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As a member of eGGSA I will

• 1. behave at all times with integrity;

• 2. give proper credit for the intellectual property of others;

• 3. respect the privacy of others;

• 4. honour confidentiality of information;

• 5. accept full responsibility for any genealogical work undertaken for myself or others;

• 6. not seek personal advantage to the detriment of the Society and will actively seek to enhance the image of the Society;

• 7. not engage in discriminatory practices in genealogical activities on any basis whatsoever;

• 8. improve public understanding of genealogy and its consequences.

We respect the personal privacy laws in countries that have this legislation.

In order to ensure that your personal information is protected, we follow security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information that you have given to us and take all reasonable care to prevent any unauthorised disclosure of your data.

The information you provide will be kept confidential and only use it to support your membership relationship with us. We collect personal data only if you choose to provide such information - e.g. when ordering our goods or services. This will include name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and your interest in specific types of goods, products or surnames. Your credit card details (if paying through PayPal) we do not see as that is transmitted through secure encoded features at PayPal.

By joining our society, you consent to our collection and use of your information for activities involved in running the society. We use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your order for our goods and/or services, to stay in touch with you regarding your order or membership. From time to time we may also send you additional information about our products and/or services.

Cases where we may have to disclose personal information would be:

• in response to legal process (e.g. in response to a court order or subpoena)

• in response to a law enforcement agency's requests

• in response to a charge-back inquiry from our bank about your payment for goods and/or services

We do not sell, trade or rent your information to others.

Please be aware that other web sites that may be accessed through our site may collect personally identifiable information about you. The information practices of those third-party web sites linked to our site are not covered by this privacy statement. Please contact us if you require any further information about the use of your personal data.

We have created this privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy and the protection of your information.

We respect the personal privacy laws in countries that have this legislation.

In order to ensure that your personal information is protected, we follow security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information that you have given to us and take all reasonable care to prevent any unauthorised disclosure of your data.

The information you provide will be kept confidential and only use it to support your membership relationship with us. We collect personal data only if you choose to provide such information - e.g. when ordering our goods or services. This will include name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and your interest in specific types of goods, products or surnames. Your credit card details (if paying through PayPal) we do not see as that is transmitted through secure encoded features at PayPal.

By joining our society, you consent to our collection and use of your information for activities involved in running the society. We use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your order for our goods and/or services, to stay in touch with you regarding your order or membership. From time to time we may also send you additional information about our products and/or services.

Cases where we may have to disclose personal information would be:

• in response to legal process (e.g. in response to a court order or subpoena)

• in response to a law enforcement agency's requests

• in response to a charge-back inquiry from our bank about your payment for goods and/or services

We do not sell, trade or rent your information to others.

Please be aware that other web sites that may be accessed through our site may collect personally identifiable information about you. The information practices of those third-party web sites linked to our site are not covered by this privacy statement. Please contact us if you require any further information about the use of your personal data.

We have created this privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy and the protection of your information.

The eGGSA Passenger List Project
Status : Started 2011 - static
Web link : The eGGSA Passenger List Project
A project to transcribe all the passenger lists in the South African Archives that the archivists can find for us, to transcribe these and present them in a searchable database.

Title: South African Records Transcribed
Leader : Corney Keller
Status : Started January 2012
Web link : South African Records Transcribed
The transcription of early archival records concerning South Africa (essentially the Cape of Good Hope) late 17th and early 18th centuries. 

Title: South African Newspaper Extracts
Leader : Sue Mackay - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Status : Ongoing
Web link : South African Newspaper Extracts
This collection of extracts from South African Newspapers was started by Sue Mackay. Since that beginning a number of others with access to original newspapers have posted transcriptions on various South African mailing lists and have kindly agreed to adding them to this database.

Title: The 1820 Settler Correspondence
Leader : Sue Mackay
Status : Ongoing
Web link : The 1820 Settler CorrespondenceT
The Correspondence in connection with the 1820 Cape Settler Scheme is preserved at the UK National Archives at Kew and contained in class CO48. They have been transcribed by Sue Mackay, who has added related information from other archival records. 

Title: Baptism, Marriage and Burial searchable database
Leader : Richard Ball - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Status : Ongoing
Web link : The eGGSA BDM project
We are slowly transcribing a number of church registers and adding them to this database.

Title: Gravestone photo and inscription project
Leader : Riana le Roux
Status : Ongoing
Web link : Gravestone project
This project has as its aim the making available of digital images of gravestones on the eGGSA website. The images are all captioned by volunteers and are part of a fully searchable database which is available to both members and non-members alike. The project was launched late in 2006 and received a major boost with the donation of approximately 25,000 photos by Kobus Snyman. There are currently around 400,000 photographs in this collection. 

Title: Postcards
Leader : Daan Botes
Status : Ongoing
Web link : Postcard Collection
Photographs of postcards contributed by a number of people. 

Title: Bible Family Register project
Leader :  Annelie Els
Status : Ongoing
Web link : Bible inscriptions
The Bible project aims to make digital photos of registers in family Bibles available on the eGSSA website in a searchable format. Where appropriate transcriptions will be provided. 

Title: Archive Document Photo service
Leader : Richard Ball
Status : Ongoing
Web link : Archives Document Photograph Collection
The eGSSA document photographing project enables both members and non-members to obtain digital photographs of archive documents in various archive depots of the South African Archives through ourordering service. These digital images - mostly death notices and estate files, but other documents as well - are then placed on the eGSSA website, labelled and indexed. The photo database is fully searchable and is open to the general public. Approximately 20,000 photos are currently available as at April 2012.