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:Search the [https://familysearch.org/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog] for additional catalogue entries, for example by using keywords Hong Kong, and filtering by English language, and selecting Availability Online. There are many databases available, including Church Registers for Birth, Marriage and Death, Cemetery Inscriptions, Will extracts, Card Files and other data from the Carl T. Smith collection etc, most of which are viewable on home computers. Also see [[FamilySearch Centres]] for changes involving microfilms.
:Search the [https://familysearch.org/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog] for additional catalogue entries, for example by using keywords Hong Kong, and filtering by English language, and selecting Availability Online. There are many databases available, including Church Registers for Birth, Marriage and Death, Cemetery Inscriptions, Will extracts, Card Files and other data from the Carl T. Smith collection etc, most of which are viewable on home computers. Also see [[FamilySearch Centres]] for changes involving microfilms.
*Refer online Hong Kong newspapers, see below,  for birth, marriage and death notices.
*Refer online Hong Kong newspapers, see below,  for birth, marriage and death notices.
*See Hong Kong Government Reports Online, below. A researcher advised that he found details of a relative who worked for the Hong Kong lighthouse service in these online government publications.<ref> Who Do You Think You Are? Forum thread [http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/forum/topic10068.html  Lighthouse keeper in the dark]</ref>
*See Hong Kong Government Reports Online, below. A researcher advised that he found details of a relative who worked for the Hong Kong lighthouse service in these online government publications.<ref> Who Do You Think You Are? Forum thread [http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/forum/topic10068.html  Lighthouse keeper in the dark]</ref> The information was found in an official publication know as the ''Blue Book'' in a section "Civil Establishments of Hongkong" which lists information about Civil Servants.
*The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] Archive at the [[British Library]] holds information on both Happy Valley and Stanley cemeteries under file reference Mss Eur F370/81
*The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] Archive at the [[British Library]] holds information on both Happy Valley and Stanley cemeteries under file reference Mss Eur F370/81
*The book ''Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley'' by Solomon Bard 1997  is available at the [[British Library]] in the [[BACSA]] Archive, catalogue reference  Mss Eur F370/1242 . By the same author, but not held in the BACSA Archive,  ''Study of Military Graves and Monuments: Hong Kong Cemetery'' 1991, thought to be available at the Public Record Office, Hong Kong, possibly as a typescript.   
*The book ''Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley'' by Solomon Bard 1997  is available at the [[British Library]] in the [[BACSA]] Archive, catalogue reference  Mss Eur F370/1242 . By the same author, but not held in the BACSA Archive,  ''Study of Military Graves and Monuments: Hong Kong Cemetery'' 1991, thought to be available at the Public Record Office, Hong Kong, possibly as a typescript.   
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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.lib.hku.hk/database/  The Universities of Hong Kong Libraries Digital Initiatives] includes
*[http://www.lib.hku.hk/database/  The Universities of Hong Kong Libraries Digital Initiatives] includes
**[http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/index.jsp Hong Kong Government Reports Online 1842-1941]  Click on  'Browse the titles' to see the titles available. Includes the ''Hong Kong Government Gazette''.  
**[http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/index.jsp Hong Kong Government Reports Online 1842-1941]  Click on  'Browse the titles' to see the titles available. Includes the ''Hong Kong Government Gazette'' 1842-1941 and the ''Blue Book'' 1871-1940. ([https://gwulo.com/hong-kong-blue-books Details of ''Blue Books''] gwulo.com.) Earlier editions of the ''Blue Books of Statistics'' are available at the National Archives, Kew  record series CO 133, commencing with CO 133/1, for 1844.
**[http://bamboo.lib.hku.hk/HKWest/HKWest.htm Hong Kong & the West until 1860] [http://bamboo.lib.hku.hk/HKWest/HKWest.asp?page=1&TEXT1=b_all Browse the titles]
**[http://bamboo.lib.hku.hk/HKWest/HKWest.htm Hong Kong & the West until 1860] [http://bamboo.lib.hku.hk/HKWest/HKWest.asp?page=1&TEXT1=b_all Browse the titles]
**'''Restricted access'''. Online books are available  at the website  China Through Western Eyes , from the same source. Covers the period until 1911, although the date of publication may be later.  Includes titles about missionary work. Unfortunately this database is no longer publicly available.
**'''Restricted access'''. Online books are available  at the website  China Through Western Eyes , from the same source. Covers the period until 1911, although the date of publication may be later.  Includes titles about missionary work. Unfortunately this database is no longer publicly available.

Revision as of 13:54, 31 July 2019

Also see

Records

  • See General Register Office, UK
  • There was Civil Registration in Hong Kong, refer External links below. There are no records before 1873.
  • "Hong Kong Cemetery" Searchable and browsable database created by Ms Patricia Lim, with images. From Hong Kong Memory Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong Government.
    • Details of some of the inscriptions from the Ossuary[1]
  • FamilySearch Catalog for microfilm/digitised microfilm records includes
"Births, deaths, marriages from Canton and Hong Kong newspapers, arranged chronologically, 1828-1862" catalogue entry microfilm 1208508, item 13, which has been digitised and may be viewed on your home computer.
"Europeans - China Coast : [card file]" “Individual cards for Europeans residing in Hong Kong and China during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries”. Digitised microfilm which may be viewed on your home computer.
Search the FamilySearch Catalog for additional catalogue entries, for example by using keywords Hong Kong, and filtering by English language, and selecting Availability Online. There are many databases available, including Church Registers for Birth, Marriage and Death, Cemetery Inscriptions, Will extracts, Card Files and other data from the Carl T. Smith collection etc, most of which are viewable on home computers. Also see FamilySearch Centres for changes involving microfilms.
  • Refer online Hong Kong newspapers, see below, for birth, marriage and death notices.
  • See Hong Kong Government Reports Online, below. A researcher advised that he found details of a relative who worked for the Hong Kong lighthouse service in these online government publications.[2] The information was found in an official publication know as the Blue Book in a section "Civil Establishments of Hongkong" which lists information about Civil Servants.
  • The BACSA Archive at the British Library holds information on both Happy Valley and Stanley cemeteries under file reference Mss Eur F370/81
  • The book Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley by Solomon Bard 1997 is available at the British Library in the BACSA Archive, catalogue reference Mss Eur F370/1242 . By the same author, but not held in the BACSA Archive, Study of Military Graves and Monuments: Hong Kong Cemetery 1991, thought to be available at the Public Record Office, Hong Kong, possibly as a typescript.
  • The book British and Indian Armies on the China Coast 1785-1985 by Alan Harfield 1990 is available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01009472436 . Includes lists such as “List of Known Recipients of the Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894” and “List of Officers who served with the Hong Kong Regiment 1892-1902”. This link lists some “Military Commanders of Hong Kong and China” from the book (pages 483-484).

External links

  • “Major Genealogical Record Sources in Hong Kong” by the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Series J, No. 4 1975. lib.byu.edu. Refers to Civil Registration. Records prior to 1873 no longer exist. All pre-war marriage records have been lost.
    • Immigration Department contact details. This Department is responsible for Civil Registration but the website does not include information about certificates for family history purposes for persons not resident in Hong Kong, so you would need to contact the Department.
  • Hong Kong Public Libraries
    • Information about Old Newspapers and microforms available, now an archived page (details at 2013/03, it is not clear whether this information is also available on the current website.)
    • Newspapers and Periodicals Services, now an archived page (details at 2013/05, it is not clear whether this information is also available on the current website.)
    • To access online historical newspapers, from the link, Multimedia Information System (MMIS) select Collection then “Old HK Newspapers” to view these online. Previously the website advised the online newspapers are in TIFF format, which may require a plug-in. If you cannot see the newspaper images, refer Online books-Digital Library of India for more details of the TIFF format, including plug-ins. The Newspapers available in English are
      • China Mail (1866/01/04 – 1961/12/29)，
      • Hong Kong Daily Press (1864/01/04 – 1941/09/30)，
      • Hong Kong Sunday Herald (1929/01/06 – 1950/10/29)，
      • Hong Kong Telegraph (1881/06/16 – 1951/03/30)
      • Hong Kong Weekly Press (1895/01/03 – 1909/12/24)
Note some issues and pages may be omitted

Second World War

Maps

Historical photographs online

Historical books online

1862: First publication; 1867, 1877; 1878; 1879 pdf from Oxford University Library, may be slow to open, 1879 Google Books edition should become freely available 2020; 1881; 1889; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; HathiTrust Digital Library editions to 1922 viewable in restricted areas such as North America: A and B
In addition, Colonial Office List, 1863 and Colonial Office List, 1870 are available in the findmypast (pay website) dataset "Britain, Directories & Almanacs" located in Newspapers, Directories & Social History/Directories & Almanacs.
FamilySearch has a catalogue entry for a series of microfiches of the Colonial Office List, (produced by Chadwyck-Healey, 1987), currently (2019/06) available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, with however the potential to be digitised in the next few years, and perhaps be more widely available, or at least searchable. The same microfiche series may also be available at some other libraries, or to a very limited extent at some other FamilySearch Centres.
Colonial Office List (to 1925) and the later title The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List are available at the British Library UIN: BLL01002841625 and UIN: BLL01007173533

Journals online

Hong Kong Journals online The University of Hong Kong Libraries. Click on 'Browse the titles' to see all the titles available. Included are the following:

  • Online editions of Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1961-2007
    • "Transactions of the China Medico-Chirurgical Society" [Hong Kong], 1845-46 by H. A. Rydings Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 13 (1973)
    • "Incident between the Hong Merchants and the Super-cargoes of the British East India Company in Canton, 1811" by J. L. Cranmer-Byng Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 15 (1975)
  • "The Colony of Hongkong - From a Lecture on Reminiscences of a long Residence in the East"by Rev. Jas. Legge, D.D., LL.D. The China Review, or notes & queries on the Far East Volume 1 No. 3 (1872)
  • "Historical Outline of Medical Missions at Canton, Hongkong and Macao" The China Review, or notes & queries on the Far East Volume 4 No. 5 (1876)

References

  1. ↑ "The Ossuary". A series of articles by Christine M. Thomas from December 2018. Click on later dates for further pages. Hong Kong Cemetery.
  2. ↑ Who Do You Think You Are? Forum thread Lighthouse keeper in the dark

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