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*This [[LDS]] [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=167551&subject_disp=Singapore%2C+Singapore&columns=*,0,0 catalogue entry] gives details of the church and cemetery records available for Singapore.
*This [[LDS]] [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=167551&subject_disp=Singapore%2C+Singapore&columns=*,0,0 catalogue entry] gives details of the church and cemetery records available for Singapore.
*[[BACSA]] have the published the book ''Singapore: Early Cemeteries'' by Alan Harfield 1988 (revised edn) "Comprehensive record of all main cemeteries. 400pp, over 150 illustrations, maps and plans". See [http://indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/html/bacsa_books.html BACSA Books]. This book is included in the [http://bacsa.frontisgroup.com/bin/index.php BACSA Search database] which is free to search. If you want a copy of the full record, a fee applies.


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*Peter Stubbs’ [http://www.fortsiloso.com/index.htm Fort Siloso] including [http://www.fortsiloso.com/home/home.htm A Soldier’s Home  [in the 1880s<nowiki>]</nowiki>]
*Peter Stubbs’ [http://www.fortsiloso.com/index.htm Fort Siloso] including [http://www.fortsiloso.com/home/home.htm A Soldier’s Home  [in the 1880s<nowiki>]</nowiki>]
*[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]. Many Dutch Eurasians moved from Malacca to Singapore from the middle of the nineteenth century.  
*[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]. Many Dutch Eurasians moved from Malacca to Singapore from the middle of the nineteenth century.  
*[http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=7850 Post] from Victorian Wars Forum with images of two gravestones from Fort Canning Cemetery, Peter Parks and John Hide, both sailors. Both are listed in the BACSA book ''Singapore: Early Cemeteries'' by Alan Harfield, refer above
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Revision as of 23:05, 23 December 2012

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.

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.
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 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 LDS catalogue entry gives details of the church and cemetery records available for Singapore.
  • BACSA have the published the book Singapore: Early Cemeteries by Alan Harfield 1988 (revised edn) "Comprehensive record of all main cemeteries. 400pp, over 150 illustrations, maps and plans". See BACSA 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.

Newspapers

External Links

Encylopedia entries

Institutions

Historical books online

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

Other