Bless you, Fazli: it never even occurred to me that they might have a website. I think Wendy was the wife of one of my grandmother's cousins... Becca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Muhammad Fazli" <mfazli@alfaisaliah.com> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] LDS film 1495574 what a find ! > Please check out the Wendy Whatmore School of Speech & Drama in Colombo > at:- > http://wendywhatmore.com/ > > WENDY WHATMORE SCHOOL OF SPEECH & DRAMA > CONTACT US : > > No 5, 13th Lane > Colombo 03 > SRI LANKA > > Telephone: +94-11-2573913, +94-75-332179 > e-Mail: info@wendywhatmore.com > > THE ADMINISTRATION : > > Principal : Mrs Wendy Holsinger > Director of Administration and Finance : Mr. Monte Holsinger > Vice Principal : Mrs. Yasmin Mohideen > Administrative Secretary : Mrs. Rosemarie Kuriakose > Registrar/Exams Secretary : Mrs. Florence Gomesz > Assistant-Registrar Exams : Mrs. Daphne De Bruin & Mrs. Annesta > Abeyratne > > Fazli > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Becca Kenneison > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:40 PM > To: srilanka@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] LDS film 1495574 what a find ! > > Hi Larry and Coreen, > > If you ever come across the marriage of Emily Elizabeth HUDSON (also > known > as DE SILVA) to Alfred Ernest WHATMORE, I would be fascinated. It would > have > been about 1880 and probably in Colombo. > > Likewise the baptisms or marriages of any of their numerous children - > any > WHATMOREs in the records there are likely to be descendants of Alfred > Ernest > and therefore at some stretch related to me - Alfred and Emily were my > great-grandparents. I have a birth certifcate for their first children, > a > pair of twins. > > My understanding is that Alfred remarried (? Anthoneusz) and a few more > offspring after that. > > BTW, if anybody knows of any WHATMOREs still in Sri Lanka, please let me > > know as I am going there in August and would love to track them down. I > doubt I will be in a position to do any research even for myself - if I > find > a distant cousin that will be as good as it gets. > > Thanks, > Becca > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry & Coreen Andresen" <larry@qldnet.com.au> > To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:26 AM > Subject: [SRILANKA] LDS film 1495574 what a find ! > > >> Coreen&Larry here again, after another couple of hours last night >> looking at LDS films. Film 1495574 is the most fascinating film we > have >> seen since the THE HAGUE find last year. >> It has REGISTER of a MARRIAGE SOLOMNIZED by or in the PRESENCE of a >> MINISTER >> We copied 4 ANDERSON MARRIAGES.and also some names that we know > listers >> are interested in >> Anthonisz-Buultzens >> Ludovici-Leembruggen >> Leembruggen-Ferdinands >> Leembruggen-Raffel >> Ferdinands-Struys >> Orr- Orchard(de Bruin) >> Melder- Lemphers >> van Dort-Simons >> Pieris-van Dort >> Zinsan-van Dort >> van Dort-Poulier >> Passe-van Twest >> Van Twest-Quyn >> Toussaint-de Vos >> Weinman-Garvin >> Rulach-Daniels >> These are from 1905 to 1950s and seem only for Dutch Pres Churches, >> Regent St, Maligakande and Bambalapitiya >> These are just like the English and Australian Marriage certificates >> with age, proffession,address, fathers name and proffession etc.We > have >> taken down by hand the surname of the bride and groom for most of > these >> registers and have the film for another two sessions only. >> The next item of special interest to all of us is the 8 page inventory >> of the church records in Colombo. >> Looking at these there is still hope in finding Jaffna, Trinco and > Galle >> records of the early British period, its only a matter of finding the >> right film! >> The film also has a death register for the above churches in the mid >> 1920-30s. >> NOW, Communion books were a revelation, eg >> Weinman, John Johnson(Jeff) 1535th Lane Castle Street, Borella. born >> 21st July 1885, bapt 30th August 1885 >> Norah Kathleen (nee Bartholomeusz) born 22 July > 1904 >> John Richard >> born 07 August 1928 bapt 18th Dec 1929 >> Geoffrey Charles >> born 9th May 1930 bapt 28 Feb 1931 >> Patricia Maud >> born 9th Nov 1932 bapt 2nd jan 1933 >> Diana Joyce >> born 26th July 1934 bapt 21st Nov 1934 >> >> There are also another 3 Weinman families >> Struys are represented by Hector Bertram and Cora Nesta (neeJansz) and > 3 >> children. >> Again we have copied the family names and will post to the list. >> the hard copiesof marriage registers we have are not suitable for >> scanning but we will post to listers, Please give us your address off >> list to maintain privacy. >> If any listers have thoughts or ideas on setting up a free > transcribers >> group so that the info we get is available to all we would be > interested >> in putting our findings up for all to see .Maybe a database or excel > file? >> Keep On Searching And Hoping!! 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