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==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 probably included in the digitised records now available on the commercial site FindMyPast[[Findmypast|findmypast]]'''
:The [[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 [https://www.familysearch.org 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.
===Institutions===
*[http://www.ica.gov.sg/services_centre_overview.aspx?pageid=246 ICA (The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority, Singapore Government)] maintains birth and death records which were registered in Singapore since 1872. [https://www.psi.gov.sg/NASApp/tmf/TMFServlet?app=ICA-RBD-eXtracts-pub&isNew=true&Reload=trueOnline Birth and Death Extracts Application System (eXtracts Online)]
*The [http://WWW.nl.sg National Library of Board, Singapore] - items in the section : **[http://www.nlnlb.gov.sg/NLWEBAbout/LeeKongChianReferenceLibrary.portal?_nfpb=true&_nfls=false&_pageLabel=NL_OCHandler&collectionCode=SingaporePages Singapore Pagesaspx Lee Kong Chian Reference Library] include::***[http://mmseresources.elibraryhubnlb.comgov.sg/SHCinfopedia/SSH%20Collectionresearch/Tracing%20RootsOpenCMSContent.pdf "aspx?id=f92d36f5-02f9-4378-9dd2-85c0c08d9587 Tracing Roots": Resource Guide] (pdf brochure:*[http://www.nl.sg/NLWEB.portal?_cn_nodePath=NL%2FOtherCollections%2FLKCRL%2FSingaporePages&_nfpb=true&_cn_bookLevel=1&_cn_bookTitle1=LKCRL+Collections&_pageLabel=NL_CMSPage4&collectionCode=SingaporePages&_cn_pageTitle=Singapore Singapore Collection of ) to the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library](LKCRL). Resources includes Directories on microfilm, for years additional to those available in digital editions:* Books *[http://sgebookseresources.nlnlb.gov.sg available to download] including:::*[http:/printheritage/sgebooksindex.nlhtm BookSG] "A digital collection of Singapore and Southeast Asia's print heritage".sg/googlecse.aspx?q=Includes Directories&start=0&cx=006597985428264677513%3Awzo_av3kkyw&cof=FORID%3A11#914 Directories for The Straits and/or Singapore] for the years 1853-1857, 1859-1863, 1867-1871, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1881refer below. The majority of these books the Directories are in the category 'Commerce and Industry', but the volume for 1867-1869 is in the category Events. There is also an 1821 Directory for Prince of Wales Island (Penang) in the category Organisations.::*[http://sgebooks.nl* Newspapers.sg/details/03_10055c4Refer above.html The stranger's guide to Singapore with maps] 1890
*[http://www.nhb.gov.sg/NAS/index.htm National Archives of Singapore], includes [http://www.a2o.com.sg/a2o/public/html Access to Archives Online].
*[http://www.nhb.gov.sg/WWW National Heritage Board] including the [http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/nms/nms_html/index.asp National Museum of Singapore]
===Historical books online===
*Directories from BookSG
**[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/d3fcc6e6-ba76-47a2-b7cf-613b34867aa1.aspx Prince of Wales Island: ''Annual register and directory'' 1821]
**''The Singapore almanack and directory'' [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/f9e19365-b3a2-4149-b392-b3c274a4111c.aspx?s=The%20Singapore%20almanack 1853-1855, 1857, Royal Almanac 1859-1860], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/1b90a11d-7620-4e72-b834-3de9525ac1d1.aspx?s=The%20Singapore%20almanack 1856]
**''The Straits calendar and directory'' [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/59831a29-0622-4089-a120-ae79edb68ec6.aspx 1861-1863], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/5b9519ae-1aad-4cc8-891f-74407ed44f02.aspx Royal Almanac 1864; 1865-1866], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/64f199dd-6462-43a0-93fc-f2aea8cb1238.aspx 1867-1869], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/902071bb-507b-4bca-a2b6-683f10a02323.aspx 1870-1871]
**''The Singapore directory for the Straits Settlements'' [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/e437c4de-cff6-4601-8994-40fd5c007fa0.aspx 1877], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/9879b97a-f840-4443-9452-3cbd165b388b.aspx 1879]
**[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/6e76cb75-dfe3-4203-a211-76305cafde9d.aspx ''The Singapore and Straits directory for 1881'']
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lqA2AAAAMAAJ ''Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles...particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824: (etc)''] Volume 1, by Sophia Raffles (1835), [http://books.google.com/books?id=86A2AAAAMAAJ Volume 2] Google Books.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA81 ''Travels in South-Eastern Asia (etc)''] by Howard Malcolm (2nd edition 1839) 2 volumes in one, Google Books. Singapore in 1837 commences page 81 of Book 2.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=IaBVAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Memorandum on the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca''] by John Crawfurd 1858 Google Books (Missing pages 1-3) [[Penang]], [[Malacca]] and Singapore
*[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
*[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/d70f531e-aa4b-4129-95ac-7bbacc8f43e2.aspx ''The stranger's guide to Singapore with maps''] Compiled by B E D' Aranjo 1890. BookSG
*[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://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
