Uncategorised
- Details
- Written by: Richard Ball
Our website is undergoing necessary repairs and upgrades to serve you better.
We do not yet have an estimate of how long this will take.
Most parts of the website are still available but the Graves collection is not available at the moment and the ordering section is not working.
If you need immediate assistance or would like to place an order, please reach out to us at Aviva Kleingeld eGGSA Treasurer:
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
- Details
- Written by: Cornel Viljoen
Genealogy researchers and history enthusiasts alike have reason to celebrate: a rich new collection of South African voter rolls from 1925 to 1931 is now accessible via FamilySearch.org, with a detailed guide and index support through the eGGSA website. These digitized films offer a rare and invaluable glimpse into South Africa’s early 20th-century electoral landscape; one that mirrors the country’s evolving social and political dynamics. For the link to the collection, click here.
Read more: Unlocking the Voter Rolls of 1925 to 1931 Now Online
- Details
- Written by: Cornel Viljoen
Access to the People of our Time series
We are pleased to present a new series of articles drawn from the 1906 publication Men of the Times: Old Colonists of the Cape Colony and Orange River Colony, originally published by The Transvaal Publishing Company and printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, His Majesty's Printers. This remarkable volume captures the lives and legacies of nearly 200 pioneering individuals who played a formative role in the development of the Orange River Colony. To enrich and contextualize these historical profiles, additional research has been conducted by Cornel Viljoen, offering fresh insights into the contributions and personal histories of these early settlers. This series will be continuously expanded over the coming year, shedding new light on the people who helped shape a pivotal chapter in Southern African history.
- Details
- Written by: Richard Ball
At last we have got the new graves website done and available: graves.eggsa.org
I have done my best with the help of Riana le Roux and Corney Keller.
I have had to transfer all the photos to the new webserver and then, using program scripts, transfer all the captions and descriptions from the old database to the new one. I cannot guarantee that every item has been correctly done but I believe that 98% is correct.
It was quite a job!
The photos are now available grouped by their Province each of which has a search function to help searchers find the grave they are looking for. We know that many of the images are sideways on and we will be working on correcting those. Please report any other problems you encounter by sending me a link to the problem, Richard Ball
Please do continue sending any edits, as well as new grave photographs to us, we will attend to it as soon as we can, Riana le Roux