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:[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe01penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 2  1805 to 1835''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe03penn#page/n7/mode/2up '' Volume 3 1835 to 1861'']
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe01penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 2  1805 to 1835''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe03penn#page/n7/mode/2up '' Volume 3 1835 to 1861'']
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoriesofmadras00lawsuoft#page/n9/mode/2up ''Memories of Madras''] by Sir Charles Lawson 1905 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoriesofmadras00lawsuoft#page/n9/mode/2up ''Memories of Madras''] by Sir Charles Lawson 1905 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/storyofmadras00barlrich#page/n7/mode/2up  ''The Story of Madras''] by Glyn Barlow, with illustrations by the author. 1921 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofthecity035512mbp#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the City of Madras written for the Tercentenary Celebration Committee 1939''] by C S Srinivasachari 1939  [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofthecity035512mbp#page/n449/mode/2up Index] Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofthecity035512mbp#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the City of Madras written for the Tercentenary Celebration Committee 1939''] by C S Srinivasachari 1939  [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofthecity035512mbp#page/n449/mode/2up Index] Archive.org
*''The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume'' 1939 (Contents, computer page 12)  is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India |Digital Library of India]] website. Also available as [http://books.google.com/books?id=pwMk4FIcpuUC&pg=PR7  Preview Google Books]
*''The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume'' 1939 (Contents, computer page 12)  is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India |Digital Library of India]] website. Also available as [http://books.google.com/books?id=pwMk4FIcpuUC&pg=PR7  Preview Google Books]

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Madras (City)
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 13.09°N, 80.27°E
Altitude: 6m
Present Day Details
Place Name: Chennai
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links
Madras Railway (to 1908)
Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway (1908 on)

Madras (now Chennai) was the seat of the Madras Presidency and the location of Fort St George.

Madras in 1862, with churches, missions & schools
Madras 1893 Rootsweb

History

Spelling variants

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

FIBIS resources

Plan of Madras and its environs engraved by J & C Walker, London in 1854. This item is for FIBIS members only and you will need to log-in to view it.

Cemeteries

See Madras Cemeteries, for details of some of the Christian cemeteries in the city.

Orphan schools

See the main article Orphan Schools in Madras, or the following list of schools:

External links

Historical books online

Also see Madras (Presidency)

Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume 2 1805 to 1835 Volume 3 1835 to 1861
These articles have been reprinted as the book Marriages at Fort St. George, Madras , available at the British Library as Official Publications: Church Registers IOR/V/27/73 and Shelfmark OIR 929.354 Open Access