29,542
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→External links
*[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Asia/HongKong.pdf “Major Genealogical Record Sources in Hong Kong”] by the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Series J, No. 4 1975. lib.byu.edu. Refers to Civil Registration. Records prior to 1873 no longer exist. All pre-war marriage records have been lost.
**[http://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/contactus/index.html Immigration Department contact details]. This Department is responsible for Civil Registration but the website does not include information about certificates for family history purposes for persons not resident in Hong Kong, so you would need to contact the Department.
*Newspapers, including online**[https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/index.html Hong Kong Public Libraries]***Information about [https://web.archive.org/web/20130331102527/http://hkpl.gov.hk/english/services/services_rlr/services_rlr_historyhk.html#oldnews Old Newspapers] and microforms available, now an archived page (details at 2013/03, it is not clear whether this information is also available on the current website.)***[https://web.archive.org/web/20130526051321/http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/english/services/services_rls/services_rls_nps.html Newspapers and Periodicals Services], now an archived page (details at 2013/05, it is not clear whether this information is also available on the current website.)***To access online historical newspapers, from the link, [https://mmis.hkpl.gov.hk Multimedia Information System (MMIS)] select Collection then “Old HK Newspapers” to view these online. Previously the website advised the online newspapers are in TIFF format. If you cannot see the newspaper images, you may need to download a TIFF plug-in. The Newspapers available in English are ****China Mail (1866/01/04 – 1961/12/29)，****Hong Kong Daily Press (1864/01/04 – 1941/09/30)，****Hong Kong Sunday Herald (1929/01/06 – 1950/10/29)，****Hong Kong Telegraph (1881/06/16 – 1951/03/30) ****Hong Kong Weekly Press (1895/01/03 – 1909/12/24)::::Note some issues and pages may be omitted:*''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. ::''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".
*[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
