Hi,
As I was searching fruitlessly for my people, I noticed your SHAND enquiry: coincidentally, this morning I had a mail from the Sri Lanka Rootsweb list, detailing people involved in agriculture in Ceylon, including a SHAND:
viz:
2/11. Vol 17, No 6, 1 Dec 1897, pp 371-374:
Charles SHAND. Planter & Merchant 1842-1890. [b.1819 in Liverpool, of
Scots parents]
The reference comes from:
Monographs of Pioneers, mainly British, printed in The Tropical
Agriculturalist from August 1893 onwards.
The Tropical Agriculturalist was published in Colombo by A M & J
Ferguson, and edited by J Ferguson, of the Ceylon Observer etc. It
appeared monthly in magazine form, approx. 18cm x 26cm, & each issue
ran to 60-80 pages. Each volume contains 12 issues &, at the British
Library, the books are marked on the spine by the year (e.g 1893/4)
rather than by volume number. Should readers wish to obtain a copy of
a monograph & photograph, they should apply to the British Library www.
bl.uk quoting Shelfmark ST 331 in the Oriental Collections.
The monographs are printed at the beginning of the issue, with a
portrait or photograph of the subject as a frontispiece. The pages
quoted refer to the text of the monograph. In most cases a sub-heading
is given, describing the subject?s area of influence. I have also
added, in square brackets, further information, such as dates of birth,
to aid readers. Most of the monographs contain considerable family
information. Some issues contained no monograph, often explained by
the fact that the editor was still awaiting information or a photograph
of the proposed subject.
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If you like, I can send you the whole thing (or you can get it off the Sri Lanka list (date was 24 June 2007).
