Peter, type pyster ceylon in google and there are two contacts for this family in India and Ceylon with good data. Happy hunting,Cheers, Coreen and Larry Andresen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Townsend" <petert2@slingshot.co.nz> To: <SRILANKA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:52 PM Subject: [SRILANKA] Pyster > Hello Listers, > > This is the first time I have posted to this list. > > I was wondering if anyone could help me with advice etc as to how I could > find out anything about my GGG Grandfather. > > All I know is: > > His name was Charles Edward Pyster and he was born on the 2nd November > 1822 in Colombo. > > I have no idea of his parents or if any siblings etc. > > I am unable to trace back any further as that is where it ends. Can > someone please advise me or help me in being able to shed some light on > this part of our family. My mother is close to 80yrs old and I would love > to be able to tell her of some news on her GG Grandfather. > > Many many thanks > > Karen Bell > New Zealand > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Listers, This is the first time I have posted to this list. I was wondering if anyone could help me with advice etc as to how I could find out anything about my GGG Grandfather. All I know is: His name was Charles Edward Pyster and he was born on the 2nd November 1822 in Colombo. I have no idea of his parents or if any siblings etc. I am unable to trace back any further as that is where it ends. Can someone please advise me or help me in being able to shed some light on this part of our family. My mother is close to 80yrs old and I would love to be able to tell her of some news on her GG Grandfather. Many many thanks Karen Bell New Zealand

Karen, What did yourGGG Father do? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Townsend" <petert2@slingshot.co.nz> To: <SRILANKA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:52 PM Subject: [SRILANKA] Pyster > Hello Listers, > > This is the first time I have posted to this list. > > I was wondering if anyone could help me with advice etc as to how I could > find out anything about my GGG Grandfather. > > All I know is: > > His name was Charles Edward Pyster and he was born on the 2nd November > 1822 in Colombo. > > I have no idea of his parents or if any siblings etc. > > I am unable to trace back any further as that is where it ends. Can > someone please advise me or help me in being able to shed some light on > this part of our family. My mother is close to 80yrs old and I would love > to be able to tell her of some news on her GG Grandfather. > > Many many thanks > > Karen Bell > New Zealand > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Peter, Had a very quick look in the Times Newspaper.. Not sure if if is your chap or his son, given that he was born in 1822, so I would assume maybe his son (or not even related?) Charles Edward Pyster was awarded a ISO (Imperial Service Order) in 1913 He was a Superintendent in the Foreign Department Government of India. Regards David Ourimbah, NSW, Australia. Peter Townsend wrote: >Hello Listers, > >This is the first time I have posted to this list. > >I was wondering if anyone could help me with advice etc as to how I could find out anything about my GGG Grandfather. > >All I know is: > >His name was Charles Edward Pyster and he was born on the 2nd November 1822 in Colombo. > >I have no idea of his parents or if any siblings etc. > >I am unable to trace back any further as that is where it ends. Can someone please advise me or help me in being able to shed some light on this part of our family. My mother is close to 80yrs old and I would love to be able to tell her of some news on her GG Grandfather. > >Many many thanks > >Karen Bell >New Zealand > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

LDS film transcripts. Larry and Coreen Andresen here, back in circulation after a house interior rebuild after Cyclone Larry damage in 2006. 11 months for the Insurance Company to come good !! Lucky we have family research and the garden to keep us sane. We usually spend 2 hours a week at the local LDS library, this is all our local..(70 Km away).. library in Cairns is open, and order and view films from Ceylon, India and the UK looking for clues to the elusive origin of James Thomas Anderson who married Adriana Toussaint in Jaffna in 1803, and after her death, married Johanna de Vos on 14th Feb 1831 in Galle. As Jennifer has pointed out there are over 4000 LDS films on Ceylon and our reseach has turned up many disappointments when we have looked at the films. A classic example was the Galle and Jaffna marriage films No 1208266 and 1208262 respectively. Both these films are for Village marriages only and do not show any Dutch or English marriages at all. We try to get a hard print of any family related record we find and lately any that listers are interested in, and have accumulated close to 200 pages over the years, but at a dollar a copy now this is getting a little expensive as retirement for us both looms large. Is it possible for listers to list films that they have searched, or are viewing and give, a critical review of its worth? We have just ordered our next 4 films. schooltombo for Negombo 1212893, Baptism index Dutch reformed church 1806 to 1861,1495574. De Meuron Regiment.1514780 and Registrations Births and Marriages Ceylon 1677 to 1990, 1610373. Any listers who have a family interest in any of these please let us know so we can jot down details...We have the list of interests from the last lookups, so just new ones please. We have a few answers from our last two films for some listers that we will put on the site over the next week. We have had to live in a caravan for a month, and move everything out of the house, and as we have just moved in again all our books and research material have to be unpacked. It will be good to get back to the normal routines !! Thank you David and Anne for the Times Bedfordshire online library. I spent a good part of last night researching my mothers line, Perrott, with great success !! There is another great site called www.openlibrary.org which has old books out of copyright and searchable and printable on it..We downloaded One Hundred Years in Ceylon, or, The Centenary Volume of the Church Missionary Society in Ceylon 1818- 1918. Names being researched by listers noted were Layard and Dowbiggin. It also lists all CMS Sinhalese and Tamil Clergy too.There is also an interesting bibliography list in the front of the book. Keep up the sharing of information, it is what makes this list so great to be a part of, L&C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Camilla Barlow" <ceebee123@swiftdsl.com.au> To: "List Mail Srilanka" <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] LDS file of SL microfilms of Ceylon > Goodness me! This is a hard way to go. By the way it doesn't take you back > to the LDS library. Surely it is easier to go to the Library yourself and > search for what you want. > I didn't reply on my behalf. I was trying to help Christopher. I am very > familiar with the LDS and Sri Lanka research. > Camilla > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jennifer van der Greft" <jennifergreft@gmail.com> > To: <christopher.merry@ntlworld.com> > Cc: "Camilla Barlow" <ceebee123@swiftdsl.com.au> > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 7:33 AM > Subject: LDS file of SL microfilms of Ceylon > > >> Hello Christopher and Camilla, >> I saw the correspondence just now, attached is the SL list in excel >> for all the films in the LDS library. I got so tangled up in their >> many windows I decided to make a list, there are 4232 film titles. >> >> After you have downloaded the excel file into your computer, leave the >> internet on - click on one of the blue lines of the file, it will >> bring you automatically to the LDS site and to the written information >> pertaining to the microfilm. >> Again this is not the genealogy information but it is the file name >> and number so that you can order it for viewing in whatever city you >> are living. Your local LDS has to order it from Salt Lake city, Utah, >> USA. >> When you want to go back to the excel file you either press on the top >> left corner BACK, or you on the bottom bar of your screen you press on >> your excell file tab and you are back into the file. >> >> the LDS has many centers around the world, look up if they have a >> center in the city where you live - IF they do have a >> center there or close(!) by, call them and tell them you want to order >> micro films and what is the procedure. >> >> Regards, >> Jennifer >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Is there anyone on this notice-board who researches Sri Lankan genealogy e.g. Dahanayaka's Dissanayaka's. I have done a lot of research by tacking family members over the past 15 years on my wife's family but am stymied by lack of the Sri Lankan language. The governments online facilities for research though lauded are just web pages not kept up to date and the directions to the content are just blind alleyways. Any help/guidance to useful paths will be much appreciated. Bill Adams

Hi Ed, I have had a look (quick) and could not see anything for Richard William Rowlands - I'll have more time on the weekend, but for the 23 April 1888 and 1 month after that date, I could not see any entries. I let you know if I find anything. I noted the suggestion from Anne that the Bedfordshire Library make the Times available, freely, which is excellent - it is a truly wonderful resource. But as I say, I still have a look for you in more detail on the weekend. Regards David Ed Rowlands wrote: > Hi David, > I have been trying to get to the bottom of a mystery about the death > of my Great-Grand-Father (Richard William ROWLANDS) in Ceylon. I have > tried church records, Army records, genealogists and even the DBU, but > no success. Seeing your email made a reference to the Times database, > I was wondering whether his death may have been reported in the news > papers of the day or that there may be a death notice. I have been > given a date of death of 23 April 1888 by one of my relatives. His > last recorded entry in the Ferguson's Directory shows that he was > living in Nuwara Eliya in 1887, was working for Bryrd & Co who also > had an office in Kandy. Your help would be greatly appreciated. > Regards, > Ed.Rowlands > Yarrawonga, > Victoria. >

Hi Stephne, I meant Flora's death in 1941, not Catriona's sorry... Cheers David David Kenny wrote: > Stephen, > > I have just emailed you the notices for William Small - plus an extra > one for Catriona death in 1941 > > Regards > > David > > >

Stephen, I have just emailed you the notices for William Small - plus an extra one for Catriona death in 1941 Regards David

Hi David, I have been trying to get to the bottom of a mystery about the death of my Great-Grand-Father (Richard William ROWLANDS) in Ceylon. I have tried church records, Army records, genealogists and even the DBU, but no success. Seeing your email made a reference to the Times database, I was wondering whether his death may have been reported in the news papers of the day or that there may be a death notice. I have been given a date of death of 23 April 1888 by one of my relatives. His last recorded entry in the Ferguson's Directory shows that he was living in Nuwara Eliya in 1887, was working for Bryrd & Co who also had an office in Kandy. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Ed.Rowlands Yarrawonga, Victoria. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kenny" <dakenny@ozemail.com.au> To: "Gay Fielding" <gayze@tpg.com.au> Cc: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] William Small > Hi Gay, > > I have an unlimited access subscription to the Times database, as I > research the UK, India and Ceylon in my family research, Smallwood family. > > I am happy to do lookup's for you, just need to narrow the date down for > me... > > Regards > > David > > > Gay Fielding wrote: > >> Hi David, >> I see you are in Australia.(I am in Queensland) ..so how do you access >> the Times Newspaper from Australia.?. >> Perhaps the death of my John Campbell, and his wife Mary Campbell may >> be posted there as well... >> and even the death of his son Colin who died while surveying the >> Jungle in Ceylon. >> And the death of his other son, Archibald Glenlyon Campbell, a teacher >> at the Royal College Colombo. >> >> Cheers >> Gay >> Research Names: >> http://www.perthdps.com/research/fie01.html >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks so much for these, David. They're just great. Following the advice given by Anne H. on the Sri Lanka listing I have joined the Bedfordshire Online Library and am able to search the Times Archive myself. However, searching for William Small was completely unsuccessful. I could access the deaths column for the date you've given me and could see the entry quite clearly, so please can you let me know what search criteria you used to return the result you did. Many thanks, Steve.

Anne thank you very much for this very very useful source of information. regards, Jennifer On 18/04/07, athigham <higham@clara.net> wrote: > You can gain access to the Times archive by joining the Bedfordshire Virtual library. You > do not need to be a Bedfordshire resident to join the ONLINE part of the Bedfordshire > Library. > > See http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/cgi-bin/vlib.sh > click "Join Online" > > Of course you can't use the other facilities of Bedfordshire Library only the *online* > material. > > There's no need to "fudge" your address. I joined some time ago and used my true address > (which is Essex England)... I know of others who joined and they live California! > > > regards > Anne H. > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Ed, Have you looked at the overseas deaths in the British General Register Office indexes? These are on-line at <www.findmypast.com> Chris > > From: "Ed Rowlands" <edrowlan@bigpond.net.au> > Date: 2007/04/18 Wed AM 11:51:05 BST > To: <dakenny@ozemail.com.au>, <srilanka@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Genealogies > > Hi David, > I have been trying to get to the bottom of a mystery about the death of my > Great-Grand-Father (Richard William ROWLANDS) in Ceylon. I have tried > church records, Army records, genealogists and even the DBU, but no success. > Seeing your email made a reference to the Times database, I was wondering > whether his death may have been reported in the news papers of the day or > that there may be a death notice. I have been given a date of death of 23 > April 1888 by one of my relatives. His last recorded entry in the > Ferguson's Directory shows that he was living in Nuwara Eliya in 1887, was > working for Bryrd & Co who also had an office in Kandy. Your help would be > greatly appreciated. > Regards, > Ed.Rowlands > Yarrawonga, > Victoria. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Kenny" <dakenny@ozemail.com.au> > To: "Gay Fielding" <gayze@tpg.com.au> > Cc: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:47 PM > Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] William Small > > > > Hi Gay, > > > > I have an unlimited access subscription to the Times database, as I > > research the UK, India and Ceylon in my family research, Smallwood family. > > > > I am happy to do lookup's for you, just need to narrow the date down for > > me... > > > > Regards > > > > David > > > > > > Gay Fielding wrote: > > > >> Hi David, > >> I see you are in Australia.(I am in Queensland) ..so how do you access > >> the Times Newspaper from Australia.?. > >> Perhaps the death of my John Campbell, and his wife Mary Campbell may > >> be posted there as well... > >> and even the death of his son Colin who died while surveying the > >> Jungle in Ceylon. > >> And the death of his other son, Archibald Glenlyon Campbell, a teacher > >> at the Royal College Colombo. > >> > >> Cheers > >> Gay > >> Research Names: > >> http://www.perthdps.com/research/fie01.html > >> > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam

You can gain access to the Times archive by joining the Bedfordshire Virtual library. You do not need to be a Bedfordshire resident to join the ONLINE part of the Bedfordshire Library. See http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/cgi-bin/vlib.sh click "Join Online" Of course you can't use the other facilities of Bedfordshire Library only the *online* material. There's no need to "fudge" your address. I joined some time ago and used my true address (which is Essex England)... I know of others who joined and they live California! regards Anne H.

Hi Gay, I have an unlimited access subscription to the Times database, as I research the UK, India and Ceylon in my family research, Smallwood family. I am happy to do lookup's for you, just need to narrow the date down for me... Regards David Gay Fielding wrote: > Hi David, > I see you are in Australia.(I am in Queensland) ..so how do you access > the Times Newspaper from Australia.?. > Perhaps the death of my John Campbell, and his wife Mary Campbell may > be posted there as well... > and even the death of his son Colin who died while surveying the > Jungle in Ceylon. > And the death of his other son, Archibald Glenlyon Campbell, a teacher > at the Royal College Colombo. > > Cheers > Gay > Research Names: > http://www.perthdps.com/research/fie01.html > >

Hi David, I see you are in Australia.(I am in Queensland) ..so how do you access the Times Newspaper from Australia.?. Perhaps the death of my John Campbell, and his wife Mary Campbell may be posted there as well... and even the death of his son Colin who died while surveying the Jungle in Ceylon. And the death of his other son, Archibald Glenlyon Campbell, a teacher at the Royal College Colombo. Cheers Gay Research Names: http://www.perthdps.com/research/fie01.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kenny" <dakenny@ozemail.com.au> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] William Small > Stephen, > > I had a quick look on the Times Newspaper for you and found the > following entries... > > *SMALL* - On Sept. 13, 1935, in Ceylon, the result of a motoring > accident, WILLIAM SMALL, A.R.I.B.A., > husband of Flora Oliphant Small > > Published - 17 September 1935 > > Then > > Marriages > > *COATES: SMALL* - On March 17, 1937 at Storrington, Sussex, JOHN SPENCER > COATES, formerly of > Ceylon to FLORA OLIPHANT SMALL, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. H. J. > Edwards, of Horsham, and widow > of William Small, of Ceylon > > Published - 19 March 1937 > > Daughter > > *HETHERINGTON : SMALL* - On June 1, 1949, at the Oratory, Brompton Road, > THEODORE JOHN HOSTE, > younger sone of the late CMDR. H. R. HETHERINGTON, R.D. R.N.R. and Mrs > Hetherington, of 50 Cadogan > Square, S.W.1, to CATRIONA OLIPHANT, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. > WILLIAM SMALL of Colombo, > Ceylon. > > Published 3 June 1949 > > I can send you the a copy of the original entries if you wish, but would > need to send them to your private Email. > > Regards > > David > Ourimbah, NSW, Australia. > > > > HERS Agency Accounts wrote: > >>Thanks for your message, Camilla. >>You write that BMD records are difficult to come by. Do you know of any >>genealogical researchers in Sri Lanka who might help to find such records? >>I've looked at the British Overseas death indexes at www.findmypast.com to >>no avail. >>all the best, >>Stephen. >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Stephen, I had a quick look on the Times Newspaper for you and found the following entries... *SMALL* - On Sept. 13, 1935, in Ceylon, the result of a motoring accident, WILLIAM SMALL, A.R.I.B.A., husband of Flora Oliphant Small Published - 17 September 1935 Then Marriages *COATES: SMALL* - On March 17, 1937 at Storrington, Sussex, JOHN SPENCER COATES, formerly of Ceylon to FLORA OLIPHANT SMALL, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. H. J. Edwards, of Horsham, and widow of William Small, of Ceylon Published - 19 March 1937 Daughter *HETHERINGTON : SMALL* - On June 1, 1949, at the Oratory, Brompton Road, THEODORE JOHN HOSTE, younger sone of the late CMDR. H. R. HETHERINGTON, R.D. R.N.R. and Mrs Hetherington, of 50 Cadogan Square, S.W.1, to CATRIONA OLIPHANT, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM SMALL of Colombo, Ceylon. Published 3 June 1949 I can send you the a copy of the original entries if you wish, but would need to send them to your private Email. Regards David Ourimbah, NSW, Australia. HERS Agency Accounts wrote: >Thanks for your message, Camilla. >You write that BMD records are difficult to come by. Do you know of any >genealogical researchers in Sri Lanka who might help to find such records? >I've looked at the British Overseas death indexes at www.findmypast.com to >no avail. >all the best, >Stephen. > > > >

Hi Stephen Ceylon was a colony until abt 1948. All BDM's were only recorded in Ceylon. They are difficult to come by.If you were looking for an English person born overseas in a country with diplomatic relations you can look in the UK in the Family Records Centre or online at http://www.findmypast.com/HomeServlet The British Library has some information. They have a few Fergusons Directories but I can't remember which years. They may have other Newspapers as well. Times Digital may have information as well but it is not free. Regards Camilla ----- Original Message ----- From: "HERS Agency Accounts" <accounts@hersagency.co.uk> To: <SRILANKA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 6:48 AM Subject: [SRILANKA] William Small > William Small was my wife's grandfather. He was an architect in Colombo in > the 1930s, and designed the Times Building. I believe his Arcitectural > practice was called 'Adam & Small'. > He was killed in a car accident in 1935 (I think). Can anyone please > advise how I might go about getting some more information about his life > and death? Would there be a death certificate available, as they are in > the UK? If so what is the method of getting a copy. Would there have been > a coroner's inquest, and if so might there still be a report available? > Are there any Architectural magazines etc that might have included > articles about his work? Can anybody recommend any avenue of enquiry that > might lead to more information, please? > I realise it's a lot to ask, but I would be extremely grateful for any > help anyone might offer. > > Stephen Greatorex. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SRILANKA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >