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*''Penang: Graves in the Protestant Section of Western Road Cemetery'' by Justin Corfield, 2000 80pp, 27 illustrations  
*''Penang: Graves in the Protestant Section of Western Road Cemetery'' by Justin Corfield, 2000 80pp, 27 illustrations  
*''Christian Cemeteries of Penang & Perak'' which details inscriptions of those buried there.  
*''Christian Cemeteries of Penang & Perak'' which details inscriptions of those buried there.  
:The index of persons named therein can be searched at [http://bacsa.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php BACSA Search]. Application can be made to BACSA for copies of the full inscription - charges apply. For details of the books including purchase, see [http://indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/html/bacsa_books.html BACSA Books] - select Cemetery Record Books.
:The index of persons named therein can be searched at [http://bacsa.frontis.co/bin/index.php BACSA Search]. Application can be made to BACSA for copies of the full inscription - charges apply. For details of the books including purchase, see [http://indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/html/bacsa_books.html BACSA Books] - select Cemetery Record Books.


==External Links==
==External Links==

Revision as of 00:24, 4 November 2014

Penang Island was also known as Prince of Wales Island. It was part of the Straits Settlements, along with Singapore and Malacca. The capital of Penang is George Town (or Georgetown). The island now forms a part of the larger Malaysian state of Penang.

Alternative Spelling

Pinang

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. These records are included in the digitised records available on the commercial site findmypast
The LDS film number for these records is 498606, item 2.

Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, N/1. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also IOR: R/9/39/3.

BACSA have published

  • Penang: Graves in the Protestant Section of Western Road Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 2000 80pp, 27 illustrations
  • Christian Cemeteries of Penang & Perak which details inscriptions of those buried there.
The index of persons named therein can be searched at BACSA Search. Application can be made to BACSA for copies of the full inscription - charges apply. For details of the books including purchase, see BACSA Books - select Cemetery Record Books.

External Links

Historical books online