Hi Stephen Ceylon was a colony until abt 1948. All BDM's were only recorded in Ceylon. They are difficult to come by.If you were looking for an English person born overseas in a country with diplomatic relations you can look in the UK in the Family Records Centre or online at http://www.findmypast.com/HomeServlet The British Library has some information. They have a few Fergusons Directories but I can't remember which years. They may have other Newspapers as well. Times Digital may have information as well but it is not free. Regards Camilla ----- Original Message ----- From: "HERS Agency Accounts" <accounts@hersagency.co.uk> To: <SRILANKA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 6:48 AM Subject: [SRILANKA] William Small > William Small was my wife's grandfather. He was an architect in Colombo in > the 1930s, and designed the Times Building. I believe his Arcitectural > practice was called 'Adam & Small'. > He was killed in a car accident in 1935 (I think). Can anyone please > advise how I might go about getting some more information about his life > and death? Would there be a death certificate available, as they are in > the UK? If so what is the method of getting a copy. Would there have been > a coroner's inquest, and if so might there still be a report available? > Are there any Architectural magazines etc that might have included > articles about his work? Can anybody recommend any avenue of enquiry that > might lead to more information, please? > I realise it's a lot to ask, but I would be extremely grateful for any > help anyone might offer. > > Stephen Greatorex. > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Thanks for your message, Camilla. You write that BMD records are difficult to come by. Do you know of any genealogical researchers in Sri Lanka who might help to find such records? I've looked at the British Overseas death indexes at www.findmypast.com to no avail. all the best, Stephen. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Camilla Barlow" <ceebee123@swiftdsl.com.au> To: <srilanka@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] William Small > Hi Stephen > Ceylon was a colony until abt 1948. All BDM's were only recorded in > Ceylon. > They are difficult to come by.If you were looking for an English person > born > overseas in a country with diplomatic relations you can look in the UK in > the Family Records Centre or online at > http://www.findmypast.com/HomeServlet > The British Library has some information. They have a few Fergusons > Directories but I can't remember which years. They may have other > Newspapers > as well. > Times Digital may have information as well but it is not free. > Regards Camilla