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Colonial Records from the Portuguese Period (1505–1658)[edit | edit source]

Colonial Records from the Dutch Period (1658–1815)[edit | edit source]

The Dutch colonies in Asia were run by the Dutch East India Company, in Dutch Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC). The Dutch VOC records are kept at the National Archive (Nationaal Archief) in The Hague, Netherlands. The VOC section is indexed as 1.04 (subsections 1.04.01 to 1.04.23). Most of the records have been digitized into an online database that can be publicly viewed.

Colonial Records from the British Period (1815–1948)[edit | edit source]

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 ==Colonial Records from the Portuguese Period (1505–1658)==
-==Colonial Records from the Dutch Period (1640–1796)==
+==Colonial Records from the Dutch Period (1658–1815)==
-The Dutch colonies in Asia were run by the Dutch East India Company, in Dutch ''Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie'' (VOC). VOC documents are kept in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.
+The Dutch colonies in Asia were run by the Dutch East India Company, in Dutch ''Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie'' (VOC). The Dutch VOC records are kept at the National Archive (''Nationaal Archief'') in The Hague, Netherlands. The VOC section is indexed as 1.04 (subsections 1.04.01 to 1.04.23). Most of the records have been digitized into an online database that can be publicly viewed.
-===== Dutch National Archive =====
+*[https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en Dutch National Archive]
-In the Netherlands the VOC records are kept at the [https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en Dutch National Archive] (''Nationaal Archief'') in The Hague. The VOC section is indexed as 1.04 (subsections 1.04.01 to 1.04.23). Most of the records have been digitized into an online database that can be publicly viewed.
+*[https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en/research/index/nt00214?searchTerm= VOC Wills  (1698–1807)]
+*[https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en/research/index/nt00444?searchTerm= muster rolls and passenger lists (1699–1794)]
-*[https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en/research/index/nt00444?searchTerm= Muster rolls and passenger lists (1699–1794)]
-*[https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en/research/index/nt00214?searchTerm= VOC wills (1698–1807)]
 *[https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/en/research/index/nt00348?searchTerm= Correspondence (1609–1795)]
-===== TANAP =====
-[http://tanap.net/ TANAP] ('''T'''owards '''A''' '''N'''ew '''A'''ge of '''P'''artnership in Dutch East India Company Archives and Resarch) seeks to combine all VOC archives globally, providing added context for laypeople, in particular those who don't speak Dutch.
-*[http://databases.tanap.net/vocrecords/ Inventory of VOC archives world wide]
 ==Colonial Records from the British Period (1815–1948)==
-*'''1813-1834''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1129/ Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834] at Ancestry ($) - index & images
-*Archives of the (British) East India Company (1600-1858)
-*Archives of the Board of Control or Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India (1784-1858)
-*Archives of the India Office (1858-1947)
-*The India Office Private Papers
-British Library
-*[https://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/india-office-records India Office Records and Private Papers]
-*[https://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/india-office-records-family-history India Office Records and Private Papers: family history]
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