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:For details including purchase, see [http://indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/html/bacsa_books.html BACSA Books] - select Cemetery Record Books.
:[[BACSA]] have put indexes to the majority of their cemetery books online and these indexes are free to search and browse, see the Fibiwiki page [[BACSA]]. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
:*FamilySearch have digitised the above BACSA book, which has restricted access, but which may be viewed on a FamilySearch computer at a FamilySearch Centre. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/544096 Catalogue entry]. For more informationHowever, see the FS Digital Library [[FamilySearch Centres]]https://www. '''Update June 2018familysearch. It appears that FamilySearch digital viewing is no longer possibleorg/library/books/records/item/216869-christian-cemeteries-and-memorials-in-malacca catalogue entry] says (at 2020/09/16) "Due to copyright restrictions, this book cannot be viewed online". To be clarified'''Perhaps this restriction may change in some way in the future.
*Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the [[ British Library]]. Prince of Wales Island [Penang], Malacca and Singapore 1799-1829 in '''IOR N/8'''. '''These records are included in the digitised records available on the commercial site [[Findmypast|findmypast]]'''
*The National Archives of Malaysia (Arkib Negara Malaysia) in Kuala Lumpur holds the following records from Melaka (Malacca), held on microfilm at the National Archives.
**Baptismal registers 1642-1825 of the Dutch Reformed Church.
***These records are also available on [[FamilySearch]] microfilm, but most are only available at the main FamilySearch Library, known as the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. ([https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/306537 Kerkelijke registers, 1642-1825: catalogue entry] which also includes limited marriage and death records from Arkib Negra Malaysia). The Family History Library is understood to have access to a complete microfilm collection, even though microfilms can no longer be ordered, so these microfilms should still be available there. (Currently (20172020/1209), these records have not been digitised, see [[FamilySearch Centres]] for details.)Note however there is one film listed which has been digitised (DGS 8864996) and is viewable on your '''home computer''', but you must be signed in to FamilySearch. This film appears to be records from an archive in the Netherlands.
**:If you are able to visit the Family History Library in person, there are specialists available to assist, see [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Family_History_Library_Research_Specialists Family History Library Research Specialists]
**:Should you wish to hire a researcher to access these records at the Family History Library, you may wish to discuss this, preferably by telephone, with the Family History Library, noting they are early Dutch records, (see '''[[FamilySearch Centres]]''' for details) or try contact through the Family History Library Facebook page.
