Sri Lanka Colonial Records

Colonial Records from the Dutch Period (1640–1796)
The Dutch colonies in Asia were run by the Dutch East India Company, in Dutch Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC). VOC documents are kept in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom.

Dutch National Archive
In the Netherlands the VOC records are kept at the Dutch National Archive (Nationaal Archief) in The Hague. The VOC section is indexed as 1.04 (subsections 1.04.01 to 1.04.23). Most of the records have been digitized into an online database that can be publicly viewed.


 * Muster rolls and passenger lists (1699–1794)
 * VOC wills (1698–1807)
 * Correspondence (1609–1795)

TANAP
TANAP (Towards A New Age of Partnership in Dutch East India Company Archives and Resarch) seeks to combine all VOC archives globally, providing added context for laypeople, in particular those who don't speak Dutch.


 * Inventory of VOC archives world wide

Colonial Records from the British Period (1815–1948)

 * 1813-1834 Former British Colonial Dependencies, Slave Registers, 1813-1834 at Ancestry.com ($) - index and images


 * Archives of the (British) East India Company (1600-1858)
 * Archives of the Board of Control or Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India (1784-1858)
 * Archives of the India Office (1858-1947)
 * The India Office Private Papers

British Library
 * India Office Records and Private Papers
 * India Office Records and Private Papers: family history