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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. | ||
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*[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://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://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/4401037.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 [http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/browse.jsp Hong Kong Journals online] The University of Hong Kong Libraries | *[http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/4401037.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 [http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/browse.jsp Hong Kong Journals online] The University of Hong Kong Libraries | ||
| + | *[http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/2600561.pdf "Historical Outline of Medical Missions at Canton, Hongkong and Macao"] ''The China Review, or notes & queries on the Far East'' Volume 4 No. 5 (1876) | ||
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==Historical books online== | ==Historical books online== | ||
Revision as of 13:16, 16 August 2012
| Macao | |
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| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 22.198745°N, 113.54387°E |
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| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Macau |
| State/Province: | Macau Special Administrative Region |
| Country: | China |
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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
- 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
- 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 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 has the following catalogue entries
- An East India Company Cemetery: Protestant Burials in Macao by Lindsay Ride, May Ride, Bernard Mellor Hong Kong University Press, 1996 is available at the British Library (Search the Main Catalogue). A searchable limited view with sample pages is available at Google Books
External Links
- Macau's Protestant Cemeteries Gwulo.com. Contains links to photographs and transcriptions of gravestones taken by Ms Shyama Peebles.
- "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
- "Historical Outline of Medical Missions at Canton, Hongkong and Macao" The China Review, or notes & queries on the Far East Volume 4 No. 5 (1876)
Historical books online
- 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
