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*[http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/customs/ancestors/shanghai.html#Obituary Shanghai Ancestors] from China Coast Family History, Chinese Customs Project, University of Bristol has various information, including a number of useful databases, on its website which may assist in the search for European ancestors. These databases include a searchable named index of Chinese probates, cemetery information and directory extracts. Also includes an alphabetical database of names for Shanghai Municipal Police.
*The FamilySearch Catalog for microfilm/digitised microfilm records includes "Cemetery records of old and new cemetery, 1859-1899 and Seaman's cemetery, Pootung, in Shanghai, China, 1859-1879" [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/76774 catalogue entry] microfilm 418134 which has been digitised and may be viewed at a [[FamilySearch Centres|FamilySearch Centre]].
*[https://library.uoregon.edu/ec/e-asia/read/shanghaicops.pdf Guide to the Scholarly Resources Microfilm Edition of the Shanghai Municipal Police Files 1894-1949] library.uoregon.edu
:The SMP files represent a large portion of the archives of the British-run municipal police force based in Shanghai's former International Settlement. This force was established shortly after the formation in 1854 of the settlement's presiding body, the Shanghai Municipal Council. The files are, for the most part, the records of the SMP Special Branch, which investigated and reported on alleged subversive activities and maintained peace and stability in the International Settlement. The time period covered by the SMP files extends from 1894 to 1949, The collection is housed [at the time of the guide] in the Military Archives Division of the National Archives, Washington, DC.
==British ArmyMilitary==See *For a British Army overview, see [[China]].===Shanghai Volunteer Corps ===A reserve force in time of emergency in the International Settlement. By the 1930s, the Volunteers were a truly international force, with American, English, Scottish, Chinese, Italian, Jewish, Portuguese, Filipino and White Russian units. C 1937 it consisted of one professional battalion of young White Russians, superbly disciplined and impeccably turned out in British Army uniforms. The other companies were manned by volunteers from the civilian population. There was 'A' Company formed by Britons of pure-white descent. 'B' Company contained Eurasians. 'C' Company was the Chinese unit.<ref>[http://www.earnshaw.com/sites/earnshaw.com/files/shanghai-ed-india/tales/t-volu.htm "Tales of Old Shanghai - cultures - Shanghai Volunteer Corps"] earnshaw.com</ref>====Regimental histories====*''Eighty Five Years of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps'' by I I Kounin, published Shanghai c 1938. Available at the Imperial War Museums, catalogue number LBY 96 / 1685*Article: "Notes On The Shanghai Volunteer Corps" by A. McKenzie Annand ''Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research'' Vol. 53, No. 214 (Summer 1975), pp. 98-102. ===Shanghai Defence Force===The Shanghai Defence Force was a tri-service military formation established by the British Government to protect European nationals and their property in Shanghai from Chinese nationalist forces during a period of tension in 1927. National Archives catalogue reference [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2820722 Despatch of Shanghai Defence Force to Shanghai in 1927. FO 371/63436]
==External links==
*[http://visualisingchina.net/blog/2012/03/13/b-is-for-bubbling-well-road-shanghai-%E4%B8%8A%E6%B5%B7%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%AC%E8%A5%BF%E8%B7%AF%E8%80%81%E7%85%A7%E7%89%87/ B is for … Bubbling Well Road, Shanghai] by Robert Bickers March 13, 2012 from the University of Bristol’s [http://visualisingchina.net/blog/about/ Visualising China Blog]
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/23268776@N03/galleries/72157635493252652/ Photographs: British Shanghai], one of DBHKer’s galleries on flickr.com
*[http://www.soldiersofglos.com/1927/05/19/2nd-battalion-in-shanghai/ 2nd Battalion in Shanghai] Soldiers of Gloucestershire.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Volunteer_Corps Shanghai Volunteer Corps] Wikipedia
*[http://robertbickers.net/2013/04/19/the-shanghai-volunteer-corps/ The Shanghai Volunteer Corps] by Robert Bickers. 19 April 2013 robertbickers.net
*[http://s400910952.websitehome.co.uk/germancolonialuniforms/SVC.htm German Troops in the Shanghai Volunteer Corps]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Defence_Force Shanghai Defence Force] Wikipedia
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23891277 "'Duncan Force' - the Shanghai Defence Force in 1927, & the Career of Captain Ronald Spear"] by Keith Stevens ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch'' Vol. 48 (2008), pp. 151-174 jstor.org. Register and read online for free.
*[https://defenceoftherealm.wordpress.com/2017/05/01/5th-armoured-car-company-in-china-1927-29/ 5th Armoured Car Company in China, 1927-29] by Tony Wilkins 1 May 2017. Defence of the Realm.
*[https://sikhsinshanghai.wordpress.com Sikhs in Shanghai]
*[http://www.academia.edu/1522560/The_Raj_on_Nanjing_Road_Sikh_Policemen_in_Treaty-Port_Shanghai "The Raj on Nanjing Road: Sikh Policemen in Treaty-Port Shanghai"] by Isabella Jackson ''Modern Asian Studies'' March 2013, pp 1 – 33
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160602212006/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123631167597549481 "From 'Hunting Opium and Other Scents' to '400 Million Customers'"] by Hugo Restall March 6, 2009 ''The Wall Street Journal'', now an archived page. Expat writers in the first half of the 20th century. Hugo Restall was then editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review.
*Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dba67SLBQzM Old Shanghai 1930s] YouTube video.
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023217809 ''Some pages in the history of Shanghai, 1842-1856 : a paper read before the China society on May 23, 1916''] by W R Carles 1916 Archive.org
