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*The book ''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://web.archive.org/web/20231022105837/https://groups.google.com/g/uk.people.ex-forces/c/v3LqubdrU1k link] lists some “Military Commanders of Hong Kong and China” from the book (pages 483-484).
*The book ''Traders of Hong Kong: Some Foreign Merchant Houses, 1841-1899'' by Solomon Bard Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1993 is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01012493829 . [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Traders_of_Hong_Kong.html?id=IXeHAAAAIAAJ Searchable but not viewable Google Books]. "A very useful summary of the wide range of foreigners, from Germans and Americans to Armenians, Parsees and Jews"<ref> "Annotated Bibliography The Basics" ''Hong Kong History Project''. Refer External links, above.</ref>
*The National Archives, Kew record series CO 1070 index cards in respect of Second World War Hong Kong civilian internees and some prisoners of war are now searchable by name. See TNA blog [https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/life-and-death-in-hong-kong-during-the-second-world-war/ "Life and death in Hong Kong during the Second World War"] 8 February 2024.
==Hong Kong Volunteers==
:*[https://archive.org/details/china-mail?sort=date ''The China Mail'' collection at Archive.org] Issues from 1866 to 1961, broken range. Note this collection also includes some editions of ''Hong Kong Daily Press'' 1864- 1941 September, ''Hong Kong Telegraph'' 1881 June - 1951 March, ''Hong Kong Sunday Herald'' 1929 January-1950 October. (Dates as at 2023/12/30. Additional files are being added regularly.) Note there is a "Search text contents" specific to this collection, or browse particular years or issues.
:*''Overland China Mail'' was the weekly edition of ''China Mail'', also containing articles from ''Evening Mail'' and ''Sunday Herald'', and was published 1848 to 1941.<ref>[http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/common/attachments/hkcl/resources/resources_ra_01_reading_area.pdf Hong Kong Public Library] page. Also [https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2021/02/15/new-titles-15-february-2021/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] February 15, 2021. The British Newspaper Archive Blog.</ref>
::''Overland China Mail'' is available on [[Findmypast]], category "Newspapers & periodicals/British Newspapers ", with 'County' classified as Hong Kong China, with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites, added Feb 9, 2021. The date range when added was January 11, 1853 to December 30, 1915 being 1853-1861, 1863-1894, 1897-1915; 1848-1852, 1895-1896 added May 2, 2022; 1916 added Feb 22, 2024; (with 1848–1916 planned), with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/overland-china-mail BNA page]. For BNA, the 'Region' is classified as South Central China, and the 'County' is classified as Hong Kong, China. It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the Findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".
:* ''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]].
*[https://www.chinafamilies.net China Families], previously called China Coast Family History, and part of the Chinese Maritime Customs project, University of Bristol. The website provides "a growing body of information about men and women of many different nationalities, professions and ages, who lived and worked in China between the 1850s and 1940s. These records have been drawn from government department lists, legal and diplomatic records, cemetery lists, and during research undertaken for a number of projects on the history of modern China and of the foreign relations of China". There is a Search facility and links to a number of online Directories. Also includes a page [https://www.chinafamilies.net/links-for-further-research/hong-kong/ Hong Kong]
*[http://www.lib.hku.hk/database/ The Universities of Hong Kong Libraries Digital Initiatives] includes
**[http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/index.jsp Hong Kong Government Reports Online 1842-1941] Click on 'Table of Contents' to see the titles available. Includes the ''Hong Kong Government Gazette'' 1842-1941 and the ''Blue Book'' 1871-1940. ([https://gwulo.com/hong-kong-blue-books Details of ''Blue Books''] gwulo.com.) Earlier editions of the ''Blue Books of Statistics'' are available at the National Archives, Kew record series CO 133, commencing with CO 133/1, for 1844.
***In addition, [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22+Hongkong28Hong*+Blue+Book%22%29&sort=titleSorter date ''Hongkong Blue Book for the year…''] broken range from 1887 1914 to 19251938; plus including [https://archive.org/details/hongkongbluebook1920hong/page/n3 1920], including [https://archive.org/details/hongkongbluebook1920hong/page/72 "List of Officers"] page 73. Archive.org.
**[https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/collection/k0698b414/ Hong Kong & the West until 1860]
**[https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/collection/b8515n36q/ China Through Western Eyes] Originally covered the period until 1911, although the date of publication may have been later, but this may no longer apply. Includes titles about missionary work. Some items may be extracts only, and are classified Resource Type: Article
:[https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk DigitalRepository@HKUL] This appears to be a more recent website from the same source The University of Hong Kong Libraries, which includes the collections as above, and perhaps additional collections/material. The digital files appear to be in a more modern format, compared with the "older" website.
*[https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/tb09jw16s ''The Hongkong almanack and directory for 1846 : with an appendix''] General information, but seemingly no lists of names.
:[https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/5d86pv849 ''The Hongkong almanack, and directory for the year 1848''] with names
