Ceylon Daily News Obituaries
These are available for specific dates from 2001 to date. Click on Archives and then Open Calendar and choose a date.
Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
State Library of Queensland – Convict Transportation Registers Database 1787-1867
This database, compiled from British Home Office (HO11) records, details over 123,000 of the estimated 160,000 convicts to Australia. It lists name, sentence details, ship, departure date, arrival date and place for those convicted in England, Wales and Scotland, not…
Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon
The Journals of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon (JDBU) volumes 1-70 (1908-2005) are available online. These journals are an excellent resource for researching the Dutch Burgher community in Sri Lanka, particularly in the pre-migration period of the late 1950s.…
Department of National Archives – Sri Lanka
This site details the records held plus historical and other information. Online material includes the Thombu Index with detailed references to Tombos or the land registers first compiled by the Portuguese and later improved by the Dutch.
Sri Lanka Genealogy
This extensive site includes the naming conventions of Sri Lanka, obituaries 1999 to date plus sections on family trees, history, geography, people, alumni, literature, name lists, serendipity, military, communities, help and FAQ.
RootsWeb Mailing Lists for India (4)
These lists are a great way to find others with similar research interests.
Anglo-Indian Family Trees & Their Links to British India
This site has over 1000 trees online and contributions are welcome.
The Forgotten Soldiers dedicated to the soldiers, and their families, who served at Bangalore
This site includes a history of the British Army in Mysore and Bangalore and a regiment list (1807-1913).
The Indianman Magazine
A genealogical and history magazine about the British in India.
The Army Children Archive (TACA)
Chronicling British army children’s history. This archive aims to collect, record, preserve and share details of the unique aspects of growing up as the child of a soldier serving in the British Army, whether that growing up was done during…