Dear Ann I am Crystelle Van Dort and am a member of the Dutch Reformed Church/Wellawatte in Sri Lanka. We had a Pastor by the name of Neville Koch. He and the family were more friends and our relationship was such since his family had been friends of my husbands family beginning in the previous generation. The friendship continued and grew closer since it ran into the third generation with his daughter and mine being the very best of friends. They are now in California but I know that he will take the time to assist you if you contact his at pastornev@cox.net Frankly I have not contacted them for some time now and do feel rather guilty of my lapse. Just for the sake of info, do let me know if you have contacted him and the outcome of your inquiry. In the meanwhile will also try from other souces at this end. My late husband would have been the best souce of info but unfortunately that is not to be. Regards Crystelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Koch" <ann_koch@bigpond.net.au> To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 5:10 PM Subject: [SRILANKA] Koch family > To the owner of this address - Saw this address in an email I received. > Can you help to put me in contact with someone with information on the > Koch family tree? Thanks.Ann > > ------------------------------- > 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

The following website which is run by Kyle Joustra may be able to help with information about your family tree. http://www.users.bigpond.com/kjjoustra/ Regards Winston de Hoedt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crystelle Van Dort, Bata513 SL" <crystelle.vandort@bata.com> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 4:20 AM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Koch family > Dear Ann > > I am Crystelle Van Dort and am a member of the Dutch Reformed > Church/Wellawatte in Sri Lanka. We had a Pastor by the name of Neville > Koch. > He and the family were more friends and our relationship was such since > his > family had been friends of my husbands family beginning in the previous > generation. The friendship continued and grew closer since it ran into the > third generation with his daughter and mine being the very best of > friends. > They are now in California but I know that he will take the time to assist > you if you contact his at pastornev@cox.net Frankly I have not contacted > them for some time now and do feel rather guilty of my lapse. > > Just for the sake of info, do let me know if you have contacted him and > the > outcome of your inquiry. In the meanwhile will also try from other souces > at > this end. My late husband would have been the best souce of info but > unfortunately that is not to be. > > Regards > > Crystelle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Koch" <ann_koch@bigpond.net.au> > To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 5:10 PM > Subject: [SRILANKA] Koch family > > >> To the owner of this address - Saw this address in an email I received. >> Can you help to put me in contact with someone with information on the >> Koch family tree? Thanks.Ann >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.10/459 - Release Date: > 29/09/2006 > >

Whose email address is this? I am looking for information on the Koch family. Can you help? Thanks Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgina Watkins" <gewatkins@web.de> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] SRILANKA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1 > Hi Merielle: > Sorry, I didn't understand your message. If you post the names of the > people > you are looking for, maybe someone could help. > > Georgina > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <srilanka-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 7:01 AM > Subject: SRILANKA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1 > > >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. subscribe (Merielle Morris) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:52:45 +0100 >> From: "Merielle Morris" <Merielle.Morris@psc.gov.uk> >> Subject: [SRILANKA] subscribe >> To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: <s51b00df.091@psc.gov.uk> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >> >> I would like more information, as I am trying to trace my family tree, >> but not what this email entails - as directed here by >> www.movinghere.org.uk/ >> >> Regards >> >> Merielle >> >> ___________________________________________________________________ >> This communication (this Email and any attachments to it) is confidential >> and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should >> not copy, forward, or disclose this communication or the information >> contained in it to any person, nor should you use them for any purpose. >> Disclosure may give rise to criminal proceedings under the Postal >> Services >> Act 2000. If you have received this communication in error please notify >> the sender as soon as possible and delete it from your system. >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Technology >> delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >> information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >> Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the SRILANKA list administrator, send an email to >> SRILANKA-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the SRILANKA mailing list, send an email to >> SRILANKA@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of SRILANKA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1 >> ************************************** > > > ------------------------------- > 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 the owner of this address - Saw this address in an email I received. Can you help to put me in contact with someone with information on the Koch family tree? Thanks.Ann

Hi Merielle: Sorry, I didn't understand your message. If you post the names of the people you are looking for, maybe someone could help. Georgina ----- Original Message ----- From: <srilanka-request@rootsweb.com> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 7:01 AM Subject: SRILANKA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. subscribe (Merielle Morris) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:52:45 +0100 > From: "Merielle Morris" <Merielle.Morris@psc.gov.uk> > Subject: [SRILANKA] subscribe > To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <s51b00df.091@psc.gov.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > I would like more information, as I am trying to trace my family tree, > but not what this email entails - as directed here by > www.movinghere.org.uk/ > > Regards > > Merielle > > ___________________________________________________________________ > This communication (this Email and any attachments to it) is confidential > and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should > not copy, forward, or disclose this communication or the information > contained in it to any person, nor should you use them for any purpose. > Disclosure may give rise to criminal proceedings under the Postal Services > Act 2000. If you have received this communication in error please notify > the sender as soon as possible and delete it from your system. > _____________________________________________________________________ > This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Technology > delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further > information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call > Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SRILANKA list administrator, send an email to > SRILANKA-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SRILANKA mailing list, send an email to > SRILANKA@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of SRILANKA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1 > **************************************

I would like more information, as I am trying to trace my family tree, but not what this email entails - as directed here by www.movinghere.org.uk/ Regards Merielle ___________________________________________________________________ This communication (this Email and any attachments to it) is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you should not copy, forward, or disclose this communication or the information contained in it to any person, nor should you use them for any purpose. Disclosure may give rise to criminal proceedings under the Postal Services Act 2000. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender as soon as possible and delete it from your system. _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Technology delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.

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Hi all I am still looking for the deaths of Arthur Mansell Carre and Ellen nee Browne. Ellen is difficult as family stories abound. The youngest child was born in 1876. He was in Bedford, England in 1881 census age 4. The other children all returned to England as well but are not picked up until they are older. Some say Ellen went mad. I am not surprised considering one child dies and 5 went to UK! I think this may have been when her troubles began and probably died before 1900. Arthur was in the Kandy area to begin with and managed many plantations over the years. I have the records. In 1904 he retired at Suduganga, Maskeliya. In 1909 he is Rosawatte, Kandy. Ellen's father was Robert Bogle Browne. I am pretty sure the parents went there as well. They vanished out of UK after 1851. I went there last year in September for a week and found the christenings of 4 of the children and marriage of her sister Amy and a cousin. I was told the the person who did this was busy and unable to do it before I left. I left money,more than I was asked for, self addressed envelope and details of the entries to be copied. The elderly gentleman who looks after the records came and asked me for money to attend a special seminar, gave that. Also made a donation to the Church on my first visit. On my return I sent Christmas Cards to the gentleman and the Minister in charge. No certificates arrived so I then sent International stamps. I got a christmas card but nothing else. This was St Pauls C of E in Kandy! The minister as well as the church warden. At the church in Pussellawa exactly the same thing happened. The lady there spoke perfect English and has a daughter in Sydney. My camera broke while I was there or I would have taken pics. I could kick myself now! The people there are having a really tough time and I tried to be as generous to them as I could. I have given up now after 2 letters to them. Regards Camilla

Dear Rootweb Due to change of my work place, hence e-mail address, I would be appreciated if you could change my e-mail communication to: daya2005@gmail.com Thank you. Felix Dayananda ----- Original Message ----- From: Rae&Mike Atkins <ramkins@clear.net.nz> Date: Friday, August 4, 2006 7:23 am Subject: [SRILANKA] NZ death > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rae > To: > Sent: > Subject: Fw: NZ death > > > > > Found in the Otago Daily Times, NZ. Deaths. > 22 March 1875 > On the 18th December 1874 at Inver Cottage, Strathray, Perthshire, > Barbara Campbell Gibson, wife of John Whyte. late of Norwood > Estate, Ceylon, second daughter of the late Charles Gibson. > merchant of Pitlochry. > Friends will kindly accept this intimatiom. > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn > more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >

----- Original Message ----- From: Rae To: Sent: Subject: Fw: NZ death Found in the Otago Daily Times, NZ. Deaths. 22 March 1875 On the 18th December 1874 at Inver Cottage, Strathray, Perthshire, Barbara Campbell Gibson, wife of John Whyte. late of Norwood Estate, Ceylon, second daughter of the late Charles Gibson. merchant of Pitlochry. Friends will kindly accept this intimatiom.

Hi list, for thoe with UK ancestors the Yestrdays site contains thousands of names of people as found on Official documentation. mike Visit the Journey pages on; http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/journey/index.htm http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

Hi Listers I am still looking for Arthur and Ellen Carré, date of death. I have looked in the LDS and viewed the film re Tombstones in Ceylon but can't find anything, Thanks Camilla

Dear Glen Thanks very much for your mails: Captain Roberts was buried in Tangalle in 1816, which explains his absence in the 1825 directory. I have had some amazing pointers this week from people with the J. Penry Lewis "Tombstones and monuments in Ceylon book", in case you are also personally interested. I have the whole family of six daughters and son, and his wife's details - all in one fell swoop! A great leap forward. Georgina Hamburg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Hodgins" <glen.hodgins@sympatico.ca> To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment >I have found a subsequent reference from the 1815 Calendar. In amongst the >section of military out-stations is listed > > Mahagampattoo (which I believe is an extremely tiny place in the S/E of > the island) > - Commandant: Major D. McDonald, 19th (1st York Riding) Regiment > - District Staff Officer: Captain (local rank) C.W. Roberts, 2nd Ceylon > Regiment > > Glen Hodgins, > Ottawa, Canada > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glen Hodgins" <glen.hodgins@sympatico.ca> > To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 8:00 AM > Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment > > >>I have the "Ceylon Calendar" of 1815 (a directory-cum-civil/military list) >>which shows a 1st Lieut C.W. Roberts, 2nd Ceylon Regt, seniority of (ie., >>date of promotion to 1st Lieut) 17 March 1811. >> >> I also have the 1925 directory, in which I can find no mention of him. >> >> Glen Hodgins >> Canada >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Georgina Watkins" <gewatkins@web.de> >> To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 5:21 AM >> Subject: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment >> >> >>> Dear Listers: >>> >>> I am looking for information on Captain Charles William Lewis ROBERTS, >>> who was with the 2nd Ceylon Regiment ("Ramsay's" present on the island >>> from 1802-1821) . He was in Point de Galle in 1808, when his daughter >>> Georgiana was born. However, I think he may also have died there, since >>> the Times death notice of his second daughter Jane Matilda Roberts, >>> published 80 years later, calls him the late Captain Roberts of Point de >>> Galle i.e. no promotion and he never left. Could have retired there >>> though. >>> >>> Otherwise all I have on him is that daughters Nancy Sophia and Jane >>> Matilda were both baptised in Portsmouth in 1802, a sign that the family >>> had been in a posting somewhere else perhaps, and postponed the >>> christenings for a home leave. >>> >>> His wife was called Nancy, otherwise no info. >>> >>> I have a feeling that the Roberts may have come from Dublin/near Dublin, >>> since daughter Georgiana subsequently married there in 1848, and >>> unmarried Jane may have been a governess in the city. >>> >>> I am not sure how to continue. I was hoping that there are church >>> records / official records that could be consulted. Best of all would be >>> army records, but where? And what? Ceylon seems to be a case apart and >>> not included in India records. We do have an LDS branch here. Can anyone >>> give me a push in the right direction? Even advise who I might approach >>> to look into it professionally for me - I live in Germany, so London >>> records are out. >>> >>> Georgina >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > ______________________________

The 1815 Calendar shows a Captain French Grey, with seniority of 10 Feb 1810, serving in the 1st Ceylon Regiment. No other mention I'm afraid. Did he die in 1818 or was he killed? If the latter, possibly as a result of his involvement in the 1818 Rebellion. The single best source on the 1818 Rebellion remains Geoffrey Powell's "The Kandyan Wars" (London: Leo Cooper, 1973). If you ever get to the PRO it might be worth perusing the Ceylon Gazettes (CO 58/1 contains the Gazettes from 1813-21), since the first couple of pages of each edition enumerates and posting and promotions (etc.) for officers in the Garrison. You should be able to trace your ancestor's movements through the island this way if/as he changes station. I lived in Sri Lanka/Ceylon for 3 years in the late 1990s -- that's when I acquired my copies of the Calendar. I'm not aware of any on-line version. I've noticed that according to their catalogue, the British Library has a full run back to 1814, (which I think was the first year of publication.) Cheers, Glen Ottawa, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Gray To: SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com Cc: Glen Hodgins Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:48 AM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment Dear Mr Hodgins, I am interested in the "Ceylon Calendars" that you mention as my G.G.Gd-Father Captain French Gray was serving in Ceylon from C. 1795 until his death in 1818, and was wondering if there was any way of acquiring the calendars over the Internet or by other means. All French Grays male siblings were Commissioned Officers (As was his father) and some of them and other relations, through marriage, also served in Ceylon so it would be of great interest to me to be able to peruse these calendars. Thanking you or anyone else who can provide me with this information Richard M Gray Swansea, S Wales, UK. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Hodgins" <glen.hodgins@sympatico.ca> To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment >I have the "Ceylon Calendar" of 1815 (a directory-cum-civil/military list) > which shows a 1st Lieut C.W. Roberts, 2nd Ceylon Regt, seniority of (ie., > date of promotion to 1st Lieut) 17 March 1811. > > I also have the 1925 directory, in which I can find no mention of him. > > Glen Hodgins > Canada > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Georgina Watkins" <gewatkins@web.de> > To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 5:21 AM > Subject: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment > > >> Dear Listers: >> >> I am looking for information on Captain Charles William Lewis ROBERTS, who >> was with the 2nd Ceylon Regiment ("Ramsay's" present on the island from >> 1802-1821) . He was in Point de Galle in 1808, when his daughter Georgiana >> was born. However, I think he may also have died there, since the Times >> death notice of his second daughter Jane Matilda Roberts, published 80 >> years later, calls him the late Captain Roberts of Point de Galle i.e. no >> promotion and he never left. Could have retired there though. >> >> Otherwise all I have on him is that daughters Nancy Sophia and Jane >> Matilda were both baptised in Portsmouth in 1802, a sign that the family >> had been in a posting somewhere else perhaps, and postponed the >> christenings for a home leave. >> >> His wife was called Nancy, otherwise no info. >> >> I have a feeling that the Roberts may have come from Dublin/near Dublin, >> since daughter Georgiana subsequently married there in 1848, and unmarried >> Jane may have been a governess in the city. >> >> I am not sure how to continue. I was hoping that there are church records >> / official records that could be consulted. Best of all would be army >> records, but where? And what? Ceylon seems to be a case apart and not >> included in India records. We do have an LDS branch here. Can anyone give >> me a push in the right direction? Even advise who I might approach to look >> into it professionally for me - I live in Germany, so London records are >> out. >> >> Georgina >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.5/376 - Release Date: 26/06/2006 > >

Thank you, Ms Watkins, for sharing info on this site. It was wonderful to look at all the old places, especially NE and what I am certain was the "smaller" of the two bungalows my family once owned! I hate that some of these once unique structures have fallen on hard times. What a shame our beautiful island is so torn by strife. Breaks my heart. But wonderful to see all the old "homestead". I may have been a child when I left, but Lanka will always live in my heart. Thanks. Beth Leembruggen-Kallberg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgina Watkins" <gewatkins@web.de> To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:15 PM Subject: [SRILANKA] Useful site > > Here I found a lot of photos of Ceylon, graves, colonial archaeology, etc. > There are 36 chapters on Sri Lanka. > http://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >

I have found a subsequent reference from the 1815 Calendar. In amongst the section of military out-stations is listed Mahagampattoo (which I believe is an extremely tiny place in the S/E of the island) - Commandant: Major D. McDonald, 19th (1st York Riding) Regiment - District Staff Officer: Captain (local rank) C.W. Roberts, 2nd Ceylon Regiment Glen Hodgins, Ottawa, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glen Hodgins" <glen.hodgins@sympatico.ca> To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 8:00 AM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment >I have the "Ceylon Calendar" of 1815 (a directory-cum-civil/military list) >which shows a 1st Lieut C.W. Roberts, 2nd Ceylon Regt, seniority of (ie., >date of promotion to 1st Lieut) 17 March 1811. > > I also have the 1925 directory, in which I can find no mention of him. > > Glen Hodgins > Canada > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Georgina Watkins" <gewatkins@web.de> > To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 5:21 AM > Subject: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment > > >> Dear Listers: >> >> I am looking for information on Captain Charles William Lewis ROBERTS, >> who was with the 2nd Ceylon Regiment ("Ramsay's" present on the island >> from 1802-1821) . He was in Point de Galle in 1808, when his daughter >> Georgiana was born. However, I think he may also have died there, since >> the Times death notice of his second daughter Jane Matilda Roberts, >> published 80 years later, calls him the late Captain Roberts of Point de >> Galle i.e. no promotion and he never left. Could have retired there >> though. >> >> Otherwise all I have on him is that daughters Nancy Sophia and Jane >> Matilda were both baptised in Portsmouth in 1802, a sign that the family >> had been in a posting somewhere else perhaps, and postponed the >> christenings for a home leave. >> >> His wife was called Nancy, otherwise no info. >> >> I have a feeling that the Roberts may have come from Dublin/near Dublin, >> since daughter Georgiana subsequently married there in 1848, and >> unmarried Jane may have been a governess in the city. >> >> I am not sure how to continue. I was hoping that there are church records >> / official records that could be consulted. Best of all would be army >> records, but where? And what? Ceylon seems to be a case apart and not >> included in India records. We do have an LDS branch here. Can anyone give >> me a push in the right direction? Even advise who I might approach to >> look into it professionally for me - I live in Germany, so London records >> are out. >> >> Georgina >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Here I found a lot of photos of Ceylon, graves, colonial archaeology, etc. There are 36 chapters on Sri Lanka. http://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm

I have the "Ceylon Calendar" of 1815 (a directory-cum-civil/military list) which shows a 1st Lieut C.W. Roberts, 2nd Ceylon Regt, seniority of (ie., date of promotion to 1st Lieut) 17 March 1811. I also have the 1925 directory, in which I can find no mention of him. Glen Hodgins Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgina Watkins" <gewatkins@web.de> To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 5:21 AM Subject: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment > Dear Listers: > > I am looking for information on Captain Charles William Lewis ROBERTS, who > was with the 2nd Ceylon Regiment ("Ramsay's" present on the island from > 1802-1821) . He was in Point de Galle in 1808, when his daughter Georgiana > was born. However, I think he may also have died there, since the Times > death notice of his second daughter Jane Matilda Roberts, published 80 > years later, calls him the late Captain Roberts of Point de Galle i.e. no > promotion and he never left. Could have retired there though. > > Otherwise all I have on him is that daughters Nancy Sophia and Jane > Matilda were both baptised in Portsmouth in 1802, a sign that the family > had been in a posting somewhere else perhaps, and postponed the > christenings for a home leave. > > His wife was called Nancy, otherwise no info. > > I have a feeling that the Roberts may have come from Dublin/near Dublin, > since daughter Georgiana subsequently married there in 1848, and unmarried > Jane may have been a governess in the city. > > I am not sure how to continue. I was hoping that there are church records > / official records that could be consulted. Best of all would be army > records, but where? And what? Ceylon seems to be a case apart and not > included in India records. We do have an LDS branch here. Can anyone give > me a push in the right direction? Even advise who I might approach to look > into it professionally for me - I live in Germany, so London records are > out. > > Georgina > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Go to the LDS Family Search site and then the tab Family History Library Catalog. Click on Search and Type Sri Lanka. i know they have one film of tombstones. I found it helpful. Regards Camilla ----- Original Message ----- From: "Georgina Watkins" <gewatkins@web.de> To: <SRILANKA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 7:21 PM Subject: [SRILANKA] ROBERTS 2nd Ceylon Regiment > Dear Listers: > > I am looking for information on Captain Charles William Lewis ROBERTS, who > was with the 2nd Ceylon Regiment ("Ramsay's" present on the island from > 1802-1821) . He was in Point de Galle in 1808, when his daughter Georgiana > was born. However, I think he may also have died there, since the Times > death notice of his second daughter Jane Matilda Roberts, published 80 > years later, calls him the late Captain Roberts of Point de Galle i.e. no > promotion and he never left. Could have retired there though. > > Otherwise all I have on him is that daughters Nancy Sophia and Jane > Matilda were both baptised in Portsmouth in 1802, a sign that the family > had been in a posting somewhere else perhaps, and postponed the > christenings for a home leave. > > His wife was called Nancy, otherwise no info. > > I have a feeling that the Roberts may have come from Dublin/near Dublin, > since daughter Georgiana subsequently married there in 1848, and unmarried > Jane may have been a governess in the city. > > I am not sure how to continue. I was hoping that there are church records > / official records that could be consulted. Best of all would be army > records, but where? And what? Ceylon seems to be a case apart and not > included in India records. We do have an LDS branch here. Can anyone give > me a push in the right direction? Even advise who I might approach to look > into it professionally for me - I live in Germany, so London records are > out. > > Georgina > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >