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Historical books online
== FIBIS resources ==
*[[:Category:Madras images|Madras images]]
*[http://wwwfibis.search.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=765&s_id=100 Plan of Madras and its environs] engraved by J & C Walker, London in 1854. This item is for FIBIS members only and you will need to log-in to view it.
==Cemeteries==
**[http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%204/otherstories.html 'The best east of Suez,' they described MH [The Madras Maternity Hospital<nowiki>]</nowiki>] June 1-15, 2009, [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%205/where-they-see-hear-and-dream-ob-and-gyn.html Where they see, hear and dream Ob & Gyn], June 16-30, 2009
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27586218 "Early decades of Madras Medical College: Apothecaries"] by R Raman and A Raman ''Natl Med J India''. 2016 Mar-Apr;29(2):98-102. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
*[httphttps://ietdshodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/1795 ''Factories and Ports in India: a study of the English settlement pattern on the Coromandel Coast 1630-1724''] by C Srinivasa Reddy University of Hyderabad 1997 thesis from [http://ietdshodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/ jspui/ Shodhganga: Indian ETD RepositoryElectronic Theses and Dissertations]
*[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3804481.ece Discovered: Pictures of Madras after Emden struck <nowiki>[</nowiki>September 22, 1914<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by A. Srivathsan ''The Hindu'' 22 August 2012 . Includes photographic slideshow [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3804379.ece?ref=slideshow When Emden Bombed Madras]
:Also see Historical books online, below.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=-jNagGDT-PsC&pg=PA361 "Madras"] ''A new account of the East Indies, Volume 1'', page 361 by Alexander Hamilton 1744 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/vestigesofoldmad00loveuoft#page/n5/mode/2up '' Indian Records Series. Vestiges of Old Madras, 1640-1800 Index Volume''] by Henry Davison Love 1913 Archive.org. If you find a reference here, then follow it up in: ''Vestiges of Old Madras'' [https://archive.org/details/VestigesOfOldMadras1 ''Volume I''], [https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.607/page/n3/mode/2up ''Volume II''], [https://archive.org/details/VestigesOfOldMadras3 ''Volume III''] Archive.org. Each volume is very informative, with over 600 pages.
:Also available as downloads from GIPE, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, with possibly better images. [httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23180 ''Vol. I''], [httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23181 ''Vol. II, Part 1''], [httphttps://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/23182 ''Vol. III''].
*''Indian Records Series. The Diaries Of Streynsham Master 1675-1680'' 1911. Streynsham Master was appointed agent and governor at Fort St. George, 1675. Includes short biographical notes on all Englishmen mentioned in the manuscripts. [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o01mastuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume I The Diary 1675-1677''], [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o02mastuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume II The First and Second Memorialls 1679-1680''], [http://www.archive.org/stream/diaries16751680o02mastuoft#page/396/mode/2up Index] Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=b40BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Madras in the olden time: being a history of the presidency from the first foundation to the Governorship of Thomas Pitt, Grandfather of the Earl of Chatham 1639-1702''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1861 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/b29932518/page/n9 ''The Nabobs of Madras''] by Henry Dodwell 1926 Archive.org. The social background of the events in the second half of the 18th century.
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CTVSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 ''A Voyage To India''] by Rev James Cordiner 1820 Google Books describes Madras in 1798-1799 from [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CTVSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA93 page 93]
*[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail.php?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZM1kZxyjZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZM9luQy&tag=The%20Chief%20secretary%20Madras%20diaries%20of%20Alexander%20Falconar%201790-1809#book1/ ''The Chief Secretary: Madras Diaries of Alexander Falconar 1790-1809''] Edited by N S Ramaswami 1983. Tamil Digital Library. Also contains a Notebook/Diary of [[Madras Artillery|[Madras Army] Artillery]] Lieutenant Matthew Campbell 1821-1830 page 67. Based on diaries found in India. Also available mirror version [https://archive.org/details/dli.jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZM9luQy/mode/2up Archive.org]. [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/8e8bb646-1600-45e0-a9be-3c253a52ea34 Brief career details of Alexander Falconar], and possible additional papers. nationalarchives.gov.uk*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015csl.1639183415/page/n1 /mode/2up ''Thomas Parry: Free Merchant Madras 1768-1824''] by G H Hodgson 1938 . Note digital pages contain a watermark. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Contains extracts from many letters, including Part II (from digital page 304280) being letters written 1806-1809. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.163918/page/n1 2nd file] Missing some of the Contents pages, however pages do not contain a watermark. Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.507301 ''Parrys of Madras''] by Hilton Brown 1954. Full title: ''Parry's of Madras: a story of British enterprise in India''. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284859/mode/2up ''An accurate and authentic narrative of the origin and progress of the dissentions at the Presidency of Madras: founded on original papers and correspondence''] 1810. Missing at least one page which may be found in [https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.00040 File 2], however generally the 1st file is better quality. Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA123 ''Journal of a Residence in India''] by Maria Graham, 2nd Edition (1813) describes Madras in 1810 from page 123 and [http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA154 page 154] (Google Books).
*[https://archive.org/details/sketchesofindia00sherrich ''Sketches of India''] by 'An Officer for Fire-Side Travellers At-Home' [Captain Moyle Sherer] 2nd edition, with additions 1824 Archive.org The author arrived in Madras in July 1818. His [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyle_Sherer Wikipedia] page indicates he was with the [[34th Regiment of Foot]].
*''The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras'' by Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org
:[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe01penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/n7/mode/2up ''Volume 2 1805 to 1835''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe03penn#page/n7/mode/2up '' Volume 3 1835 to 1861'']
*[https://archive.org/details/st-marys-madras-malden-1905/page/n5/mode/2up ''A Hand Book to St. Mary's Church, Fort St. George, Madras. With a Description of Its Monuments and Other Objects of Interest''] by the Rev. Charles Herbert Malden 1905. Archive.org. Also available [https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail.php?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt0kJhe jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt7luQ7#book1/ Tamil Virtual Library], where the title is catalogued as ''A Hand book to St. Mary's Church : with a description of its monuments and other objects of interest with illustrations and a plan''] by the Rev. Charles Herbert Malden 1905Also available [https://books. Tamil Virtual Librarygoogle. Note author incorrectly catalogued as Maidencom. Full title includes the words ''... St. Mary's Church, Fort St. George, Madras''au/books?id=JTYzBxLteC4C Google Books].
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/memoriesofmadras00lawsuoft#page/n9/mode/2up ''Memories of Madras''] by Sir Charles Lawson 1905 Archive.org
*A collection of photographs from [http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/p15195coll29 ''India Illustrated: Being a Collection of Pictures of the Cities of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras, Together with a Selection of the Most Interesting Buildings and Scenes throughout India''], published by Bennett, Coleman, & Co., publishers of the English language newspaper ''Times of India'', c 1905. University of Houston Digital Library.
*:"Returns of Marriages at Outstations in the Madras Presidency, Recorded in the Register Book of St Mary’s, Fort St George, between 1783 and 1805" [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogis_22selb#page/n517/mode/2up/ 1783-1796] pages 248-257
**Volume 23, 1907 [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n127/mode/2up 1796-1798], pages 54 -61, [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n275/mode/2up 1798-1800], page 128-129, [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n377/mode/2up/ 1800-1805], page 179-187, [http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogist23selb#page/n393/mode/2up/ additional entries], pages 187-189
:These articles have been reprinted as the book ''Marriages at Fort St. George, Madras'', published 1907. This book is available to read online, or download, [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1931668 catalogue entry], from [[Online books#FamilySearch Digital Library|FamilySearch]]. You need to be registered and sign in first. [https://archive.org/details/marriages-madras-fep/mode/2up Archive.org version].:[https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail.php?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZtejZUe jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt0l0Id&tag=List%20Of%20Marriages#book1/ ''List Of Marriages Registered in the Presidency Of Fort St George 1680 - 1800''] edited by H Dodwell, Curator Madras Record Office 1916. Tamil Virtual Library. These records are compiled from St Mary's registers, and also Missionary registers, so perhaps include records additional to the record series above. Contains 74 pages of records. [https://archive.org/details/marriages-madras-dodwell/mode/2up Archive.org version].
* Also see [[Cemeteries#Inscriptions in online books|Cemeteries - Inscriptions in online books]] for records from Madras.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OG8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''‪Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics of the Presidency Division of the Madras army‬: ‪including Fort St. George, and its dependencies, within the limits of the Supreme Court. Compiled from the records of the Medical Board Office'']‬ 1842 Google Books
**[https://archive.org/stream/b2809265x#page/171/mode/1up Plan of Madras and environs] prior to page 173
*[https://archive.org/details/eurasiansofmadra0000thur/page/n7/mode/2up "Eurasians of Madras and Malabar"] by Edgar Thurston page 69-114 ''Madras Government Museum Bulletin'' Vol II, No 2 1898 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/b32843355_0001/page/n5/mode/2up ''Drainage problems of the East : being a revised and enlarged edition of "Oriental drainage", [Volume 1<nowiki>]</nowiki>''] by C C James 1917, first published 1906 Archive.org. Includes chapters relating to Drainage of the major cities in India (Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, '''Madras''', “Benares, Lucknow, Mirzapur and Lahore”), Rangoon, Singapore, Penang and Shanghai, and of the major cities in Egypt. [https://archive.org/details/b32843355_0002/page/n5/mode/2up ''Drainage problems of the East, Volume 2- Plans''] by C C James 1917 Archive.org
*[https://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4013coll8/id/2746 ''World War II Operational Documents: Port summary of Madras, India, 1945''] from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library.
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