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Also see [[Madras (Presidency)]]
Also see [[Madras (Presidency)]]
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=-jNagGDT-PsC&pg=PA361 "Madras"] ''A new account of the East Indies, Volume 1'', page 361 by Alexander Hamilton 1744 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=-jNagGDT-PsC&pg=PA361 "Madras"] ''A new account of the East Indies, Volume 1'', page 361 by Alexander Hamilton 1744 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/vestigesofoldmad00loveuoft#page/n5/mode/2up '' Indian Records Series. Vestiges of Old Madras, 1640-1800 Index Volume''] by Henry Davison Love 1913 Archive.org. If you find a reference here, then  follow it up in: ''Vestiges of Old Madras'' [https://archive.org/details/VestigesOfOldMadras1 ''Volume I''], [https://archive.org/details/VestigesOfOldMadras2 ''Volume II''] (reprint-page numbers may differ from original edition), [https://archive.org/details/VestigesOfOldMadras3 ''Volume III''] Archive.org. Each volume is very informative, with over 600 pages.  
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/vestigesofoldmad00loveuoft#page/n5/mode/2up '' Indian Records Series. Vestiges of Old Madras, 1640-1800 Index Volume''] by Henry Davison Love 1913 Archive.org. If you find a reference here, then  follow it up in: ''Vestiges of Old Madras'' [https://archive.org/details/VestigesOfOldMadras1 ''Volume I''], [https://archive.org/details/VestigesOfOldMadras2 ''Volume II''] (reprint-page numbers may differ from original edition), [https://archive.org/details/VestigesOfOldMadras3 ''Volume III''] Archive.org. Each volume is very informative, with over 600 pages.
:Also available as downloads from GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, with possibly better images. [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23180 ''Vol. I''], [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23181 ''Vol. II, Part 1''], [http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23182 ''Vol. III''].  
*''Indian Records Series. The Diaries Of Streynsham Master 1675-1680''  1911.  Streynsham Master was appointed  agent and governor at Fort St. George, 1675. Includes short biographical notes on all Englishmen mentioned in the manuscripts. [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o01mastuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 The Diary 1675-1677''], [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o02mastuoft#page/n7/mode/2up  ''Volume II The First and Second Memorialls 1679-1680''], [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o02mastuoft#page/396/mode/2up Index] Archive.org
*''Indian Records Series. The Diaries Of Streynsham Master 1675-1680''  1911.  Streynsham Master was appointed  agent and governor at Fort St. George, 1675. Includes short biographical notes on all Englishmen mentioned in the manuscripts. [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o01mastuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 The Diary 1675-1677''], [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o02mastuoft#page/n7/mode/2up  ''Volume II The First and Second Memorialls 1679-1680''], [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o02mastuoft#page/396/mode/2up Index] Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=b40BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Madras in the olden time: being a history of the presidency from the first foundation to the Governorship of Thomas Pitt, Grandfather of the Earl of Chatham 1639-1702''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1861 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=b40BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Madras in the olden time: being a history of the presidency from the first foundation to the Governorship of Thomas Pitt, Grandfather of the Earl of Chatham 1639-1702''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1861 Google Books
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/storyofmadras00barlrich#page/n7/mode/2up  ''The Story of Madras''] by Glyn Barlow, with illustrations by the author. 1921 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/storyofmadras00barlrich#page/n7/mode/2up  ''The Story of Madras''] by Glyn Barlow, with illustrations by the author. 1921 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
*[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
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=pwMk4FIcpuUC&pg=PR7  'The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume''] 1939 Preview Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=pwMk4FIcpuUC&pg=PR7  ''The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume''] 1939 Preview Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.23458 Archive.org version], Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.461199 ''Work And Sport In The Old  I. C. S.''] by  W O Horne [William Ogilvie] 1928. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. He was appointed to the Madras Civil Service in 1882. Includes reference to the Madras Hunt.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507301    ''Parrys Of Madras''] by Hilton Brown 1954. Full title: ''Parry's of Madras: a story of British enterprise in India''. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*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)
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places of interest during the British period
Madras (City)



Madras (now Chennai) was one of the early East India Company Factories, the location of Fort St George and the seat of the Madras Presidency.

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

History

Spelling variants

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

FIBIS resources

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:

Economy and business

External links

Historical books online

Also see Madras (Presidency)

Also available as downloads from GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, with possibly better images. Vol. I, Vol. II, Part 1, Vol. III.
Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume 2 1805 to 1835 Volume 3 1835 to 1861
These articles have been reprinted as the book Marriages at Fort St. George, Madras , available at the British Library as Official Publications: Church Registers IOR/V/27/73 and Shelfmark OIR 929.354 Open Access. This book is available as a free pdf type download from FamilySearch (located, if the given link is not permanent, by searching the Library catalogue). This link may have download problems during maintenance night time Utah Time (Utah Time=GMT less seven hours). Try again at another time. Adobe Acrobat reader probably required.

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