Western Province, Sri Lanka Genealogy

Guide to Western Province family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History
Parts of present-day Western Province were part of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Kotte. The province then came under Portuguese, Dutch and British control and in 1815 the British gained control of the entire island of Ceylon. They divided the island into three ethnic based administrative structures: Low Country Sinhalese, Kandyan Sinhalese and Tamil. The Western Province was part of the Low Country Sinhalese administration. 

Church Records

 * 1677-1990 at FamilySearch — index and images; Also at Ancestry ($)

Civil Registration

 * 1768-1990 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images