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*''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=PA408 "Chapter V-Singapore (Singhapura)"] pages 408-412
*''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=PA408 "Chapter V-Singapore (Singhapura)"] pages 408-412
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA283 "The Eastern Settlements: Singapore, Prince of Wales Island, Malacca"] page 283 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II'' Google Books. Includes Lists of Inhabitants.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA283 "The Eastern Settlements: Singapore, Prince of Wales Island, Malacca"] page 283 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II'' Google Books. Includes Lists of Inhabitants.
*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-41326885 "Cultivation Of Nutmegs At Singapore"] is an article from ''Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce'', Volume 54. January 1, 1843. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/singaporefreepre00sing ''The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser'']. Various weekly editions during 1843. The text needs to be greatly enlarged. Archive.org (Catalogued as 1835)
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=VwVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA39 ''Trade and Travel in the Far East; Or, Recollections of Twenty-one Years Passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China''] by G.F. Davidson (1846). Singapore is covered in Chapters 3 and 4.  Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=VwVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA39 ''Trade and Travel in the Far East; Or, Recollections of Twenty-one Years Passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China''] by G.F. Davidson (1846). Singapore is covered in Chapters 3 and 4.  Google Books
*''The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia''. Published at Singapore Volumes 1-9 1847-1855; New Series Volumes 1-4  1856-59/63.  
*''The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia''. Published at Singapore Volumes 1-9 1847-1855; New Series Volumes 1-4  1856-59/63.  
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**Reprint editions  Hathi Trust Digital Library [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012294044  A] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000553617 B] for all years of publication
**Reprint editions  Hathi Trust Digital Library [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012294044  A] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000553617 B] for all years of publication
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA725 ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore''] by Pharoah &Co (1855). Singapore, page 725  
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA725 ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore''] by Pharoah &Co (1855). Singapore, page 725  
*[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://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.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=QBxJAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India: Being a Descriptive Account of Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca: Their Peoples, Products, Commerce and Government''] by John Cameron.  1865 Google Books
*''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' 1878-1922. In 1923 the title changed to ''Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society''. Multiple volumes: [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Straits%20Asiatic%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Archive.org]. '''Restricted access''' Hathi Trust Digital Library may be available to viewers in North America and some other countries [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100160169 A], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000525995 B] and  [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007523175 C], including index volumes. Also see [[Malaysia]].
*''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' 1878-1922. In 1923 the title changed to ''Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society''. Multiple volumes: [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Straits%20Asiatic%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Archive.org]. '''Restricted access''' Hathi Trust Digital Library may be available to viewers in North America and some other countries [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100160169 A], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000525995 B] and  [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007523175 C], including index volumes. Also see [[Malaysia]].
*[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://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
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*[https://archive.org/details/visittojavawitha00wors ''A Visit to Java : with an Account of the Founding of Singapore''] by William Basil Worsfold 1893 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/visittojavawitha00wors ''A Visit to Java : with an Account of the Founding of Singapore''] by William Basil Worsfold 1893 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
*[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
*''One hundred years of Singapore : being some account of the capital of the Straits Settlements from its foundation by Sir Stamford Raffles on the 6th February 1819 to the 6th February 1919''.  Edited by Walter Makepeace, Dr Gilbert R Brooke. Roland St J Braddell 1921. [https://archive.org/details/onehundredyearso01braduoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/onehundredyearso02braduoft Volume II] Archive.org
*[http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/hd.htm  CSCA: Source Documents on the Study of Christianity in Asia] Online books from CSCA [The Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia] Trinity Theological College,  Singapore. There also  seem to be  a few books of a more general nature.
*[http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/hd.htm  CSCA: Source Documents on the Study of Christianity in Asia] Online books from CSCA [The Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia] Trinity Theological College,  Singapore. There also  seem to be  a few books of a more general nature.
**[http://cscadocs.blogspot.com.au/2007/02/george-daniel-love-unites-people-1913.html ''Love Unites People : Memoirs of a Christian Worker in Singapore from 1913 to 1959''] (or [http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/ang/sing/daniel1959.pdf direct pdf])  by George Daniel 1957. He was also in Bombay 1906-1908, and Rangoon 1908-1913. He was a Choirister and Server in Anglican Churches.  
**[http://cscadocs.blogspot.com.au/2007/02/george-daniel-love-unites-people-1913.html ''Love Unites People : Memoirs of a Christian Worker in Singapore from 1913 to 1959''] (or [http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/ang/sing/daniel1959.pdf direct pdf])  by George Daniel 1957. He was also in Bombay 1906-1908, and Rangoon 1908-1913. He was a Choirister and Server in Anglican Churches.  

Revision as of 13:30, 7 May 2015

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. These records are included in the digitised records now available on the commercial site 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 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 has 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.
  • British & Indian Armies in the East Indies (1685-1935) by Alan Harfield 1984 is available at the British Library. History of British and Indian Armies in Sumatra, Java, Sarawak, Malaya and Singapore from 1685-1935. Includes names of officers and men buried in these areas. Also includes name lists of persons in some military units which served in these areas.

Newspapers

Recommended reading

  • Raffles and the Golden Opportunity by Victoria Glendinning, published 2012.
This book has been reviewed by Beverly Hallam in FIBIS Journal Number 30 (Autumn 2013) page 43

Also see

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