Hi I am also researching Davidson's in Ceylon at this point I do not know of any connection with Andrew or Alexander Davidson & my ancestors James (& brother John and their descendants) . Can you tell me who the other Davidson is in "Tombstones & Monuments" Regards Jill Jelbart Albury NSW Aust. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry & Coreen Andresen" <larry@qldnet.com.au> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:58 AM Subject: [SRILANKA] Davidson research > Julian, there are two entries for Davidson in Tombstones and Monuments > in Ceylon..one is an Alexander, have you seen them? > Do you know what church the Andrew Alexander Davidson / Jane Caroline > de Haan wedding in 1849 was in ? We have the volume and page reference > for it but to get the entry is nigh on impossible from Colombo and there > are a few LDS films which are specific in naming the church. > The entry books at Kew are about 80 in number and they only list people > coming into the East Indies, so people already in India, Mauritius, > Africa, Batavia etc are not listed. They are by date..year and there may > be more than one book for each year so it is a tedious and often > fruitless search . The records CO 55 series are for Ceylon (Colonial > Office) and WO 55 are Ceylon (War Office) > . Contrary to popular belief there are Ceylon records at the India > Office holdings at the British Library.Again the search routine is slow > and tedious, the staff are wonderful, and were so patient with an Aussie > Bushie with no idea on what he was doing. > The 3 records that could help with early British Ceylon Family research > are > 1. Dutch prisoners of war allowed to go to Ceylon or Batavia..1798 > -1799. IOR \ F \ 4 \ 74 \ 1621 > 2. Pensioners Bencoolen, Dutch pensioners India and Ceylon. IOR \ F \ 4 > \ 10307 \ 51937 > 3. Dutch pensions / British pensions 1825-29. IOR \ F\ 4\ 1191 / 30884 > Happy hunting, Larry&Coreen > > > ------------------------------- > 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 all, Thought I'd throw this in, in case the names ring any bells with anyone, please: My wife's ancestors included: William Burns Thompson McDonald-Davidson (born c. 1880?) who married Agnes (de Silva?) One of their children was: Alice Davidson (b. 1900, d. 1985) who married Aldrick Oscar de Zilva (b. 1900, d. 1960) We know from there on, but getting info going back is the problem... Thanks, Lindsey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill Jelbart" <jilljelbart@bigpond.com> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Davidson research > Hi > > I am also researching Davidson's in Ceylon at this point I do not know of > any connection with Andrew or Alexander Davidson & my ancestors James (& > brother John and their descendants) . Can you tell me who the other > Davidson is in "Tombstones & Monuments" > > Regards > > Jill Jelbart > Albury NSW Aust. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry & Coreen Andresen" <larry@qldnet.com.au> > To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:58 AM > Subject: [SRILANKA] Davidson research > > >> Julian, there are two entries for Davidson in Tombstones and Monuments >> in Ceylon..one is an Alexander, have you seen them? >> Do you know what church the Andrew Alexander Davidson / Jane Caroline >> de Haan wedding in 1849 was in ? We have the volume and page reference >> for it but to get the entry is nigh on impossible from Colombo and there >> are a few LDS films which are specific in naming the church. >> The entry books at Kew are about 80 in number and they only list people >> coming into the East Indies, so people already in India, Mauritius, >> Africa, Batavia etc are not listed. They are by date..year and there may >> be more than one book for each year so it is a tedious and often >> fruitless search . The records CO 55 series are for Ceylon (Colonial >> Office) and WO 55 are Ceylon (War Office) >> . Contrary to popular belief there are Ceylon records at the India >> Office holdings at the British Library.Again the search routine is slow >> and tedious, the staff are wonderful, and were so patient with an Aussie >> Bushie with no idea on what he was doing. >> The 3 records that could help with early British Ceylon Family research >> are >> 1. Dutch prisoners of war allowed to go to Ceylon or Batavia..1798 >> -1799. IOR \ F \ 4 \ 74 \ 1621 >> 2. Pensioners Bencoolen, Dutch pensioners India and Ceylon. IOR \ F \ 4 >> \ 10307 \ 51937 >> 3. Dutch pensions / British pensions 1825-29. IOR \ F\ 4\ 1191 / 30884 >> Happy hunting, Larry&Coreen >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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