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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 .**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 Free digital download at March 2021.**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).
:Records for 1796-1802 perhaps may be located in Madras records. As an example, there is one marriage record for 1798 at Colombo on page 102, ''Marriages at Fort St. George, Madras'' by F. E. P., (very likely Fanny Emily Penny), published 1907, see [[Madras (City)]].
*''The Ceylon Civil List''. The title of some editions includes the wording ''showing the names and designations of the civil, military and other servants of government ...''. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01000649015 where the catalogue record states "... 1863 (1870-1876, 1878, 1879, 1881 [etc.]). Prepared in the Colonial Secretary's Office. Imperfect; wanting the issues for 1864-1869, 1877, 1880. Not published in 1938, when its place was taken by “Civil Establishments,” pt. 1." Also available at the Library of Oxford University, where the holding, over 2 catalogue entries, is 1899-1948, but missing 1901; 1952-1962. (Examples of information available.<ref>[https://defonseka.com/front-page/reference/the-ceylon-civil-list/ "The Ceylon Civil List"] defonseka.com. [http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~townsend/tree/scrapbooks/5A15.pdf "Ceylon Civil List with Record of Service for Reginald Tyler"] by Kathleen Townsend astro.wisc.edu</ref>)
