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== Books ==*Located in the same building as the National Archives at The Hague but a separate organization, is the 'Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie' (Central Bureau for Genealogy - CBG), the Dutch information and documentation centre for genealogy, family history and related sciences. Researchers visiting this centre found some copies of records relating to British [[Ceylon]] christenings.<ref> Andresen, Larry & Coreen [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/srilanka.rootsweb.com/thread/4877182/ British Ceylon christening records in The Hague] ''Rootsweb Srilanka Mailing List'', 01 January 2007 and [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/srilanka.rootsweb.com/thread/4837756/ 02 January 2007] Retrieved 22 May 2019.</ref>
The following are books relating to the Refer [[Dutch in India : #External links|External links below]] for both organisations.
''De Nederlanders == Associations ==*If you had Dutch ancestors who lived in Voor-Indië''by TerpstraIndia, Ha useful association is the Indische Genealogische Vereniging (IGV) or Dutch Indies Genealogical Association. and KernkampAlthough their main focus is what is now called Indonesia, J.H. Published in 1947 in Amsterdam by P. N. van Kampen & Zoon ''The the [[Dutch Indies Genealogical Association]] can also help with Dutch genealogy in India'' By Owen C. Kail. Hardcover edition The Fibiwiki page includes a research guide from the IGV and details of historical genealogy publications containing records, available to buy (1981Dutch language). ''Precious Metals and Commerce * [http: The //www.dutchburgherunion.org/ Dutch East India Company in the Indian Ocean Trade''By Om PrakashBurgher Union of Ceylon] - Website contains much information including journals containing various family histories [http://www.dutchburgherunion. Hardcover edition (1994)org/journals/vol_31_40/JDBU%20Vol%2040%20No%202%20-%201950%281%29.pdf Example]
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An example of a Dutchman who ended up in Bengal was Johan Jacob Hoff . A Dutch book states he had joined the VOC in 1788. He went from Holland to the Dutch East Indies for the Chamber of Enkhuizen with the vessel Maria Carolina. Having arrived at Batavia, Hoff was sent to Malacca where he served as a “second chirurgeon.” In 1795 he was taken prisoner by the English in Malacca at Pera; together with the garrison stationed there, he was sent to Bengal. <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=agJXAAAAMAAJ&q=Hoff+inauthor:Pieter+inauthor:Van+inauthor:der+inauthor:Kemp&dq=Hoff+inauthor:Pieter+inauthor:Van+inauthor:der+inauthor:Kemp&hl=en&ei=A-AvTbRAi71xh9SI8wc&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAQ ''Het Nederlandsch-Indisch bestuur in het midden van 1817, naar oorspronkelijke stukken''] by Pieter Hendrik van der Kemp 1915 Google Books (snippet view); pages 216 and 217, translated by Leo Janssen. The book by Van der Kemp deals with the period of 1817 and the complications with respect to the cession of the former Dutch possessions in Bengal according to the Treaty of London of 1814. Details provided by Mary McPherson (<nowiki>marymac129@btinternet.com</nowiki>) who is researching a man named Johann Jacob Hoff, possibly the man mentioned in the book. The book is available at the [[British Library]] together with many other books by the author including ''De administratie der geldmiddelen van Neerl.-Indië. (Alphabetisch Register, etc.)''.</ref>
Also see [[Dutch#FIBIS resources|FIBIS resources]], below.
Some Scots are stated to have served with the Dutch East India Company.<ref>
[https://flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2015/11/13/migration-from-scotland-before-1700/ "Migration from Scotland before 1700"] by David Dobson
November 2015. st-andrews.ac.uk. Includes a very brief statement "Scots soldiers and sailors served in the armies of the Netherlands and in their fleets, as well as those of the Dutch East India Company … in the Early Modern Period."</ref>
==FIBIS resources==
*"The Origins of Johann Jacob Hoff: my ancestor in the Dutch East India Company" by Mary McPherson ''FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014)'', pages 30 -35. For access, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
== Church Records ==
'''See also general article: [[Church records]]'''
If your ancestors were baptised, married or buried in a European church in British India, then the church records should have been transcribed and sent to the capital of the Presidency, where they would later have been forwarded on to London. These records were indexed and about 80% of church records in British India are believed to have survived. You can access these records at the [[British Library]], or at [[LDS]] [[Family History Centres]]. Moreover many of the church records have now been didigitsed and are held on the subscription website [http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071/ findmypast]
However, your Dutch ancestors may not have lived in British India (i.e. that portion of India that was controlled by the British - this grew from a very small area in 1600 to almost all of India by 1947). In this case, the church records will not be kept at the British Library.
The Dutch Churchbook of [[St Francis Church, Cochin]] has been microfilmed by the [[LDS]] and is available at [[LDS]] [[Family History FamilySearch Centres]] on as a digitised microfilm '''498601''', [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/154421 catalogue entry]. A transcribed index of the names in this book, together with dates of death, can be seen on the [http://web.archive.org/web/20040314182003/http://www.geocities.com/tijso/cochin/index.htm Archived Cochin Churchbook website] The dates of death cover the period 1751-1804
===Cemeteries===
[[BACSA]] have transcribed and published Bimlipatam Christian Cemeteries which contain British and Dutch tombs from the 17th century.
Other BACSA holdings at the British Library comprise lists of Dutch graves and miscellaneous papers relating to genealogical sources. These are itemised in the [http://bacsa.frontisgroupfrontis.comco/bin/aps_browse_sourcesindex.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=179&s_id=86 BACSA online database]
[http://databases.tanap.net/ead/html/LondonBL_1/ Dutch Records from Malacca in the India Office Records] Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
*[[Sadras]]
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/mars1940/sets/72157622742474621/ Photographs taken in Dutch Cemeteries in India] flickr.com
''Monumental remains of the Dutch East India Company in the Presidency of Madras'', by Alexander Rea, originally published 1897, is available online, refer Historical books online, below.== Associations Records at the National Archives of the Netherlands== If you had Dutch ancestors who lived in India, a useful association is the Dutch Indies Genealogical Association*[http://www.gahetna. Although their main focus is what is now called Indonesia, nl/ National Archives of the Netherlands] - website can be accessed in [[Dutch Indies Genealogical Associationhttp://www.gahetna.nl/en English]] can also help with . Contains records relating to men of the Dutch genealogy in East IndiaCompany.
==See also==
*[[Commerce and trade reading list]]
*[[Bencoolen]]
*[[Chinsura]]
*[[Dutch Indies Genealogical Association]] ==Notes==<references />*[[Indonesia]]
==External links==
*[http://www.tanap.net/content/archives/introduction.cfm TANAP] a website about the Archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC or Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie), 1602-1796. Includes a page about the holdings at the [http://www.tanap.net/content/archives/archives.cfm?ArticleID=202 Tamil Nadu Archives] in Madras. (For more details about the latter archives, refer [[Indian Libraries and Archives]])
**Various [http://www.tanap.net/content/voc/archnl/archnl_depart.htm muster and other records for the years 1700 [1720<nowiki>]</nowiki>-1791] for regions such as [http://www.tanap.net/content/voc/appendices/establishments.htm Bengal, Coromandel, Malabar] are available at the [http://www.tanap.net/content/archives/archives.cfm?ArticleID=209 National Archives of the Netherlands (Nationaal Archief)] in The Hague
*[http://vocopvarendenwww.nationaalarchiefacademia.nledu/1787722/?lang=en _Gold-Leaf_Flattery_Calcuttan_Dust_and_a_Brand_New_Flagpole._Five_Little-Known_VOC_Collections_in_Asia_on_India_and_Ceylon_Itinerario_36_1_2012_ "Gold-Leaf Flattery, Calcuttan Dust, and a Brand New Flagpole: Five Little-Known VOCCollections in Asia on India and Ceylon"] by Lennart Bes ''Itinerario'' Volume 36 Issue 01 April 2012, pp 91 -Sea Voyagers] from the 106.*[http://en.nationaalarchief.nl Nationaal Archief (National Archives of the Netherlands) contains ]:Under Research/Archives/ Indexes there are a number of '''databases''' relevant to India, including under the headings Oost-Indië, and VOC. :*In particular [https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en/research/index/nt00444?searchTerm= '''VOC: Opvarenden'''] (English version) Searchable database. From the [https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/index/nt00444?searchTerm= Dutch version] there is a [https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/zoekhulpen/voc-opvarenden Research guide in Dutch] consisting of an Introductory section and four additional sections. The [https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/zoekhulpen/voc-opvarenden#collapse-8034 Google translate English version] however only translates the initial section, so you will need to copy and paste the remainder in [https://translate.google.com.au Google Translate], unless your web browser automatically performs this function.::As far as can be determined the above database is the current version (at 2019/11) of a previous Nationaal Archief separate website "VOC-Sea Voyagers" which advised it was a searchable free database which is was a comprehensive index of ships’ pay-ledgers. The ship's pay-ledgers form the basis of the personnel-administration of the 'VOC' or Dutch East India Company. For each departing ship all employees sailing with her were registered, amounting to some 655.000 persons over the period 1700-1794.**This There were four categories of sea-voyagers and there was a statement that the soldiers were mainly from German-speaking areas. The previous website is available [https://web.archive.org/web/20170114183520/http://vocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl/ archived] in Dutch including [https://web.archive.org/web/20161227172844/http://vocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl/Inleiding.aspxInleiding] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20161227172844/http://vocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl/Inleiding.aspx Wat vind ik in de database?p] Google Translate [https://translate.google.com.au/translate?sl=nl&tl=2 pageen&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20161227172844%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fvocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl%2FInleiding.aspx Preface] describes the four categories of sea-voyagers and states that [https://translate.google.com.au/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20160421072822%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fvocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl%2FInleiding.aspx%3Fp%3D2 What can I find in the soldiers were mainly from [[German|Germany]database?]*India List ::There is a database on Ancestry <ref>[httphttps://archiverwww.rootswebancestry.ancestryco.comuk/thsearch/readcollections/INDIA61290/2013Netherlands, Dutch East India Company Crew Index, 1633-1795] Ancestry. The source is stated to be a database VOC-03Opvarenden from WieWasWie (a pay website).</1364206453 25 March 2013 postref> (pay website) which is believed to be the above database, although Ancestry does not credit the Nationaal Archief as the source.:Also see the website TANAP above for more details of records at the Nationaal Archief.:[https://web.archive.org/web/20190418125051/http://www.gahetna.nl/en/externe_onderzoekers Independent research at the Nationaal Archief] [paid research] about Archived link at 18 April 2019 from the Dutch now archived Nationaal Archief website <nowiki>gahetna.nl*[http://www.cbg.nl/index.php/EN?taal=EN Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie (Central Bureau for Genealogy - CBG)]. Retrieved 15 September 2014*[https://www.wiewaswie.nlWie Was Wie] Similar to a Dutch findmypast</nowikiref> and Dent, Gearoidin. [httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/india.rootsweb.com/INDIAthread/2013-03521198/1364308720 26 Christoffel Jochem Salder] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'', 25 March 2013 post] about the Dutch National Archives. Retrieved 22 May 2019.</ref> *[httpshttp://wwwhdl.openaccesshandle.leidenunivnet/1885/11102 ''The Dutch East India Company and the Straits of Malacca, 1700-1784 : trade and politics in the eighteenth century''] by Dianne Lewis 1970 PhD Thesis Australian National University. Link to a download ANU.nl*[http://hdl.handle.net/1887/12087 ''Fort Cochin in Kerala 1750-1830 : the social condition of a Dutch community in an Indian milieu'' ] by Anjana Singh . June 2007 Doctoral thesis, Leiden University [Digital] Repository. Subsequently published in the series TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ; v. 13.*A *[http://www.weeklyvoicebrown.comedu/Departments/Portuguese_Brazilian_Studies/ejph/html/issue17/headlinespdf/napoleons-soldiers-in-maharaja-ranjit-singhs-army review] of v9n1a07.pdf Article about the thesis/book ] by Markus Vink ''The Lion’s Firanghis: Europeans at the Court of Lahoree-JPH'' by Bobby Singh Bansal 2010 "By the 1830s a multifarious array of [[French]], [[German|Prussian]]Vol. 9, Spanishnumber 1, Dutch and Italian officers had descended on the Anglo-Punjab frontier, hoping to enlist in the services of the opportunistic Maharajah…" Available through AmazonSummer 2011 brown.coedu.uk from the **[http://astorewww.amazonthehindu.co.ukcom/todays-paper/tp-features/faminbriindsotp-21metroplus/detailthe-dutch-who-stayed-back/0956127010 FIBIS Shoparticle782720.ece "The Dutch who stayed back"]by K. Pradeep March 1, 2010 ''The Hindu''.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150928085840/http://www.dutchmalaysia.net/lang_en/ Official website of the Malaysian Dutch Descendants Project] , now archived, includes [https://web.archive.org/web/20150119021413/http://www.dutchmalaysia.net:80/lang_en/press/paper_20080527_history_of_the_dutch_and_dutch_eurasians_in_malaysia.html History of the Dutch and Dutch-Eurasians in Malaysia]*, now archived. A history has been published.<ref>[http://homewww.alphalinknutmegpublishing.com.au/~agilbert/cartonhotdim.html "Beyond "Cotton Mary": Anglo-Indian Categories and Reclaiming the Diverse Past"] by Adrian Carton ''The International Journal History of Anglo-Indian Studiesthe Dutch in Malaysia'' Volume 5, Number 1, 2000by Dennis De Witt]. Includes mention of Available at the Dutch in India.British Library UIN: BLL01015564894 </ref>
*[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/madras-miscellany/article4252833.ece "Madras Miscellany"] by S. Muthiah December 30, 2012 ''The Hindu'' Scroll down for "Getting to know Castle Geldria", in Pulicat. The Dutch presence on the Coromandel.
*[http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/centuries-old-dutch-heritage-still-visible-india "Centuries-old Dutch heritage still visible in India"] by Johan van Slooten 25 October 2011 Radio Netherlands Worldwide
*Dutch language aids
**[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/The_Netherlands The Netherlands] includes [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Netherlands_Language_and_Languages Netherlands Language and Languages] Family Search FamilySearch (LDS) Wiki*:[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/beginner-dutch-handwriting-quirks-dutch-names Beginner Dutch Handwriting Series] with links to 18 Lessons. With a [https://familysearch.brightspotcdn.com/85/b7/526bbf1f403d91ac8948adc4d2ce/reading-dutch-records-d-jones.pdf written handout] by Daniel R Jones 10/2019. FamilySearch Help Center/Lessons.*:[https://www.familysearch.org/indexing/help#/ FamilySearch Indexing Help] then select "Language Resources and Handwriting Helps"/Dutch**Rudy Schmidt’s [https://web.archive.org/web/20130116104152/http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/International/Dutch.htm Dutch/English Glossary of Causes of Death and other Archaic Medical Terms], now archived.
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/freedomofseasorr1916grot ''The freedom of the seas : or, The right which belongs to the Dutch to take part in the East Indian trade''] A dissertation by Hugo Grotius ; translated with a revision of the Latin text of 1633 by Ralph Van Deman Magoffin ; edited with an introductory note by James Brown Scott. 1916 Archive.org. A publication of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Division of International Law.
*[https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_7oFZAAAAYAAJ#page/n323/mode/2up "The Management of the Dutch in India", page 309] ''An account of the trade in India: containing rules for good government in trade, price courants, and tables: with descriptions of Fort St. George, Acheen, Malacca, Condore, Canton, Anjengo, Muskat, Gombroon, Surat, Goa, Carwar, Telichery, Panola, Calicut, the Cape of Good-Hope, and St. Helena... To which is added, An Account of the Management of the Dutch in their Affairs in India'' by Charles Lockyer 1711 Archive.org.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023942828#page/n3/mode/2up ''Dutch Records No 13: The Dutch in Malabar : being a translation of selections nos. 1 and 2''] by A Galletti 1911 Archive.org. One of 15 volumes of records from the archives of the Madras Presidency, almost all of which are in Dutch, many also available at Archive.org. The other titles in the series may be seen at this [http://www.archive.org/details/selectionsfromre13madr Archive.org link]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/williamboltsdutc00hallrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''William Bolts, a Dutch adventurer under John Company''] by Norman Leslie Hallward 1920 Archive.org
*[httphttps://oudlarchive.osmaniaorg/details/in.ernet.dli.ac2015.in529989/handlepage/OUDL/14143 n1 ''The Dutch In Bengal And Bihar 1740-1825 A D''] by Dr Kalikinkar Datta 1948 Osmania University . Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.*[OUDLhttps://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275322/page/n3 ''Malabar And The Dutch'']by K M Panikkar 1931. (Note this website appears to be regularly unavailableFull title: ''Malabar and the Dutch. Being the history of the fall of the Nayar power in Malabar.'' Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.*[https://archive. Try again org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.71193/page/n1 ''The Dutch In Malabar''] by P C Alexander. 1946. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.505180/page/n3 2nd digital file] Archive.org, mirrors from Digital Library of India. Generally the first file has clearer text, but note some pages are upside down.*[https://archive.org/details/johncompanyatwor0000furb/page/n9 ''John Company at Work: a different time study of European expansion in India in the late eighteenth century''] by Holden Furber. 1970 reprint of day1948 original edition. Archive.org Lending Library. Includes the [[East India Company|English]], [[French]], [[Dutch]], or wait a few daysand [[Danish]] East India Companies.)
*''Voyages To The East-Indies, by the late John Splinter Stavorinus, Esq Translated From The Original Dutch, by Samuel Hull Wilcocke. The Whole Comprising A Full And Accurate Account Of All The Present And Late Possessions Of The Dutch In India, And At The Cape Of Good Hope'' 1798 Google Books
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=Ci0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Volume 1 A Voyage to the Cape Of Good Hope, Batavia, Bantam, and Bengal, with Observations on Those Parts, &c. in the years 1768-1771''].
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=pC0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Volume 3 A Continuation Of The Voyage From Surat To Batavia, The Coast Of Malabar, and the Cape of Good Hope in the years 1775-1778''].
***[http://books.google.com/books?id=pC0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA475 Appendix: "Regulations and Orders"], [http://books.google.com/books?id=pC0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA561 Appendix:"Sketch of the Life of Reinier De Klerk, Late Governor General for the Dutch East-India Company"], [http://books.google.com/books?id=pC0LAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA577 Index for the 3 volumes]
*A Translation of the ''Charter of the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC)'' Peter Reynders, Translator; Rupert Gerritsen, Editor. [http://rupertgerritsen.tripod.com/pdf/published/VOC_Charter_1602.pdf pdfPdf]*[https://archive.org/details/monumentalremain00alex/page/n7 ''The Monumental Remains of the Dutch East India Company in the Presidency Of Madras 1664-1824''] by Alexr. Rea. Reprint edition, first published 1897. Archive.org.*[https://docsarchive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.google2015.com511637/page/viewer?a=v&q=cachen5 ''Dutch Activities In The East''] 1945. Full title:Lq6LZzy9aTsJ ''Dutch Activities in the East, seventeenth century :rupertgerritsenbeing a "Report on the records relating to the East in the State Archives in The Hague," with two appendices'' by Frederick Charles Danvers. Edited with an introd. by Nihar-ranjan Ray. Archive.tripodorg, mirror from Digital Library of India.com*[https:/pdf/publishedarchive.org/details/VOC_Charter_1602instructionsfro00maetgoog ''Instructions from the Governor-General and Council of India to the Governor of Ceylon, 1656-1665''] Translated by Sophia Pieters. [The Government of Netherlands India]. 1908 Archive.pdf+peter+reynders+voc&hlorg =en&gl=au&pidReferences =bl&srcid=ADGEESgUIzH1aL-4Bq5rxLwJ81jh2glSiWyYSJcWTFl-5yr9iJLMa0ySaft2lVjEQOB9BmcQjZF0YAMJVCLR6r0ueCpMJ1jNJ08VuWPuy7PGGcHBPSOXrtk0UgGFIQ-gIq8hTle03jnk&sig=AHIEtbS4bcDxVe7nSTV2MZANB2H6FKvTpA html version]<references />
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