Re Church of England Bishop contact information, I am sorry I do not have the Email address any longer as it was lost when my hard drive crashed last year, however, all I did was go to the Church of England web site and then to the contact us page below......I then sent an Email requesting the name and Email address for the Bishop of Sri Lanka.......I was answered by his secretary who did the search for me and then mailed a hard copy of the information I was seeking. http://www.cofe.anglican.org/contact/ I hope this helps Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine Miller" <chrismiller@forestcats.freeserve.co.uk> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Jefferies & O'Brien 1840s > 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< > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 Jane. Thanks for the link, I'll try that. Nancy >From: "Vic" <victorj@sympatico.ca> >Reply-To: srilanka@rootsweb.com >To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Jefferies & O'Brien 1840s >Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:26:24 -0500 > >Re Church of England Bishop contact information, I am sorry I do not have >the Email address any longer as it was lost when my hard drive crashed last >year, however, all I did was go to the Church of England web site and then >to the contact us page below......I then sent an Email requesting the name >and Email address for the Bishop of Sri Lanka.......I was answered by his >secretary who did the search for me and then mailed a hard copy of the >information I was seeking. >http://www.cofe.anglican.org/contact/ > >I hope this helps >Jane _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: 50% off on Xbox 360, PS and Nintendo Wii titles! http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-4lab-71-bn-49-en-84-k-40-extended.html