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*[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/d3fcc6e6-ba76-47a2-b7cf-613b34867aa1.aspx ''Annual Register and Directory 1821 Prince of Wales Island''] . This publication lists the British government and administrative departments, military personnel, organisations, trades, church committees, etc, on Prince of Wales Island. Includes an index. Available to  read online or download from BookSG,  National Library of [[Singapore]].
*[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/d3fcc6e6-ba76-47a2-b7cf-613b34867aa1.aspx ''Annual Register and Directory 1821 Prince of Wales Island''] . This publication lists the British government and administrative departments, military personnel, organisations, trades, church committees, etc, on Prince of Wales Island. Includes an index. Available to  read online or download from BookSG,  National Library of [[Singapore]].
*[https://archive.org/details/b21949062 ''Official Papers on the Medical Statistics and Topography of Malacca and Prince of Wales' Island and on the prevailing diseases of the Tenasserim Coast''] by T M Ward and J P Grant 1830 Archive.org. [https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b21949062 Wellcome Library version] with rotatable pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/b21949062 ''Official Papers on the Medical Statistics and Topography of Malacca and Prince of Wales' Island and on the prevailing diseases of the Tenasserim Coast''] by T M Ward and J P Grant 1830 Archive.org. [https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b21949062 Wellcome Library version] with rotatable pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/dissertationons00LowJ ''A dissertation on the soil & agriculture of the British settlement of Penang, or Prince of Wales island, in the straits of Malacca : including Province Wellesley on the Malayan peninsula. With brief references to the settlements of Singapore & Malacca''] by    Captain James Low of the Madras Army, in Civil Charge of Province Wellesley 1836 Archive.org. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ppleAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books edition], [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000038E2  British Library Digital edition], the latter with rotatable pages.
*''Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca: Viz. Pinang, Malacca, and Singapore, with a History of the Malayan States on the Peninsula of Malacca‬'' by T J Newbold 1839 Google Books [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=OQ8PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2E0PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume II]
*''Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca: Viz. Pinang, Malacca, and Singapore, with a History of the Malayan States on the Peninsula of Malacca‬'' by T J Newbold 1839 Google Books [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=OQ8PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume I], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=2E0PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume II]
*''Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire from the Official Records of the Colonial Office'' by  Robert Montgomery Martin 1839 Google Books. ''Book IV- Possessions in Asia'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PvtqMe2cxhoC&pg=PA402 "Chapter III Penang, or Prince of Wales’s Island"] pages 402-405
*''Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire from the Official Records of the Colonial Office'' by  Robert Montgomery Martin 1839 Google Books. ''Book IV- Possessions in Asia'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PvtqMe2cxhoC&pg=PA402 "Chapter III Penang, or Prince of Wales’s Island"] pages 402-405

Revision as of 06:15, 27 January 2021

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