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:[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe01penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 2  1805 to 1835''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe03penn#page/n7/mode/2up '' Volume 3 1835 to 1861'']
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe01penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 2  1805 to 1835''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe03penn#page/n7/mode/2up '' Volume 3 1835 to 1861'']
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoriesofmadras00lawsuoft#page/n9/mode/2up ''Memories of Madras''] by Sir Charles Lawson 1905 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoriesofmadras00lawsuoft#page/n9/mode/2up ''Memories of Madras''] by Sir Charles Lawson 1905 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofthecity035512mbp#page/n3/mode/2up ''History of the City of Madras written for the Tercentenary Celebration Committee 1939''] by C S Srinivasachari 1939  [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofthecity035512mbp#page/n449/mode/2up Index] Archive.org
*''The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume'' 1939 (Contents, computer page 12)  is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India |Digital Library of India]] website. Also available as [http://books.google.com/books?id=pwMk4FIcpuUC&pg=PR7  Preview Google Books]
*Articles by F.E.P, very likely Fanny Emily Penny, giving details of Marriages at St Mary’s , Fort  St George, and Marriages at Outstations Recorded in the St Mary’s Register Book,  appeared in ''The Genealogist'', Volumes 19-23 published in London  1903 to 1907 Archive.org
*Articles by F.E.P, very likely Fanny Emily Penny, giving details of Marriages at St Mary’s , Fort  St George, and Marriages at Outstations Recorded in the St Mary’s Register Book,  appeared in ''The Genealogist'', Volumes 19-23 published in London  1903 to 1907 Archive.org
**Volume 19, 1903. [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist01unkngoog#page/n198/mode/1up/  St Mary’s Marriages 1680-1693], pages 182-189,      [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist01unkngoog#page/n301/mode/1up/  1693-1711], pages 285-292                 
**Volume 19, 1903. [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist01unkngoog#page/n198/mode/1up/  St Mary’s Marriages 1680-1693], pages 182-189,      [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist01unkngoog#page/n301/mode/1up/  1693-1711], pages 285-292                 

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Madras (City)
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 13.09°N, 80.27°E
Altitude: 6m
Present Day Details
Place Name: Chennai
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links
Madras Railway (to 1908)
Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway (1908 on)

Madras (now Chennai) was the seat of the Madras Presidency and the location of Fort St George.

Madras in 1862, with churches, missions & schools
Madras 1893 Rootsweb

History

Spelling variants

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

FIBIS resources

Plan of Madras and its environs engraved by J & C Walker, London in 1854. This item is for FIBIS members only and you will need to log-in to view it.

Cemeteries

See Madras Cemeteries, for details of some of the Christian cemeteries in the city.

Orphan schools

See the main article Orphan Schools in Madras, or the following list of schools:

External links

Historical books online

Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume 2 1805 to 1835 Volume 3 1835 to 1861