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*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:021/ ''A Padre in Partibus: being notes and impressions of a brief holiday tour through Java, the Eastern Archipelago and Siam ... Reprinted from the “Singapore Free Press.”''] by G. M. Reith, (George Murray), 1897. Cornell University Library - Southeast Asia Visions. Also available  in the [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D46 British Library Digital Collection]
*[http://seasiavisions.library.cornell.edu/catalog/sea:021/ ''A Padre in Partibus: being notes and impressions of a brief holiday tour through Java, the Eastern Archipelago and Siam ... Reprinted from the “Singapore Free Press.”''] by G. M. Reith, (George Murray), 1897. Cornell University Library - Southeast Asia Visions. Also available  in the [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D46 British Library Digital Collection]
*[https://archive.org/details/anenglishsiames00mcfagoog  ''An English-Siamese Pronouncing Hand-Book''].  Prepared from the manuscript of the late WH McFarland by the late E H McFarland, revised and enlarged by  Geo B  McFarland 2nd edition 1900. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/anenglishsiames00mcfagoog  ''An English-Siamese Pronouncing Hand-Book''].  Prepared from the manuscript of the late WH McFarland by the late E H McFarland, revised and enlarged by  Geo B  McFarland 2nd edition 1900. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924014072791/page/n9/mode/2up ''European Settlements in the Far East; China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, etc'']  by DWS [catalogued as D Warres Smith] 1900 Archive.org. The author appears to have been the publisher of/associated with the annual publication ''Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan…'', see further above for online editions.
*[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/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/cu31924023030541 ''French Indo-China''] by A  Cotterell Tupp. Originally published in ''Proceedings of the Central Asian Society'' May 1906. Archive.org. Contains some references to Siam. With a short bibliography at the end.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023030541 ''French Indo-China''] by A  Cotterell Tupp. Originally published in ''Proceedings of the Central Asian Society'' May 1906. Archive.org. Contains some references to Siam. With a short bibliography at the end.

Revision as of 02:12, 7 June 2020

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

Bangkok Protestant Cemetery findagrave.com.
"The Protestant Cemetery Bangkok: a memorial to the early pioneers" by Eric Lim. Some members of the Jewish community in Bangkok were also buried there.
British, German and Danish graves are the most common.[2]

Maps

Historical books online

  • "Early Trade Relations between Denmark and Siam" by His Highness Prince Dhani Nivat and Major Erik Seidenfaden page 1 The Journal Of The Siam Society 1939 Vol XXXI Archive.org.
  • The history of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire : of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings, of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes, of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular, of the original descent, religions, customs, and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade and commerce with the Dutch and Chinese : together with a description of the kingdom of Siam by Engelbert Kaempfer [1651-1716], translated by John Gaspar Scheuchzer. Published 1727. Volume I, Volume II Archive.org
Reprint edition The history of Japan, together with a description of the kingdom of Siam, 1690-92, published 1906. Volume I, Volume II, Volume III Archive.org.
Engelbert Kaempfer (Wikipedia), also Engelbert Kämpfer or Engelbertus Kaempferus. C 1685 Kaempfer joined the fleet of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the Persian Gulf as chief surgeon and in September 1689, arrived in Batavia. In May 1690 he set out for Japan as physician to the VOC trading post in Nagasaki. He was also the author of Amoenitatum exoticarum (Latin language) concerning Japan, published 1712 in (modern) Germany.
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.
Five Years in Siam, from 1891 to 1896 by H Warington Smyth, formerly Director of the Department of Mines in Siam. 1898. With Maps and Illustrations by the author.
Volume I Archive.org
Volume I, Volume II HathiTrust Digital Library
Volume I with General Index Map; Volume II British Library Digital Collection.
Third Edition 1932 With illustrations. Archive.org. Note, to view, select single page option, as the book has been scanned two original pages to one digital page.
Index Volume I to XXV Journal of the Siam Society 1935 Archive.org
Also available online, where articles may be downloaded, from The Siam Society website. A complete series, currently to 2016. (Journals are placed online three years after being published).

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.
  2. "Bangkok Protestant Cemetery" Graving Blog.