Goal 1: Learn about Sri Lanka research.
Choices
AGet started with research for Sri Lanka ancestors.
- Learn about Sri Lanka genealogy in the FamilySearch Wiki.
FS—Sri Lanka Genealogy - Get an introduction to research in Sri Lanka.
Genealogy Research in Sri Lanka - Learn about Sri Lankan culture in this article.
Cultural Atlas: Sri Lanka - Learn how to trace your ancestry on the Indian subcontinent.
Tracing Your Asian Roots on the Indian Subcontinent - Explore
Family Tree Data of Sri Lankan Communities. - Explore Genealogy Indexes and Records for Sri Lanka.
- Explore FamilySearch Places to learn about place names in Sri Lanka.
Record Search Practice |
Tissa Dias Basnayake died in Sri Lanka. Use the "FS: Sri Lanka, Civil Registration, 1768-1990" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What is Tissa Dias Basnayake's death date?
- How old was she when she died?
- What was her father's occupation?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Tissa Dias" as the first name and "Basnayake" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for Tissa Dias Basnayake.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Click View Original Document to read her father's occupation.
- Tissa died on 20 July 1919.
- She was 14 when she died.
- Her father was a postmaster. (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for research and records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
BExplore Sri Lanka resources for research.
- Search for a variety of Sri Lankan records on Forebears.io and Geneanet Search.
- Explore Sri Lankan cemetery records on the BillionGraves site.
- Explore Sri Lankan cemetery records on the Find A Grave site.
- Explore resources for maps on the David Rumsey site.
- Explore resources for online newspapers in Sri Lanka.