Hi Maryjane As you're 'doing some work on the Rowland family' I'd be very grateful if you could keep an eye out for: Alice Emily ROWLAND (b. ca 1857), who married Daniel McMillan (b. ca 1846), a clothier, in Christ Church, Mutwai, Colombo on 7 Dec 1876. Malcolm Jansze found this information for me some years ago...through this list (thanks again, Malcolm) We've since found out a little about Daniel McMillan (largely through the Ferguson Directories) ...he ran a tailor's establishment in Colombo, spent some time working as a cutter for Cargills, died around the turn of the century, and his widow, Alice Emily lived in various addresses in Colombo before moving to Nurawa Eliya, which was her address in 1915, when her son Sydney joined the AIF. But we know nothing of her origins, nor of Daniel McMillan's. Repeated faxes, emails and letters to the Sri Lanka authorities over the years have been unanswered, and any thing you can turn up in your research into the Rowland family which might be a connection would be of great help to my friend Doug McMillan, the only surviving grandson of Daniel and Alice Emily. Cheers Mike Murray Fremantle, Oz > **************************************