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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/viewofhindoostan3to4penn  ''The View of India Extra Gangem, China, and Japan''] by Thomas Pennant 1800. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/viewofhindoostan3to4penn#page/n17/mode/2up Contents]. [https://archive.org/stream/viewofhindoostan3to4penn#page/n313/mode/2up Index]. Volume III in a series ''Outlines of the Globe''  but sometimes catalogued as Volume III in a series ''The View of Hindoostan''. Includes Siam.
*[https://archive.org/details/missiontosiaman01raffgoog ''The Mission to Siam, and Hué, the Capital of Cochin China, in the years 1821-2'']. From the journal of the late George Finlayson, Surgeon and Naturalist to the Mission. 1826 Archive.org . A Mission sent by the Governor General of Bengal.
*[https://archive.org/details/missiontosiaman01raffgoog ''The Mission to Siam, and Hué, the Capital of Cochin China, in the years 1821-2'']. From the journal of the late George Finlayson, Surgeon and Naturalist to the Mission. 1826 Archive.org . A Mission sent by the Governor General of Bengal.
*[https://archive.org/details/populardescripti00cond ''The Modern Traveller:  A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe: Birmah, Siam, and Anam''] 1826. With a [https://archive.org/stream/populardescripti00cond#page/n7/mode/1up  Map of Indo-China]. The author is catalogued as Josiah Conder. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/populardescripti00cond ''The Modern Traveller:  A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical and Topographical, of the Various Countries of the Globe: Birmah, Siam, and Anam''] 1826. With a [https://archive.org/stream/populardescripti00cond#page/n7/mode/1up  Map of Indo-China]. The author is catalogued as Josiah Conder. Archive.org.
*''The Burney Papers''. [Papers relating to Captain H. Burney's mission to Siam in 1825.] vol. 1-vol. 5, pt. 1. Publication Details: Bangkok : Printed by order of the Committee of the Vajirañāṇa National Library, 1910-1914. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Burney Henry Burney] Wikipedia. He joined the East India Company in 1807.
*''The Burney Papers''. [Papers relating to Captain H. Burney's mission to Siam in 1825.] vol. 1-vol. 5, pt. 1. Publication Details: Bangkok : Printed by order of the Committee of the Vajirañāṇa National Library, 1910-1914. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Burney Henry Burney] Wikipedia. He joined the East India Company in 1807.

Revision as of 12:56, 1 February 2018

Thailand was previously known as Siam.

The Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 provided rights for British subjects in Siam, including the right of property the right of residence and travel. As part of this treaty, the Siamese government transferred to the British government the states of Kelantan, Tringganu, Kedah, Perlis, and adjacent islands. These areas areas became part of the Unfederated Malay States.

A rubber plantation industry developed in Thailand. For general information about this industry, see Malaysia.

There was a Norwegian community in Thailand. [1]

Records

  • See General Register Office for general sources which may be relevant.
  • British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia (BACSA) has published
Bangkok : the Protestant Cemetery, & notes on other cemeteries in Thailand by Justin Corfield. 1997
BACSA have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online, including it is believed this book, and these indexes are free to browse. For more details, see the Fibiwiki page British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia.
  • The FamilySearch catalogue of microfilms/digitised microfilms includes the following
"Extracts from St. Andrew's Outlook, quarterly messenger of the Presbyterian Churches in Malaya, Sumatra, Burma and Siam : marriages and deaths, March 1914 - July 1951" catalogue entry film 87992. See the Fibiwiki page FamilySearch Centres for information about microfilms and digitized microfilms.
  • For online editions of the publication The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c, and similar publications, which may contain birth, marriage and death notices, see the Fibiwiki page China.
  • Some incidental records relating to Siam, especially BMDs for the 19th century, may have been collected by the Anglo-Burmese Library. Refer Burma - External links

External links

Historical books online

Part II (May 1824 to July 1826)
Part III (August 1825 to March 1825)
Part IV (November 1824 to June 1827
Part V (February 1825 to October 1827)
Part VI (January 1826 to February 1831)
Each part is separately numbered.
  • Volume III nla.gov.au. V.3, pt.1. Mar. 1827-June 1833.--pt.2. Aug. 1830-June 1840. Page numbering is continuous.
  • Volume IV nla.gov.au. Part I (February 1838 to March 1849)
Part 2 (March 1841 to December 1846)
Each part is separately numbered.
  • Volume V nla.gov.au. Part 1 (Retrospect of British policy from the period of the first establishment of Penang 17th July 1786-1839). Only Part 1 was published.
The files from nla.gov.au are available to read online, or to download.
Volume I Archive.org
Volume I, Volume II HathiTrust Digital Library
Volume I with General Index Map; Volume II British Library Digital Collection.

References

  1. Meet Connie conniemangskau.com. Connie Mangskau was born in Chiangmai, Thailand in 1907 to an English father and Thai mother. At 18 she was married to a Norwegian rubber planter. For her support of the Norwegian community in Thailand, she was later presented with an award.