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*Malacca, [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA723 page 723] ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore'' by Pharoah & Co 1855
*Malacca, [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA723 page 723] ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore'' by Pharoah & Co 1855
*[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://archive.org/stream/b2809265x#page/288/mode/2up "Malacca"] page 289 ''Reports on mountain and marine sanitaria; medical and statistical observations on civil stations and military cantonments, jails - dispensaries - regiments - barracks, &c. within the Presidency of Madras, the Straits of Malacca, the Andaman Islands, and British Burmah from January 1858 to January 1862''] by Inspector General of Hospitals Duncan Macpherson. 1862 Archive.org. Part of the series ''Selections from the Records of the Madras Government''.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b2809265x#page/288/mode/2up "Malacca"] page 289 ''Reports on mountain and marine sanitaria; medical and statistical observations on civil stations and military cantonments, jails - dispensaries - regiments - barracks, &c. within the Presidency of Madras, the Straits of Malacca, the Andaman Islands, and British Burmah from January 1858 to January 1862'' by Inspector General of Hospitals Duncan Macpherson. 1862 Archive.org. Part of the series ''Selections from the Records of the Madras Government''.
*[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
*[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
*[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

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Malacca was ceded to the British in the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 in exchange for Bencoolen on Sumatra. From 1826 to 1946 Malacca was governed, first by the British East India Company and then as a Crown Colony. It formed part of the Straits Settlements, together with Singapore and Penang (also known as Prince of Wales Island).

History

Malacca and the Spice Islands details military actions between the British and Dutch East India Companies at the end of the eighteenth century.

Battle of Soongei Pattye 1831
Battle of Kalama to Taboo 1832

Records

  • BACSA have published the book Malacca: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials by Alan Harfield, 2002 (revised edn). "From the Portuguese time in 1511, through the Dutch occupation 1641-1795 and from 1819-25 to the British period. Includes a short history with lists of churches and MIs; also an account of the local wars with lists of casualties in the Malayan Emergency. 214pp, 70 illustrations, 8 maps and plans"
For details including purchase, see BACSA Books - select Cemetery Record Books.
BACSA have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online and these indexes are free to search and browse, see the Fibiwiki page BACSA. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
  • FamilySearch have digitised the above BACSA book, which has restricted access, but which may be viewed on a FamilySearch computer at a FamilySearch Centre. Catalogue entry. For more information, see FamilySearch Centres.
  • 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 available on the commercial site findmypast
The LDS film number for these records is 498606, item 2.
Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, N/1. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also IOR: R/9/39/3.
  • Malay documents in the Melaka Records in the British Library by Annabel Gallop
  • The National Archives of Malaysia (Arkib Negara Malaysia) in Kuala Lumpur holds the following records from Melaka (Malacca), held on microfilm at the National Archives.
    • Baptismal registers 1642-1825 of the Dutch Reformed Church.
      • These records are also available on FamilySearch microfilm, but are only available at the main FamilySearch Library, known as the Family History Library[1] in Salt Lake City. (Kerkelijke registers, 1642-1825: catalogue entry which also includes limited marriage and death records from Arkib Negra Malaysia). The Family History Library is understood to have access to a complete microfilm collection, even though microfilms can no longer be ordered.
      Should you wish to hire a researcher to access these records at the Family History Library, it is suggested you discuss this with FamilySearch through the Get Help tab on the Home Page of the FamilySearch website.
      Reading Dutch Handwritten Records: 3 Lessons FamilySearch Learning Center/Lessons.
    • Marriage registers 1768-1838 and burial registers 1787-1827 from St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church[2]

External Links

Historical books online

References

  1. Family History Library FamilySearch Wiki
  2. "Records in a Rival’s Repository: Archives of the Dutch East India Company" by Lennart Bes Itinerario, 31:3 (2007) pages 16-38, specifically page 31. Also see Arkib Negara Malaysia TANAP website.