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*Malacca and Penang [http://books.google.com/books?id=VwVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA94 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 | *Malacca and Penang [http://books.google.com/books?id=VwVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA94 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 | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_Island Penang Island] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_Island Penang Island] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements Straits Settlements] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements Straits Settlements] Wikipedia | ||
*Penang, [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA718 page 718] ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore'' by Pharoah &Co 1855 | |||
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[[Category:Straits Settlements]] | [[Category:Straits Settlements]] | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 9 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
- Penang, page 718 A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore by Pharoah &Co 1855