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*[http://www.peterloud.co.uk/photos/Penang/Cemetery/Cemetery.html Details of the English Cemetery and some Graves] from Pete's Penang.
*[http://www.peterloud.co.uk/photos/Penang/Cemetery/Cemetery.html Details of the English Cemetery and some Graves] from Pete's Penang.


==External Links==
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_Island Penang Island] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penang_Island Penang Island] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements Straits Settlements] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements Straits Settlements] Wikipedia
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/stgeorge-pen.htm Introductory Note to the Microfilm: History of Saint George's, Penang] by Michael Poon.  anglicanhistory.org. With pdf downloads which are only available in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20101123190628/http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/stgeorge-pen.htm  archived version] , particularly Part 2 which includes An Alphabetical List of Memorials and Monuments in St. George's Church, Penang, with Short Biographical Details of the Persons Commemorated. Unfortunately the text quality of this listing is not very good. Note, pdfs may be slow to load.
*[http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/stgeorge-pen.htm Introductory Note to the Microfilm: History of Saint George's, Penang] by Michael Poon.  anglicanhistory.org. With pdf downloads which are only available in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20101123190628/http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/stgeorge-pen.htm  archived version] , particularly Part 2 which includes An Alphabetical List of Memorials and Monuments in St. George's Church, Penang, with Short Biographical Details of the Persons Commemorated. Unfortunately the text quality of this listing is not very good. Note, pdfs may be slow to load.
*[http://www.dutchmalaysia.net/lang_en/ Official website of the Malaysian Dutch Descendants Project] includes [http://www.dutchmalaysia.net/lang_en/press/paper_20080527_history_of_the_dutch_and_dutch_eurasians_in_malaysia.html  History of the Dutch and Dutch-Eurasians in Malaysia]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150928085840/http://www.dutchmalaysia.net/lang_en/ Official website of the Malaysian Dutch Descendants Project], now archived, includes [https://web.archive.org/web/20150119021413/http://www.dutchmalaysia.net:80/lang_en/press/paper_20080527_history_of_the_dutch_and_dutch_eurasians_in_malaysia.html  History of the Dutch and Dutch-Eurasians in Malaysia], now archived. A history has been published.<ref>[http://www.nutmegpublishing.com/hotdim.html ''History of the Dutch in Malaysia'' by Dennis De Witt]. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01015564894 </ref>
*[http://www.peterloud.co.uk/photos/Penang/Penang.html Pete's Penang] photographs of Penang by Peter Loud
*[http://www.peterloud.co.uk/photos/Penang/Penang.html Pete's Penang] photographs of Penang by Peter Loud


===Cemetries===
===Cemeteries===
*George Town’s Northam Road Protestant Cemetery.  From George Town World Heritage Inc. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gtwhi.com.my%2Fimages%2Fnortham-road-protestant-cemetery.pdf html version], [http://www.gtwhi.com.my/images/northam-road-protestant-cemetery.pdf pdf]
*George Town’s Northam Road Protestant Cemetery.  From George Town World Heritage Inc. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gtwhi.com.my%2Fimages%2Fnortham-road-protestant-cemetery.pdf html version], [http://www.gtwhi.com.my/images/northam-road-protestant-cemetery.pdf pdf]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141028163855/http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/RaimyCheRoss.pdf "A Penang Kaddish: The Jewish Cemetery In Georgetown. A case study of the Jewish Diaspora in Penang (1830s-1970s)"] by Raimy Ché-Ross 2002.  ''The Penang Story''-International Conference 18-21 April 2002.  Now an archived webpage. Includes some transcriptions from tombstones.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141028163855/http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/RaimyCheRoss.pdf "A Penang Kaddish: The Jewish Cemetery In Georgetown. A case study of the Jewish Diaspora in Penang (1830s-1970s)"] by Raimy Ché-Ross 2002.  ''The Penang Story''-International Conference 18-21 April 2002.  Now an archived webpage. Includes some transcriptions from tombstones.
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*''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]].
*''The London and China Telegraph''. Published weekly in London. Covers [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], Japan, [[Straits Settlements]] ([[Singapore]], Penang), [[Indonesia|Batavia]] and perhaps a wider area. For editions 1860-1875 (missing 1862), see [[China]].
*''The London and China Telegraph''. Published weekly in London. Covers [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], Japan, [[Straits Settlements]] ([[Singapore]], Penang), [[Indonesia|Batavia]] and perhaps a wider area. For editions 1860-1875 (missing 1862), see [[China]].
==References==
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Revision as of 21:46, 14 December 2020

Penang Island was also known as Prince of Wales Island. It was part of the Straits Settlements, along with Singapore and Malacca. The capital of Penang is George Town (or Georgetown). The island now forms a part of the larger Malaysian state of Penang.

Province Wellesley (now Seberang Perai), or mainland Penang, is opposite Penang island on the Malay Peninsula. This area was also incorporated into the Straits Settlements.

Alternative Spelling

Pinang

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 available on the commercial site findmypast
The LDS film number for these records is 498606, item 2.

Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, N/1. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also IOR: R/9/39/3.

For other record sources generally, see Singapore and Malaysia.

FIBIS Resources

Cemeteries

See FIBIS Resources above. Also:-

  • BACSA have published
    • Penang: Graves in the Protestant Section of Western Road Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 2000 80pp, 27 illustrations. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01009531508 .
    • Christian Cemeteries of Penang & Perak by Alan Harfield c 1987 which details inscriptions of those buried there. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01011842779
    The index of persons named therein can be searched at BACSA Search. Application can be made to BACSA for copies of the full inscription - charges apply. For details of the books including purchase, see BACSA Books - select Cemetery Record Books.
  • Details of the English Cemetery and some Graves from Pete's Penang.

External links

Cemeteries

Historical books online

References

  1. History of the Dutch in Malaysia by Dennis De Witt. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01015564894