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*There was Civil Registration in Hong Kong, refer External links below. There are no records before 1873.
*[https://www.hkmemory.hk/collections/hong_kong_cemetery/about/index.html "Hong Kong Cemetery"] Searchable and browsable database created by Ms Patricia Lim, with images. From ''Hong Kong Memory''. Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong Government.
**Details of some of the inscriptions from the Ossuary<ref>[http://hongkongcemetery.blogspot.com/2018/ "The Ossuary"]. A series of articles by Christine M. Thomas from December 2018. Click on later dates for further pages[http://hongkongcemetery.blogspot.com/2019/01/ 2019/01], [http://hongkongcemetery.blogspot.com/2019/03/ 2019/03]. There are biographical articles about the cemetery from June 2010. ''Hong Kong Cemetery''. </ref>
:For expanded cemetery details, see ''Forgotten Souls : a Social History of the Hong Kong Cemetery'' by Patricia Lim c 2011. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01015724284 . [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iaZMzPuLAggC&printsec=frontcover Sample pages] Google Books.
*See External links below for the Searchable database on the website ''China Families''.
:*''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 (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".
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23889722 "Review of Development of Cemeteries in Hong Kong: 1841-1950"] by Ko Tim-Keung ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Vol. 41 (2001)'', pp. 241-280 (40 pages). jstor.org. Register with jstor.org and read online for free. Limits apply.
:[https://www.history.cuhk.edu.hk/CourseWeb/200809/his4400/pdf/L4_Voices%20from%20the%20stones-cemeteries.pdf "Voices from the Stones"] by Ko Tim-keung. history.cuhk.edu.hk
*[http://crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/4145/1/Challenging%20Dead_final.pdf ''Challenging Dead. A Look into Foreigners’ Cemeteries in Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan''] by Gotelind Müller 2018. crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de.
*[https://www.dva.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/commems-memorials/cwgc_hongkong.pdf "The War Cemeteries and Memorials in Hong Kong"] Commonwealth War Graves Commission Information Sheet. dva.gov.au
**[http://gwulo.com/hong-kong-cemeteries Cemeteries in Hong Kong]
***details of an [http://gwulo.com/node/8734 online database of the 6,000+ burials in the Hong Kong Cemetery]. For the database, see [[Hong Kong#Records|Records]] above.
**[https://gwulo.com/atom/27872 [Plan of<nowiki>]</nowiki> Stanley Military Cantonment 1853]
*[http://www.npr.org/2012/08/21/159363999/deaths-tell-the-story-of-life-in-old-hong-kong?sc=emaf Deaths Tell The Story Of Life In Old Hong Kong] by Louisa Lim August 21, 2012 npr.org. An article about Patricia Lim and the Hong Kong Cemetery
*[https://www.hkmemory.hk/ Hong Kong Memory] Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Hong Kong Government. “Hong Kong Memory (HKM) is a multi-media web site that gives free and open access to digitized materials on Hong Kong’s history, culture and heritage”. Includes [https://www.hkmemory.hk/collections/hong_kong_cemetery/about/index.html "Hong Kong Cemetery"] Searchable and browsable database is created by Ms Patricia Lim, with images.
**Also see Historical books online, below.
*[https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/whatsnew_20160520.php "Three historic buildings at old Lei Yue Mun Barracks declared monuments"] amo.gov.hk. The Barracks was one of the earliest and most important British Army fortifications in Hong Kong.
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/1661to1966/hongkong_china/hkc_list.shtml The Regiments in China and Hong Kong 1860 - 1935] Battalions of [[2nd Regiment of Foot|The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)]] and the East Surrey Regiment. queensroyalsurreys.org.uk
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLmQZOf8cpI Britain's Gateway To Troubled China (1932)] Short (1 minute) British Pathé video on YouTube. Full title reads: "Hong Kong. Britain's gateway to troubled China. Loyal Indian Troops impress natives with magnificent spectacle of military precision and discipline." (retrieved 15 May 2014)
*[http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/HMS_Tamar.htm# H M S Tamar, R N Base, Hong Kong] royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk
===Second World War===
*[http://www.hongkongwardiary.com/searchgarrison.html Hong Kong War Diary : Hong Kong Defenders, December 1941-August 1945] Includes Indian Army Units and Indian Medical Service
*''The Battle of Hong Kong 1941: A note on the literature and the effectiveness of the defence'' by Lawrence W C Lai, University of Hong Kong , Discussion paper series, July 2000. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180820074556/http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/CADAL/B38630229.pdf Pdf].lib.hku.hk, now archived.
===Maps===
*[http://maps.nls.uk/hongkong/102621568.html Ordnance Map of Hong Kong by Thomas Collinson, 1846] National Library of Scotland.
