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The [[East India Company]] occupied St Helena from 1659 when it became an important trading colony. Garrisons were installed to guard landing places from attack by foreign powers and a fort was established at Jamestown. The defence strength comprised "a regular garrison of Company's European Artillery and Infantry, and a militia drawn from the planters. The Charter Act of 1833 transferred the island to the Crown from 23 April 1834 and the Company's forces were disbanded on the arrival of British Army units in 1836.’’ | |||
<ref name =name> [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlmil_8-1&cid=1-1&kw=st%20helena%20records#1-1 A2A website – St Helena ]</ref> | |||
==Records== | ==Records== | ||
Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the [[British Library]]. St Helena 1767-1835, '''IOR N/6'''. | Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the [[British Library]]. St Helena 1767-1835, '''IOR N/6'''. | ||
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==Ships and travel== | ==Ships and travel== | ||
The ship ''Friendship'' called at St Helena in [http://books.google.com/books?id=kVgz_W_YBqUC&pg=452 October 1799] and on the return voyage in [http://books.google.com/books?id=mKgIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA575 March 1801] as described in ''Cursory Remarks, on board the ship Friendship'' by Mrs Mary Anne Reid (Google Books). Full details are in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1262153252 post]. | The ship ''Friendship'' called at St Helena in [http://books.google.com/books?id=kVgz_W_YBqUC&pg=452 October 1799] and on the return voyage in [http://books.google.com/books?id=mKgIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA575 March 1801] as described in ''Cursory Remarks, on board the ship Friendship'' by Mrs Mary Anne Reid (Google Books). Full details are in this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-12/1262153252 post]. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 08:30, 14 April 2010
The East India Company occupied St Helena from 1659 when it became an important trading colony. Garrisons were installed to guard landing places from attack by foreign powers and a fort was established at Jamestown. The defence strength comprised "a regular garrison of Company's European Artillery and Infantry, and a militia drawn from the planters. The Charter Act of 1833 transferred the island to the Crown from 23 April 1834 and the Company's forces were disbanded on the arrival of British Army units in 1836.’’ [1]
Records
Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library. St Helena 1767-1835, IOR N/6.
FIBIS Resources
- FIBIS Journal no 21 (pages 42-47) contains an article entitled "Some 'Anglo-Indian' and other Memorials at St Helena" by the late Trevor Hearl.
Ships and travel
The ship Friendship called at St Helena in October 1799 and on the return voyage in March 1801 as described in Cursory Remarks, on board the ship Friendship by Mrs Mary Anne Reid (Google Books). Full details are in this India List post.
Notes
External Links
Other
- The St Helena Institute’s website says it aims to provide a focal point for research into St Helena and its dependencies, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha. It provides detailed resources for St Helena family history. Information is given about available records, including equivalent LDS microfilms.
- The Institute has a Mailing List/Message Board for St Helena family history and genealogy (incl. Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha).
- St. Helena Wikipedia
- Robert Brooke, Governor of St.Helena 1788-1800 Wikipedia
Historical Books Online
- A history of the island of St. Helena: from its discovery by the Portuguese to the year 1806 Thomas H Brooke (1808) Google Books
- A history of the island of St. Helena, from its discovery by the Portuguese to the year 1823 Thomas H Brook (updated 2nd Edition 1824) Google Books