Thanks Joel, Thanks for the resources I'll have a dig about. I was in Sri Lanka about 10 years ago doing some minor family research. It's worth noting that at the time there was still a healthy amount of Anti-British feeling, the colonial past still being fresh in some minds.... cheers Stu On 5/8/06, PATE-D-request@rootsweb.com <PATE-D-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Content-Type: text/plain > > PATE-D Digest Volume 06 : Issue 27 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [PATE GENEALOGY] Ceylon / Sri ["Joel Pate" <patej@nettally.com > >] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from PATE-D, send a message to > > PATE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > ______________________________ > > X-Message: #1 > Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 08:16:43 -0400 > From: "Joel Pate" <patej@nettally.com> > To: PATE-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <001601c67106$f020c620$2101a8c0@joelcwyh0w7myp> > Subject: Re: [PATE GENEALOGY] Ceylon / Sri Lanka / India Pates > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Stu: > > > > Go to the PATE venue at GenForum. > > http://genforum.genealogy.com/pate/ > > Call up and read messages #2897, 2898, 2890, 2899, and 2900. > > > > Go to the Sri Lanka venue at GenForum > > http://genforum.genealogy.com/srilanka/ > > Call up and read message #1209, 1212, 1127, and 1136 > > > > Make note of addresses of other researcher interested in the PATE surname > in > Ceylon/Sri Lanka. > > > > Use Google to search on the word - Ceylon > > Do a nested search on the word - Pate > > > > Open this heading > > Contribution made by Burgher police officers to the Sri Lanka Police > > or open this site > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/burpolice.html > > > > Read Foot note 12 > > David Cecil Thomas Pate b. 10 August 1913, married on 8 January 1942 in St > Mary's Church, Bambalapitiya, Colombo, Marie Yvonne Poulier b. 11 November > 1916 in Kandy, daughter of Victor Ernest Augustus Poulier and Dorothy > Florence de Niese. > > > > Some "off the wall" suggestions- > > > > You MAY find some PATE marriage, birth and death records in the Anglican > and > Roman Catholic Diocesan and Parochial (Parish) records of (Ceylon) Sri > Lanka > > > > Roman Catholic Contacts: > > > > St Mary's Church, Bambalapitiya, Colombo is PROBABLY a Roman Catholic > Church > and is under the supervision of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sri Lanka > > > > Archbishop: > > Most Rev. Dr. Oswald Gomis > > Archbishop's House > > Borella, Colombo 08 > > Sri Lanka > > Tel. No. 0094 - 11 - 2695472 - 3 > > E-Mail: bpgomis@sltnet.lk > > Web: http://www.archdioceseofcolombo.com/Archbishop.htm > > Web Master: Father Sylvester Ranasighne - sylarane@hotmail.com > > > > Anglican Contacts: > > > > Rev. Perry Brohier > > Church of the Good Shepard > > No. 118 Jawatte Road > > Thimbirigasyaya, Columbo 5, Sri Lanka > > Telephone: 00-94-11-2585889 > > Web: http://www.vinet.lk/cgst/ > > E-Mail: cgst@itclub.lk > > > > Anglican Church of Ceylon - News Contact: Lanka Nesiah > > pabishop@sltnet.lk > > > > docrehab@sltnet.lk > > > > In contacting these church officials be mindful of two things: The > political situation in Sri Lanka and the recent tsunami damage. These > folks > are, no doubt, focused on things other than genealogy. > > > > Joel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stu Woodbridge" <supaslim@gmail.com> > To: <PATE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 7:09 PM > Subject: [PATE GENEALOGY] Ceylon / Sri Lanka / India Pates > > > > > > Looking for any Pates that were in Sri Lanka / India around the 1820's > with > > a relative in army > > > > -- > > > > Stu > > > > > > > -- Stu Bellissimo.co.nz - Beautiful gifts of distinction Don't forget Mothers Day on 14th of May - preorder now