Genealogy Sri Lanka

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HENDALA LEPROSY HOSPITAL COLOMBO built by the Dutch 1708 once had 900 patients now less than 30 remain. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/04/life-times-sri-lanka-oldest-leprosy-hospital-170403092754663.html

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Find your tea planter ancestors among the graveyards of the hill country. Cost £4.00  

  The complete transcript of marriage register from Holy Trinity Church Nuwara Eliya £3.00. Is your relative there? http://www.genealogybookshop.co.uk/kabristan-publications/sri-lanka-publications/protestant-marriages-nuwara-eliya-ceylon.html

The Archaeological Department of Sri Lanka has handed the the Dutch Reformed Church Kalpitiya back to the representative church body. There are now regular church services being held here.  

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THE DUTCH CHURCH WOLVENDAAL COLOMBO BAPTISMS Part 1 A-K Part 2 L-O Part 3 P-Z from 1709 – 1930 at £5.for each part. There are over 18,000 baptisms plus birth…

Did you know that the American Baptist missionaries were responsible for bringing education to Jaffna and its surrounding districts They founded the Girls’ College at Uduvil in 1820 the oldest…

The remains of Rear Admiral Charles Austin brother of Jane Austin the novelist were brought from Burma and is buried here.  He died aged 73 years on October 7 1852…