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*The British Library's [http://eap.bl.uk/ Endangered Archives Programme] has digitised **some [https://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP524 files from St. Helena] (found by using EAP524 in the Search). Images are in TIFF format. Files include***[https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP524-2-3 Records of Births, Deaths, Baptisms and Marriages [1849-1924<nowiki>]</nowiki>] for the Anglican parishes of St Helena. However, the only records viewable online are Banns of Marriage [1849-1924], See FIBIS Resources below for transcriptions/searchable database of the marriage records from this source.**[http://eap.bl.uk/project/EAP1364 Digitisation of the East India Company records of St Helena, South Atlantic (EAP1364)]. 2021 project, duration 24 months. ===University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa===Historical Papers Research Archive, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa holds the<br>[http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/diocese-of-st-helena-parish-registers-and-indices Diocese of St. Helena, Parish Registers and Indices, Registers, 1680-1986] Reference code ZA HPRA AB2073. Records of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA), previously (prior to 2006) called CPSA, Church of the Province of Southern Africa.<br> Consists of 9 series of records including one series of Ascension Island records from 1839, and one series of records from Tristan d'Acunha. There is also a series of Boer Prisoner Burials, and a series of Gravestones and Memorials on St Helena.<br>The collection was digitised in 2014/2015 from microfilm filmed in 1989, and the images may be viewed online for free. The data (possibly only the St Helena data) has been transcribed for a database [https://www.friendsofsthelena.com/ancestors St Helena Ancestors], part of the [https://www.friendsofsthelena.com/home Friends of St Helena] website.All users can run initial searches but only signed-in members (subscription fee applies) can see the full genealogical details.<br>[https://www.friendsofsthelena.com/upload/contents/8c346a4a6b18c74c25a74bfcee7b731c.pdf Introductory Material for St Helena Ancestor’s Database] friendsofsthelena.com.
===FamilySearch===
*[[LDSFamilySearch]] , (free website), microfilms of records from St Helena may be found with this [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3ASt%20%2Bkeywords%3AHelena%20%2Bkeywords%3AIndia catalogue entry] (keyword search St. Helena, India) (. Includes microfilms of some records from the India Office Records at the British Library and some records from originals at the Government Archives, Jamestown. Most microfilms have now been digitised and are available to view at FamilySearch Centres or FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries, see [[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]]).
*There are also some records for St Helena in the [[IGI#India records|"World Miscellaneous" records on FamilySearch]]. The source of these records is unknown.
===The National Archives ===
===Records in St. Helena===
*"Introduction to Seventeenth Century Records in the St Helena Archives" by Anna Winterbottom, [http://www.livesandletters.ac.uk/ Centre for Editing Lives and Letters], Queen Mary, University of London ''Lives and Letters, Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 2009'' [http://journalxmera.xmeraco.orguk/lives-and-letters-volume-1-no-1-spring-2009/articlesjournalarchive/winterbottom.pdf pdf]xmera.co.uk**"Appendix 1: East India Company Consultations" [http://journalxmera.xmeraco.orguk/lives-and-letters-volume-1-no-1-spring-2009/articlesjournalarchive/winterbottom_appendix1.pdf original pdf]**"Appendix 2: Letters from England" [http://journalxmera.xmeraco.org/lives-and-letters-volume-1-no-1-spring-2009uk/articlesjournalarchive/winterbottom_appendix2.pdf pdf]**"Appendix 3: Goodwin’s Abstracts" [http://journalxmera.xmeraco.orguk/lives-and-letters-volume-1-no-1-spring-2009/articlesjournalarchive/winterbottom_appendix3.pdf pdf]*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/40288559 "Records of the Island of St. Helena Lat. 15° 55' S. Long. 5° 428W"] by G. C. Kitching ''The American Archivist'' Vol. 10, No. 2 (Apr., 1947), pp. 151-171 (21 pages). Published By: Society of American Archivists. Register with jstor to read online for free.* See [[St. Helena#British Library|British Library]] above, for records digitised, or to be digitised, by the British Library's Endangered Archives Programme.
==Also see==
*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CTVSAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA287 St Helena in November 1804] page 287 ''A Voyage To India'' by Rev James Cordiner 1820 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qI1JAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA183 Pages 183-184 ''Asiatic Annual Register for 1806'']. Under a heading Deaths, May 1805, "At sea. On board the ''David Scott'', East Indiaman, off the Cape of Good Hope, Mrs Clerk, wife to Lieut. Col. Clark, of the Madras establishment. ... '''Her remains were preserved in spirits''' until the 31st December following, when they were interred at St. Helena with all suitable attention, and followed to the grave by all the passengers of the fleet, and the greater part of the inhabitants of that island." The date of death of May 1805 is inaccurate, as Mrs Lucy Clarke died 20 December 1804. <ref> findmypast has a burial record for “Mrs Lucy Clark, Passenger, Ship Dav. Scott” for burial on 1 January 1805. Also see Jackson, Helen. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210202224946/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread=1661742 INDIA Digest, Vol 5, Issue 235] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 20 July 2010, archived.</ref>
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=vyUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA118 ''Twelve years' military adventure in three quarters of the globe: or, Memoirs of an officer who served in the armies of His Majesty and of the East India Company, between the years 1802 and 1814 Volume 2''], page 118 by John Blakiston 1829. (Google Books) Describes calling in at St Helena on a voyage back to Englandc 1812.*[https://archive.org/details/journal-of-a-voyage-in-1811-and-1812-to-madras-and-china/page/n1/mode/2up ''Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812 to Madras and China returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena; In the H. C. S. the Hope, Capt. James Pendergrass''] by James Wathen 1814. With Coloured Prints from drawings by the author. Archive.org. The final chapter describes the visit to St Helena.
*[https://archive.org/details/overfiveseasocea00mill/page/n141/mode/2up St Helena July 1862] page 115 ''Over five seas and oceans, from New York to Bangkok, Siam, and return. Some reminiscences'' by Thomas Miller 1894 Archive.org.
*[http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6953 The East Indiaman [ship<nowiki>]</nowiki> ''General Goddard'' in battle off St Helena in 1795] www.shipstamps.co.uk
:[https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2020/09/st-helena-laws-for-inhabitants-1672.html "St Helena laws for inhabitants 1672"] 04 September 2020. British LibraryUntold lives blog.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160306071607/http://www.sthelena.uk.net/index2.php?id=27&StHelena=1 "St Helena: 1792 – 1840: the latter days of Slavery"] by Colin Fox, now an archived webpage. A short version of a presentation made to Society of the Friends of St Helena (FOSH) at their AGM held at Kenwood House on 21 May 2011. Members of Friends of St Helena may be able to access the full presentation.
*[http://sainthelenaisland.info/islandhistory.htm The Island History Pages] sainthelenaisland.info. Includes**[http://sainthelenaisland.info/briefhistory.htm A Brief History] Scroll down for an image of the sea routes to and from St Helena based on data 1750-1800**[http://sainthelenaisland.info/regiment.htm The St Helena Regiment ‘The Old Saints’] sainthelenaisland.info. Formed in 1842 as part of the British Army for garrison duty, disbanded June 1863.**[http://sainthelenaisland.info/boerprisoners.htm Boer POWs]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150917040550/http://jpcg.me/shnt/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1.4-Pilling-School.pdf St Helena National Trust Education Packs : Places of Historic Interest - Pilling School], now an archived page. Includes a photograph of St Helena Regiment Soldiers.
*[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol113an.html "Boer prisoners of war on the Island of St Helena"] by A J Nathan ''Military History Journal 
Vol 11 No 3/4 - October 1999'', The South African 
Military History Society

*"The Construction of Islandness, a Literal Example: St Helena in the Seventeenth Century" by Stephen A Royle (2008: 1–9) ''The Construction of Islandness'' (Refereed papers from the 3rd International Small Island Cultures Conference. Institute of Island Studies, University of PEI, June 29–July 2, 2007) [http://sicri-network.org/ISIC3/e.%20ISIC3P%20Royle.pdf pdf]
*[https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/376 ''Company culture: information, scholarship, and the East India Company settlements 1660-1720s''] by Anna E Winterbottom 2010 PhD thesis, University of London. [https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/77036594.pdf Pdf, core.ac.uk]. Includes one chapter which has information about St. Helena.
*[http://www.geni.com/projects/Anglo-Boere-Oorlog-Boer-War-1899-1902-POW-Saint-Helena/14301 Anglo Boere Oorlog/Boer War (1899-1902) POW Saint Helena] geni.com
*[http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=2495056 St Helena: Jamestown, Burgher Concentration Camp Cemetery] eggsa.org. Click on images for larger version and list of names
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/asthelenawhoswho00chapiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''A St. Helena who's who; or, a directory of the island during the captivity of Napoleon''] by Arnold Chaplin, 1914 [http://www.archive.org/stream/sthelenawhoswhoo00chapiala#page/n9/mode/2up Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged] 1919 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/s8id13658500/page/198/mode/2up "A Topographical and Statistical Account of St.Helena"] by Dr McRitchie, Medical Staff of that Island. Page xxvii Appendix (back of book, digital page 198) ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta'', Volume 8 (Part 1), 1836. Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=VPBeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Seventeenth Annual Report of the Church Society, St. Helena, 1861-62''] Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/sthelena00mell/page/n7/mode/2up ''St. Helena: a physical, historical, and topographical description of the island ... The botanical plates from original drawings by Mrs. J. C. Melliss''] by John Charles Melliss 1875. Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000054246#?cv=10&c=0&m=0&s=0&xywh=-1%2C-1042%2C3390%2C4737 British Library Digital Collection version] with rotatable pages.
:Article about the book: [https://archive.org/details/paper-doi-10_1038_011501a0/mode/2up Page 501], ''Nature April 29, 1875''. Archive.org.
**1839 edition with title: ''Trifles from my Port-folio'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=G0xBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Volume I''] Google Books, [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002024328669?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Volume II''] Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[https://archive.org/details/TheresASecretHidAway/page/n254/mode/1up [St Helena<nowiki>]</nowiki> Chapter 20 onwards] digital page 254 ''There's a Secret Hid Away: Memories of Unusual Experiences and Mysteries in Southern Africa and African Isles...'' by Lawrence Green, first published 1956. Archive.org
*[https://digital.lib.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.2/2489 ''Colonial Reports-Annual. No. 323 St. Helena 1900''] by Great Britain Colonial Office 1901. SUNDigital Collections Stellenbosch University.
:Reports for additional years are available in the Archive.org collection [https://archive.org/details/colonial-office-gb-publications?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Colonial+Reports+-+Annual%22&sort=date Colonial Office (Great Britain) publications], including
:*[https://archive.org/details/colonial-report-st-helena-1947/page/n1/mode/2up ''Colonial Office Annual Report on St. Helena 1947''] HMSO 1949. Archive.org
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