Sri Lanka Archives and Libraries
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- Archives collect and preserve original documents of organizations such as churches or governments. Libraries generally collect published sources such as books, maps, and microfilm.
- If you plan to visit a repository, contact them and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. Ask if they require you to have a reader’s ticket (a paper indicating you are a responsible researcher) to view the records, and ask how to obtain one.
- Although the records you need may be in an archive or library, the FamilySearch Library may have microfilmed and/or digitized copies of them.
Archives
Department of National Archives
P.O. Box 1414
No.7, Philip Gunawardena Mawatha (Reid Avenue)
Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
Telephone: +94-112671042; +94-718605638
Fax:+94-112694419
E-mail: dgna@archives.gov.lk
Website
Holdings
Research Room
Endangered Archives: Sri Lanka
Libraries
National Library of Sri Lanka
No 14, Independence Avenue
Colombo 07
Sri Lanka
Telephone: +94 11 2698847
Website
Collections
Victor Melder Sri Lanka Library
7 Benambra Street
Broadmeadows, Victoria 3047
Australia
E-mail: victor@vmsl-library.com
Website
NOTABLE BURGHER PERSONALITIES
- Those who do genealogical research find the entire collection of Dutch Burgher Union Journals (issued from 1908) and the indexes to the Baptism and Marriage Registers of the Dutch Reformed Church, Wolvendaal, Colombo (from 1700 to 1950) and the Register of Dutch Company Servants VOC) a very useful starting point in their research.
Museums
Google listing of Sri Lanka museums
Records Offices
Apply from any Divisional Secretariat in the District where the event occurred and applications can be obtained from any Divisional Secretariat.