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Links
Introduction:
Frequently Asked Questions Page, by Steve Hayes, Maureen Brady, Dafanie Goldsmith and Heather MacAlister
Researching in South Africa - a very useful introduction by Dafanie Goldsmith
South African Genealogy how to start, by Anne Lehmkuhl
South African Genealogy, Beginner's Page by Conrod Mercer
South African Genealogy Beginner's Primer by Delia Robertson and Janet Melville
Locating Death Records on LDS Films by Ellen Stanton
Institutions:
Cory Library for Historical Research with a searchable catalogue
Genealogical Institute of South Africa
Genealogical Society of South Africa
National Archives of South Africa - with a searchable index
National Library of South Africa - searchable catalogue
Museums Online South Africa - search for museums, organisations, associations and societies
Searchable data:
Cape Master Death Notice Index Project - by Adelbert Semmelink
Inventories of the Orphan Chamber of the Cape of Good Hope by the TEPC team of transcribers and editors - this series is now complete and contain 75 volumes, 1673-1834. It now also contains the first 5 volumes of the Venudrollen (auction records), the series MOOC 10, dating from 1691 to 1748. This is an amazing piece of work and immensely valuable, both for genealogists and historians.
Resolutions of the Council of Policy of Cape of Good Hope - the TANAP project
South African Jewish Rootsbank. Database containing many different types of information, but only accessible by searching for a name. If you have a download accelerator installed on your computer, you will need to remember to disable this in order to access this information (there is usually a key combination available to disable the download accelerator).
South Africa War Graves Project, by Ralph McLean
Mailing lists and other groups:
British Immigrants - discussion and sharing of information about immigrants from the United Kingdom to South Africa prior to 1900. Past messages are available in the Rootsweb archives and can also be searched in a rudimentary fashion.
Buitenposten - a South African genealogy and social history discussion group. The main language medium is Afrikaans and English, but contributions in other languages are welcome. Past messages are available in the Rootsweb archives and can also be searched in a rudimentary fashion.
SAGenealogie - South African Genealogy discussion group with Afrikaans as the discussion language. Its web page is here. Its archives are only availabie to its members.
South Africa - a mailing list for anyone interested in Southern African genealogy and related topics. Discussion is conducted mainly in English and Afrikaans but other languages are welcome. Past messages are available in the Rootsweb archives and can also be searched in a rudimentary fashion.
South Africa - Eastern Cape - mailing list for anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in the province of Eastern Cape, South Africa. Discussion is conducted mainly in English. Past messages are available in the Rootsweb archives and can also be searched in a rudimentary fashion.
Southern Africa Jewish Genealogy Special Interest Group, edited by Dr Saul Issroff. Its aims are to bring together Jewish genealogy researchers with a common interest in Southern Africa.
West Gauteng Branch of the GSSA Blogspot - an interesting collection of articles on various subjects of interest to genealogists.
South African surname interests:
Afrikaans Families and their Researchers - maintained by Anne Lehmkuhl, a list of surnames interests, mainly Afrikaans surnames.
Southern African Region Surname Interests Page - by Conrod Mercer, mainly English surnames
Historical and other information:
Stamouers of South Africa - lots of information - maintained by André van Rensburg
History of the Cape of Good Hope under the VOC - an excellent survey up to 1795, by Dr Helena Liebenberg
1820
Settlers, Cape Colony, South Africa
maintained by Len Stratford. Contains family trees for a selection of these settlers.
Almost no sources for any of the information are included but the names and email addresses of the compilers of each family tree are given
Army Nursing in the Boer War, by Keiron Spires, a short account of the medical and nurseing back ground and a long list of around 900 nursting staff, on the British side only, involved in the Anglo-South African War of 1899-1902
British 1820 Settlers to South Africa
- by Paul Tanner-Tremaine. Also presents, under the heading 'Downloads', family trees for a selection of these settlers. These are presented in a much more readable style than on the previous web site, but sources of the information, although some are included, are few.
The other particularly valuable section is included under the heading 'Topics' and includes extracts from contemporary newspapers and letters as well as modern articles.
Some sections of the web site are unavailable except on free registration of your details.
Church Record Archives in South Africa a useful listing of where and how these can be found
Genealogy World This web site has some useful information, particularly on Natal settlers of English origin, with numerous ship passenger lists transcribed from newspapers of the time.
German South African Resource Page - by Joachim Schubert. Dedicated to German South Africans, including genealogy, local history and church matters. Where ever possible, identical pages have been made available in English and German.
Numbering Systems in Genealogy by Richard A. Pence. If you wonder what the strange a1b2c3 codes are in South African genealogies!
South African History Time Line maintained by Dennis Pretorius. The web site states that the initial details of these pages were supplied by David Morris, Anne Lehmkuhl and Ian Scholtz (as does the site below), but these two timelines do differ in many instances and it is worth checking both.
South African Orientated Time Line by Anne Lehmkuhl, David Morris, Ian Scholtz Dick Whitlock. A chronological list of dates and historical events mainly pertaining to South Africa.
Pretoria
EMAGAMENI, the Place of Names by Denise le Roux. A collection of books and articles on Pretoria history written by Tom Andrews in the form of Adobe Acrobat (pdf) files.
Graves and Cemeteries in South Africa:
GGSA National Cemetery Recording Project, Project Leader, Fanie Blignaut
eGGSA's Graves and Graveyards. A large collection of gravestone photographs, maintained by Alta Griffiths and her band of volunteers.
Cemeteries and Crematoria, some information and lists of cemeteries in Cape Town and Gauteng.
Cemeteries in Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Parks. Includes a searchable database.
Jewish Graves, part of the South African Jewish Rootsbank. Apparently all Jewish graves in South Africa are covered. Only accessible by searching for a name. If you have a download accelerator installed on your computer, you will need to remember to disable this in order to access this information (there is usually a key combination available to disable the download accelerator).
War Graves and Military Personnel:
The International Armed Forces Memorial, by Richard Holman
South Africa War Graves Project, by Ralph McLean
The War Graves Photographic Project, Project Co-ordinator Steve Rogers
SA Roll of honour. A roll of SADF personnel who died for their country; from the establishment of the republic until 1994, by John Dovey.
The Cemetery, Graveyards, Memorials and War Graves Pages, by Derek Walker. War and Military memorials.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Includes graves of South African military personnel.
Other lists of South African genealogical links:
The Genealogical Society of South Africa a page of links
Genealogical resources - Genealogical Institute of South Africa.
European and International Links:
Central Bureau for Genealogy is the Dutch information and documentation centre for genealogy, family history and related sciences
Institute of Netherlands History
Internet Atlas of the Netherlands
The Netherlands as it was: the environment: an amazing collection of maps, some national ( the 17th century atlases, field maps, aerial photographs), some regional (Deft, Friesland, Heino, Leek, Nijmegen, Norg, Overijssel, Roden, Utrecht and Veere)
Regional:
Amersfoort, Archief Eemland - not yet completed
Amsterdam Gemeentearchief
Baptisms 1564-1811 a superb, searchable database of baptisms. PDF copies of register pages can be purchased and downloaded online, taking credit card payments. NB. The downloading process works in Firefox browser but not in my Internet Explorer version 7.
Genealogy introduction to Amsterdam genealogy
Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum, including a searchable database of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1582-1902
Delft Gemeentearchief another wonderful database of baptisms, marriages and burials 1575-1953
Eindhoven, Regionaal Historisch Centrum - apparently more or less complete
Friesian Historical and LIterary Centre, including a searchable database of baptisms, marriages and burials
Noord Holland, Archiefsdienst voor Kennemerland - apparently only since 1811
Haags Gemeentearchief (The Hague). Little, if any, online data avaiable
Leiden
Leiden Archief still building and therefore limited, searchable database of baptism, marriages and burials
Rotterdam, Gemeentearchief Rotterdam
Utrecht
Utrecht Archief Notarial Deeds a searchable database, 1663-1782, of deeds which may be downloaded
Dutch East India Company (VOC):
De VOC Site, an alphabetical list of ships with dates and voyages, as well as other material, including descriptions of the various types of ships in use
The Dutch East India Company, Dutch-Asiatic Shipping 1595-1795 , including an Overview of Voyages and a database searchable by, among others, Ship's name and place and date of departure and arrival
TANAP study of VOC archives
VOC employees
VOC links, a huge collections of relevant links
VOC Shipwrecks, every Dutch VOC ship that's ever been wrecked and their stories. (Use the menu at the bottom of the page - top one doesn't work)
Batavia
Daghregister Van ‘t Casteel Batavia van het Jaaren 1683-1701, contents of the Diary held at the VOC center of Batavia, 1683-1701, by the Indonesian National Archives. In Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
Miscellaneous:
Atlas of Mutual Heritage, maps, drawings, prints and paintings of locations related to the VOC
A History of the Dutch Language
Online English/Dutch, Dutch/English dictionary, a very useful aid.
Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, another excellent Dutch dictionary, but not a translating one.
British National Archives - an enormous collecton of documents, indexes and articles.
Wills - a guide to the Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills (1384 - 1858), searchable and orderable on this site, and also a comprehensive explanation and guide to wills stored elsewhere.
Research guides - an enormous collection of information, on specific records as well as general guides such as Family History, Beginners' Latin, and Palaeography.
Census Records - what they are and where to find them
Research Tools - information to help research with documents of various types, wills, WW1 records and other collections, as well as some general information about using the site.
Naturalisation and Citizenship: Grants of British Nationality
Equity Pleadings Database - A rich source of information, particularly legal, social and economic history as well as genealogical sources.
Gazettes - Official Newspaper of Record for the UK, including the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes. Searchable. The London Gazette has over 350 years published a diverse range of official information such as: change of name by deed poll, naturalisation, military, judicial, and ecclesiastical appointments, honours and medals, bankruptcy/insolvency, death.
Yesterday's Journeys - by Mike Spencer. Records of people on the move in Britain who had dealings with documents and Officials. The Records come from Derbyshire, but often deal with many people from other regions passing through. Do read the Information Page.
England and Wales:
General Register Office, for birth, marriage and death certificates
Records held, what records you can find there
Information to be found on Birth Certifcates, Marriage Certificates, Death Certificates
Frequently asked questions about ordering certificates
England and Wales Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificate Information, by Barbara Dixon
Scotland:
Scotland's People, for Births, Marriages, Deaths, Wills and Census returns.
Germany
Links for German Genealogy on the Internet, by Joe Beine
The Hamburg Passenger Departure Lists 1850-1934, by Joe Beine
Germans in South Africa, by Joachim Schubert
The Eastern Cape's German Settlers, by Dr Keith Tankard
German Military Settler database, by Nolene Lossau
Rest of the World Links:
The Huguenot Society of Australia
Ceylon - Dutch Burgher Union
General Family History Books online:
Latter Day Saints - Brigham Young University: - digitised family histories. Mainly United States contents but other countries are represented in the current online collection.
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