Looking for any Pates that were in Sri Lanka / India around the 1820's with a relative in army -- Stu

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 > >