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*See [[Cemeteries]] for websites such as Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and The War Graves Photographic Project, which include pages titled Stanley Military Cemetery and Sai Wan (China) Memorial, in addition to other pages.
*The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] Archive at the [[British Library]] holds information on both Happy Valley and Stanley cemeteries under file reference Mss Eur F370/81
*The book ''Garrison Memorials in Hong Kong: Some Graves and Monuments at Happy Valley'' by Solomon Bard 1997 is available at the [[British Library]] in the [[BACSA]] Archive, catalogue reference Mss Eur F370/1242. By the same author, but not held in the BACSA Archive, ''Report on survey and study of old service graves at Stanley Military Cemetery'' 1984 and ''Study of Military Graves and Monuments: Hong Kong Cemetery'' 1991, (Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office) thought to be available at , the Public Record Office, Hong Kong, possibly as a typescript. May latter may possibly include information about Stanley Cemetery.<ref>''Challenging Dead. A Look into Foreigners’ Cemeteries in Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan'' by Gotelind Müller 2018, page 16, footnote 72 and page 18, footnote 85. See [[Hong Kong#External links|External links]], above.</ref> The 1984 and 1991 publications are available at the Government Records Service Hong Kong, also, or previously known as the Public Record Office, Hong Kong in the Library, DDC Call Number 929.5095125 BAR and 929.5 BAR respectively.
*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://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.people.ex-forces/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>
*[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.
*Hong Kong [https://www.grs.gov.hk/en/index.html Government Records Service] grs.gov.hk. Archives and Library with an online catalogue. Also, or previously, known as the Public Records Office (PRO), Hong Kong.
**[https://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/docs/public_records_office.pdf Hong Kong: Public Records Office] Fact sheet dated November 2019. gov.hk
*Newspapers, including online
**[https://www.hkpl.gov.hk/en/index.html Hong Kong Public Libraries]
