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:*The [http://www.nl.sg/NLWEB.portal?_cn_nodePath=NL%2FOtherCollections%2FLKCRL%2FSingaporePages&_nfpb=true&_cn_bookLevel=1&_cn_bookTitle1=LKCRL+Collections&_pageLabel=NL_CMSPage4&collectionCode=SingaporePages&_cn_pageTitle=Singapore Singapore Collection of the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library]
:*The [http://www.nl.sg/NLWEB.portal?_cn_nodePath=NL%2FOtherCollections%2FLKCRL%2FSingaporePages&_nfpb=true&_cn_bookLevel=1&_cn_bookTitle1=LKCRL+Collections&_pageLabel=NL_CMSPage4&collectionCode=SingaporePages&_cn_pageTitle=Singapore Singapore Collection of the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library]
:* Has books  [http://sgebooks.nl.sg available to download] including:
:* Has books  [http://sgebooks.nl.sg available to download] including:
::*[http://sgebooks.nl.sg/googlecse.aspx?q=Directories&start=0&cx=006597985428264677513%3Awzo_av3kkyw&cof=FORID%3A11#914 Directories for The Straits and/or Singapore] for the years 1853-1957, 1859-1863, 1867-1871, 1875, 1877,1879, 1881.The majority of these books are in the aategory 'Commerce and Industry', but the volume for 1867-1869 is in the category Events. There is also an 1821 Directory for Prince of Wales Island (Penang)in the category Organisations.
::*[http://sgebooks.nl.sg/googlecse.aspx?q=Directories&start=0&cx=006597985428264677513%3Awzo_av3kkyw&cof=FORID%3A11#914 Directories for The Straits and/or Singapore] for the years 1853-1957, 1859-1863, 1867-1871, 1875, 1877,1879, 1881.The majority of these books are in the category 'Commerce and Industry', but the volume for 1867-1869 is in the category Events. There is also an 1821 Directory for Prince of Wales Island (Penang)in the category Organisations.
::*[http://sgebooks.nl.sg/details/03_10055c4.html  The stranger's guide to Singapore with maps] 1890
::*[http://sgebooks.nl.sg/details/03_10055c4.html  The stranger's guide to Singapore with maps] 1890
*[http://www.nhb.gov.sg/NAS/index.htm National Archives of Singapore]. Includes [http://www.a2o.com.sg/a2o/public/html Access to Archives Online]
*[http://www.nhb.gov.sg/NAS/index.htm National Archives of Singapore]. Includes [http://www.a2o.com.sg/a2o/public/html Access to Archives Online]

Revision as of 09:52, 18 November 2009

In 1819, the British East India Company, led by Sir Stamford Raffles, established a trading post on the island, which was used as a port along the spice route.

Singapore formed part of the Straits Settlements, together with Penang (Prince of Wales Island) and Malacca.

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. LDS batch number for baptisms 1828-1829 C310051. Data for the baptisms 1828-1829 has been transcribed on the LDS website. Select the IGI Search and enter Region Asia and batch number C310051, and baptismal records for Singapore on film 498606 will be shown. It is not known whether the data is a complete transcription or not.
Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, N/1. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also IOR: R/9/39/3.

Newspapers

External Links

Encylopedia entries

Institutions

Online books

  • Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles,F.R.S., &c. &c., particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816,Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824: with details of the commerce and resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and selections from his correspondence by Sophia Raffles 1835 Volume 1, Volume 2 Google Books
  • Singapore in 1837 commencing page 81 of Book 2 of Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one .Google Books
  • Singapore, Chapters 3 and 4 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 Google Books
  • Singapore, page 725 A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore by Pharoah &Co 1855