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Penang Island was also known as Prince of Wales Island. It was part of the Straits Settlements, along with [[Singapore]] and [[Malacca]]. | '''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. | ||
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Revision as of 20:11, 7 September 2009
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.
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.
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.
External Links
- Malacca and Penang Chapter 6 of 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
- Penang Island Wikipedia
- Straits Settlements Wikipedia