This page contains links to some of the
interesting web sites giving historical or genealogy information.
This page contains links to some of the
interesting web sites giving historical or genealogy information.
Cyndi's
List: This site was voted (30 Nov
1997) as the Best Genealogy Site on the World Wide Web by readers of Eastman's
Online Genealogy Newsletter. Cyndi Howells maintains a gigantic list of other
genealogy sites on the Internet containing more than 25,000 entries, all sorted
and catalogued into 84 major categories. These web pages are also listed in
this site.
http://www.CyndisList.com/
Sri Lanka Genealogy Web: Part of the worldwide GenWeb project. Contains some genealogy pages of Sri Lankan families, family names and naming conventions, history and links to other sites. The WoldGenWeb project started in1996 to help genealogists worldwide who research online. This site is listed under the Singhalese Family Genealogies.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/
Library of Congress Country Studies - Sri Lanka: Contains a country profile and some historical facts. References made to the Karava caste and other historical information, has been included in the relevant pages.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/lktoc.html
Sri Lanka Obituaries: Obituaries taken from the 'Daily News' and 'Observer' newspapers.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/slobit.html
CPROOTS
- Genealogy Resource Center.
Worldwide information exchange center for Genealogy. This site is included in
the Surname Exchange and Links sections.
Dutch Colonial History : Interesting site maintained by Jan Poel of Nederlands, on the former Dutch colonies.
http://www.iaf.nl/Users/janpoel
Genealogies of the family Van Dort: The Sri Lankan section of the excellent web site maintained by Masha Van Dort, of her Dutch ancestors.
http://www.happy.demon.nl/vandort/
The Victor Melder Library - A great site maintained by Sri Lankan Victor Melder in Melbourne, Australia. Contains a wealth of information for any one researching Dutch Bhurger names.
http://geocities.com/tormel_2000/
SEPHARDIM.COM - This site maintained by Harry Stein is a research tool for Sephardic and Jewish genealogy. Details of the origins of sephardic names (Jewish names) including the de Fonseka name could be found in this well researched and documented web site .
Other genealogy links: