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Records, other than military
==Records, other than military==
*The British Library holds the book ''Handbook for East Africa, Uganda & Zanzibar, '''1904''''' UIN: BLL01001149896. Stated elsewhere to contain lists of “past and present officials”. Also available at the [[Society of Genealogists]].:The British Library holds the book ''The Swift Directory of British East Africa, Uganda, and Zanzibar ...'' ['''1915'''] published Calcutta : Thacker, Spink & Co. UIN: BLL01000944752 . It is possible this title may be similar in format to ''Thacker's Indian Directory''. There is reference elsewhere also to a '''1912 ''' title ''Directory of British East Africa, Uganda, and Zanzibar'', possibly from a different publisher, (perhaps in the ''Red Book'' series) although the BL does not appear to hold it. Also details: The British Library holds the title ''The Red Book, " '''1919''' [etc.]. The ''Standard'' British East Africa & Uganda Handbook and Directory''. UIN: BLL01002858959 . It is catalogued as a Journal, however exact BL holding is not stated.:There is a similar book for [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JBYOAQAAMAAJ '''1909'''] Snippet Google Books, possibly available full view in USA etc. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008568583 HathiTrust Digital Library].:Also catalogued, [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Red_Book.html?id=oBAOAQAAMAAJ ''"The Red Book,": The Directory of East Africa, Uganda & Zanzibar''] possibly '''1922''' appears to be available to those in North America etc. Google Books. Actual title, from thumbnail of cover appears to be ''The Red Book '''1922-23''': Handbook and Directory for Kenya Colony and Protectorate, Uganda Protectorate, Tanganyika Territory, and Zanzibar Sultanate'', which is available at the Libraries of the University of Cambridge, which also holds a title ''The Red Book : the "Standard" British East Africa & Uganda handbook and directory'' compiled by the "East African Standard" c '''1919-1920'''. There :''The East African red book '''1925-26''''' is a similar held at the SOAS Library, University of London and ''The East African red book for [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JBYOAQAAMAAJ 1909] Snippet Google Books, possibly available full view in USA etc'''1930-31''''' is held at the University of Oxford Libraries. [https:The British Library hods the book ''Saben's Commercial Directory & Handbook of Uganda, 1947//catalog48'' UIN: BLL01003215925 .hathitrustCatalogue note says "Wanting the supplements".org/Record/008568583 HathiTrust Digital Library Also held at the [[Society of Genealogists]]. The BL also holds an edition for 1960-61.
*For doctors who qualified in the United Kingdom, see [[Doctor]]. Also there are entries for ''British East Africa Protectorate'' and ''Africa Protectorates'' (varies according to date) in editions of ''The Medical Directory of India, Burma and Ceylon ...'' Compiled by the editorial staff of the Practical Medicine, published at Delhi. There are known editions for 1908, 1910 and 1924 available at libraries in London. See [[Doctor#Lists of medical officers|Doctor - Lists of medical officers - Other lists]] for details.
*The book ''Scots in Africa Pt 1'' by David Dobson 1999. Available at the National Library of Scotland, [https://search.nls.uk/permalink/f/sbbkgr/44NLS_ALMA21577998050004341 catalogue entry], and some Scottish universities. Also held by Senate House Library, University of London, according to [https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?q=%22Scots%20in%20Africa%22&rn=3&for=lon ''Library Hub Discover'']. Also held by Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah USA. [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1016916 FamilySearch catalogue entry] with details of the book ..."the information has largely come from contemporary Scottish newspapers, and data culled from documentation in Scottish archives".
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