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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.
In 1819, the British [[East India Company]], led by Sir Stamford Raffles, established a trading post on the island of '''Singapore''', 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]].
Singapore formed part of the [[Straits Settlements]], together with [[Penang]] (Prince of Wales Island) and [[Malacca]].


==Records==
==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'''.
*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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true 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.
: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 [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true 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.
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==Newspapers==
==Newspapers==
*[http://newspapers.nl.sg/default.aspx Singapore Straits Times 1845-1982 (search)] Full articles cannot be viewed, but searches can provide results to be explored on microfilm where available (such as at BL Colindale, and Monash University Library, Victoria, Australia ([http://library.monash.edu.au/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=9845&recCount=20&recPointer=28&bibId=101962 catalogue entry]).
*[http://newspapers.nl.sg/default.aspx Singapore Straits Times 1845-1982 (search)] Full articles cannot be viewed, but searches can provide results to be explored on microfilm where available, such as at BL Colindale, and Monash University Library, Victoria, Australia ([http://library.monash.edu.au/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=9845&recCount=20&recPointer=28&bibId=101962 catalogue entry]).


==External Links==
==External Links==
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===Institutions===
===Institutions===
*The [http://WWW.nl.sg National Library of Singapore] , in the section [http://www.nl.sg/NLWEB.portal?_nfpb=true&_nfls=false&_pageLabel=NL_OCHandler&collectionCode=SingaporePages Singapore Pages]
*The [http://WWW.nl.sg National Library of Singapore] - items in the section [http://www.nl.sg/NLWEB.portal?_nfpb=true&_nfls=false&_pageLabel=NL_OCHandler&collectionCode=SingaporePages Singapore Pages] include:
:*Has a pdf brochure "[http://mms.elibraryhub.com/SHC/SSH%20Collection/Tracing%20Roots.pdf Tracing Roots]"
:*[http://mms.elibraryhub.com/SHC/SSH%20Collection/Tracing%20Roots.pdf "Tracing Roots"] pdf brochure
:*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]. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-11/1258535163 link] mentions microfilms of Directories at the Library.
:*[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]. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-11/1258535163 post] mentions microfilms of directories at the Library.
:* Has books  [http://sgebooks.nl.sg available to download] including:
:* 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 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/googlecse.aspx?q=Directories&start=0&cx=006597985428264677513%3Awzo_av3kkyw&cof=FORID%3A11#914 Directories for The Straits and/or Singapore] for the years 1853-1857, 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]. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-11/1258523648 link] details some of the information available at the National Archives
*[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]. This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-11/1258523648 post] details some of the information available at the National Archives.
*[http://www.nhb.gov.sg/WWW National Heritage Board]. Includes [http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/nms/nms_html/index.asp National Museum of Singapore]
*[http://www.nhb.gov.sg/WWW National Heritage Board] including the [http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/nms/nms_html/index.asp National Museum of Singapore]
 
===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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=lqA2AAAAMAAJ Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=86A2AAAAMAAJ Volume 2] Google Books
 
*Singapore in 1837 commencing [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA81 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, [http://books.google.com/books?id=VwVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA39 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, [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA725 page 725] ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore'' by Pharoah &Co 1855
 
*[http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/3806/articles/3806mh1.htm "History Of Medicine In Singapore”] by J S Cheah  ''Singapore Medical Journal'' 1997 Volume 38 (6)


===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lqA2AAAAMAAJ ''Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles...particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824: (etc)''] Volume 1, by Sophia Raffles (1835), [http://books.google.com/books?id=86A2AAAAMAAJ Volume 2] Google Books.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA81 ''Travels in South-Eastern Asia (etc)] by Howard Malcolm (2nd edition 1839) 2 volumes in one, Google Books.  Singapore in 1837 commences  page 81 of Book 2.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=VwVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA39 ''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). Singapore covered in Chapters 3 and 4.  Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA725 ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore''] by Pharoah &Co (1855). Singapore, page 725.
*[http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/3806/articles/3806mh1.htm "History Of Medicine In Singapore”] by J S Cheah ''Singapore Medical Journal'' 1997 Volume 38 (6)
*“A Brief Introduction to the Early History of Surgery in Singapore” by YK Lee ''Singapore Medical Journal''
*“A Brief Introduction to the Early History of Surgery in Singapore” by YK Lee ''Singapore Medical Journal''
:*[http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/3806/articles/3806mh2.htm ''Part I''] 1997  Volume 38 (6) [http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/3807/articles/3807mh1.htm ''Part II''] 1997  Volume 38 (7) [http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/3808/3808smj13.pdf  ''Part III''] Volume 38 ( 8) : 353 – 355
:*[http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/3806/articles/3806mh2.htm ''Part I''] 1997  Volume 38 (6) [http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/3807/articles/3807mh1.htm ''Part II''] 1997  Volume 38 (7) [http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/3808/3808smj13.pdf  ''Part III''] Volume 38 ( 8) : 353 – 355
 
*“The Pauper Hospital In Early Singapore” by YK Lee ''Singapore Medical Journal''
*“The Pauper Hospital In Early Singapore” by YK Lee Singapore Medical Journal
:*[http://smj.sma.org.sg/1401/1401smj12.pdf “Part I 1819-1829”]  Volume 14 No 1  March 1973  49-54 [http://smj.sma.org.sg/1501/1501smj14.pdf “Part II 1830-1839”]  Volume 15, No 1 March 1974
:*[http://smj.sma.org.sg/1401/1401smj12.pdf “Part I 1819-1829”]  Volume 14 No 1  March 1973  49-54 [http://smj.sma.org.sg/1501/1501smj14.pdf “Part II 1830-1839”]  Volume 15, No 1 March 1974
:*[http://smj.sma.org.sg/1602/1602smj7.pdf “Part III,1840-1849 Section 1”] Volume 16, No 2 June 1975 106-121 [http://smj.sma.org.sg/1603/1603smj9.pdf “Part III,1840-1849 Section 2]” Volume 16, No 3 September 1975 208-223
:*[http://smj.sma.org.sg/1602/1602smj7.pdf “Part III,1840-1849 Section 1”] Volume 16, No 2 June 1975 106-121 [http://smj.sma.org.sg/1603/1603smj9.pdf “Part III,1840-1849 Section 2]” Volume 16, No 3 September 1975 208-223

Revision as of 21:28, 7 February 2010

In 1819, the British East India Company, led by Sir Stamford Raffles, established a trading post on the island of Singapore, 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.
  • This LDS catalogue entry gives details of the church and cemetery records available for Singapore.

Newspapers

External Links

Encylopedia entries

Institutions

Historical books online

  • “The Pauper Hospital In Early Singapore” by YK Lee Singapore Medical Journal

Other

  • Rootsweb Singapore Mailing List - for details refer Mailing lists