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*Refer online [[Hong Kong]] newspapers for possible birth, marriage and death notices, available both free and pay websites.
*The American pay website NewspaperArchive.com has editions of the ''North China Herald'' 03 August 1850 to 31 December 1926, ([https://newspaperarchive.com/browse/cn/shanghai/shanghai/north-china-herald/ details of issues available]). Previously this database was also available on Findmypast, but it was withdrawn from Findmypast c 2 August 2021, as a licence was not renewed.
:There is also ''North China Herald'' Collection 1850-1941 on Archive.org, see Historical books online below.
*For those with access, (refer below) there may be birth, marriage and death notices in online newspapers which are part of ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection and Japan Times Archives.
*''British and Indian Armies on the China Coast 1785-1985'' by Alan Harfield 1990 is available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01009472436 . Includes lists such as “List of Known Recipients of the Hong Kong Plague Medal 1894” and “List of Officers who served with the Hong Kong Regiment 1892-1902”. This [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.people.ex-forces/v3LqubdrU1k link] lists some “Military Commanders of Hong Kong and China” from the book (pages 483-484).
*Names of burials 1842-1857 in the British cemetery on Zhoushan Island [Chusan Island] off the East coast of China, but not specific dates of death, are included in [https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/def9b438f5401bdec99066297256390b.pdf "Monument to the Westmoreland Regiment The 55th Regiment of Foot in Dinghai City on Zhoushan Island"] by Keith Stevens and Jennifer Welch ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' Vol. 38 (1998), page 383 (12 pages). From [https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/exhibits/show/hkjo/home Hong Kong Journals online] hkjo.lib.hku.hk. [https://archive.org/details/monument-zhoushan-island/mode/2up Archive.org version].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160322052706/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelpregion/asia/china/guidesources/index.html China: Sources in the India Office Records] Guide to records at the [[British Library]], now an archived webpage.
*Refer Historical books online, below.
:Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01009539962
*The American pay website NewspaperArchive.com has editions of the ''Japan Advertiser'' 01 January 1920 to 16 September 1922.([https://newspaperarchive.com/browse/jp/13/tokyo/japan-advertiser/ details of issues available]). Previously this database was also available on Findmypast, but it was withdrawn from Findmypast c 2 August 2021, as a licence was not renewed.
*Also see Historical books online below, for some English language Japanese newspapers available on Archive.org.
==British Army and Navy==
The British Army leased for a time Wei-hai-wei (a fine natural harbour) on the mainland and Liu Kung Tao island. There was a garrison of British Troops.
*[[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories#Other Asian publications|Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories : Other Asian publications]].
:Information about the English language Chinese newspaper database ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection; databases for ''The North-China Herald'' and ''North China Daily News''; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post—1903-1998 (published in Hong Kong); and ''Japan Times'' Archives.
:: See above, ''The North-China Herald'' to 1926 is available on the American pay website NewspaperArchive.com. Editions to 1941 are also available on Archive.org, see below.
==External links==
*[https://www.chinafamilies.net/directories/ Online Directories] from China Families, University of Bristol: Department of History.
:[https://archive.org/details/@haiguan Collection on Archive.org, uploaded by China Families]
*[https://archive.org/details/northchinaherald?&sort=date ''The North China Herald''] Collection 1850-1941. Archive.org. Published in Shanghai as the weekly edition of the ''North-China Daily News''. Searchable as a collection. There perhaps may be additional editions available outside of this collection, also on Archive.org.
* ''The London and China Express'', published in London, with target readership those outside the Indian Empire, is available on [[Findmypast]], category "Newspapers & periodicals"/"British newspapers", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites. The date range is from November 25, 1858 to July 2, 1931. For more details see [[Newspapers and journals online#London and China Express|Newspapers and journals online]].
*''The London & China Herald'' published in London, "on departure of the mails for China and Japan" is available on [[Findmypast]], category "Newspapers & periodicals"/"British newspapers", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites. The date range is from October 10, 1867 to June 17, 1870. For more details see [[Newspapers and journals online#London & China Herald|Newspapers and journals online]].
*''Young Japan. Yokohama and Yedo. A narrative of the settlement and the city from the signing of the treaties in 1858, to the close of the year 1879. With a glance at the progress of Japan during a period of twenty-one years'' by John R Black formerly editor of the ''Japan Herald''. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924071147825 Volume I] 1880, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924071147833 Volume II] 1881
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.91353/page/ii/mode/2up ''The Land of the Morning: An Account of Japan and its People based on a Four Years Residence in the Country; including Travels into the Remotest Parts of the Interior''] by William Gray Dixon 1882 Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Collection.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28The+Japan+Weekly+Mail%29+AND+creator%3A%28The+Japan+Weekly+Mail%29&sort=date ''The Japan Weekly Mail''] 1870-1917, scattered editions only. Most editions are for 1874 and 1884. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22+Japan+Daily+Mail%22%29&sort=titleSorter ''The Japan Daily Mail''] , a broken range from 1888 to 1917. Archive.org
*''Things Japanese : being notes on various subjects connected with Japan for the use of travellers and others'' by Basil Hall Chamberlain. [https://archive.org/details/thingsjapanesebe00cham_0/page/n5 2nd edition revised and enlarged 1891], [https://archive.org/details/ThingsJapaneseBeingNotesOnVariousSubjectsConnecedWithJapan 3rd edition revised 1898], [https://archive.org/details/thingsjapanesebe00cham/page/n3 4th edition, revised and enlarged 1902], [https://archive.org/details/thingsjapanesebe00chamuoft/page/n3 5th edition 1905 revised] All Archive.org
