Difference between revisions of "Macao"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(→Historical books online) |
|||
| (23 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
|transport= | |transport= | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | Alternative spelling: Macau. | + | Alternative spelling: '''Macau'''. |
A [[Portuguese]] colonial interest in [[China]]. After Napoleon invaded Portugal, the [[Macao Expedition]] was launched against a potential French threat. | A [[Portuguese]] colonial interest in [[China]]. After Napoleon invaded Portugal, the [[Macao Expedition]] was launched against a potential French threat. | ||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
==Records== | ==Records== | ||
| − | *Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the [[ British Library]]. Macao and Whampoa [Canton] 1820-1833, '''IOR N/9''' | + | *Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the [[ British Library]]. Macao and Whampoa [Canton] 1820-1833, '''IOR N/9''' '''These records are included in the digitised records available on the commercial site [[findmypast]]'''. Note: may be subject to omissions for technical reasons. |
| − | + | *Family Search records | |
| − | **[ | + | **Microfilm catalogue entry for [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/58612 Macao baptisms, marriages and burials, 1820-1833 ; Whampoa burials, 1820-1824] from the India Office Records. Index to baptisms, marriages, burials 1820-1833 498603 Item 5. Baptisms, marriages, burials 1820-1833 498606 Item 3. As these are Indian Office records, they are probably included in the digitised records on findmypast, see above. |
| − | + | **Microfilm catalogue entry for [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/49368 Records of the Church of England concerning British subjects in Macao. Text in English. Includes baptisms, marriages and burials, 1820-1838] film 576993 Item 4. See the Fibiwiki page [[FamilySearch Centres]] for details about digitised microfilm. | |
| − | ==Historical books online== | + | ::The original records were previously in the Guildhall Library and are now in the [http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm London Metropolitan Archives] DL/E/E/059/MS11218: Transcripts of baptisms 1820-38, marriages 1822-38 and burials 1821-38 at Macao, and burials 1820-4 at Whampoa (registered at Macao), with certificates of marriages at the China Inland Mission at Wanhsien 1934, and Chengtu 1935. |
| + | :Some/all of these records for baptisms and marriages are available on FamilySearch as transcribed indexes. These records are in the World category (All Records Collections) in a group of records called World Miscellaneous. | ||
| + | ::[https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bbatch_number%3AC310001 Baptisms batch C310001]. It is not known whether this is the complete data set. | ||
| + | ::[https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bbatch_number%3AM310001 Marriages batch M310001] (16 marriages) It is not known whether this is the complete data set. (If the links are unstable, enter the batch numbers in [https://www.familysearch.org Family Search].) | ||
| + | *The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] Archive at the [[British Library]] holds information on both the Old and New Protestant Cemeteries in Macao under ref Mss Eur F370/816 | ||
| + | *''An East India Company Cemetery: Protestant Burials in Macao'' by Lindsay Ride, May Ride, Bernard Mellor Hong Kong University Press, 1996 is available online, refer below. | ||
| + | *Anglican Church registers for baptisms and marriages for the period 1838- c 1841 are held in Hong Kong at the Government Records Service/Public Records Office, see [[Hong Kong]]. | ||
| + | *Also see [[China#Records|China - Records]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==External links== | ||
| + | *[http://gwulo.com/macau-protestant-cemeteries Macau's Protestant Cemeteries] Gwulo.com. Contains links to photographs and transcriptions of gravestones taken by Ms Shyama Peebles. | ||
| + | *[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. | ||
| + | *[http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2017/09/david-scott-india-merchant-and-british-supercargoes-at-macao.html "David Scott, India merchant, and British Supercargoes at Macao"] 07 September 2017. British Library Untold lives blog. | ||
| + | ===Historical photographs online=== | ||
| + | *[http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-Y-30383-A/8 Photographic panorama of Macau c 1900-1910] University of Cambridge Digital Library. A panoramic view, at the mouth of the Pearl River delta, by an unknown photographer. | ||
| + | ===Historical books online=== | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/journal-of-a-voyage-in-1811-and-1812-to-madras-and-china/page/n1/mode/2up ''Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812 to Madras and China returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; In the H. C. S. the Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass''] by James Wathen 1814. With Coloured Prints from drawings by the author. Archive.org. Includes a visit to Macao, the spelling used is Macoa. | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/mymothersjourna00hillgoog#page/n12/mode/2up ''My mother's journal: a young lady's diary of five years spent in Manila, Macao, and the Cape of Good Hope from 1829-1834'']. Edited by Katharine Hillard 1900 Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/mymothersjourna00hillgoog#page/n12/mode/2up ''My mother's journal: a young lady's diary of five years spent in Manila, Macao, and the Cape of Good Hope from 1829-1834'']. Edited by Katharine Hillard 1900 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.30753 ''A Subaltern's Sick Leave: Rough notes of a visit in search of health to China and the Cape of Good Hope''] by Nicolas Polson, Bengal Native Infantry 1837. Archive.org Ministry of Culture/ National Library of India Collection. Elsewhere it is stated the author was in fact Lieutenant Peter Nicholson (or Nicolson). He sailed from Calcutta July 1835. Includes Macao. | ||
| + | *[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ordAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA343 "Historical Outline of Medical Missions at Canton, Hongkong and Macao"] ''The China Review, or notes & queries on the Far East'' Page 329 Volume 4 July 1875 to June 1876. Google Books | ||
| + | *[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035E8C ''A Guide to Hongkong. With some remarks upon Macao and Canton''] by William Legge. Printed at Hongkong c 1893. British Library Digital Collection. | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/historicmacao00jesugoog ''Historic Macao''] by C A Montalto de Jesus 1902 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/stream/twentiethcentury00wriguoft#page/798/mode/1up "Macao"] page 798 ''Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China: their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources'' by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/seller-sing-songs/File1SellerSingSongs/page/n1/mode/2up "A Seller of 'Sing-Songs' : a chapter in the foreign trade of China and Macao"] by J M Braga originally from ''Journal of Oriental Studies'' [Hong Kong], v. 6 no. 1-2, 1961/64. Reprinted in 1967. Archive.org. Sing-songs was the collective term for items such as clocks and watches, musical boxes etc , which became obligatory gifts for foreigners to give to Government officials. | ||
| + | :[https://archive.org/details/seller-sing-songs/File2JoseMariaBraga/mode/1up Article about the author, the historian José Maria Braga] and his books about Macau. Translated by Kevin Sherlock, originally appeared ''Tribuna de Macau'', Macau 7 April 1984. Archive.org. | ||
| + | *[http://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/a97d6514015199a46f9e2064aba4c8c4.pdf "The Old Protestant Cemetery in Macao"] by Lindsay Ride ''Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 3 (1963)'' (27 pages) from [https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/exhibits/show/hkjo/home Hong Kong Journals online] The University of Hong Kong Libraries | ||
| + | :[https://web.archive.org/web/20190130105758/https://lib.hku.hk/Press/9622093841.pdf ''An East India Company Cemetery: Protestant Burials in Macao''] by Lindsay Ride, May Ride, Bernard Mellor Hong Kong University Press, 1996, lib.hku.hk, archived. A searchable limited view with sample pages is available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=flbXWNoVraEC Google Books] | ||
| + | :Sample pages Google Books [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CTLxAQAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 ''The Voices of Macao Stones''] by Lindsay and May Ride, abridged with additional material by Jason Wordie. Hong Kong University Press 1999. | ||
| + | *[http://libdigital.umac.mo UM Digital Library Portal] University of Macau. Contains a number of different collections including "Books on China Online, 16th – Early 20th Century", "Open Access Books", "Rare Book Digitization Project (Western Rare Book)". Search or browse each collection separately. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | |||
[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
[[Category:China]] | [[Category:China]] | ||
Revision as of 10:21, 1 December 2021
| Macao | |
|---|---|
| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 22.198745°N, 113.54387°E |
| Altitude: | |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Macau |
| State/Province: | Macau Special Administrative Region |
| Country: | China |
| Transport links | |
Alternative spelling: Macau.
A Portuguese colonial interest in China. After Napoleon invaded Portugal, the Macao Expedition was launched against a potential French threat.
Records
- Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library. Macao and Whampoa [Canton] 1820-1833, IOR N/9 These records are included in the digitised records available on the commercial site findmypast. Note: may be subject to omissions for technical reasons.
- Family Search records
- Microfilm catalogue entry for Macao baptisms, marriages and burials, 1820-1833 ; Whampoa burials, 1820-1824 from the India Office Records. Index to baptisms, marriages, burials 1820-1833 498603 Item 5. Baptisms, marriages, burials 1820-1833 498606 Item 3. As these are Indian Office records, they are probably included in the digitised records on findmypast, see above.
- Microfilm catalogue entry for Records of the Church of England concerning British subjects in Macao. Text in English. Includes baptisms, marriages and burials, 1820-1838 film 576993 Item 4. See the Fibiwiki page FamilySearch Centres for details about digitised microfilm.
- The original records were previously in the Guildhall Library and are now in the London Metropolitan Archives DL/E/E/059/MS11218: Transcripts of baptisms 1820-38, marriages 1822-38 and burials 1821-38 at Macao, and burials 1820-4 at Whampoa (registered at Macao), with certificates of marriages at the China Inland Mission at Wanhsien 1934, and Chengtu 1935.
- Some/all of these records for baptisms and marriages are available on FamilySearch as transcribed indexes. These records are in the World category (All Records Collections) in a group of records called World Miscellaneous.
- Baptisms batch C310001. It is not known whether this is the complete data set.
- Marriages batch M310001 (16 marriages) It is not known whether this is the complete data set. (If the links are unstable, enter the batch numbers in Family Search.)
- The BACSA Archive at the British Library holds information on both the Old and New Protestant Cemeteries in Macao under ref Mss Eur F370/816
- An East India Company Cemetery: Protestant Burials in Macao by Lindsay Ride, May Ride, Bernard Mellor Hong Kong University Press, 1996 is available online, refer below.
- Anglican Church registers for baptisms and marriages for the period 1838- c 1841 are held in Hong Kong at the Government Records Service/Public Records Office, see Hong Kong.
- Also see China - Records.
External links
- Macau's Protestant Cemeteries Gwulo.com. Contains links to photographs and transcriptions of gravestones taken by Ms Shyama Peebles.
- Challenging Dead. A Look into Foreigners’ Cemeteries in Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan by Gotelind Müller 2018. crossasia-repository.ub.uni-heidelberg.de.
- "David Scott, India merchant, and British Supercargoes at Macao" 07 September 2017. British Library Untold lives blog.
Historical photographs online
- Photographic panorama of Macau c 1900-1910 University of Cambridge Digital Library. A panoramic view, at the mouth of the Pearl River delta, by an unknown photographer.
Historical books online
- Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812 to Madras and China returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; In the H. C. S. the Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass by James Wathen 1814. With Coloured Prints from drawings by the author. Archive.org. Includes a visit to Macao, the spelling used is Macoa.
- My mother's journal: a young lady's diary of five years spent in Manila, Macao, and the Cape of Good Hope from 1829-1834. Edited by Katharine Hillard 1900 Archive.org
- A Subaltern's Sick Leave: Rough notes of a visit in search of health to China and the Cape of Good Hope by Nicolas Polson, Bengal Native Infantry 1837. Archive.org Ministry of Culture/ National Library of India Collection. Elsewhere it is stated the author was in fact Lieutenant Peter Nicholson (or Nicolson). He sailed from Calcutta July 1835. Includes Macao.
- "Historical Outline of Medical Missions at Canton, Hongkong and Macao" The China Review, or notes & queries on the Far East Page 329 Volume 4 July 1875 to June 1876. Google Books
- A Guide to Hongkong. With some remarks upon Macao and Canton by William Legge. Printed at Hongkong c 1893. British Library Digital Collection.
- Historic Macao by C A Montalto de Jesus 1902 Archive.org
- "Macao" page 798 Twentieth century impressions of Hong-kong, Shanghai, and other Treaty Ports of China: their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources by Arnold Wright 1908 Archive.org
- "A Seller of 'Sing-Songs' : a chapter in the foreign trade of China and Macao" by J M Braga originally from Journal of Oriental Studies [Hong Kong], v. 6 no. 1-2, 1961/64. Reprinted in 1967. Archive.org. Sing-songs was the collective term for items such as clocks and watches, musical boxes etc , which became obligatory gifts for foreigners to give to Government officials.
- Article about the author, the historian José Maria Braga and his books about Macau. Translated by Kevin Sherlock, originally appeared Tribuna de Macau, Macau 7 April 1984. Archive.org.
- "The Old Protestant Cemetery in Macao" by Lindsay Ride Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 3 (1963) (27 pages) from Hong Kong Journals online The University of Hong Kong Libraries
- An East India Company Cemetery: Protestant Burials in Macao by Lindsay Ride, May Ride, Bernard Mellor Hong Kong University Press, 1996, lib.hku.hk, archived. A searchable limited view with sample pages is available at Google Books
- Sample pages Google Books The Voices of Macao Stones by Lindsay and May Ride, abridged with additional material by Jason Wordie. Hong Kong University Press 1999.
- UM Digital Library Portal University of Macau. Contains a number of different collections including "Books on China Online, 16th – Early 20th Century", "Open Access Books", "Rare Book Digitization Project (Western Rare Book)". Search or browse each collection separately.
