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==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'''. '''These records  are probably included in the digitised records now available on the commercial site FindMyPast'''
*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 now available on the commercial site [[Findmypast|findmypast]]'''


: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 [https://www.familysearch.org Family Search]. Enter 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. These records are in the World category (All Records Collections) in a group of records called World Miscellaneous.  
: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 [https://www.familysearch.org Family Search]. Enter 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. These records are in the World category (All Records Collections) in a group of records called World Miscellaneous.  
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===Institutions===
===Institutions===
*[http://www.ica.gov.sg/services_centre_overview.aspx?pageid=246 ICA (The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Singapore Government)] maintains birth and death records which were registered in Singapore since 1872. [https://www.psi.gov.sg/NASApp/tmf/TMFServlet?app=ICA-RBD-eXtracts-pub&isNew=true&Reload=trueOnline Birth and Death Extracts Application System (eXtracts Online)]
*[http://www.ica.gov.sg/services_centre_overview.aspx?pageid=246 ICA (The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Singapore Government)] maintains birth and death records which were registered in Singapore since 1872. [https://www.psi.gov.sg/NASApp/tmf/TMFServlet?app=ICA-RBD-eXtracts-pub&isNew=true&Reload=trueOnline Birth and Death Extracts Application System (eXtracts Online)]
*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:
*National Library Board, Singapore:
:*[http://mms.elibraryhub.com/SHC/SSH%20Collection/Tracing%20Roots.pdf "Tracing Roots"] pdf brochure
**[http://www.nlb.gov.sg/About/LeeKongChianReferenceLibrary.aspx Lee Kong Chian Reference 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].  
***[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/research/OpenCMSContent.aspx?id=f92d36f5-02f9-4378-9dd2-85c0c08d9587 Tracing Roots: Resource Guide] (pdf brochure) to the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library (LKCRL). Resources includes Directories on microfilm, for years additional to those available in digital editions
:* Books [http://sgebooks.nl.sg available to download] including:
**[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/index.htm BookSG]  "A digital collection of Singapore and Southeast Asia's print heritage". Includes Directories, refer below. The majority of the Directories 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.
** Newspapers. Refer above.
::*[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].  
*[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].  
*[http://www.nhb.gov.sg/WWW National Heritage Board] including the [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]


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*Directories from BookSG
**[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/d3fcc6e6-ba76-47a2-b7cf-613b34867aa1.aspx Prince of Wales Island: ''Annual register and directory'' 1821]
**''The Singapore almanack and directory'' [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/f9e19365-b3a2-4149-b392-b3c274a4111c.aspx?s=The%20Singapore%20almanack 1853-1855, 1857, Royal Almanac 1859-1860], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/1b90a11d-7620-4e72-b834-3de9525ac1d1.aspx?s=The%20Singapore%20almanack 1856]
**''The Straits calendar and directory'' [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/59831a29-0622-4089-a120-ae79edb68ec6.aspx 1861-1863], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/5b9519ae-1aad-4cc8-891f-74407ed44f02.aspx  Royal Almanac 1864; 1865-1866], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/64f199dd-6462-43a0-93fc-f2aea8cb1238.aspx 1867-1869], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/902071bb-507b-4bca-a2b6-683f10a02323.aspx 1870-1871]
**''The Singapore directory for the Straits Settlements'' [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/e437c4de-cff6-4601-8994-40fd5c007fa0.aspx 1877], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/9879b97a-f840-4443-9452-3cbd165b388b.aspx 1879]
**[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/6e76cb75-dfe3-4203-a211-76305cafde9d.aspx  ''The Singapore and Straits directory for 1881'']
*[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=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=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.
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IaBVAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Memorandum on the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca''] by John Crawfurd 1858 Google Books (Missing pages 1-3) [[Penang]], [[Malacca]] and Singapore
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IaBVAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Memorandum on the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca''] by John Crawfurd 1858 Google Books (Missing pages 1-3) [[Penang]], [[Malacca]] and Singapore
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist00buckgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore (1819-1867) Volume 1'']  [http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist01buckgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Volume 2''] by Charles Burton Buckley 1902 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist00buckgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore (1819-1867) Volume 1'']  [http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist01buckgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Volume 2''] by Charles Burton Buckley 1902 Archive.org
*[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/d70f531e-aa4b-4129-95ac-7bbacc8f43e2.aspx ''The stranger's guide to Singapore with maps'']  Compiled by B E D' Aranjo 1890. BookSG
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbooktosinga00reitgoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''Handbook to Singapore with Map, and a Plan of the Botanical Gardens''] by George Murray Reith 1892 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbooktosinga00reitgoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''Handbook to Singapore with Map, and a Plan of the Botanical Gardens''] by George Murray Reith 1892 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023301710#page/n7/mode/2up ''Prisoners their own warders: a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements, established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797''] by Major J. F. A. McNair,  assisted by W. D. Bayliss. 1899 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023301710#page/n7/mode/2up ''Prisoners their own warders: a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements, established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797''] by Major J. F. A. McNair,  assisted by W. D. Bayliss. 1899 Archive.org

Revision as of 09:19, 19 November 2014

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. These records are included in the digitised records now available on the commercial site findmypast
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 Family Search. Enter 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. These records are in the World category (All Records Collections) in a group of records called World Miscellaneous.
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.
  • BACSA has published the book Singapore: Early Cemeteries by Alan Harfield 1988 (revised edn) "Comprehensive record of all main cemeteries. 400pp, over 150 illustrations, maps and plans". See BACSA Books. This book is included in the BACSA Search database which is free to search. If you want a copy of the full record, a fee applies.
  • British & Indian Armies in the East Indies (1685-1935) by Alan Harfield 1984 is available at the British Library. History of British and Indian Armies in Sumatra, Java, Sarawak, Malaya and Singapore from 1685-1935. Includes names of officers and men buried in these areas. Also includes name lists of persons in some military units which served in these areas.

Newspapers

Recommended reading

  • Raffles and the Golden Opportunity by Victoria Glendinning, published 2012.
This book has been reviewed by Beverly Hallam in FIBIS Journal Number 30 (Autumn 2013) page 43

External Links

Encylopedia entries

Institutions

Historical books online

Medical history of Singapore

  • Cholera (1973 Mar)
  • The Pauper Hospital (8 Parts-1973 Mar; 1974 Mar; 1975 Jun; 1975 Sep; 1975 Dec; 1976 Mar; 1976 Jun; 1976 Sep)
  • Smallpox and Vaccination (4 Parts- 1973 Dec; 1976 Dec; 1977 Mar; 1977 Jun)
  • Prostitution And Venereal Disease (2 Parts-1980 Oct; 1980 Dec)
  • The Mental Diseases Hospital Singapore (1st 100 Years) (4 Parts-1992 Aug; 1992 Oct;1992 Dec;1993 Feb)
  • The Coroner (2005 Oct)
  • Radiology (2006 Feb)
  • Anaesthetics (2006 Mar)
  • Pharmacy (2006 May).

Also see Apothecary and Nurse

Other