I tried the front door policy but not the National Records office as they never answer any Emails, not sure why they even have an Email address! However, if you know the church the family belonged to, it is possible to find records through this avenue. I contacted the Church of England Bishop of Sri Lanka and had joy with a marriage for my Great Grandparents. Hope this helps Jane, in snowy, cold and windy Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margo Mckinstry" <McKinstryMJ@ldschurch.org> To: <SRILANKA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Jefferies & O'Brien 1840s > Nancy, > > I have two Ceylon births in 1868 and 1871 because my family was military > (Black Watch). Let me warn you right now that it is next to impossible to > get birth records out of Ceylon. I work at the Family History Library in > Salt Lake City and we don't even have them. I am trying to go through the > back door to get these two birth records but I have been warned that the > records are probably sitting (if they are even around) in a back hall > rotting and the locals' pockets are "very deep" if you get my drift. > > Hope that helps. > > Margo >>>> "Nancy Irvine" <enjai30@hotmail.com> 3/3/2007 5:31 AM >>> > > Hello, > > I'm trying to find a marriage for William Jefferies (Jeffreys) & Mary > O'Brien and a birth for their first daughter Mary. > > William was English, Mary was born in Limerick Ireland, daughter Mary born > Point de Galle, Ceylon about 1846/7. > They had returned to England by 1849. > > Does anyone have them in their tree? > Any ideas what would have taken them to Ceylon for only a few years? > > Nancy > Australia > > _________________________________________________________________ > Advertisement: Meet Sexy Singles Today @ Lavalife - Click here > http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Flavalife9%2Eninemsn%2Ecom%2Eau%2Fclickthru%2Fclickthru%2Eact%3Fid%3Dninemsn%26context%3Dan99%26locale%3Den%5FAU%26a%3D23769&_t=754951090&_r=endtext_lavalife_dec_meet&_m=EXT > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any > unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you > are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email > and destroy all copies of the original 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 >

Hello Jane, You're quite right about no replies from the records office in Sri Lanka. Over the past few years I've emailed & also written several 'proper letters' to them, with no response at all. My G Grandfather was born there in 1847/8 [Point de Galle] and I would love to find his birth record in order to find out who his Mother was. My G G Grandfather was a planter, which makes it even more difficult. Would appreciate a contact address for the Bishop if you still have it. Best wishes, Christine Jane wrote - >I tried the front door policy but not the National Records office as they > never answer any Emails, not sure why they even have an Email address! > However, if you know the church the family belonged to, it is possible to > find records through this avenue. I contacted the Church of England Bishop > of Sri Lanka and had joy with a marriage for my Great Grandparents<