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Rootsweb has mailing lists for Sri Lanka.

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Historical Societies

Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka
Address:
No. 96, 7 Ananda Coomaraswamy Mawatha
Colombo 00700
Sri Lanka
Telephone: +94 112 699 249
Email: info@royalasiaticsociety.lk
Website: https://www.royalasiaticsociety.lk/

The National Museum of Sri Lanka has much of the country's history.
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 854
Sir Marcus Fernando Mw.
Colombo 00700
Sri Lanka
Telephone: 0094 112 694366
Email: ranjith.shewage@gmail.com
Website: http://www.museum.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_regionalm&task=regionalmuseum&id=6&Itemid=73&lang=en