Sri Lanka Genealogy Website

Communities & People

Sri Lankan People and the Ethnic Groups

The Caste System and the Rodiya Community

 

The Origin of the Sinhala Race

a point of view by S K Vadivale

The Role of Berava Exorcists in Sorcery

 

Aadivasis

THE SINHALESE PEOPLE


The Kaffirs

Kandyan Peasentry

By S. B. Karalliyadde

Sinhala artists of the Kandyan era

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by Kumari Jayawardene

The Karava of Ceylon
THE KARAVA CASTE

 The Family Gatherings of Sri Lankan Society

Of Cabbages and Kings

by Padma Edirisinghe

Sinhala birth rituals of yore

Sinhala Boys & Girls Names

 

Fraternal Polyandry amongst the ancient Sinhalese

The mat weavers of Henavala

The Sesath Makers

Yatagala Raja Maha Viharaya


Some Sinhalese Families (from the diaries of E R Gooneratne)
Some Sinhalese Families - de Alwis Family
Some Sinhalese Families - Ilangakone Family
Some Sinhalese Families (Notes by Dr Paul Pieris)

Notes on Sinhala Families by PE PierisNavaratne/Tennekoon I

Notes on Sinhala Families by PE PierisNavaratne Tennekoon II

Kandyan Kingdom of Ceylon 1707-1760 by Lorna Dewarajah


Chieftains of Ceylon by Jack Van Sanden

 

TAMIL HISTORY

THE JAFFNA PENINSULAR

TAMIL SOCIETY AS REFLECTED IN SANGAM LITERATURE

"Untouchables" in Jaffna

Tamil Castes

Jaffna in Images

Tamil Brahmi Inscriptions

 

Naatamis

Mampuri

Kaffringha

 

The Kaffirs

 

THE MUSLIMS OF SRI LANKA

 

MICH Moors' Islamic Cultural Home

MICH Official Website

SAMEER Recalls - 1851 to 1970

 

THE MALAYS OF SRI LANKA

CHRONOLOGY OF MALAY HISTORY IN SRI LANKA

Colombo Malay Cricket Club 2001/2002

Malay Statistics

 The Malay Language

 Portrait of  a Malay

 

The Malay Minority of Sri Lanka

 

The Memon Community of Sri Lanka

Moor or Muslim, Who came first?

A brief history of The Colombo Grand Mosque

Colombo Grand Mosque 1855  - contributors for  land

Ceylon Moor businesses at Main Street, Pettah

The "KUDI" Maraikayars of Batticaloa South

Moor Weavers of Marudamunai

Nindavur, land of the Matri clans

A Mansion called Mumtaz

Concise history of Kayalpatnam

Marakkala

Moors Sports Club 2002-2003

The Ahadiya Schools Movement

Islam In Sri Lanka

A criticism of Mr Ramanathan's Ethnology of the Moors' of Ceylon

Ceylon Moor Ladies Union

Historic Beruwela

Muslim Cultural Museum: Addalachenai

AMYS: Association of Muslim Youth Sailan

Kashawatte

  The Sinhala-Muslim Riots of 1915

 

Burgher Association of Sri Lanka

Dutch Reformed Church - 360 years  [1]

Dutch Reformed Church - 360 years   [2]

 

 The Flying Dutchmen [Dutch version - has different pics]

 The Flying Dutchmen [ordering programs]

Malaysian Dutch Descendents Project Website

 VOC Website

Contributions made by Burghers to the Ceylon Police

 Dutch Period Museum

400 Years of Dutch Sri Lanka Relations: A Book Review

Edited by Saman Kelegama and Roshan Madawela

 CGR: When the Burghers ruled the roost

 Keynote Address of JB Muller at the Burgher Association

 Christ Church Galle Face

 Sri Lanka Crikcteres in Australia

 Who are these Porritts? 

Dutch Family names

The Legend of Swami Rock at Trincomalee

Teeing of with the Dutch

Widows & Orphans Report 1832

Marriage Register's - Colombo Churches

The Otterly Test: Genealogy and Sri Lankan Burghers in a 'Post Colonial' World

by Fiona Kumari Campbell

  St. Nicholas' Home Mid Year Dinner 2007 - Pics

The Good, The Bad and the Dutch

Methodist Mission in Ceylon

Laura Foenander’s Rootsweb Pages

 

 The Mukkuvar

 The PARATHVAR

The PARAVAR's

 

THE GOLDEN FALCON

[A story of the Winter Family by Wendy Florence Winter Garcia]

 

The Colombo Chetties

The History of the Colombo Chetties

 

 The History of the Nattukottai Chettiars

Money Lenders of the past

 The Sindhi Community

  The Bharatha Community

 

Sri Lanka Information Page

INFO LANKA - Sri Lankans on the Web

 

 Community of Sri Lankan's in Sydney Description: Description: Description: OzLanka

  United Sri Lanka Association of New Zealand

 

 150 Years of the Holy Trinity Church, Nuwara Eliya

St Stepehen Church Negombo

History of the Methodist Society and Church of Wellawatte

The Fishtail Aquatic Club of Ceylon - 1950

  "The Family is sacred to Mankind"

Deshamanya Justice H.W. Tambiah QC  - 96th Birth Anniversary

 The Homes of Havelock Road 50 years ago

Courtesy, Journal of the Ceylon Society of Australia

Women who contributed to the development of Sri Lanka

The Methodist Church of Sri Lanka

 150 Years of St Michaels Church Polwatta

 St Peter's Methodist Church, Jaffna  

 Hospitals from ancient times

 Cemeteries

  How did Colombo derive its name?

 Mansions of Colombo

 THE FARR INN

 Cotton Weavers of Telugune

 Memoirs of a Planter

 SL Diplomatic success story in the 18 century

 50th Anniversary of the Lionel Wendt Theatre

  75 Years of Rotary in Sri Lanka

 

MALDIVES: Royal Family

MALDIVES: Culture 

 

Sri Lankan Immigration to New Zealand

 

Sunday Observer Golden Jubilee Couples

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