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Useful Websites for searching in South Africa
« on: Friday 24 December 04 11:48 UTC (UK) »
Here are some very useful links:
 http://www.genealogyworld.net
 A very useful site for Natal and Eastern Cape - webmaster very knowledgeable

ancestry24.co.za

http://www.eggsa.org/links_e.htm
The website of Eggsa listing links - some contained here plus others

http://whitlock.castlewebs.net/whitsend/tl.htm
A comprehensive Timeline: South African history at a glance

Search the Rootswb mailing list archives for British immigrants to South Africa at
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH

www.national.archives.gov.za/
The portal to South African genealogy

http://home-affairs.pwv.gov.za/
Dept of Home Affairs; downloadable forms

www.familysearch.org/
LDS site; Family History Library Catalogue

http://www.gisa.org.za
Genealogy Society of South Africa; includes details of a new virtual branch (eGSSA) founded in 2004

http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/
Overview and links; instructions on how to subscribe to SA mailing list

www.1820Settlers.com
1820 Settler community site

http://sa-passenger-list.za.net/
Cape ships, Huguenots 1683-1756, Natal ships 1845-1858; the tip of the iceberg

hhtp://www.findmypast.com for passenger lists


http://rapidttp.co.za/milhist/
South African Military History Society


http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/
Anglo-Zulu War; active forum

http://media1.mweb.co.za/mosa/find.asp
South African Museums' contact details

http://phonebook.yellowpages.co.za/
South African White Pages

www.jewishgen.org/SAfrica
Jewish South Africans

www.cwgc.org/
Commonwealth War Graves Commission

http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/
Cape Passenger Lists

http://genforum.genealogy.com/southafrica/

http://www.familytree.co.za

For a comprehensive guide...
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/golden/A%20Guide%20to%20research%20in%20South%20Africa.htm

Please advise if any of these links are not operational.
Ruth
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Re: Useful Websites for searching in South Africa
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 17 September 08 17:42 UTC (UK) »
For more links and articles, try the new FamilySearch Wiki Project.

https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/South_Africa

This site  tends to change it's style every few months, as they are still experimenting,
but is still growing, so it's worth visiting often, to see what's new.

Bob
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