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*[[BACSA]] has published the book ''Singapore: Early Cemeteries'' by Alan Harfield 1988 (revised edn) "Comprehensive record of all main cemeteries. 400pp, over 150 illustrations, maps and plans". See [http://www.bacsa.org.uk/?page_id=875 BACSA Books] and select Cemetery Record Books. This book is included in the [http://bacsa.frontis.co/bin/index.php BACSA Search database] which is free to search. If you want a copy of the full record, a fee applies.**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/471817 Catalogue entry]. For more information, see [[FamilySearch Centres]]. '''Update June 2018. It appears that FamilySearch digital viewing is no longer possible. To be clarified'''. *''British & Indian Armies in the East Indies (1685-1935)'' by Alan Harfield 1984 is available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01012672115. History of British and Indian Armies in Sumatra, Java, Sarawak, Malaya and Singapore from 1685-1935. Includes names of officers and men buried in these areas. Also includes name lists of persons in some military units which served in these areas.**FamilySearch have digitised this book which however is currently (2019/10) not viewable online.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist00buckgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore (1819-1867) Volume 1''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist01buckgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Volume 2''] by Charles Burton Buckley 1902 Archive.org
*:[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/3331 ''Some Principles of Policemanship''] by Mervyn Llewelyn Wynne 1938 Singapore. Pdf download, Repositori Digital, National Library of Malaysia. Probably sample pages only.*:[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/2677 ''Singapore : A Police Background''] by Rene Onraet 1947. Pdf download, Repositori Digital, National Library of Malaysia. Catalogued as an autobiography. The author was Inspector-General of the Straits Settlement Police between 1935 and 1939. Probably sample pages only.
*====Fiction====**[https://archive.org/details/insingaporestory00stra/page/n5 ''In Singapore. The story of a strange search''] by Clarence Stratton 1932. Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/singaporegrip0000farr ''The Singapore Grip''] by J G Farrell 1979. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. About the Fall of Singapore. Another book by Farrell won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1973, see [[Indian Mutiny#Fiction|Indian Mutiny - Fiction]].
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==FIBIS resources==
*[httpshttp://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2211&s_id=1132 Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore] FIBIS database images. FIBIS article [https://www.fibis.org/fort-canning-cemetery-singapore/ Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore] by Peter Bailey 23/05/2017.
==Records==
:Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, '''N/1'''. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also '''IOR: R/9/39/3'''.
*This The National Archives of Singapore has in its collection, viewable in Singapore, microfilms of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials from various churches, mainly in Singapore. In the [https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/private_records/advanced-search Advanced Search] , under source, look at the various churches listed, and check what records are available. Includes Roman Catholic churches. For Anglican church records the sources as listed include "Church of England, Diocese of Singapore" and "St Andrew's Cathedral (Organisation : Singapore)". The former category also includes some records from Bangkok and Java, as churches in these regions were (and still appear to be) part of the Anglican Diocese of Singapore.:Subsets of these records are available as digitised microfilms available on [[FamilySearch]], viewable at [[FamilySearch Centres]] and FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries. Catalogue entries include the Anglican [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/333150 Parish registers, 1820-1972 St. Andrew's Church (Singapore)] and [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/333355 Parish registers, 1870-1973 Church of St. Peter and Paul].*For other records available on FamilySearch ([[LDS]]) , this [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3ASingapore%20%2Bavailability%3AOnline&page=1&language0=English catalogue entry] based on keyword Singapore, and English language and online filter, includes details of digitised microfilm church and cemetery records available for Singapore. See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for viewing details. * The book ''Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore'' by A.G. Harfield 1978 is available at the British Library BLL01008881762 . This book has an association with, although was not published by [[BACSA]], but it is not clear whether the content is included in the following 1988 book, (although it seems likely it has) or is separate, or whether it is included in the BACSA database, see following item.*[[BACSA]] has published the book ''Early Cemeteries in Singapore'' by Alan Harfield 1988 (revised edn) "Comprehensive record of all main cemeteries. 400pp, over 150 illustrations, maps and plans". For more details about the books currently available, and also those out of print, see [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia#See also|BACSA - See also]]. This book is included in the [http://bacsa.frontis.co/bin/index.php BACSA Search database] which is free to search. If you want a copy of the full record, a fee applies.**FamilySearch have digitised the above BACSA book which however is currently (2019/10) not viewable online.
*Birth, marriage and death notices were published in Singapore newspapers. See following section for online newspapers.
:To see the coverage , click on Browse Newspapers/Newspaper titles, then select the title from the drop down menu. Clicking on the title name will take you to an information page, where you can see the date coverage, and if require, select a specific issue. It appears there is some coverage from 1827 (''Singapore Chronicle And The Commercial Register''), or perhaps even earlier.
* ''The London and China Express'', published in London, with target readership those outside the Indian Empire, including the Straits Settlements, is available on [[Findmypast]], category "Newspapers & periodicals"/"British newspapers", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites. The date range is from November 25, 1858 to July 2, 1931. For more details see [[Newspapers and journals online#London and China Express|Newspapers and journals online]].
==Recommended reading==
*[[Second World War]]
==External Linkslinks==
===Encylopedia entries===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore Singapore] Wikipedia
***[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/browse/Rare_Maps_Collection.aspx Rare Maps Collection] A digital collection of Singapore and Southeast Asia's print heritage from BookSG
** Newspapers. Refer above.
*[httphttps://www.nhbnas.gov.sg/NASarchivesonline/index.htm National Archives of Singapore], includes [httphttps://www.a2onas.comgov.sg/a2oarchivesonline/publicprivate_records/html Access to Archives OnlineSearch]for Straits Settlements Records (SSR), Overseas Records and Private Records. *[httphttps://www.nhb.gov.sg/WWW National Heritage Board] including the [httphttps://www.nationalmuseumnhb.gov.sg/nmsnationalmuseum/nms_html/index.asp National Museum of Singapore]
===Other===
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Family_History_Records_at_the_National_Library_of_Singapore Family History Records at the National Library of Singapore] November 5, 2013 FamilySearch Wiki. Retrieved 19 November 2014
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasians_in_Singapore Eurasians in Singapore] Wikipedia
*Rootsweb Singapore Mailing List - for details refer [[Mailing lists]]. The List will be discontinued from 2 March 2020, but the Archives will remain available. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/ Search all Rootsweb Mailing List Archives] and [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/ Search all Ancestry Message Boards].
*Churches
**[https://www.flickr.com/photos/eustaquio/3615650911 St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore] Church of England. flickr.com. [http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/churches/28h.html St. Andrews Cathedral] victorianweb.org.
**[http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/churches/29.html Chapel, Former Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Singapore] Roman Catholic. victorianweb.org
**[http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/churches/31.html Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator (The Armenian Church)] victorianweb.org
*Anglican [Church of England] [https://www.anglican.org.sg Diocese of Singapore]
*British Army regiments in Singapore, Straits Settlements and Penang are included in the following which is mainly about British Army Regiments in India. Note, may not be complete.[https://web.archive.org/web/20190330085422fw_/http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz1.htm Indian portion of ''In Search of the 'Forlorn Hope': A Comprehensive Guide to Locating British Regiments and their Records (1640-WWI)'' by John M Kitzmiller] - lists the location/year of all British regiments that served in India and related regions. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200507070713/http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz.htm Regiments], [https://web.archive.org/web/20190330085628/http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/indexes/kitz2.htm Locations]) . From Bob Holland’s Rampais website, archived. Kitzmillers's two volume book is available at the British Library UIN: BLL01010128905
*Peter Stubbs’ [http://www.fortsiloso.com/index.htm Fort Siloso] including [http://www.fortsiloso.com/home/home.htm A Soldier’s Home [in the 1880s<nowiki>]</nowiki>]
*[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history/events/039e3be1-1a10-49cc-8721-e68048399b83 Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps is set up 8th Jul 1854]. If link is not permanent, access from [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/history History SG], and select Organisations. Refers to ''A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, 1854-1937 : being also an historical outline of volunteering in Malaya'' by T.M. Winsley 1938. Available online in a Limited Preview, and also in a reprint edition, which in turn is available online on the pay website fold3, refer below.
*[https://remembersingapore.org/2013/08/10/history-of-sg-police-force/ "Mata.Mata: History of The Singapore Police"] August 10, 2013 and updated 14 January 2018. remembersingapore.org
*[http://www.postcolonialweb.org/singapore/resources/sgmemoirs.html Bibliography of Memoirs and Personal Reminiscences of Colonial Singapore and Malaysia] postcolonialweb.org
:[http://www.nlb.gov.sg/resourceguides/primary-accounts-of-singapore-from-1800s-to-1942/ [Bibliography<nowiki>]</nowiki>: Primary Accounts of Singapore from 1800s to 1942] nlb.gov.sg
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150928085840/http://www.dutchmalaysia.net/lang_en/ Official website of the Malaysian Dutch Descendants Project], now archived, includes [https://web.archive.org/web/20150119021413/http://www.dutchmalaysia.net:80/lang_en/press/paper_20080527_history_of_the_dutch_and_dutch_eurasians_in_malaysia.html History of the Dutch and Dutch-Eurasians in Malaysia], now archived. A history has been published.<ref>[http://www.nutmegpublishing.com/hotdim.html ''History of the Dutch in Malaysia'' by Dennis De Witt]. Available at the British Library UIN: BLL01015564894 </ref> Many Dutch Eurasians moved from Malacca to Singapore from the middle of the nineteenth century.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120801111244/http://www.indulgedtraveler.com/destinations/destinations-asia/remnants-of-jews-in-singapore/ Remnants of Jews in Singapore] by Barbara Kingstone January 17, 2011 indulgedtraveler.com, now an archived webpage. Retrieved 29 May 2014
===Historical books online===
* Also see [[Malaysia]]
*Also see [[Second World War]]
*[https://archive.org/details/bibliographyofma0000chee/page/n5 ''Bibliography of Malaya, being a classified list of books wholly or partly in English relating to the Federation of Malaya and Singapore''] by H R Cheeseman 1959. Archive.org Lending Library. Includes a WW2 Bibliography.
**[http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg/bib/sh/sing1941b.html Bibliography: Singapore, 1941-1945: The Military Campaign] lib.nus.edu.sg.
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.28139/page/n1/mode/2up''Books about Singapore, 1972''] by National Library of Singapore 1972 Archive.org
*Directories from BookSG
**[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/d3fcc6e6-ba76-47a2-b7cf-613b34867aa1.aspx Prince of Wales Island: ''Annual register and directory'' 1821]
**''The Singapore almanack and directory'' [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/f9e19365-b3a2-4149-b392-b3c274a4111c.aspx?s=The%20Singapore%20almanack 1853-1855, 1857, Royal Almanac 1859-1860], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/1b90a11d-7620-4e72-b834-3de9525ac1d1.aspx?s=The%20Singapore%20almanack 1856]
**''The Straits calendar and directory'' [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/59831a29-0622-4089-a120-ae79edb68ec6.aspx 1861-1863], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/5b9519ae-1aad-4cc8-891f-74407ed44f02.aspx Royal Almanac 1864; 1865-1866], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/64f199dd-6462-43a0-93fc-f2aea8cb1238.aspx 1867-1869], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/902071bb-507b-4bca-a2b6-683f10a02323.aspx 1870-1871]
**[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/19f6775f-8e17-4473-8e9f-0a8ae66b10e1.aspx ''The colonial directory of the Straits Settlements, including Sarawak, Labuan, Bangkok and Saigon, for 1875'']
**''The Singapore directory for the Straits Settlements'' [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/e437c4de-cff6-4601-8994-40fd5c007fa0.aspx 1877], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/9879b97a-f840-4443-9452-3cbd165b388b.aspx 1879]
**[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/6e76cb75-dfe3-4203-a211-76305cafde9d.aspx ''The Singapore and Straits directory for 1881'']
*''The Singapore almanack and directory for the year 1856'' is available to download as a pdf from the [http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/index.htm [Digital<nowiki>]</nowiki> Sejarah Melayu Library], located in the General section. Scroll down to T, and scroll further to The S…
*''The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, '''Straits Settlements''', Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c''. For a range of editions to 19221941, see [[China]].
*''The London and China Telegraph''. Published weekly in London. Covers [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], Japan, [[Straits Settlements]] (Singapore, [[Penang]]), [[Indonesia|Batavia]] and perhaps a wider area. For editions 1860-1875 (missing 1862), see [[China]].
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28Singapore%29+AND+title%3A%28%22Blue+Book%22%29&sort=titleSorter ''The Colonial Office List Straits Settlements Blue Book for the year…''] broken range from 1873 to 1919, including years not specifically mentioned 1907, 1908, 1910.Archive.org. Very informative publications.'' Includes a section on each country:For 1873, [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/n3/mode/2up Contents]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/176/mode/2up Civil Establishments , commencing with an Index] page 177, [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/186/mode/2up Singapore] page 187, and the Colonial Office List at the end of each volume[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth. Google Books73418/page/176/mode/2up Penang] page 209, HathiTrust Digital Library and Archive[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.73418/page/222/mode/2up Malacca] page 223.:''Straits Settlements Blue Book'' for [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GtANAAAAQAAJ739oaoEThTcC&pg=PP5 1862: First publicationPP7 1896]; , [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1dcNAAAAQAAJzMxEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 1867PP7 1912], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CtgNAAAAQAAJVTIlAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1 1877PP9 1915]; , [https://hdlbooks.google.handlecom.netau/2027/umn.31951002214374gbooks?urlappendid=%3BseqCp5DAQAAIAAJ&pg=15 1878PP9 1917]; , [httphttps://dbooksbooks.bodleiangoogle.oxcom.ac.ukau/books?id=JkLM6an5C7QC&pg=PP7 1919], [https:/PDFs/555073632books.google.com.pdf 1879au/books?id=X6BDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1922] pdf from Oxford University Library, may be slow to open, [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cHJDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1924], [https:/about/The_Colonial_Office_Listbooks.htmlgoogle.com.au/books?id=T9UNAAAAQAAJ 1879 Google Books editionHHNDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1925] should become freely available 2020; , [https://archivebooks.google.com.orgau/detailsbooks?id=23NDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1 1926], [https:/colonialofficel00offigoog/pagebooks.google.com.au/n14 1881books?id=15dDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 1929]; ,[https://hdlbooks.handlegoogle.com.netau/2027/wu.89090339342books?urlappendid=%3BseqbZVDAQAAIAAJ&pg=21 1889PP7 1930]; , [https://archivebooks.google.com.orgau/details/ldpd_11897910_001/page/18 1901books?id=fp1DAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1931]; , [https://archivebooks.google.com.orgau/details/ldpd_11897910_002/page/24 1902books?id=MpZDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP25 1932]; , [https://archivebooks.google.com.orgau/details/ldpd_11897910_003/page/23 1903books?id=Al1EAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1935]; , [https://archivebooks.google.com.orgau/details/ldpd_11897910_004/page/49 1904books?id=rltEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP9 1936]; HathiTrust Digital Library editions to 1922 viewable in restricted areas such as North America: , [https://catalogbooks.hathitrustgoogle.orgcom.au/Record/005698734 Abooks?id=MFxEAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1937] and ,[https://catalogbooks.hathitrustgoogle.orgcom.au/Record/009992447 Bbooks?id=Q11EAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 1938]Google Books. : In addition, National Archives of Singapore has many editions catalogued as ''Colonial Office List, 1863Straits Settlements Blue Books'' and ''Colonial Office List, 1870'' are available in . In the [[findmypast]] (pay website) dataset [https://searchwww.findmypastnas.cogov.uksg/archivesonline/search-world-Recordsprivate_records/britainadvanced-directoriessearch Advanced Search] for the title use search term Blue Books. All editions 1870-1938 appear to be available to read online (but download does '''not''' appear possible) and-almanacs "Britain, Directories & Almanacs"] located in Newspapers, Directories & Social History/Directories & Almanacs.:FamilySearch has a additionally there is [https://www.familysearchnas.gov.orgsg/searcharchivesonline/catalogprivate_records/415801 catalogue entry] for a series of microfiches of the record-details/38a7dde8-f14a-11e3-a330-0050568939ad ''Colonial Office ListColony of Singapore Blue Book 1946'']. Unfortunately the book reader is not easy to use. To increase size of font use your mouse wheel , (produced by Chadwyck-Healeyand then an adjustment bar appears. To navigate to a particular page, 1987)use the thumbnails. The catalogue includes editions from 1867, currently (2019/06) available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake Citybut editions prior to 1870 do not appear to have been digitised. There is a Search option within each text, with however and the potential Search link previously mentioned also seems able to be digitised used to search the texts of the entire collection using keywords.:''Straits Settlements Blue Book'' are available on "Sea-Delt SouthEast Asian DEvelopment in the next few Long Term", however all years, and perhaps available appear to be more widely also available, or at least searchableon other sites. Example [https://seadelt. net/Documents/?ID=332 1932] The same microfiche series may Pdf. (Also 1888, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910 which are also be available at some other librarieson Archive.org, or to a very limited extent at some other FamilySearch Centresand 1922 available Google Books).:Other editions of the ''Colonial Office ListBlue Books of Statistics'' are available at the National Archives, Kew record series [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C4468 CO 277] 1867-1939, part of "Records of Local Bodies and Other Colonial Miscellanea" commencing with CO 277/1 for 1867. (to 1925Also CO 939/1 for 1946, for Singapore) and the later title .*''The Dominions Colonial Office List for ...''. Includes a section on each country, and the Colonial Office List'' are available at the end of each volume. First published 1862. See [[British LibraryDirectories online#Colonial Office List|Directories online - Colonial Office List]] UIN: BLL01002841625 and UIN: BLL01007173533for a broken range 1862-1920s.*''A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, 1854-1937 : being also an historical outline of volunteering in Malaya'' by T.M. Winsley 1938. A [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/b037892f-77e2-4d3a-81dc-5c7b785dd5f1.aspx Limited preview] of this book, which however currently (2021/04/04) is quite extensive, including small copies of photographs , is available online. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Also available in a reprint edition,<ref>[http://www.naval-military-press.com/history-of-the-singapore-volunteers-corps-1854-1937-being-also-an-historical-outline-of-volunteering-in-malaya.html ''A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, 1854-1937 : being also an historical outline of volunteering in Malaya''] Naval & Military Press</ref> which in turn is available online on the pay website fold3, owned by Ancestry, as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ80xl_tk4DCfanlUH4 ''A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps'']. *[https://digitalgems.nus.edu.sg/collection/79/items?sort_by=publication_date&sort=asc&filter= Digitised books on “History, Culture & Heritage“] from National University of Singapore. Note however, some of the books listed are in fact not viewable.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lqA2AAAAMAAJ ''Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles...particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, Bencoolen and its dependencies, 1817-1824: (etc)''] Volume 1, by Sophia Raffles (1835), [http://books.google.com/books?id=86A2AAAAMAAJ Volume 2] Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023225471#page/n245/mode/2up Singapore and Malacca 1825-1826] page 231 ''Bits of Old China'' by William C Hunter 1885 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b22394023/mode/2up ''A code of medical regulations, for the Honorable East India Company's establishment of surgeons, belonging to the Presidency of Prince of Wales' Island, Singapore, and Malacca''] by W E E Conwell, Surgeon on the Madras Establishment 1828 Archive.org.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8WVTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR1 ''The Eastern Seas, or Voyages and adventures in the Indian Archipelago, in 1832, 33, 34 ... also an account of the present state of Singapore, etc''] by George Windsor Earl 1837 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA81 ''Travels in South-Eastern Asia (etc)''] by Howard Malcolm (2nd edition 1839) 2 volumes in one, Google Books. Singapore in 1837 commences page 81 of Book 2.
*''The Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia''. Published at Singapore Volumes 1-9 1847-1855; New Series Volumes 1-4 1856-59/63.
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UjJTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume III, 1849], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KtIyAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume IV 1850], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=85oaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR4 1862 Volume IV, New Series 1862] Google Books
**[https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22Journal+of+the+Indian+Archipelago+and+Eastern+Asia%22&sort=date Archive.org editions], many of which are mirrors from Digital Library of India.**Reprint editions Hathi Trust HathiTrust Digital Library [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/012294044 A] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000553617 B] for all years of publication**[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Journal&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Archipelago&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=dc.date.issued_dt&order=asc Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India].
*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t5leAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR4 ''De Zieke Reiziger: Or, Rambles in Java and the Straits. In 1852''] [The Invalid Traveller] by A Bengal Civilian [stated elsewhere to be Charles Walter Kinloch] 1853 Google Books.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA725 ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore''] by Pharoah &Co (1855). Singapore, page 725
*[https://archive.org/stream/b2809265x#page/292/mode/2up "Singapore"] page 292 ''Reports on mountain and marine sanitaria; medical and statistical observations on civil stations and military cantonments, jails - dispensaries - regiments - barracks, &c. within the Presidency of Madras, the Straits of Malacca, the Andaman Islands, and British Burmah from January 1858 to January 1862''] by Inspector General of Hospitals Duncan Macpherson. 1862 Archive.org. Part of the series ''Selections from the Records of the Madras Government''.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=QBxJAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Our Tropical Possessions in Malayan India: Being a Descriptive Account of Singapore, Penang, Province Wellesley, and Malacca: Their Peoples, Products, Commerce and Government''] by John Cameron. 1865 Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/ourtropicalposse0000came/page/n9 Reprint edition 1965] with Introduction by Wang Gungwu. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[httphttps://seasiavisionsarchive.libraryorg/details/dli.cornellgranth.edu72754/catalogpage/sea:123 n5/mode/2up ''Jottings of an invalid in search of health, comprising a run through British India and a visit to Singapore and Java : a series of letters reprinted from the "Times of India"''] by Tom Cringle. [Author: William Walker, see Preface.] 1865. South East Asia VisionsArchive.org, mirror from Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Cornell UniversityGranth Sanjeevani. Also available in the [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000356A0 British Library Digital Collection].*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist00buckgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''An anecdotal history of old times in Singapore (1819-1867) Volume 1''] [http://www.archive.org/stream/ananecdotalhist01buckgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''Volume 2''] by Charles Burton Buckley 1902 Archive.org
*''The China Sea Directory'' by the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London.
**''The China Sea Directory Volume I. Containing directions for the approaches to the China Sea and to Singapore, by the straits of Sunda, Banka, Gaspar, Carimata, Rhio, Varella, Durian, and Singapore'' by J. W. Reed , R N and J. W. King, R N. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=nP4GAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 1867] Google Books. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924071164960 3rd edition 1886] Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/straitsofmalacca00thom_0 ''Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China; or, Ten Years’ Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad''] by J Thomson 1875 Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000035424 British Library Digital Collection version] with rotatable images. [http://www.johnthomsonexhibition.org/biography/ Through the Lens of John Thomson : Biography]
*[https://archive.org/details/RecordssportSou00Hami ''Records of sport in Southern India : chiefly on the Annamullay, Nielgherry and Pulney mountains, also including notes on Singapore, Java and Labuan, from journals written between 1844 and 1870''] by the late General Douglas Hamilton, Madras Army 1892 Archive.org
*''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' 1878-1922. In 1923 the title changed to ''Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society''. Multiple volumes: [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Straits%20Asiatic%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts Archive.org]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Straits&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Branch&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=dc.date.issued_dt&order=asc Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India] under the title ''Journal of the Straits Branch''; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Malayan+&filtertype_2=title&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=Branch&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=dc.date.issued_dt&order=asc Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India] under the title ''Journal of the Malayan Branch'' from Volume 1 1923. '''Restricted access''' Hathi Trust Digital Library may be available to viewers in North America and some other countries [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100160169 A], [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000525995 B] and [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007523175 C], including index volumes. Also see [[Malaysia]].
:[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/ae2b4863-c155-4508-95e8-4f92c4a6459c.aspx ''Index to journals nos. 1 to 50 of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society and to notes and queries I to IV''], published 1909. BookSG (which also has 1878 and 1880 editions)
*[https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesan01cavegoog ''Reminiscences of an Indian Official''] by General Sir Orfeur Cavenagh 1884 Archive.org. The author joined the Bengal Army in 1837. After the Indian Mutiny he was appointed Governor of the Straits Settlement, where he remained until transfer of the administration of the Straits Settlement to the Colonial Office in April 1867.
* ''Life of Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Andrew Clarke, Colonel-Commandant of Royal Engineers'' edited by Col. RH Vetch 1905 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/lifeoflieutgener00vetc/page/118 "Governor of the Straits Settlements 1873-1875"] pages 119-192.
*[https://archive.org/details/twoyearsinjungle02horn ''Two Years in the Jungle : the Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India, Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo''] by William T Hornaday, Chief Taxidermist, US National Museum 1885 Archive.org. Contains a chapter on Singapore.
*''The Stranger's Guide to Singapore with Maps'' Compiled by B E D' Aranjo 1890. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000034AD6 British Library Digital Collection], [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/d70f531e-aa4b-4129-95ac-7bbacc8f43e2.aspx BookSG]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbooktosinga00reitgoog#page/n11/mode/1up ''Handbook to Singapore with Map, and a Plan of the Botanical Gardens''] by George Murray Reith 1892 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/visittojavawitha00wors ''A Visit to Java : with an Account of the Founding of Singapore''] by William Basil Worsfold 1893 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b28096265/page/n5/mode/2up "Malay Materia Medica"] by H N Ridley pages 122- 138, ''Journal of the Straits Medical Association No 5 April 1893-December 1894''. Followed by, in the same digital file, [https://archive.org/details/b28096265/page/31/mode/2up "Malay Plant Names"]. From elsewhere this was by H N Ridley from ''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society July 1897'', pages 31-284. Ridley elsewhere was stated to be Director of Gardens and Forests at Singapore. Archive.org.
*[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/printheritage/detail/f31bf077-2368-43c6-9702-073e01d904f6.aspx ''The Journal of the Straits Medical Association'', no. 1 (Mar.-Sept. 1890) ; no. 2 (Oct. 1890-Mar. 1891) ; no. 3 (Apr. 1891-Mar. 1892) ; no. 4 (Apr. 1892-Mar. 1893) ; no. 5 (Apr. 1893-Dec. 1894)] These were the only volumes, as the Association then became part of the British Medical Association. eresources.nlb.gov.sg
*[http://archive.org/stream/cu31924023301710#page/n7/mode/2up ''Prisoners their own warders: a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements, established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797''] by Major J. F. A. McNair, assisted by W. D. Bayliss. 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023048600 ''Sophia Cooke, or, Forty-two years' work in Singapore''] by by E A Walker, 1899 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/jenningsguideto00unkngoog/page/n2/mode/2up ''Jennings' Guide to Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Johore, Deli, Bangkok, etc''] 1900 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924014072791/page/n9/mode/2up ''European Settlements in the Far East; China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, etc''] by DWS [catalogued as D Warres Smith] 1900 Archive.org. The author appears to have been the publisher of/associated with the annual publication ''Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan…'', see further above for online editions.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023048972 ''Sunny Singapore : an account of the place and its people, with a sketch of the results of missionary work''] by the Rev J A Bethune Cook 2nd Edition 1907 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b31352893/page/n3 ''Report on the Sanitary Condition of Singapore''] by W J Simpson 1907. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/journalof606319111912roya/page/n305/mode/2up "The Old Cemetery on Fort Canning, Singapore. With a plan and four plates"] by H A Stallwood ''Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society'' No 61 1912, page 77.
*''Bibliotheca Indosinica: Dictionnaire bibliographique des ouvrages relatifs à la péninsule indochinoise [Biblioteca Indosinica: Bibliographic dictionary of books on the Indochinese Peninsula]'' by Henri Cordier 1912 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindos02cord#page/n7/mode/2up "Péninsule Malaise", Volume II] [Malay Peninsula]. Includes English publications. [https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindos02cord#page/752/mode/2up Contents]; [https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindos04cord#page/1524/mode/2up Index of authors]; [https://archive.org/stream/bibliothecaindos04cord#page/112/mode/2up Alphabetical Index for all volumes]
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924011085457 ''Federated Malay States Railways : pamphlet of information for travellers : tours in the Malay Peninsula''] 1914 Archive.org. Includes
*[https://archive.org/details/fromsiamtosuez010141mbp ''From Siam to Suez''] by James Saxon Childers 1932 Archive.org. The author travelled to Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Burma and India.
*[http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/3330 ''Singapore Patrol''] by Alec Dixon, 1935. Pdf download, National Library of Malaysia. '''Note''': sample pages only. The author who joined the Straits Settlements Police postwar was one of a small force of detectives, where riots, murders, and robberies, occurred with alarming frequency. Full title (perhaps only in some editions): ''Singapore Patrol: Experiences of a Detective Officer in Malaya''. [http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19351206-1.2.71.aspx Review] ''The Straits Times'', 6 December 1935 gov.sg. [http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17223115 Review] ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (NSW) 14 Dec 1935
*[https://archive.org/details/returntomalaya006324mbp ''Return to Malaya''] R.H.Bruce Lockhart 1936 Archive.org. The author had previously left Malaya c 1910. Also includes references to Singapore.
*''Armaments Year-Book : General and Statistical Information'' published by League of Nations. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/ien.35556028984169?urlappend=%3Bseq=176 "Asia and Islands in the Indian Ocean"] includes Malay Peninsula, page 176 ''First Year 1924, 2nd Edition''. HathiTrust Digital Library; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=KXAAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA193 "Asia"] page 193 ''1937 edition''. Google Books.*[https://archive.org/details/bibliographyofma0000chee/page/n5 dli.ernet.353 ''The War in Malaya''Bibliography of ] by Lieut.-General A E Percival, G O C Malaya1941-1942. 1949. Archive.org, being mirror from Digital Library of India. Also available as a classified pdf download on the [http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/index.htm Sejarah Melayu [Digital<nowiki>]</nowiki> Library] located under General. Scroll down the alphabetical list of books wholly or partly in English relating to the Federation T. *[https://archive.org/details/oldmenforget011687mbp/page/n305/mode/2up "Singapore 1941-1942"], Chapter Eighteen, page 289 ''Old Men Forget: The Autobiography of Malaya and SingaporeDuff Cooper (Viscount Norwich)''] by H R Cheeseman 19591954. Archive.org Lending Library. Includes Cooper was sent by Churchill, with Cabinet rank, "to enquire into the various forms of civil administration" and later, for a period was Resident Cabinet Minister authorised to form a WW2 BibliographyWar Council.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.154195 ''Bamboo Doctor''] by Stanley S. Pavillard 1960 Archive.org (from Digital Library of India). The author was newly arrived in Kedah when the Japanese attacked. He then became Medical Officer to the 1st SSVF and was subsequently a prisoner in Changi.
*[https://archive.org/details/raffles00coll/page/n5 ''Raffles''] by Maurice Collis 1966 Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/sinistertwilight0000barb/page/n5 ''Sinister Twilight: the Fall and Rise Again of Singapore''] by Noel Barber 1968. [https://archive.org/details/sinistertwilight00barb/page/n1/mode/2up 2nd file]. Archive.org Lending Library. WW2*[https://archive.org/details/singaporebattlet0000leas/page/n7/mode/2up ''Singapore : the Battle that changed the world''] by James Leasor 1968. A book in ''The Crossroads of World History Series''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. Events leading to the Fall of Singapore, including the historical background from the early 1800s.*[https://archive.org/details/outinmiddaysunsi00caff ''Out in the Midday Sun; Singapore, 1941-45--The End of an Empire''] by Kate Caffrey 1973. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.*[https://archive.org/details/singapore19411940000alle/page/n1/mode/2up ''Singapore, 1941-1942''] by Louis Allen 1979, first published 1977. A book in the series ''The Politics and Strategy of the Second World War''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/talesfromsouthch00alle ''Tales from the South China Seas : images of the British in South-East Asia in the twentieth century''] by Charles Allen 1984. Originally commissioned by, and broadcast on BBC Radio as oral history documentaries. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/britishcivilians0000kenn/page/n5 ''British civilians and the Japanese war in Malaya and Singapore, 1941-45''] by Joseph Kennedy 1987. Archive.org Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/whensingaporefel00kenn/page/n5 ''When Singapore Fell : Evacuations and Escapes, 1941-42''] by Joseph Kennedy 1989. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/singapore1942bri00warr ''Singapore, 1942: Britain’s Greatest Defeat''] by Alan Warren 2002. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://www.academia.edu/12122226/Did_Singapore_Have_to_Fall_Churchill_and_the_Impregnable_Fortress ''Did Singapore Have to Fall? Churchill and the Impregnable Fortress''] by Karl Hack and Kevin Blackburn 2004. academia.edu. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=RfHQo4v2CkEC&pg=PP1 Sample pages: Google Books]
*[https://archive.org/details/forgottenarmiesf00bayl ''Forgotten Armies : the fall of British Asia, 1941-1945''] by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper 2005. Includes Singapore and Malaya. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/empiresendhistor00keay/page/n5/mode/2up ''Empire's End : a history of the Far East from High Colonialism to Hong Kong''] by John Keay 1997. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/hd.htm CSCA: Source Documents on the Study of Christianity in Asia] Online books from CSCA [The Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia] Trinity Theological College, Singapore. There also seem to be a few books of a more general nature.
**[http://cscadocs.blogspot.com.au/2007/02/george-daniel-love-unites-people-1913.html ''Love Unites People : Memoirs of a Christian Worker in Singapore from 1913 to 1959''] (or [http://www.ttc.edu.sg/csca/rart_doc/ang/sing/daniel1959.pdf direct pdf]) by George Daniel 1957. He was also in Bombay 1906-1908, and Rangoon 1908-1913. He was a Choirister and Server in Anglican Churches.
:[http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/sea/index.html CSCA: Source Documents in Anglican Missions in Southeast Asia] compiled by Michael Poon. anglicanhistory.org
====Medical history of Singapore====
*[http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/3806/articles/3806mh1.htm "History Of Medicine In Singapore”] by J S Cheah ''Singapore Medical Journal'' 1997 Volume 38 (6)
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