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==Records==
==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"
*[[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 [http://indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/html/bacsa_books.html BACSA Books] - select Cemetery Record Books.  
: The 2002 edition, (perhaps not the revised edition) is available online, refer below.
:[[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.
:[[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]].  
:*FamilySearch have digitised the above BACSA book. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/544096 Catalogue entry]. However, the FS Digital Library [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/216869-christian-cemeteries-and-memorials-in-malacca catalogue entry] says (at 2020/09/16) "Due to copyright restrictions, this book cannot be viewed online". Perhaps this restriction may change in some way in the future.


*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|findmypast]]'''
*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|findmypast]]'''
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Search the FamilySearch Catalog] for FamilySearch records additional to those mentioned above. Be sure you are signed in to FamilySearch before you search, as currently (2020/09/16) you get different results depending  on whether you are signed in or not.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog Search the FamilySearch Catalog] for FamilySearch records additional to those mentioned above. Be sure you are signed in to FamilySearch before you search, as currently (2020/09/16) you get different results depending  on whether you are signed in or not.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Important_Books_and_Internet_Sources_About_Cemeteries_in_Malaysia_and_Singapore Important Books and Internet Sources About Cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore] FamilySearch Wiki page.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Important_Books_and_Internet_Sources_About_Cemeteries_in_Malaysia_and_Singapore Important Books and Internet Sources About Cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore] FamilySearch Wiki page.
*The booklet ''An introduction to Christ Church Malacca'', published by the  Malacca Historical Society,  is for sale at the church and contains details of the memorials in the church (2 examples <ref>[https://rogersouthernresearch.wordpress.com/2017/07/27/melakas-world-heritage/ "Melaka’s World Heritage"] rogersouthernresearch</ref> of memorials, one being the wife of a member of the Madras Medical Service). Possibly the same book, (so it may, or may not contain the memorials information) a book with the same title but a different publisher is available at the [[British Library]] with notes "Consists of material extracted from a pamphlet originally published in 1917 and reprinted in 1937" UIN: BLL01016033188. The book by MHS is also available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2281884 catalogue entry]. Note, probably these memorial inscriptions would also appear in the book by Alan Harfield ''Malacca: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials'', see above.
*The booklet ''An introduction to Christ Church Malacca'', published by the  Malacca Historical Society,  is for sale at the church and contains details of the memorials in the church (2 examples <ref>[https://rogersouthernresearch.wordpress.com/2017/07/27/melakas-world-heritage/ "Melaka’s World Heritage"] rogersouthernresearch</ref> of memorials, one being the wife of a member of the Madras Medical Service). Possibly the same book, (so it may, or may not contain the memorials information) a book with the same title but a different publisher is available at the [[British Library]] with notes "Consists of material extracted from a pamphlet originally published in 1917 and reprinted in 1937" UIN: BLL01016033188. The book by MHS is also available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2281884 catalogue entry]. Note, memorial inscriptions also appear in the book by Alan Harfield ''Malacca: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials'', available online, see below.
*The [[BACSA ]] archive at the British Library contains some references to Malacca.
*The [[BACSA ]] archive at the British Library contains some references to Malacca.
**Mss Eur F370/829 "Malacca, Malaysia Fort Cemetery, Malacca: 1670-1682, 1816-1838 St Paul's Cemetery, Malacca: 1843-1860 St Paul's Hill, Malacca: 1568-1712 Christ Church, Malacca: 1774-1955 Sungei Ujong, Rasah New Village: 1875-6"
**Mss Eur F370/829 "Malacca, Malaysia Fort Cemetery, Malacca: 1670-1682, 1816-1838 St Paul's Cemetery, Malacca: 1843-1860 St Paul's Hill, Malacca: 1568-1712 Christ Church, Malacca: 1774-1955 Sungei Ujong, Rasah New Village: 1875-6"
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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*Also see [[Malaysia]]
*Also see [[Malaysia]]
*[https://archive.org/details/christiancemeter0000harf/mode/2up ''Christian Cemeteries and Memorials in the State of Malacca''] by Alan Harfield 2002. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023122777 ''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/stream/cu31924023225471#page/n245/mode/2up Singapore and Malacca 1825-1826] page 231 ''Bits of Old China'' by William C Hunter 1885 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023225471#page/n245/mode/2up Singapore and Malacca 1825-1826] page 231 ''Bits of Old China'' by William C Hunter 1885 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b21949062 ''Official Papers on the Medical Statistics and Topography of Malacca and Prince of Wales' Island and on the prevailing diseases of the Tenasserim Coast''] by T M Ward and J P Grant 1830 Archive.org. [https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b21949062 Wellcome Library version] with rotatable pages.
*[https://archive.org/details/b21949062 ''Official Papers on the Medical Statistics and Topography of Malacca and Prince of Wales' Island and on the prevailing diseases of the Tenasserim Coast''] by T M Ward and J P Grant 1830 Archive.org. [https://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b21949062 Wellcome Library version] with rotatable pages.
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HbknAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Slavery and the slave trade in British India: with notices of the existence of these evils in the islands of Ceylon, Malacca, and Penang, drawn from official documents''] Published 1841 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=HbknAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Slavery and the slave trade in British India: with notices of the existence of these evils in the islands of Ceylon, Malacca, and Penang, drawn from official documents''] Published 1841 Google Books
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D64 ''Précis of information concerning the Straits Settlements and the Native States of the Malay Peninsula'']. Prepared in the Intelligence Division, Horse Guards, War Office, etc.  1891. With a [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D64#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=189&z=0%2C-289.3696%2C2571%2C2533.7391  Map of Town of Singapore] (which can be rotated). British Library Digital file.
*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D64 ''Précis of information concerning the Straits Settlements and the Native States of the Malay Peninsula'']. Prepared in the Intelligence Division, Horse Guards, War Office, etc.  1891. With a [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034D64#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=189&z=0%2C-289.3696%2C2571%2C2533.7391  Map of Town of Singapore] (which can be rotated). British Library Digital file.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023122777 ''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
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]].
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 1922, see [[China]].
*''The London and China Telegraph''. Published weekly in London. Covers [[China]], Hong Kong, Japan, [[Straits Settlements]] ([[Singapore]], [[Penang]]), [[Indonesia|Batavia]] and perhaps a wider area. For editions 1860-1875 (missing 1862), see [[China]].
*''The London and China Telegraph''. Published weekly in London. Covers [[China]], Hong Kong, Japan, [[Straits Settlements]] ([[Singapore]], [[Penang]]), [[Indonesia|Batavia]] and perhaps a wider area. For editions 1860-1875 (missing 1862), see [[China]].

Revision as of 04:41, 4 April 2021

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"
The 2002 edition, (perhaps not the revised edition) is available online, refer below.
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.
  • 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 most are only available at the main FamilySearch Library, known as the Family History Library 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, so these microfilms should still be available there. (Currently (2020/09), these records have not been digitised, see FamilySearch Centres for details.) Note however there is one film listed which has been digitised (DGS 8864996) and is viewable on your home computer, but you must be signed in to FamilySearch (including when viewing the catalogue entry). This film appears to be records from an archive in the Netherlands.
      If you are able to visit the Family History Library in person, there are specialists available to assist, see Family History Library Research Specialists
      Should you wish to hire a researcher to access these records at the Family History Library, you may wish to discuss this, preferably by telephone, with the Family History Library, noting they are early Dutch records, (see FamilySearch Centres for details) or try contact through the Family History Library Facebook page.
      For aids to assist you in reading Dutch handwritten records, see Dutch.
    • Marriage registers 1768-1838 and burial registers 1787-1827 from St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church[1]
  • Search the FamilySearch Catalog for FamilySearch records additional to those mentioned above. Be sure you are signed in to FamilySearch before you search, as currently (2020/09/16) you get different results depending on whether you are signed in or not.
  • Important Books and Internet Sources About Cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore FamilySearch Wiki page.
  • The booklet An introduction to Christ Church Malacca, published by the Malacca Historical Society, is for sale at the church and contains details of the memorials in the church (2 examples [2] of memorials, one being the wife of a member of the Madras Medical Service). Possibly the same book, (so it may, or may not contain the memorials information) a book with the same title but a different publisher is available at the British Library with notes "Consists of material extracted from a pamphlet originally published in 1917 and reprinted in 1937" UIN: BLL01016033188. The book by MHS is also available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, catalogue entry. Note, memorial inscriptions also appear in the book by Alan Harfield Malacca: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials, available online, see below.
  • The BACSA archive at the British Library contains some references to Malacca.
    • Mss Eur F370/829 "Malacca, Malaysia Fort Cemetery, Malacca: 1670-1682, 1816-1838 St Paul's Cemetery, Malacca: 1843-1860 St Paul's Hill, Malacca: 1568-1712 Christ Church, Malacca: 1774-1955 Sungei Ujong, Rasah New Village: 1875-6"
    • Mss Eur F370/1547 A History of Christ Church, Melaka of the Diocese of West Malaysia, by S Batumalai (Melaka, 2003)
  • Also see Dutch.

External links

Historical books online

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
For 1873, Contents; Civil Establishments , commencing with an Index page 177, Singapore page 187, Penang page 209, Malacca page 223.
Other editions of the Blue Books of Statistics are available at the National Archives, Kew record series CO 277 1867-1939, part of "Records of Local Bodies and Other Colonial Miscellanea" commencing with CO 277/1 for 1867.

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Melaka’s World Heritage" rogersouthernresearch
  3. History of the Dutch in Malaysia by Dennis De Witt. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01015564894