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| − | In 1819, the British East India Company, led by Sir Stamford Raffles, established a trading post on the island, which was used as a port along the spice route. | + | In 1819, the British East India Company, led by Sir Stamford Raffles, established a trading post on the island, which was used as a port along the spice route. |
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| + | Singapore formed part of the Straits Settlements, together with [[Penang]] (Prince of Wales Island) and [[Malacca]]. | ||
==Records== | ==Records== | ||
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| − | [http:// | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore Singapore] Wikipedia |
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stamford_Raffles Thomas Stamford Raffles] Wikipedia | ||
| + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_Settlements Straits Settlements] Wikipedia | ||
| − | + | ===Online books=== | |
| + | *''Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles,F.R.S., &c. &c., particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816,Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824: with details of the commerce and resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and selections from his correspondence'' by Sophia Raffles 1835 [http://books.google.com/books?id=lqA2AAAAMAAJ Volume 1], [http://books.google.com/books?id=86A2AAAAMAAJ Volume 2] Google Books | ||
| − | Singapore, [http://books.google.com/books?id=VwVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA39 Chapters 3 and 4] of ''Trade and Travel in the Far East; Or, Recollections of Twenty-one Years Passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China'' By G.F. Davidson 1846 Google Books | + | *Singapore in 1837 commencing [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA81 page 81 of Book 2] of ''Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc'' by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one .Google Books |
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| + | *Singapore, [http://books.google.com/books?id=VwVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA39 Chapters 3 and 4] of ''Trade and Travel in the Far East; Or, Recollections of Twenty-one Years Passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China'' By G.F. Davidson 1846 Google Books | ||
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Revision as of 15:38, 22 August 2009
In 1819, the British East India Company, led by Sir Stamford Raffles, established a trading post on the island, which was used as a port along the spice route.
Singapore formed part of the Straits Settlements, together with Penang (Prince of Wales Island) and Malacca.
Records
Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library. Prince of Wales Island [Penang], Malacca and Singapore 1799-1829 in IOR N/8.
- The LDS film number for these records is 498606, item 2. LDS batch number for baptisms 1828-1829 C310051. Data for the baptisms 1828-1829 has been transcribed on the LDS website. Select the IGI Search and enter Region Asia and batch number C310051, and baptismal records for Singapore on film 498606 will be shown. It is not known whether the data is a complete transcription or not.
- Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, N/1. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also IOR: R/9/39/3.
Newspapers
- Singapore Straits Times 1845-1982 (search) Full articles cannot be viewed, but searches can provide results to be explored on microfilm where available (such as at BL Colindale).
External Links
Encylopedia entries
- Singapore Wikipedia
- Thomas Stamford Raffles Wikipedia
- Straits Settlements Wikipedia
Online books
- Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles,F.R.S., &c. &c., particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816,Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824: with details of the commerce and resources of the Eastern Archipelago, and selections from his correspondence by Sophia Raffles 1835 Volume 1, Volume 2 Google Books
- Singapore in 1837 commencing page 81 of Book 2 of Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one .Google Books
- Singapore, Chapters 3 and 4 of Trade and Travel in the Far East; Or, Recollections of Twenty-one Years Passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China By G.F. Davidson 1846 Google Books
