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*[http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/  Sejarah Melayu: A History of the Malay Peninsula] includes a Digital Library and Gallery, including historical maps (mostly pre 1800)  sabrizain.org
*[http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/  Sejarah Melayu: A History of the Malay Peninsula] includes a Digital Library and Gallery, including historical maps (mostly pre 1800)  sabrizain.org
*[http://thedandelions.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/has-somerset-maugham-promoted-malaysia-more-than-shahrukh-khan/ Has Somerset Maugham promoted Malaysia more than Shahrukh Khan?] by Oscar the Grouch.  The short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia and Borneo, written during the 1920s and 1930s, were typically concerned with the lives of the British imperial colonist. Includes details of a murder in 1911 in Malaya on which one of the stories is thought to be based.   
*[http://thedandelions.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/has-somerset-maugham-promoted-malaysia-more-than-shahrukh-khan/ Has Somerset Maugham promoted Malaysia more than Shahrukh Khan?] by Oscar the Grouch.  The short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia and Borneo, written during the 1920s and 1930s, were typically concerned with the lives of the British imperial colonist. Includes details of a murder in 1911 in Malaya on which one of the stories is thought to be based.   
**[http://www.maleisie.be/en/literature_william_somerset_maugham.html A list of the short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia and Borneo] www.maleisie.be
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20130114152847/http://www.maleisie.be/en/literature_william_somerset_maugham.html A list of the short stories by W. Somerset Maugham set in Malaysia and Borneo] www.maleisie.be, now an archived webpage.
:See Historical books online, below.
*[http://moncurdg.com/2012/07/16/obsession-isolation-and-the-colonies/ “Obsession, isolation and the colonies”] July 16, 2012 moncurdg.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014
*[http://moncurdg.com/2012/07/16/obsession-isolation-and-the-colonies/ “Obsession, isolation and the colonies”] July 16, 2012 moncurdg.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia States and federal territories of Malaysia] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia States and federal territories of Malaysia] Wikipedia
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*[https://archive.org/details/campingtrampingi00rath ''Camping And Tramping In Malaya: Fifteen years' Pioneering in the Native States of the Malay Peninsula''] by  Ambrose B  Rathborne 1898 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/campingtrampingi00rath ''Camping And Tramping In Malaya: Fifteen years' Pioneering in the Native States of the Malay Peninsula''] by  Ambrose B  Rathborne 1898 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/allaboutrubbergu00ferg  ''All About Rubber and Gutta-Percha : the Indiarubber Planter's Manual with the latest Statistics and Information''] by J Ferguson  Colombo A.M. & J. Ferguson 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/allaboutrubbergu00ferg  ''All About Rubber and Gutta-Percha : the Indiarubber Planter's Manual with the latest Statistics and Information''] by J Ferguson  Colombo A.M. & J. Ferguson 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924031239373'' India Rubber, Gutta-Percha, and Balata: occurrence, geographical distribution, and cultivation of rubber plants; manner of obtaining and preparing the raw material, modes of working and utilizing them, and statistics of commerce''] by William T Brannt 1900 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924031239373'' India Rubber, Gutta-Percha, and Balata: occurrence, geographical distribution, and cultivation of rubber plants; manner of obtaining and preparing the raw material, modes of working and utilizing them, and statistics of commerce''] by William T Brannt 1900 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/indiarubberworld28phil#page/218/mode/2up "The Rival of "Para" Rubber in the East"] page 219 ''The  India Rubber World''  April 1, 1903 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/stream/indiarubberworld28phil#page/218/mode/2up "The Rival of "Para" Rubber in the East"] page 219 ''The  India Rubber World''  April 1, 1903 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/stream/indiarubberworld29phil#page/224/mode/2up "Rubber Planting in Ceylon and the Malay States"] page 225 ''The  India Rubber World''  April 1, 1904 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/stream/indiarubberworld29phil#page/224/mode/2up "Rubber Planting in Ceylon and the Malay States"] page 225 ''The  India Rubber World''  April 1, 1904 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023108933 ''Siam in the Malay Peninsula: a short account of the position of Siam in the states of Kelantan, Patani, Legeh and Siam''] by R D Davies 1902 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/furtherindia00clif ''Further India: being the story of exploration from the earliest times in Burma, Malaya, Siam and Indo-China'']  by Hugh Clifford 1904 with [https://archive.org/stream/furtherindia00clif#page/n472/mode/1up Orographical Map and Political Map of Farther India] and [https://archive.org/stream/furtherindia00clif#page/n473/mode/2up Index] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/furtherindia00clif ''Further India: being the story of exploration from the earliest times in Burma, Malaya, Siam and Indo-China'']  by Hugh Clifford 1904 with [https://archive.org/stream/furtherindia00clif#page/n472/mode/1up Orographical Map and Political Map of Farther India] and [https://archive.org/stream/furtherindia00clif#page/n473/mode/2up Index] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu3192402312277 ''Historical tombstones of Malacca, mostly of Portuguese origin, with the inscriptions in detail and illustrated by numerous photographs''] by  Robert Norman Bland 1905 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu3192402312277 ''Historical tombstones of Malacca, mostly of Portuguese origin, with the inscriptions in detail and illustrated by numerous photographs''] by  Robert Norman Bland 1905 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/details/historyofmalayaa00kenn ''A History of Malaya, A.D. 1400-1959''] by J Kennedy 1962. Archive.org Lending Library. Before you can borrow this book, you must register. Only one person at a time is able to borrow the book, so you perhaps may need to wait until the book is returned..
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofmalayaa00kenn ''A History of Malaya, A.D. 1400-1959''] by J Kennedy 1962. Archive.org Lending Library. Before you can borrow this book, you must register. Only one person at a time is able to borrow the book, so you perhaps may need to wait until the book is returned..
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023257854 ''The Adventures of John Smith in Malaya, 1600-1605''] by A Hale 1909. Archive.org. This book was classified as a novel in a review when issued, but it was stated “In the Malayan part of the book…[there] seems to be first hand knowledge of the legends, custom and intimate life of the Malayans”, and it was “written… with… learning”<ref>[http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/10th-july-1909/28/novels ''The Spectator'' Archive: 10 July 1909, page 28]</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023257854 ''The Adventures of John Smith in Malaya, 1600-1605''] by A Hale 1909. Archive.org. This book was classified as a novel in a review when issued, but it was stated “In the Malayan part of the book…[there] seems to be first hand knowledge of the legends, custom and intimate life of the Malayans”, and it was “written… with… learning”<ref>[http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/10th-july-1909/28/novels ''The Spectator'' Archive: 10 July 1909, page 28]</ref>
*''The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham'' [https://archive.org/details/completeshorts01maug Volume I] Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.460655 Volume II], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.553314 Volume III]. Archive.org. The Volume III Preface indicates some of the stories are set in Malaya; there may be other Malayan stories in  other volumes. (See External links, above.) [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Short+Stories%29+AND+creator%3A%28Somerset+Maugham%29&sort=-date Other ''Short Stories'' editions] mainly from the Archive.org Lending Library.  [https://archive.org/details/fareasterntales00maug ''Far Eastern Tales''] Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/kellywalshshandb00sing ''Kelly & Walsh's Handbook of the Malay Language for the use of Tourists and Residents''] Sixth edition 1919 Archiv.org
*[https://archive.org/details/kellywalshshandb00sing ''Kelly & Walsh's Handbook of the Malay Language for the use of Tourists and Residents''] Sixth edition 1919 Archiv.org
*[https://archive.org/details/aab3248.0001.001.umich.edu ''An English-Malay Dictionary''] by Rev. W G  Shellabear 1916 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/aab3248.0001.001.umich.edu ''An English-Malay Dictionary''] by Rev. W G  Shellabear 1916 Archive.org

Revision as of 06:46, 27 December 2017

including the former British North Borneo.

Also see the Fibiwiki pages Straits Settlements and Malacca and Penang (Prince of Wales Island).

Records

There has been some registration since 1859[1]. Marriage registration has been in place in Malaysia since the late 1800s[2].
It seems likely that records may be divided according to the current states and federal terrorities, so you would probably need to know geographical location.
  • Birth, marriage and death notices may have been published in Singapore newspapers. See Singapore - Newspapers for details of free online Singapore newspapers.
  • Birth, marriage and death notices may have been published in other publications, such as The Directory & Chronicle for China etc or The London and China Telegraph, refer Historical books online below.
  • BACSA have published the following books:
    • Ipoh and Taiping: War Graves and Graves of Europeans in the Cemeteries in Ipoh and Taiping, Perak, Malaysia by Justin Corfield, 2000. 108pp, 27 illustrations and plan
    • Kota Bharu (Malaysia): European Graves in the Jalan Hamzah Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 1999. 24pp, 23 illustrations and plan
    • Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia): St Mary's Cathedral and the Jalan Birch Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 2000. 24pp, 5 illustrations
    • Seremban, Malaysia: Graves in St Mark's Churchyard, and the Anglican Section of the Seremban Cemetery by E Beavington and Justin Corfield, 2000. 56pp, 11 illustrations
    • Teluk Anson (Malaysia): European Graves in the Jalan Anderson Cemetery by Justin Corfield, 2000. 20pp, 14 illustrations and plan
Some cemetery books are still available, see BACSA Books
BACSA have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. 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.
  • 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.

Military Operations

External links

Singapore And Malaya Volunteer Corps Medals 10 March 2013 from “Singapore Volunteer Corps, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, Malaya Volunteer Forces”
Malayan Volunteers Group Includes categories such as History, Stories, Malayan Volunteer Air Force, Evacuees, Armoured Cars, Sumatra etc.
"Nand Singh and Jangnamah Europe: Subaltern insights on the wars of Empire" by Raman Singh Chhina. lse.ac.uk. Havildar Nand Singh was a Sergeant in the Malay State Guides and also an Indian poet who wrote using a genre of Punjabi historical poetic writing. He composed the Janganamah Europe giving an empirical account of the First World War. On September 26 1915 the regiment left Taiping to join the Aden Field Force.
See Historical books online, below.
  • “Obsession, isolation and the colonies” July 16, 2012 moncurdg.com. Retrieved 30 August 2014
  • States and federal territories of Malaysia Wikipedia
    • Kedah Alternative name Quedah, it was visited by trading ships in the time of the East India Company. “In the hope that Great Britain would protect what remained of Kedah from Siam, the sultan handed over Penang and then Province Wellesley (Seberang Perai) to the British at the end of the 18th century. The Siamese nevertheless conquered Kedah in 1811, and it remained under Siamese control until transferred to the British by the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909”.
    • Perak was visited by trading ships in the time of the East India Company. There was a British Resident from 1874.
    • Terengganu Wikipedia. Alternative name Tringaney. Terengganu's location by the South China Sea ensured that it was on trade routes from ancient times , and it was visited by trading ships in the time of the East India Company. The terms of the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 saw power over Terengganu transferred from Siam to Great Britain. A British advisor was appointed to the sultan in 1919, and Terengganu become one of the Unfederated Malay States.
  • "A Penang Kaddish: The Jewish Cemetery In Georgetown. A case study of the Jewish Diaspora in Penang (1830s-1970s)" by Raimy Ché-Ross 2002. ttc.edu.sg, now an archived webpage. The Penang Story-International Conference 18-21 April 2002. Includes some transcriptions from tombstones.
  • "The Plantation Rubber Industry in Malaya up to 1922" by J. H. Drabble Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. 40, No. 1 (211) (July, 1967), pp. 52-77. jstor.org. Register and read for free.
"Planters, Estate Health & Malaria in British Malaya (1900–1940)" by Liew Kai Khiun Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 83, Part 1, June 2010, No. 298, pp. 91-115 academia.edu
"Mad Ridley and the rubber boom" by Dr Loh Wei Leng and Khor Jin KeonG 2011. malaysiahistory.net. The history of rubber in Malaya.
Video: A Rubber Plantation in Malaya, 1911 / La Cultivation du Caoutchouc en Malaisie, 1911 You Tube video.
Video: Henrietta Estate Album. Album of photographs of a Rubber Estate in 1920's / 1930's Malaya. You Tube video.
"Spreading the word: using cookbooks and colonial memoirs to examine the foodways of British Colonials in Asia, 1850-1900" by Cecilia Y. Leong-Salobir, University of Wollongong. From The Routledge History of Food 2015 (pp. 131-155)
"Mrs Beeton in Malaya" by Janice Loo. BiblioAsia Volume 9 Issue. 3 October-December 2013. ywca.org.sg

Maps

  • 1929 Motoring Map of Malaya Pages can be rotated if required. National Library of Malaysia.
  • Also see some Maps in Historical books online, below.

Historical books online

Note this website is often unavailable, and possibly may only be available during office hours, Monday to Friday: 8.00 am - 5.00 pm (local time), being GMT 00.00 to 9.00am
Volume I,Volume II 2nd edition, 1839 (2 Volumes in 1) Google Books. Tenth American edition [with deletions] c 1855 Archive.org
Malay Sketches by Sir Frank Althelstane Swettenham 5th edition 1921. First published 1895 Archive.org
British Malaya; an account of the origin and progress of British influence in Malaya by Sir Frank Swettenham, late Governor of the Straits Colony 1907 Archive.org, with a 1906 Map of the Malay Peninsula
India Rubber, Gutta-Percha, and Balata: occurrence, geographical distribution, and cultivation of rubber plants; manner of obtaining and preparing the raw material, modes of working and utilizing them, and statistics of commerce by William T Brannt 1900 Archive.org
"The Rival of "Para" Rubber in the East" page 219 The India Rubber World April 1, 1903 Archive.org
"Rubber Planting in Ceylon and the Malay States" page 225 The India Rubber World April 1, 1904 Archive.org
R. H. Bruce Lockhart Wikipedia.
Return to Malaya R.H.Bruce Lockhart 1936 Archive.org. The author had previously left Malaya c 1910, see previous book.

References

  1. Malaysia Civil Registration FamilySearch Wiki.
  2. Esslemont, Don. BMD certificates (was Robert Darwood engineer) Rootsweb Malaysia Mailing List 18 Mar 2008, which quotes a source of information which no longer appears to be available. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
  3. A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, 1854-1937 : being also an historical outline of volunteering in Malaya Naval & Military Press
  4. Page 28, "Chapter 2: Creeping in Johore April 1930- December 1930, Malayan Spymaster: Memoirs of a Rubber Planter, Bandit Fighter and Spy by Boris Hembry 2011 Google Books.
  5. Page 208, "Chapter 13: The Planter’s World", The Devil’s Milk: A Social History of Rubber by John Tully 2011. Google Books
  6. "The Planter’s Life" by Christopher Hale, January 2013.
  7. The Spectator Archive: 10 July 1909, page 28