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*[[BACSA]] have published the book ''Malacca: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials'' by Alan Harfield, 2002 (revised edn). "From the Portuguese time in 1511, through the Dutch occupation 1641-1795 and from 1819-25 to the British period. Includes a short history with lists of churches and MIs; also an account of the local wars with lists of casualties in the Malayan Emergency. 214pp, 70 illustrations, 8 maps and plans"
: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 information, see [[FamilySearch Centres]].
*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 [[LDS]] film number for these records is 498606, item 2.
*[http://www.academia.edu/1515247/Malay_documents_in_the_Melaka_Records_in_the_British_Library Malay documents in the Melaka Records in the British Library] by Annabel Gallop
*The National Archives of Malaysia (Arkib Negara Malaysia) in Kuala Lumpur holds the following records from Melaka (Malacca)
** Baptismal registers 1642-1825 of the Dutch Reformed Church. These records are also available on Family Search FamilySearch microfilm, but are only available at the main FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. ([https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/306537?availability=Family%20History%20Library Catalogue Kerkelijke registers, 1642-1825: catalogue entry]which also includes marriage and death records from Arkib Negra Malaysia)
**Marriage registers 1768-1838 and burial registers 1787-1827 from St Peter’s Roman Catholic Church<ref>[http://www.academia.edu/773911/_Records_in_a_Rival_s_Repository._Archives_of_the_Dutch_East_India_Company_and_Related_Materials_in_the_India_Office_Records_British_Library_London_and_the_National_Archives_of_Malaysia_Kuala_Lumpur_Itinerario_31_3_2007_ "Records in a Rival’s Repository: Archives of the Dutch East India Company"] by Lennart Bes ''Itinerario'', 31:3 (2007) pages 16-38, specifically page 31</ref>
