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*[http://www.koi-hai.com/Burma.html Koi-Hai website]   
*[http://www.koi-hai.com/Burma.html Koi-Hai website]   
*[http://groups.google.com/group/the-trek-out-of-burma-1942?hl=en-GB Trek Out of Burma Google Group]
*[http://groups.google.com/group/the-trek-out-of-burma-1942?hl=en-GB Trek Out of Burma Google Group]
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/1999-09/0936457211 post] and this British Raj [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india-british-raj/2006-09/1158028990 post] are about a young boy, whose family perished in the Trek Out of Burma, who was given into the care of some Gurkhas and raised as a Gurkha.  
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/1999-09/0936457211 post] and this British Raj [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india-british-raj/2006-09/1158028990 post] are about a young boy, whose family perished in the Trek Out of Burma, who was given into the care of some Gurkhas and raised as a Gurkha. He was subsequently [http://www.worldwar2burmadiaries.com/dudleychettritraced.html traced], but had died. The India List post mentions Red Cross records in Geneva, probably those of the [http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/icrc-archives/index.jsp ICRC Archives]
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-10/1097662898 post] and this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-12/1291560607 post] are about books about the Trek Out of Burma. Refer also Planet Burma Book World below.  
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2004-10/1097662898 post] and this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-12/1291560607 post] are about books about the Trek Out of Burma. Refer also Planet Burma Book World below.  
*[http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2010110101  The Elephant Man] is about the rescue of refugees  by Gyles Mackrell , an Assam tea planter. He mounted an operation to save refugees who were trapped by flooded rivers at the border with India using the only means available to get them across - elephants. Includes YouTube film clip from the Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge
*[http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2010110101  The Elephant Man] is about the rescue of refugees  by Gyles Mackrell , an Assam tea planter. He mounted an operation to save refugees who were trapped by flooded rivers at the border with India using the only means available to get them across - elephants. Includes YouTube film clip from the Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge
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===Other===
===Other===
*[http://www.wholesomewords.org/missions/bjudson13.html Adoniram Judson, Ann Judson-Pioneer American Baptist Missionaries to Burma] Wholesomewords.org
*[http://www.wholesomewords.org/missions/bjudson13.html Adoniram Judson, Ann Judson-Pioneer American Baptist Missionaries to Burma] Wholesomewords.org
*Joseph Valu's [http://www.worldwar2burmadiaries.com/welcomestorytellers.html  World War 2 Burma Diaries]
*[http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/escape-from-burma-to-a-life-of-music-and-cuisine-20091023-hdaf.html Obituary of Reuben Solomon] born Rangoon 1921, from the Sydney Morning Herald dated 24 October 2009
*[http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/escape-from-burma-to-a-life-of-music-and-cuisine-20091023-hdaf.html Obituary of Reuben Solomon] born Rangoon 1921, from the Sydney Morning Herald dated 24 October 2009
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_La_Salle_Brothers_in_Myanmar De La Salle Brothers in Myanmar]  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_La_Salle_Brothers_in_Myanmar De La Salle Brothers in Myanmar]  

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Burma (now officially called the Union of Myanmar) was a province of the Bengal Presidency until the establishment of the Burma Office in 1937 after which it was administered separately until independence in 1948.

Geography

Places in Burma:

History

The British annexed parts of Burmese territory after their victory in the 1st Burma War. Lower Burma was annexed in 1852 after the 2nd Burma War. In 1862, these territories were designated the minor province of British India, British Burma. After the 3rd Burma War in 1885, Upper Burma was annexed, and the following year, the province of Burma in British India was created, becoming a major province in 1897. This arrangement lasted until 1937, when Burma began to be administered separately by the Burma Office and the Secretary of State for India and Burma. Burma achieved independence from British rule on January 4, 1948.

Military

Trek Out of Burma in 1942

  • Koi-Hai website
  • Trek Out of Burma Google Group
  • This India List post and this British Raj post are about a young boy, whose family perished in the Trek Out of Burma, who was given into the care of some Gurkhas and raised as a Gurkha. He was subsequently traced, but had died. The India List post mentions Red Cross records in Geneva, probably those of the ICRC Archives
  • This India List post and this India List post are about books about the Trek Out of Burma. Refer also Planet Burma Book World below.
  • The Elephant Man is about the rescue of refugees by Gyles Mackrell , an Assam tea planter. He mounted an operation to save refugees who were trapped by flooded rivers at the border with India using the only means available to get them across - elephants. Includes YouTube film clip from the Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge

Railways

Records

British Library

Baptisms, Marriages and Burials for Burma are included in the Bengal returns (N/1) up to 1936. Records for 1937 to 1959 are in a separate series N/10 with a single index for Burma BMBs.

LDS (Mormon)

The LDS film catalogue has the following entries:

FIBIS resources

External links

The FIBIS Google Books Library
has books tagged:
Burma

Online Books

Other