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''Ceylon Government Gazettes'' may be a source of information and are available at the National Archives in the series [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C4249 CO 58] 1813-1946. Some editions are available online, refer below.
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== 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 in respect of civil registration from 1867 may be obtained by writing to Registrar General's Office, New Secretariat, Maligawatta, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka.
:FamilySearch [https://www.familysearch.org/catalog/search Catalogue Search], using keyword Sri Lanka contains multiple records from digitised microfilms from the Registrar General's Office, arranged according to Registration Division, then District. The language for most of these is categorised as Sinhalese and Tamil, although the Notes indicate some records may be in English. However, of the sample records viewed, no English records were seen, although the complete files may be very large, so there could be records in English included.
**[http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-FISHER-00001/4 Fisher Volume I : Outward journey and Ceylon October-December 1907] Classmark: Fisher 1
===Historical books online===
*[http://220.247.247.85:8081 National Digital Library Sri Lanka] including [http://220.247.247.85:8081/handle/123456789/898 ''Ceylon Government Gazettes''] 1889 to 1912 (as at 2019/06), but only some publication may be available for any given year. The website contains a Search, then relevant editions may be downloaded as a pdf. Some other publications require prior registration, and then a pdf must be requested, but the ''Gazettes'' appear to be available without prior registration.
*[https://archive.org/details/ceylonportuguese00pier ''Ceylon and the Portuguese, 1505-1658''] by P E Pieris, Ceylon Civil Service 1920 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/cu31924023650959/page/n5 ''Ceylon and the Hollanders, 1658-1796''] by P E Peiris, Ceylon Civil Service 1918 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31997/page/n7 Reprint, of 3rd edition [1930<nowiki>]</nowiki>] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/fatalhistoryofpo0000wini/page/n5 ''The Fatal History of Portuguese Ceylon; transition to Dutch Rule''] by George Davison Winius 1971 Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/dutchinceylonacc0000anth/page/n9 ''The Dutch in Ceylon: An Account of Their Early Visits to the Island, Their Conquests, and Their Rule Over the Maritime Regions During a Century and a Half, Volume 1''] by R G Anthonisz, Formerly Government Archivist, Ceylon. Reprint edition, first published 1929. Archive.org, Historical Resources of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/instructionsfro00maetgoog ''Instructions from the Governor-General and Council of India to the Governor of Ceylon, 1656-1665''] Translated by Sophia Pieters. [The Government of Netherlands India]. 1908 Archive.org
*''Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources'' by Arnold Wright, reprint edition, first published 1907 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.22966 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.22966/2015.22966.Twentieth-Century-Impressions-Of-Ceylon#page/n863/mode/1up '"Military and Volunteers"] page 857. Sample pages are also available on [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eUF_rS8FEoIC&pg=PP7 Google Books].
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.13829 ''A New Geography Of The Indian Empire And Ceylon''] by Cameron Morrison. 3rd edition, revised and enlarged 1915, (first published 1906). Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28A%20New%20Geography%20Of%20The%20Indian%20Empire%20And%20Ceylon%29 Additional digital files available] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/inoldceylon00farr/page/n7 ''In Old Ceylon''] by Reginald Farrer 1908 Archive.org. The first chapter includes a description of Colombo.
*[https://archive.org/details/indiaburmaceylon00thom/page/n4 ''India, Burma, and Ceylon. Information for travellers and residents''] Published by Thos. Cook & Son 1912 Archive.org.
*[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
*[https://archive.org/details/realceylon0000elli/page/n9 ''The Real Ceylon''] by C. Brooke Elliott. Reprint edition, first published 1938. Archive.org, Historical Resources of India Collection.
*[http://thedutchburgherunion.org/journals/vol_31_40/JDBU%20Vol%2031%20No%204%20-%201942%281%29.pdf "Periodicals and Newspapers in Ceylon"] ''Journal of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon'' Volume XXXI No 4 April 1942, page 137-152. thedutchburgherunion.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/ceylonislandofge00elie/page/n5 ''Ceylon: Island Of Gems''] by Elie L. Menasche. Reprint edition, catalogued 1954 original. Archive.org, Historical Resources of India Collection.
*[http://dlib.pdn.ac.lk/browse?type=author&value=Fernando%2C+C.+N.+V. Articles on Christianity and Christian Missions in Ceylon] by C. N. V. Fernando from ''University of Ceylon Review'' 1948-1951. Pdf downloads, Digital Library of University of Peradeniya.
*''The Colonial Office List for ...'' Includes a section on each country, and the Colonial Office List at the end of each volume. Google Books, HathiTrust Digital Library and Archive.org.
