924089972123 ''Facts and Fancies about Java''] by Augusta de Wit  1900 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924014072791/page/n9/mode/2up ''European Settlements in the Far East; China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, etc'']  by DWS [catalogued as D Warres Smith] 1900 Archive.org. The author appears to have been the publisher of/associated with the annual publication ''Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan…'', see further below for online editions.
*[https://archive.org/details/jenningsguideto00unkngoog/page/n2/mode/2up ''Jennings' Guide to Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Johore, Deli, Bangkok, etc''] 1900 Archive.org. There are limited references to Batavia.
*[https://archive.org/details/oncanesugarproce00prinrich  ''On cane sugar and the process of its manufacture in Java''] by  H. C. Prinsen Geerligs, [Hendrik Coenraad] 1902 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/policyandadmini02daygoog ''The Policy and Administration of the Dutch in Java''] by Clive Day  1904. [https://archive.org/details/policyandadmini01daygoog 2nd book file] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/fareasterntropic00ireluoft/page/160/mode/2up Java] page 160 ''The Far Eastern Tropics, Studies in the Administration of Tropical Dependencies: Hong Kong, British North Borneo, Sarawak, Burma, the Federated Malay States, the Straits Settlements, French Indo-China, Java, the Phillipine Islands''  by Alleyne Ireland 1905 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011120833  ''My Tour in Eastern Rubber Lands''] by Herbert Wright  1908 Archive.org  [[Ceylon]], [[Malaysia|Malaya]], Java, Sumatra
*[https://archive.org/details/20thc-impressions-netherlands-india/page/n5/mode/2up ''Twentieth Century Impressions of Netherlands India. Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources''] by Arnold Wright and Oliver T Breakspear 1909 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924077183295 ''Through the Malay Archipelago''] by Emily Richings 1909 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924010584682  ''Isles of the East : an Illustrated Guide : Australia, New Guinea, Java, Sumatra'']  W Lorck Editor –in- Chief. Royal Packet Steam Navigation Company (KPM) 1912 Archive.org.
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:100  ''Java : Information for Travellers : Trips in the Isle of Java…''] Batavia: Official Tourist Bureau, 1913. South East Asia Visions, Cornell University.
**[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:100/#page/59/mode/1up Map of Java]
:[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:095 ''Come to Java: Information for Travellers, with two maps. Trips in the isle of Java…''] Official Tourist Bureau 1920. South East Asia Visions, Cornell University.
:*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:095/#page/309/mode/1up Map of Java]
:*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/bookreader/sea:095/#page/311/mode/1up Map of Netherlands East Indies]. May be very slow to open.
*[https://archive.org/details/1913-jusii-v42/page/321/mode/2up "Java- The Garden of the East"] by Lieut. F G C Campbell 40th Pathans page 311 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India'' Volume 42, 1913. Archive.org
*''Java: Past & Present, a description of the most beautiful country in the world, its ancient history, people, antiquities, and products'' by Donald Maclaine Campbell, late British-Vice Consul, 1915 [https://archive.org/details/javapastpresentd01camp Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/javapastpresentd02camp Volume II] with a [https://archive.org/stream/javapastpresentd02camp#page/n691/mode/1up Geological  and Volcanos map] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/ruralsanitationi00wats ''Rural sanitation in the tropics : being notes and observations in the Malay Archipelago, Panama and other lands''] by Sir Malcolm Watson 1915  Archive.org.  There is a chapter on Sumatra relating to malaria.
*[https://archive.org/details/lauterbachofchin00lowe ''Lauterbach of the China Sea : the Escapes and Adventures of a Seagoing Falstaff''] by Lowell Thomas, 1930 Archive.org. During WW1 Julius Lauterbach was navigator on the German  SMS Emden and subsequently  was  a prisoner in Singapore at Tangling prison camp [https://archive.org/stream/lauterbachofchin00lowe#page/94/mode/2up page 95], and helped ferment dissatisfaction which led to the 1915 Singapore Mutiny, during which he escaped and fled, initially to Sumatra.
* ''Military Report on the Netherlands’ Possessions in the East Indies'' Prepared by the General Staff, War Office 1919. Previously available from the website of the Australian Army, located under Our Heritage/ History/Primary Materials/1919 to 1938 - Between the Wars/Documents. This appears to be an internal British Army document which is marked Confidential. [https://web.archive.org/web/20190409095125/https://www.army.gov.au/sites/g/files/net1846/f/military_report_on_the_netherlands_possessions_in_the_east_indies_1919_0.pdf Direct link], now archived.
*[https://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=389234  ''The Netherlands Indies and the Great War, 1914-1918''] by Kees van Dijk 2007. ''Open Access'' oapen.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924062748995 ''A Manual of Netherlands India (Dutch East Indies)''] by Naval Intelligence Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty. HMSO 1920. Archive.org
*[https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11878/ ''Java and Madura''] HMSO 1920.  Number 82 in a series of more than 160 studies prepared by the British Foreign Office as background information for British delegates at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. World Digital Library, Library of Congress.
*[https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11954/ ''Sumatra''] HMSO 1920. Number 83 in a series of more than 160 studies prepared by the British Foreign Office as background information for British delegates at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference  World Digital Library, Library of Congress.
*[https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11914/ ''Dutch Borneo'']  HMSO 1920. Number 84 in a series of more than 160 studies prepared by the British Foreign Office as background information for British delegates at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference  World Digital Library, Library of Congress.
*[https://archive.org/details/wherestrangetrai00powe/page/n9 ''Where the strange trails go down; Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits settlements, Malay states, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China''] by E Alexander Powell 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/portsofdutchindi00coolrich ''The Ports of the Dutch Indies''] by Wouter Cool 1921 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/netherlandseasti00unit/page/n7  ''Netherlands East Indies and British Malaya: a Commercial and Industrial Handbook''] by John A Fowler [USA] Trade Commissioner 1923 Archive.org
*Series: ''Economic and Social History of the World War : Dutch Series'', published by  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. [https://archive.org/details/EconomicSocialHi0003Carn_n2g5 ''The Netherlands and the World War. Studies in the War History of a Neutral. Volume III The Effect of the War Upon the Colonies''] by Professor J H Carpentier Alting and W De Cock Buning 1928 Archive.org. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b543764?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 HathiTrust Digital Library] with darker print.  Includes the Netherlands East Indies.
*[https://repository.stou.ac.th/handle/6625047444/2650  ''In Java : and the neighboring islands of the Dutch East Indies''] by John Charles Van Dyke 1929. Link to a pdf download,  STOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. Note, this website has been noticed to be unavailable at times, possibly it may only be accessible during "office hours".  [https://archive.org/details/in-java-1929/page/n5/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/aclcpl000003a299/mode/2up ''The Coins of the Dutch East Indies: an Introduction to the study of the series''] by Sir John Bucknill  1931 Archive.org, Anna Digital Library Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/fromsiamtosuez010141mbp ''From Siam to Suez''] by James Saxon Childers 1932 Archive.org. The author travelled to Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma and India.
*[https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/1/38285 ''Belle of Bali being impressions of a pleasure cruise to the Dutch East Indies via Cochin, Colombo, Penang, and Singapore''] by Ardaser Sorabjee N. Wadia 1936. Link to a pdf download Digital Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India.
*[https://archive.org/details/netherlandsindia0000furn/page/n5/mode/2up ''Netherlands India : a study of plural economy''] by  J S Furnivall, (John Sydenham), late Indian Civil Service Burma.  1939 reprinted 1967.  Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/islesofspice00clun ''Isles of Spice''] by Frank Clune 1942. Archive.org Lending Library. A trip in 1939.
*[https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/35900 ''French View of the Netherlands Indies''] by G.H. Bousquet ; translated from the French by Philip E. Lilienthal 1940. Pdf download, Digital  Repository of GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, India.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:398969 ''Netherlands Overseas Territories''] published by The Royal Institute of International Affairs. Information Department Papers No. 28. July 1941. Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections (Collection Caribbean Sources). Also available [https://archive.org/details/UNIVERSITEITLEIDEN-DIG-398969/mode/2up Archive.org]. Mainly about Indonesia.
*[https://archive.org/details/APocketGuideToTheNetherlandsEastIndies ''A Pocket Guide to the Netherlands East Indies''] by United States Army Service Forces, Special Service Division.  1943 Archive.org. Select one page option if viewing online. [https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/p/pocket-guide-netherlands-east-indies.html Transcribed version] history.navy.mil/research/library.
*''Netherlands East Indies'' by Naval Intelligence Division 1944.[https://archive.org/details/b3216886x_0001/page/n3/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/b3216886x_0002/page/n3/mode/2up Volume II] Archive.org. 2nd copies with some minor differences, perhaps printed in India [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70084 Volume 1], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70085 Volume 2] Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.77452/page/n5 ''Java Revisited''] by John Fabricius, (catalogued Fabricus) translated from the Dutch by M S Stephens 1947. Archive.org. The author was working in Java 1945-1946 as a war correspondent.
*Between 1966 and 1980, the War History Office of the National Defense College of Japan published the 102-volume ''Senshi Sōsho'' (War History Series). These volumes give a detailed account of the operations of the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War. The three volumes relating to Indonesia have been translated into English, funded by the Corts Foundation. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210703030125/https://www.cortsfoundation.org/about-us/projects/senshi-sosho "Senshi Sōsho"] a page from  The Corts Foundation, archived. (The Corts Foundation, a Dutch non profit organisation, following the 3rd publication  has decided to conclude the activities as an autonomous foundation and  is transferring its activities to the new ‘Philippus Corts Fonds’, now part of 'The Learned Society /[https://www.verenigingkitlv.nl KITLV]'. Leiden)
:Volume 3 of the series: [http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32880  ''The invasion of the Dutch East Indies''] edited and translated by Willem Remmelink 2015. The campaign to gain control over the Indonesian archipelago. ''Open Access'' oapen.org. [https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-32880 Archive.org mirror version].
: Volume 26 of the series: [http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28411 ''The Operations of the Navy in the Dutch East Indies and the Bay of Bengal''] edited and translated by  Willem Remmelink 2018. Describes the Japanese Navy’s role in the campaign to gain control over the Indonesian archipelago.  It includes the first complete Japanese analysis of the Battle of the Java Sea, a much-debated battle that ended disastrously for the Allies and opened the way to Java for the Japanese. ''Open Access'' oapen.org. [https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-28411 Archive.org mirror version].
:Volume 34 of the series: [https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/48379 ''The Invasion of the South: Army Air Force Operations, and the Invasion of Northern and Central Sumatra''] edited and translated by  Willem Remmelink 2021. ''Open Access'' oapen.org. [https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-48379 Archive.org mirror version].
*[https://archive.org/details/fouryearstilltom0000unse/page/n3 ''Four years till tomorrow : despair and hope in wartime Dutch East Indies : a collection of 26 eye witness stories''] edited by Sheri G Tromp 1999 Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/pepperriceelepha00rick ''Pepper, Rice, and Elephants : a Southeast Asian journey from Celebes to Siam''] by Ruth Masters Rickover 1975 Archive.org Lending Library
*[https://archive.org/details/empiresendhistor00keay/page/n5/mode/2up ''Empire's End : a history of the Far East from High Colonialism to Hong Kong''] by  John Keay 1997. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-87677/mode/2up ''Swiss Mercenaries in the Dutch East Indies - A Transimperial History of Military Labour, 1848-1914''] by Philipp Krauer 2024. Volume 9 in the series ''Global Connections: Routes and Roots''. Archive.org
*[https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/search?type=dismax&islandora_solr_search_navigation=1&f%5B0%5D=RELS_EXT_isMemberOfCollection_uri_ms%3A%22info%5C%3Afedora%5C/collection%5C%3Aaceh_books%22&f%5B1%5D=mods_accessCondition_restriction_on_access_ms%3A%22Download%5C%20provided.%22  Aceh Books Collection] [online] using filter "download provided". Leiden University Libraries Digital Collections. Mainly Dutch language titles, but some English titles. There are also other Collections available which may contain relevant titles.


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Latest revision as of 01:33, 10 August 2024

Includes southern Borneo. (For the former British North Borneo, see Malaysia).

Indonesia was formerly known as the Dutch East Indies, and was generally under Dutch control.

However the East India Company had some involvement as Bencoolen on the southside of the island of Sumatra, was occupied by the East India Company from 1685 to 1825, when it was exchanged with the Dutch for Malacca which was more strategically useful.

In 1811, the island of Java was captured by the Madras Army of the East india Company, see Java Expedition and Sir Stamford Raffles was appointed as the island's Governor. In 1814, Java was returned to the Dutch under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, but the British retained at least some control until 1816.

Also see

FIBIS resources

Records

  • See General Register Office (UK) for general sources which may be relevant.
  • See Dutch for sources or aids which may be relevant.
  • See Bencoolen.
  • Bogor, Indonesia : the cemetery in the Botanical Gardens by Justin Corfield 1999 36 p. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01009894001 and also Mss Eur F370. Distributed by BACSA
Pangkalpinang : a guide to cemeteries : Bangka Island, South Sumatra by Justin Corfield 1999. 48 p. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01009894005, and also Mss Eur F370. 48p. Distributed by BACSA
  • BACSA publication Java: British and Empire Graves (1743-1975) by Justin Corfield, 1999. MIs including World War II.
188pp, 70 illustrations and plans Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01008880088 and also Mss Eur F370.
For details including purchase, see BACSA- See also.
BACSA have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online and these indexes are free to search and browse, see the BACSA Fibiwiki page. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
Justin Corfield’s book incorporates some of, perhaps the English language burial entries of, three of the four volumes of the book by P.C. Bloys van Treslong Prins, Genealogische en heraldische gedenkwaardigheden betreffende Europeanen op Java, [Genealogical and heraldic memorabilia relating to Europeans in Java] published 1934-1939, but not Volume 4, published in Batavia in 1939 and not widely available due to WW2. Volume 4 appears to be available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01002992238 (note the BL appears to be missing Volume 3), and Volume 4 was also included, together with the first three volumes, in the USB stick mentioned below from IGV (Dutch language), and are thought to be still available but catalogued somewhat obscurely in the listing current 7 February 2023. Note that the FamilySearch catalogue, see following, states that the information has been "transcribed from gravestones", but it appears additional sources have been included.
  • The FamilySearch catalogue of microfilms/digitised microfilms includes the following
    • "Genealogische en heraldische gedenkwaardigheden betreffende Europeanen op Java" (stated to be "Genealogical and heraldic information transcribed from gravestones in European cemeteries in Java") catalogue entry Volumes 1-3 of the book by P. C. Bloys van Treslong Prins, mentioned above. Note these have been digitised and are currently (2021/04/06) available to view on your home computer, but you must be signed in to FamilySearch. This film DGS 7821578 may also be located through FS Home Page/Search/Images Explore Historical Images which may be easier to browse. The three volumes are the first three items on the film. Mainly Dutch language, although if the cemetery inscriptions were originally in English, the transcriptions also are in English. Each volume contains an index of names which appears at the beginning of each filmed volume (although from the page numbering probably comes from the back of the book). Volume 1 1934. Volume 2 (1936) commences image no. 258, and Volume 3 (1938) commences image 516, ending image 773. There are generally two printed pages per image. The FamilySearch microfilm does not include Volume 4 (1939) which is however available at the British Library, or was available on a USB stick to buy from IGV, and probably is still available, see below. The impression (subject to language difficulties) is that each additional volume contains new information which has become available since the previous edition.
    • "Extracts from St. Andrew's Outlook, quarterly messenger of the Presbyterian Churches in Malaya, Sumatra, Burma and Siam : marriages and deaths, March 1914 - July 1951" catalogue entry film 87992.
    • Search the Family Search Catalog for the country Indonesia. Most of the English records originate from either The National Archives at Kew, or the India Office Records at the British Library and are available elsewhere online, see General Register Office (UK) and Findmypast. The Dutch records include
Registers van de Burgerlijke Administratie, 1772-1806 Civil marriages and deaths of Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia
Kerkelijke registers, 1808-1828 Roman Catholic parish registers of Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia.
Kerkelijke registers, 1746-1855 Lutheran Church registers of Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia.
Registers van de Burgerlijke Stand en kerkelijke registers, 1794-1889 Civil registration and church records of births, marriages and deaths of Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia
Kerkelijke registers, 1616-1890 Dutch Reformed parish registers of the various congregations in Batavia (now Jakarta), Indonesia.
Uittreksels van geboorten, huwelijken, overlijden, 1817-1923 : verzameling van gegevens van de Burgerlijke Stand, gepubliceerd in de Regerings Almanak van Nederlands-Indië Births, marriages, and deaths of the civil registration of East Indies (Indonesia) as recorded in the Official Government Almanac. Text in Dutch. Records from Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie (Nederland)
Catatan sipil, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1829-1945 Births, marriages, deaths and recognitions of illegitimate children for Jakarta (formerly Batavia), Indonesia. From records at the Civil Registry Office, Jakarta.
Most of the above records are available to view at FamilySearch Centres and FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries, see the Fibiwiki page FamilySearch Centres for information about microfilms and digitized microfilms.
Indische testamenten, 1700-1800 Wills of the Netherlands East-Indies. Available on home computers provided you are signed in to FamilySearch.
There are also some records for Indonesia in the "World Miscellaneous" records on FamilySearch. The source of these records is unknown. Search FamilySearch for the three collections for births, marriages and deaths.
  • For online editions of the publication The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c, and similar publications, which may contain birth, marriage and death notices, see the Fibiwiki page China.
  • The London and China Express, published in London, with target readership those outside the Indian Empire, including Java, is available on Findmypast, category "Newspapers & periodicals"/"British newspapers", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites. The date range is from November 25, 1858 to July 2, 1931. For more details see Newspapers and journals online.
  • British & Indian Armies in the East Indies (1685-1935) by Alan Harfield 1984 is available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01012321679 and UIN: BLL01012672115 . History of British and Indian Armies in Sumatra, Java, Sarawak, Malaya and Singapore from 1685-1935. Includes names of officers and men buried in these areas. Also includes name lists of persons in some military units which served in these areas.
  • For webpages which follow which are not available in English, you can obtain a computer produced translation of the webpage using Google Translate, (by entering the URL of the webpage, or copying and pasting text), or your browser (such as Chrome) may have an automatic facility.
  • Indische Genealogische Vereniging IGV or Dutch Indies Genealogical Association. Members have exclusive access to the Indisch Archief , a professional database with more than 2 million records with data that are not all publicly accessible. IGV also sells publications, including a USB stick of records from multiple sources. All four volumes of the book by Bloys van Treslong Prins, refer above, were previously included in the USB stick, and are thought to be still available in the listing dated 7 February 2023, but catalogued somewhat obscurely as GHG1GRAF.PDF, GHG2GRAF.PDF, GHG3GRAF.PDF, GHG4GRAF.PDF. Please clarify with IGV if this is relevant for you. (An archived version of an earlier list gives more details of the content.) Note both the USB stick and the webpage describing the USB stick, are in Dutch. If the webpage does not display the contents of the USB stick, click on Beschrijving.
Previously the content of the USB stick just described was available on two separate USB sticks which could be bought separately, but this option no longer seems to applies. Note that there is a 50% discount for IGV members, so it would be cheaper to become a digital IGV member if you want to purchase the USB stick.
IGV Guide: https://igv.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Voorlopige-zoekwijzer-ten-behoeve-van-genealogisch-onderzoek-naar-Europeanen.pdf
"Voorlopige zoekwijzer ten behoeve van genealogisch onderzoek naar Europeanen (Nederlanders) in Nederlandsch-Indië (Zuid- en Zuid-Oost-Azië)" (versie: april 2018)]
Google Translate English title "Provisional search guide for genealogical research to Europeans (Dutch) in the Dutch East Indies (South and South East Asia)" (version: April 2018). To obtain a translation of the contents copy and paste the the URL in Google Translate, alternatively copy and paste the text.
The "Provisional search guide" refers to a published guide in the Dutch language Asal Oesoel, published by Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie en Familiegeschiedenis [CBG] [Central Bureau for Genealogy and Family History], available through the IGV online shop, with a 50% discount for IGV members.
  • Search online newspapers and books on the free Dutch language website Delpher, developed by the KB (National Library), "Ruim 130 miljoen pagina's uit Nederlandse kranten, boeken en tijdschriften" ["More than 130 million pages from Dutch newspapers, books and magazines"]. Wat zit er in Delpher? (Dutch language) advises there are newspapers from Nederlands-Indië, with a link to Krantenoverzicht which then links to a pdf, List of newspapers (Dutch language). The following titles were noted (but there may be others) with first and last dates, but no details of the extent of the holding:
Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië 2-7-1900 to 22-12-1957
Java government gazette 29-2-1812 to 10-8-1816. In English and Dutch. (The British were in control during this period.)
Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie 5-1-1853 to 30-11-1957
Javasche courant 3-1-1828 to 29-12-1847
Nederlandsch-Indisch handelsblad 16-12-1828 to 18-6-1833.
  • The National Archives of Singapore has in its collection, viewable in Singapore, a microfilm of records from "Church of England, Diocese of Singapore" catalogued as "Marriage Register (Marriages Solemnized in Java) from 05.07.1911 to 14.11.1946 and Baptism/ Confirmation Register from 21.04.1912 - 09.12.1917" Microfilm Number: NA 2349, catalogue entry. Within this catalogue entry, click on the source "Church of England, Diocese of Singapore" for more catalogue entries for Java BMD records from the same source, mainly from the 1930s, including some specified Sourabaya/Sourbaya.

External links

  • All Saints Anglican Church, Jakarta, Indonesia. The present church building opened in 1831. The church became the Java Chaplaincy of the Diocese of Singapore in 1910, which covered a vast area.
Indonesia is currently one of the Deaneries of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore.
"British trade to Southeast Asia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries revisited" by Dianne Lewis. New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 11, 1 (June 2009): 49-59 nzasia.org.nz
"Raffles and the British Invasion of Java" "Footnotes and Sidelights from the Story of the British Interregnum in Java". The British, (being the East India Company in India) ruled Java to 1816.
"A Highlanders' Grave at Probolinggo East Java" by E. Edwards McKinnon. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research Volume 74, Spring 1996 pp. 52-56. jstor.org. Officers of the 78th Highlanders were killed in May 1813 trying to enforce a new 'land distribution scheme' with which many of the locals did not agree. Read online for free on the website Jstor.org, subject to registration with Jstor.org, and restrictions apply. For more details about Jstor, and the restrictions, see the page Miscellaneous tips. Alternatively you may be able to log in with a Library card.
See Historical books online, below.
  • The website Malayan Volunteers Group malayanvolunteersgroup.org.uk includes a category Sumatra. Mainly 1930s and WW2 period.

Maps

Note: this map contains insets including A plan of the city of Batavia (bottom corner, towards the left) and A plan of the city of Bantam (top left hand corner) both of which can be enlarged considerably.

Historical books online

Alexander Dalrymple’s Treaties with Sulu in Malay and Tausug 05 June 2014 British Library Asian and African studies blog.
1850 edition National Library of Australia, states translator is W H Medhurst.
Images from the book New York Public Library Digital Collection.
China Sea Directory at Archive.org. Also Volume 2, 1868 British Library Digital Collection, not currently available until c 2025.
China Sea Pilot at Archive.org
Indonesia Pilot at Archive.org Tagged subject:"Pilot guides -- Indonesia"
"Treasures from the London Library" historytoday.com, now an archived webpage. Article about one particular copy of the book. The author was a tobacco planter.
Come to Java: Information for Travellers, with two maps. Trips in the isle of Java… Official Tourist Bureau 1920. South East Asia Visions, Cornell University.
Volume 3 of the series: The invasion of the Dutch East Indies edited and translated by Willem Remmelink 2015. The campaign to gain control over the Indonesian archipelago. Open Access oapen.org. Archive.org mirror version.
Volume 26 of the series: The Operations of the Navy in the Dutch East Indies and the Bay of Bengal edited and translated by Willem Remmelink 2018. Describes the Japanese Navy’s role in the campaign to gain control over the Indonesian archipelago. It includes the first complete Japanese analysis of the Battle of the Java Sea, a much-debated battle that ended disastrously for the Allies and opened the way to Java for the Japanese. Open Access oapen.org. Archive.org mirror version.
Volume 34 of the series: The Invasion of the South: Army Air Force Operations, and the Invasion of Northern and Central Sumatra edited and translated by Willem Remmelink 2021. Open Access oapen.org. Archive.org mirror version.
  1. Full title ‪The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation‬: ‪Particulary the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time‬, Volume 11