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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=QBxJAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India: Being a Descriptive Account of Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca: Their Peoples, Products, Commerce and Government''] by John Cameron.  1865 Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/ourtropicalposse0000came/page/n9 Reprint edition 1965] with Introduction by Wang Gungwu. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=QBxJAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India: Being a Descriptive Account of Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca: Their Peoples, Products, Commerce and Government''] by John Cameron.  1865 Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/ourtropicalposse0000came/page/n9 Reprint edition 1965] with Introduction by Wang Gungwu. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:123 ''Jottings of an invalid in search of health, comprising a run through British India and a visit to Singapore and Java : a series of letters reprinted from the "Times of India"''] by Tom Cringle. [Author: William Walker] 1865. South East Asia Visions, Cornell University. Also available in the [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000356A0 British Library Digital Collection]
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:123 ''Jottings of an invalid in search of health, comprising a run through British India and a visit to Singapore and Java : a series of letters reprinted from the "Times of India"''] by Tom Cringle. [Author: William Walker] 1865. South East Asia Visions, Cornell University. Also available in the [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000356A0 British Library Digital Collection]
*[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
*''The China Sea Directory''  by the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London.
*''The China Sea Directory''  by the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London.
**''The China Sea Directory Volume I. Containing directions for the approaches to the China Sea and to Singapore, by the straits of Sunda, Banka, Gaspar, Carimata, Rhio, Varella, Durian, and Singapore'' by J. W. Reed , R N  and J. W. King, R N. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nP4GAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 1867] Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924071164960 3rd edition 1886] Archive.org.
**''The China Sea Directory Volume I. Containing directions for the approaches to the China Sea and to Singapore, by the straits of Sunda, Banka, Gaspar, Carimata, Rhio, Varella, Durian, and Singapore'' by J. W. Reed , R N  and J. W. King, R N. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nP4GAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 1867] Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924071164960 3rd edition 1886] Archive.org.
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*[https://archive.org/details/straitsofmalacca00thom_0 ''Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China; or, Ten Years’ Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad''] by J Thomson 1875 Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035424  British Library Digital Collection version] with rotatable images. [http://www.johnthomsonexhibition.org/biography/ Through the Lens of John Thomson : Biography]
*[https://archive.org/details/straitsofmalacca00thom_0 ''Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China; or, Ten Years’ Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad''] by J Thomson 1875 Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035424  British Library Digital Collection version] with rotatable images. [http://www.johnthomsonexhibition.org/biography/ Through the Lens of John Thomson : Biography]
*[https://archive.org/details/RecordssportSou00Hami ''Records of sport in Southern India : chiefly on the Annamullay, Nielgherry and Pulney mountains, also including notes on Singapore, Java and Labuan, from journals written between 1844 and 1870''] by the late General Douglas Hamilton, Madras Army 1892 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/RecordssportSou00Hami ''Records of sport in Southern India : chiefly on the Annamullay, Nielgherry and Pulney mountains, also including notes on Singapore, Java and Labuan, from journals written between 1844 and 1870''] by the late General Douglas Hamilton, Madras Army 1892 Archive.org
*''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' 1878-1922. In 1923 the title changed to ''Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society''. Multiple volumes: [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Straits%20Asiatic%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Straits&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Branch&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=dc.date.issued_dt&order=asc  Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India] under the title ''Journal of the Straits Branch''; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Malayan+&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Branch&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=dc.date.issued_dt&order=asc Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India] under the title ''Journal of the Malayan Branch'' from Volume 1 1923. '''Restricted access''' Hathi Trust Digital Library may be available to viewers in North America and some other countries [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100160169 A], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000525995 B] and  [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007523175 C], including index volumes. Also see [[Malaysia]].
*''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' 1878-1922. In 1923 the title changed to ''Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society''. Multiple volumes: [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Straits%20Asiatic%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Archive.org];   '''Restricted access''' Hathi Trust Digital Library may be available to viewers in North America and some other countries [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100160169 A], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000525995 B] and  [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007523175 C], including index volumes. Also see [[Malaysia]].
:[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/ae2b4863-c155-4508-95e8-4f92c4a6459c.aspx ''Index to journals nos. 1 to 50 of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society and to notes and queries I to IV''], published 1909. BookSG (which also has 1878 and 1880 editions)
:[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/ae2b4863-c155-4508-95e8-4f92c4a6459c.aspx ''Index to journals nos. 1 to 50 of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society and to notes and queries I to IV''], published 1909. BookSG (which also has 1878 and 1880 editions)
*[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
*[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesan01cavegoog ''Reminiscences of an Indian Official''] by General Sir Orfeur Cavenagh 1884 Archive.org. The author joined the Bengal Army in 1837. After the Indian Mutiny he was appointed Governor of the Straits Settlement, where he remained until transfer of the administration of the Straits Settlement to the Colonial Office in April 1867.
*[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesan01cavegoog ''Reminiscences of an Indian Official''] by General Sir Orfeur Cavenagh 1884 Archive.org. The author joined the Bengal Army in 1837. After the Indian Mutiny he was appointed Governor of the Straits Settlement, where he remained until transfer of the administration of the Straits Settlement to the Colonial Office in April 1867.
* ''Life of Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Andrew Clarke, Colonel-Commandant of Royal Engineers'' edited by Col. RH Vetch 1905 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflieutgener00vetc/page/118 "Governor of the Straits Settlements 1873-1875"] pages 119-192.
* ''Life of Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Andrew Clarke, Colonel-Commandant of Royal Engineers'' edited by Col. RH Vetch 1905 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflieutgener00vetc/page/118 "Governor of the Straits Settlements 1873-1875"] pages 119-192.
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*[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
*[https://archive.org/details/visittojavawitha00wors ''A Visit to Java : with an Account of the Founding of Singapore''] by William Basil Worsfold 1893 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/visittojavawitha00wors ''A Visit to Java : with an Account of the Founding of Singapore''] by William Basil Worsfold 1893 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b28096265/page/n5/mode/2up "Malay Materia Medica"] by H N Ridley pages 122- 138, ''Journal of the Straits Medical Association No 5 April 1893-December 1894''. Followed by, in the same digital file, [https://archive.org/details/b28096265/page/31/mode/2up "Malay Plant Names"]. From elsewhere this was by H N Ridley from ''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society July 1897'', pages 31-284. Ridley elsewhere was stated to be Director of Gardens and Forests at Singapore. Archive.org.
*[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/f31bf077-2368-43c6-9702-073e01d904f6.aspx ''The Journal of the Straits Medical Association'', no. 1 (Mar.-Sept. 1890) ; no. 2 (Oct. 1890-Mar. 1891) ; no. 3 (Apr. 1891-Mar. 1892) ; no. 4 (Apr. 1892-Mar. 1893) ; no. 5 (Apr. 1893-Dec. 1894)] These were the only volumes, as the Association then became part of the British Medical Association. eresources.nlb.gov.sg
*[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
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023048600 ''Sophia Cooke, or, Forty-two years' work in Singapore''] by by E A Walker, 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023048600 ''Sophia Cooke, or, Forty-two years' work in Singapore''] by by E A Walker, 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924014072791/page/n9/mode/2up ''European Settlements in the Far East; China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, etc'']  by DWS [catalogued as D Warres Smith] 1900 Archive.org. The author appears to have been the publisher of/associated with the annual publication ''Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan…'', see further above for online editions.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023048972 ''Sunny Singapore : an account of the place and its people, with a sketch of the results of missionary work''] by the  Rev J A Bethune Cook 2nd Edition 1907 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023048972 ''Sunny Singapore : an account of the place and its people, with a sketch of the results of missionary work''] by the  Rev J A Bethune Cook 2nd Edition 1907 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b31352893/page/n3 ''Report on the Sanitary Condition of Singapore'']  by  W J Simpson 1907. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/b31352893/page/n3 ''Report on the Sanitary Condition of Singapore'']  by  W J Simpson 1907. Archive.org.

Revision as of 07:01, 6 June 2020

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.

FIBIS resources

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 FamilySearch (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 FamilySearch (LDS) catalogue entry based on keyword Singapore, and English language and online filter, includes details of digitised microfilm church and cemetery records available for Singapore. See FamilySearch Centres for viewing details.
  • BACSA has published the book Early Cemeteries in Singapore by Alan Harfield 1988 (revised edn) "Comprehensive record of all main cemeteries. 400pp, over 150 illustrations, maps and plans". See BACSA Books and select Cemetery Record 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.
    • FamilySearch have digitised the above BACSA book which however is currently (2019/10) not viewable online.
  • British & Indian Armies in the East Indies (1685-1935) by Alan Harfield 1984 is available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01012672115. 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.
    • FamilySearch have digitised this book which however is currently (2019/10) not viewable online.
  • Birth, marriage and death notices were published in Singapore newspapers. See following section for online newspapers.
  • See below External links, Institutions for Singapore Government records of births and deaths.

Newspapers

  • NewspaperSG Digitised newspapers from the National Library Board, Singapore.
To see the coverage , click on Browse Newspapers/Newspaper titles, then select the title from the drop down menu. Clicking on the title name will take you to an information page, where you can see the date coverage, and if require, select a specific issue. It appears there is some coverage from 1827 (Singapore Chronicle And The Commercial Register), or perhaps even earlier.

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

Also see

External Links

Encylopedia entries

Institutions

Other

The Malayan Volunteer Forces by Rosemary Fell. cofepow.org.uk
Singapore And Malaya Volunteer Corps Medals 10 March 2013 from “Singapore Volunteer Corps, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, Malaya Volunteer Forces”
Malayan Volunteers Group Includes categories such as History, Stories, Malayan Volunteer Air Force, Evacuees, Armoured Cars, Sumatra etc.
"Spreading the word: using cookbooks and colonial memoirs to examine the foodways of British Colonials in Asia, 1850-1900" by Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong. From The Routledge History of Food 2015 (pp. 131-155)

Maps

Historical photographs online

Historical books online

1862: First publication; 1867, 1877; 1878; 1879; 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
Index to journals nos. 1 to 50 of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society and to notes and queries I to IV, published 1909. BookSG (which also has 1878 and 1880 editions)
For more details of this Mutiny on 15 February 1915, see 5th Light Infantry.
When Singapore Fell : Evacuations and Escapes, 1941-42 by Joseph Kennedy 1989. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
CSCA: Source Documents in Anglican Missions in Southeast Asia compiled by Michael Poon. anglicanhistory.org

Fiction

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

References