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Church Records

For information about records for non-Christian religions in Sri Lanka, go to the Religious Records page.

Church Records[edit | edit source]

Research use: Excellent for family and relationship linkage.

Record type: Baptisms, marriages, burials, mostly for Europeans (Dutch Burghers) and Christianized Sri Lankans.

Time period: 1677 to 1930.

Contents: Name, date and place of baptism, marriage, and burial. Also provides parentage, residence, age, etc., largely for members of the Dutch Reformed Church.

Location: Wolvendaal Church for Colombo and Diocesan Headquarters for the remainder.

Population coverage: Estimated at 10% of the total population.

Reliability: Good.^[1]

Dutch Reformed Church[edit | edit source]

1677-1990 - Sri Lanka, Colombo District, Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1677-1990 at FamilySearch — index and images
1708-1798 - Correspondence between the Dutch Reformed Church at Wolvendaal and other churches in Sri Lanka, 1708-1798

References[edit | edit source]

↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Sri Lanka,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-2000.

[profile-1] The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Sri Lanka,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1990-2000.

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