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==Records==
==Records==
* [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/shanghai.html#Obituary University of Bristol] has various information, including a number of useful databases, on its website which may assist in the search for European ancestors. These databases include a searchable named index of Chinese probates, cemetery information and directory extracts.
*[http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/shanghai.html#Obituary Shanghai Ancestors] from China Coast Family History, Chinese Customs Project, University of Bristol has various information, including a number of useful databases, on its website which may assist in the search for European ancestors. These databases include a searchable named index of Chinese probates, cemetery information and directory extracts.
*[http://sis.bris.ac.uk/~hirab/smp2.html Shanghai Municipal Police] by Robert Biickers. includes alphabetical database of names (c.1854-1945). Website of  University of Bristol


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://visualisingchina.net/blog/2012/03/13/b-is-for-bubbling-well-road-shanghai-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%AC%E8%A5%BF%E8%B7%AF%E8%80%81%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87/  B is for … Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai] by Robert Bickers  March 13, 2012 from the  University of Bristol’s [http://visualisingchina.net/blog/about/ Visualising China Blog]
*[http://visualisingchina.net/blog/2012/03/13/b-is-for-bubbling-well-road-shanghai-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%AC%E8%A5%BF%E8%B7%AF%E8%80%81%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87/  B is for … Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai] by Robert Bickers  March 13, 2012 from the  University of Bristol’s [http://visualisingchina.net/blog/about/ Visualising China Blog]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/galleries/72157635493252652/  Photographs: British Shanghai], one of DBHKer’s galleries on flickr.com
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/galleries/72157635493252652/  Photographs: British Shanghai], one of DBHKer’s galleries on flickr.com
*[http://robertbickers.net/2013/04/19/the-shanghai-volunteer-corps/  The Shanghai Volunteer Corps] by Robert Bickers.  19 April 2013 robertbickers.net
*[https://sikhsinshanghai.wordpress.com Sikhs in Shanghai]
*[http://www.academia.edu/1522560/The_Raj_on_Nanjing_Road_Sikh_Policemen_in_Treaty-Port_Shanghai "The Raj on Nanjing Road: Sikh Policemen in Treaty-Port Shanghai"] by Isabella Jackson ''Modern Asian Studies'' March 2013, pp 1 – 33
*[http://avezink.livejournal.com/24214.html Doctor Smolnikoff's memoir: My Sikhs] : Translated extracts from Victor Smolnikoff 's memoir of the 1940s in Shanghai (written in the 1970s in Russia). He worked as a doctor until 1954 in Shanghai, when he and his family were repatriated to the Soviet Union. avezink.livejournal.com. Most Sikhs were in the employ of the Shanghai Municipal Police.
===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023217825 ''Shanghai : a handbook for travellers and residents to the chief objects of interest in and around the foreign settlements and native city''] by Rev C E Darwent, Minister of Union Church, Shanghai 1904 Archive.org with a
**[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023217825#page/n282/mode/1up 1904 Map of the Foreign Settlements at Shanghai (in sections)]
*[https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury00wriguoft ''Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China: their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources''] by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury00wriguoft ''Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China: their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources''] by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023489606 ''Historic Shanghai''] by C A Montalto de Jesus 1909 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023489606 ''Historic Shanghai''] by C A Montalto de Jesus 1909 Archive.org
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/travelershandboo00crow#page/n125/mode/1up "Shanghai"] , page 102 ''The Travelers' Handbook for China (including Hongkong'') by Carl Crow. Third Edition, Revised 1921 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/stream/travelershandboo00crow#page/n127/mode/1up Plan of the Foreign Settlements, Shanghai]
*[https://archive.org/details/shanghaicityfors009753mbp ''Shanghai: City For Sale''] Ernest O. Hauser 1940 Archive.org
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Shanghai
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Pudong Waterfront, Shanghai
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Presidency:
Coordinates: 31.202462°N, 121.49743°E
Altitude: 4 m (13 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Shanghai
State/Province: Shanghai Metropolitan Area
Country: China
Transport links

Shanghai, the largest centre of commerce and finance in China, is situated at the mouth of the Yangtse River. First opened as a treaty port following the 1st China War, it became a multinational business hub by the 1930s.

History

Capture of Shanghai 1842
Battle of Shanghai 1860

Records

  • Shanghai Ancestors from China Coast Family History, Chinese Customs Project, University of Bristol has various information, including a number of useful databases, on its website which may assist in the search for European ancestors. These databases include a searchable named index of Chinese probates, cemetery information and directory extracts.
  • Shanghai Municipal Police by Robert Biickers. includes alphabetical database of names (c.1854-1945). Website of University of Bristol

External links

Historical books online