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In Appreciation of Malcolm Jansze: A Genealogist from the Top Drawer-by Michael Roberts Dr. Malcolm Jansze with his adopted family in Horana, Sri Lanka Source:Thuppahis Sri Lanka Burgher Family Genealogy – Research and data collection done by Dr. Malcolm Jansze in Sri Lanka His Story: I was interested in genealogy at about age 8 years when my grandmother chatted to me about hers and grandpas large families. From then I drew up charts and went to the church to confirm my grandparents births and dates etc. By age 14 years I was drawing up charts for our families. At 18 years when I went to uni at Colombo, I went to the DBU and copied out all their genealogies. This led to cross references and more genealogies. Then at 24 years when I started working I was able to visit more churches and get more info. My father who was ...