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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.283422/2015.283422.The-Journal#page/n9 "Early Trade Relations between Denmark and Siam"] by His Highness Prince Dhani Nivat and Major Erik Seidenfaden page 1 ''The Journal Of The Siam Society'' 1939 Vol XXXI Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_7oFZAAAAYAAJ#page/n323/mode/2up "The Management of the Dutch in India" page 309] ''An account of the trade in India: containing rules for good government in trade, price courants, and tables: with descriptions of Fort St. George, Acheen, Malacca, Condore, Canton, Anjengo, Muskat, Gombroon, Surat, Goa, Carwar, Telichery, Panola, Calicut, the Cape of Good-Hope, and St. Helena... To which is added, An Account of the Management of the Dutch in their Affairs in India'' by Charles Lockyer 1711 Archive.org. Contains a brief reference to Siam.  
*[https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_7oFZAAAAYAAJ#page/n323/mode/2up "The Management of the Dutch in India" page 309] ''An account of the trade in India: containing rules for good government in trade, price courants, and tables: with descriptions of Fort St. George, Acheen, Malacca, Condore, Canton, Anjengo, Muskat, Gombroon, Surat, Goa, Carwar, Telichery, Panola, Calicut, the Cape of Good-Hope, and St. Helena... To which is added, An Account of the Management of the Dutch in their Affairs in India'' by Charles Lockyer 1711 Archive.org. Contains a brief reference to Siam.  
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WK8-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA51 "Siam"] page 51 ''The New Universal Traveller: Containing a Full and Distinct Account of All the Empires, Kingdoms, and States, in the Known World'' by J Carver 1779 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=WK8-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA51 "Siam"] page 51 ''The New Universal Traveller: Containing a Full and Distinct Account of All the Empires, Kingdoms, and States, in the Known World'' by J Carver 1779 Google Books
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*[https://archive.org/details/bangkoksiamdirec00unse ''Directory for Bangkok and Siam 1914''] "Twenty-Fifth year of publication". Published by ''The Bangkok Times''. Archive.org. Catalogued as "Bangkok and Siam, directory"
*[https://archive.org/details/bangkoksiamdirec00unse ''Directory for Bangkok and Siam 1914''] "Twenty-Fifth year of publication". Published by ''The Bangkok Times''. Archive.org. Catalogued as "Bangkok and Siam, directory"
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]].
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]].
*[https://digitallib.stou.ac.th/handle/6625047444/1639  ''Guide to Bangkok: with Notes on Siam''] 1927. Link to a pdf downloadSTOU Digital Repository Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand.
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/BangkokSiam1932/Bangkok_Siam_1930-150dpi_OCR_pdfA-2b#page/n3/mode/1up ''Guide To Bangkok with Notes on Siam''] by Major Erik Seidenfaden. Third Edition 1932 (first published 1927) With illustrations. Archive.org. Note, to view, select single page option, as the book has been scanned two original pages to one digital page.
*[https://archive.org/details/SiamGuidebook1930  ''Siam Guidebook: BangkokBang Pa-In, Ayudhya and Lopburi''] [1930] Archive.org
*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2724 ''Malayan Symphony : Being the Impressions Gathered During a Six Months' journey Through the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Siam, Sumatera, Java and Bali''] by William Robert Foran 1935. Pdf download, Repositori Digital,  National Library of Malaysia.
*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2724 ''Malayan Symphony : Being the Impressions Gathered During a Six Months' journey Through the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, Siam, Sumatera, Java and Bali''] by William Robert Foran 1935. Pdf download, Repositori Digital,  National Library of Malaysia.
*[https://archive.org/details/captiveongermanr00tray ''A Captive on a German Raider'']  by  F G Trayes 1918 Archive.org. The author, captured in September 1917,  had been in government service for twenty years in  Siam, and there is a brief mention of the decorations he had been awarded by the King of Siam page 104-105.
*[https://archive.org/details/captiveongermanr00tray ''A Captive on a German Raider'']  by  F G Trayes 1918 Archive.org. The author, captured in September 1917,  had been in government service for twenty years in  Siam, and there is a brief mention of the decorations he had been awarded by the King of Siam page 104-105.

Revision as of 14:53, 4 August 2018

Thailand was previously known as Siam.

The Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 provided rights for British subjects in Siam, including the right of property the right of residence and travel. As part of this treaty, the Siamese government transferred to the British government the states of Kelantan, Tringganu, Kedah, Perlis, and adjacent islands. These areas areas became part of the Unfederated Malay States.

A rubber plantation industry developed in Thailand. For general information about this industry, see Malaysia.

There was a Norwegian community in Thailand. [1]

Records

  • See General Register Office for general sources which may be relevant.
  • British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia (BACSA) has published
Bangkok : the Protestant Cemetery, & notes on other cemeteries in Thailand by Justin Corfield. 1997
BACSA have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online, including it is believed this book, and these indexes are free to browse. For more details, see the Fibiwiki page British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia.
  • The FamilySearch catalogue of microfilms/digitised microfilms includes the following
"Extracts from St. Andrew's Outlook, quarterly messenger of the Presbyterian Churches in Malaya, Sumatra, Burma and Siam : marriages and deaths, March 1914 - July 1951" catalogue entry film 87992. See the Fibiwiki page FamilySearch Centres for information about microfilms and digitized microfilms.
  • For online editions of the publication The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c, and similar publications, which may contain birth, marriage and death notices, see the Fibiwiki page China.
  • Some incidental records relating to Siam, especially BMDs for the 19th century, may have been collected by the Anglo-Burmese Library. Refer Burma - External links

External links

Historical books online

Part II (May 1824 to July 1826)
Part III (August 1825 to March 1825)
Part IV (November 1824 to June 1827
Part V (February 1825 to October 1827)
Part VI (January 1826 to February 1831)
Each part is separately numbered.
  • Volume III nla.gov.au. V.3, pt.1. Mar. 1827-June 1833.--pt.2. Aug. 1830-June 1840. Page numbering is continuous.
  • Volume IV nla.gov.au. Part I (February 1838 to March 1849)
Part 2 (March 1841 to December 1846)
Each part is separately numbered.
  • Volume V nla.gov.au. Part 1 (Retrospect of British policy from the period of the first establishment of Penang 17th July 1786-1839). Only Part 1 was published.
The files from nla.gov.au are available to read online, or to download.
Volume I Archive.org
Volume I, Volume II HathiTrust Digital Library
Volume I with General Index Map; Volume II British Library Digital Collection.

References

  1. Meet Connie conniemangskau.com. Connie Mangskau was born in Chiangmai, Thailand in 1907 to an English father and Thai mother. At 18 she was married to a Norwegian rubber planter. For her support of the Norwegian community in Thailand, she was later presented with an award.