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| − | |stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benkulen | + | |stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benkulen Benkulu], Southwest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra Sumatra] |
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Modern name: Bengkulu<br> | Modern name: Bengkulu<br> | ||
Variants: Benkulen, Bencoolen | Variants: Benkulen, Bencoolen | ||
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==Records== | ==Records== | ||
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*[http://mahandisyoanata.multiply.com/photos/album/120/THE_OLD_BRITISH_CEMETERY_IN_BENCOOLEN_A_MEMORY_FOR_WEST_SUMATRA_GARRISON_ The Old British Cemetery in Bencoolen] Blog by Mahandisyoanata. Photographs of some of the gravestones and inscriptions 1775-1858 | *[http://mahandisyoanata.multiply.com/photos/album/120/THE_OLD_BRITISH_CEMETERY_IN_BENCOOLEN_A_MEMORY_FOR_WEST_SUMATRA_GARRISON_ The Old British Cemetery in Bencoolen] Blog by Mahandisyoanata. Photographs of some of the gravestones and inscriptions 1775-1858 | ||
*[http://historyofbengkulu.blogspot.com/search/label/Treaty The Anglo-Dutch 1824 Treaty] History of Bengkulu website | *[http://historyofbengkulu.blogspot.com/search/label/Treaty The Anglo-Dutch 1824 Treaty] History of Bengkulu website | ||
| + | *[http://mahandisyoanata.multiply.com/photos/album/120/THE_OLD_BRITISH_CEMETERY_IN_BENCOOLEN_A_MEMORY_FOR_WEST_SUMATRA_GARRISON_ Bencoolen Cemetery] mahandisyoanata.multiply.com | ||
| − | ===Historical books online=== | + | ====Historical books online==== |
*Article in the ''Asiatic Journal'', Volume 13, January-June 1822. ''A Succinct Historical Narrative of the East India Company’s Endeavours to Form Settlements and to Extend and Encourage Trade in the East and of the Causes by which those Endeavours have been Frustrated''. Section 1 Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Eastern Islands, etc . [http://books.google.com/books?id=zXiILz2MABEC&pg=PA1 pages 1-11]. Other Sections [http://books.google.com/books?id=zXiILz2MABEC&pg=PA11 page 11], [http://books.google.com/books?id=zXiILz2MABEC&pg=PA105 page 105], [http://books.google.com/books?id=zXiILz2MABEC&pg=PA209 page 209] Google Books | *Article in the ''Asiatic Journal'', Volume 13, January-June 1822. ''A Succinct Historical Narrative of the East India Company’s Endeavours to Form Settlements and to Extend and Encourage Trade in the East and of the Causes by which those Endeavours have been Frustrated''. Section 1 Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Eastern Islands, etc . [http://books.google.com/books?id=zXiILz2MABEC&pg=PA1 pages 1-11]. Other Sections [http://books.google.com/books?id=zXiILz2MABEC&pg=PA11 page 11], [http://books.google.com/books?id=zXiILz2MABEC&pg=PA105 page 105], [http://books.google.com/books?id=zXiILz2MABEC&pg=PA209 page 209] Google Books | ||
*''Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles,F.R.S., &c. &c., particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824: with details of the commerce and resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and selections from his correspondence'' by Sophia Raffles 1835 [http://books.google.com/books?id=lqA2AAAAMAAJ Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=86A2AAAAMAAJ Volume 2] Google Books | *''Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles,F.R.S., &c. &c., particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824: with details of the commerce and resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and selections from his correspondence'' by Sophia Raffles 1835 [http://books.google.com/books?id=lqA2AAAAMAAJ Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=86A2AAAAMAAJ Volume 2] Google Books | ||
Revision as of 11:32, 17 August 2010
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| Coordinates: | 3.8127211°S 102.24979°E |
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| Place Name: | Benkulu City |
| State/Province: | Benkulu, Southwest Sumatra |
| Country: | Indonesia |
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A settlement originally estalished in 1685 by the East India Company on the south side of the island of Sumatra, following the expulsion of the EIC from Bantam by the Dutch. In 1714, the EIC built Fort Marlborough to protect its interests.
In 1825, the EIC exchanged Benkulen with the Dutch for Malacca which was more strategically useful to the British. Benkulen remained a Dutch possession until after World War 2.
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Bengkulu
Variants: Benkulen, Bencoolen
Records
Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. Fort Marlborough [Bencoolen, Sumatra] 1759-1825, British Library reference IOR N/7. The LDS film of this data is 498606. Data for the baptisms and marriages has been transcribed on the LDS website. Select the IGI Search and enter Region Asia and batch number C310011 for the baptisms and batch number M310011 for the marriages, and baptismal and marriage records for Bencoolen on film 498606 will be shown. It is not known whether the data is a complete transcription or not.
Additional LDS films:
- 883691 Indonesian parish register printouts, christenings for Bengkulu, 1754-1825 with some missing years, extracted from filmed copies of Bishop's Transcripts
- 883737 Indonesian parish register printouts, marriages for Bengkulu, 1754-1824, extracted from filmed copies of Bishop's transcripts. Years covered: 1754; 1759; 1779-1780; 1792-1798; 1802-1824.
These two films may possibly be extracted from film 498606. Please consult the LDS Catalogue and/or a LDS Family History Centre Librarian.
Refer also Dutch Indies Genealogical Association.
Books
- Bencoolen: The Christian Cemetery and the Fort Marlborough Monuments by Alan Harfield 1985. A BACSA publication.
- Bencoolen: A History on the Honourable East India Company's Garrison on the West Coast of Sumatra 1685-1825 by Alan Harfield 1995 is available at the British Library. Read about the book here.
External links
- 'Benkulen', The British Empire.
- 'Bengkulu', Wikipedia.
- The British in West Sumatra 1770-1824: Bencoolen, Fort Marlborough. This site contains many names.
- The Old British Cemetery in Bencoolen Blog by Mahandisyoanata. Photographs of some of the gravestones and inscriptions 1775-1858
- The Anglo-Dutch 1824 Treaty History of Bengkulu website
- Bencoolen Cemetery mahandisyoanata.multiply.com
Historical books online
- Article in the Asiatic Journal, Volume 13, January-June 1822. A Succinct Historical Narrative of the East India Company’s Endeavours to Form Settlements and to Extend and Encourage Trade in the East and of the Causes by which those Endeavours have been Frustrated. Section 1 Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Eastern Islands, etc . pages 1-11. Other Sections page 11, page 105, page 209 Google Books
- Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles,F.R.S., &c. &c., particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824: with details of the commerce and resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and selections from his correspondence by Sophia Raffles 1835 Volume 1, Volume 2 Google Books
