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== Records ==
== Records ==
Except for the few short years when the East India Company was in control (1796-1802) records for Ceylon will not be found in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]], but at [[The National Archives]] at Kew. For example, the description and succession books of the Ceylon Rifles covering years 1809-1872 are held under reference W025/638-641 (these include officers services) and  reference WO23/158 finds the admission books for rhe Ceylon Rifles and Gun Lascars for the period  May 1868-Sept 1876. Personal data may also be held amongst the National Archive's [http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/asian/tracingasianroots/ceylon.htm Administrative Records of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)] - per movinghere.org
Except for the few short years when the East India Company was in control (1796-1802) records for Ceylon will not be found in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]], but at [[The National Archives]] at Kew. For example, the description and succession books of the Ceylon Rifles covering years 1809-1872 are held under reference W025/638-641 (these include officers services) and  reference WO23/158 includes the admission books for the Ceylon Rifles and Gun Lascars for the period  May 1868-Sept 1876. Personal data may also be held amongst the National Archive's Administrative Records of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)]
    
    
Some information may be obtained by writing to Registrar General's Office, New Secretariat, Maligawatta, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
Some birth marriage and death information may be obtained by writing to Registrar General's Office, New Secretariat, Maligawatta, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.


===LDS Records===
===LDS Records===
For general details about LDS records, including microfilms, refer [[IGI]].
For general details about LDS records, including microfilms, see [[IGI]].


[https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fwaypoint%2F5483405%3Fcc%3D1780708 '''Sri Lanka, Colombo District Dutch Reformed Church Records 1677-1990'''] are available with images online on the [https://familysearch.org/ familysearch website] This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-02/1297851646 post] gives some hints for browsing these images.
Sri Lanka, Colombo District Dutch Reformed Church Records 1677-1990 are available with images online on the [https://familysearch.org/ familysearch website]  
 
The LDS Library Catalogue contains these entries for keyword search [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Sri+Lanka+Church&prekeyword=Sri+Lanka+Church  Sri Lanka Church]  and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Sri+Lanka+Registrar&prekeyword=Sri+Lanka+Registrar Sri Lanka Registrar].


The North Parramatta [[Family History Centres|Family History Centre]] in Sydney, Australia has the detailed indexes to the Baptisms and Marriages at the Dutch Reformed Church at Wolfendaal, Colombo, up to 1897. These are not LDS microfilms but are spiral bound photocopies made from the journals and indexes at Victor Melder's Sri Lankan Library in Melbourne.
The North Parramatta [[Family History Centres|Family History Centre]] in Sydney, Australia has the detailed indexes to the Baptisms and Marriages at the Dutch Reformed Church at Wolfendaal, Colombo, up to 1897. These are not LDS microfilms but are spiral bound photocopies made from the journals and indexes at Victor Melder's Sri Lankan Library in Melbourne.


===Cemetery Records===
==FIBIS Resources==
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=267 Monumental Inscriptions from Columbo Cemetery, Ceylon] FIBIS Database
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=267 Monumental Inscriptions from Columbo Cemetery, Ceylon] FIBIS Database
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924007648516#page/n7/mode/2up ''List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated''] by J Penry Lewis 1913 Archive.org. The information from this book has now been transcribed and is available on the [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=1623&s_id=975 FIBIS Database]
*[http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=1623&s_id=975 ''List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated''] by J Penry Lewis in FIBIS database
 
==FIBIS Resources==
*[[:Category:Ceylon images|Images of Ceylon]]  
*[[:Category:Ceylon images|Images of Ceylon]]  


== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon Ceylon] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon Ceylon] Wikipedia
*[https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fwaypoint%2F5483405%3Fcc%3D1780708 Sri Lanka, Colombo District Dutch Reformed Church Records 1677-1990] Familysearch
*[http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/asian/tracingasianroots/ceylon.htm Administrative Records of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)] - movinghere.org
*[http://www.almarteas.com/tea_history.html History of Ceylon Tea] almarteas.com
*[http://www.almarteas.com/tea_history.html History of Ceylon Tea] almarteas.com
*[http://www.lankalibrary.com/ The Virtual Library of Sri Lanka] has a section  "History", which in turn has a section "Colonial History, The British in Lanka (1796-1948)"
*[http://www.lankalibrary.com/ The Virtual Library of Sri Lanka] has a section  "History", which in turn has a section "Colonial History, The British in Lanka (1796-1948)"
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**''Anglican Burials 1909-19 Colombo General Cemetery'' by Eileen Hewson
**''Anglican Burials 1909-19 Colombo General Cemetery'' by Eileen Hewson
**''Protestant Marriages Nuwara Eliya Ceylon'' by Eileen Hewson
**''Protestant Marriages Nuwara Eliya Ceylon'' by Eileen Hewson
*[http://www.historyofceylontea.com History of Ceylon Tea] includes many  [http://www.historyofceylontea.com/Browse/browse-our-archives.asp  online publications] including [http://www.historyofceylontea.com/Fe_Browse/fergusons-directories.asp  Ferguson’s Ceylon Directories] from 1871 to 1930 (broken range). For Ferguson’s Directories, this India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-05/1306396281 post] advises "In the index on the left hand side look for an entry marked (usually) General Directory (towards the bottom) and then click on a page to see the contents".
*[http://www.historyofceylontea.com History of Ceylon Tea] includes many  [http://www.historyofceylontea.com/Browse/browse-our-archives.asp  online publications] including [http://www.historyofceylontea.com/Fe_Browse/fergusons-directories.asp  Ferguson’s Ceylon Directories] from 1871 to 1930 (broken range).
*[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/under/research.html Under a Tropical Sun] (Macquarie University) covers 1796-1821. Includes the historical background and contemporary accounts of the Officers of the [[73rd Regiment of Foot]] (and their families) in Ceylon 1814-21.
*[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/under/research.html Under a Tropical Sun] (Macquarie University) covers 1796-1821. Includes the historical background and contemporary accounts of the Officers of the [[73rd Regiment of Foot]] (and their families) in Ceylon 1814-21.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20081226233214/http://www.gol27.com/HistoryTeaCeylon.html History of Tea in Ceylon], an archived site.
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20081226233214/http://www.gol27.com/HistoryTeaCeylon.html History of Tea in Ceylon], an archived site.
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* Photographs: [http://www.imagesofceylon.com/cover.htm Images of Ceylon]
* Photographs: [http://www.imagesofceylon.com/cover.htm Images of Ceylon]
*[http://www.angloboerwar.com/indian-units/1990-ceylon-mounted-infantry Ceylon Mounted Infantry in the Boer War]  AngloBoerWar.com  
*[http://www.angloboerwar.com/indian-units/1990-ceylon-mounted-infantry Ceylon Mounted Infantry in the Boer War]  AngloBoerWar.com  
*[https://www.facebook.com/OldeCeylon Old Ceylon] on Facebook


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===

Revision as of 14:37, 15 February 2014

Ceylon, to the South East of Madras Presidency

"Ceylon, a large island and British colony in the Indian Ocean, separated on the N.W. from India by the Gulf of Manaar and Palk Strait. It lies between 5° 55' and 9° 51' N. and between 79° 41' and 81° 54' E. Its extreme length from north to south is 2 712 m.; its greatest width is 1371 m.; and its area amounts to 25,481 sq. m., or about five-sixths of that of Ireland. In its general outline the island resembles a pear, the apex of which points towards the north."[1] The island is now called Sri Lanka.

History

The Portuguese arrived in the early 16th century, followed by the Dutch in the 17th Century with the British, as usual, arriving late - 1796 - when the British East India Company established control. In 1802 Ceylon became a British Crown Colony. The island was unified in 1815 (previously there had been three kingdoms) and the island finally gained its independence in 1948.

Military actions

Records

Except for the few short years when the East India Company was in control (1796-1802) records for Ceylon will not be found in the India Office Records at the British Library, but at The National Archives at Kew. For example, the description and succession books of the Ceylon Rifles covering years 1809-1872 are held under reference W025/638-641 (these include officers services) and reference WO23/158 includes the admission books for the Ceylon Rifles and Gun Lascars for the period May 1868-Sept 1876. Personal data may also be held amongst the National Archive's Administrative Records of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)]

Some birth marriage and death information may be obtained by writing to Registrar General's Office, New Secretariat, Maligawatta, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.

LDS Records

For general details about LDS records, including microfilms, see IGI.

Sri Lanka, Colombo District Dutch Reformed Church Records 1677-1990 are available with images online on the familysearch website

The North Parramatta Family History Centre in Sydney, Australia has the detailed indexes to the Baptisms and Marriages at the Dutch Reformed Church at Wolfendaal, Colombo, up to 1897. These are not LDS microfilms but are spiral bound photocopies made from the journals and indexes at Victor Melder's Sri Lankan Library in Melbourne.

FIBIS Resources

External links

Historical books online

Notes

  1. "Ceylon", LoveToKnow 1911 [accessed 21 October 2009]