Difference between revisions of "East Africa"
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**[http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/UGA/AFR-UGANDA.html Uganda] | **[http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/UGA/AFR-UGANDA.html Uganda] | ||
*J Gordon Mumford’s [http://www.gordonmumford.com/eastafrica/index.htm African Adventures] includes | *J Gordon Mumford’s [http://www.gordonmumford.com/eastafrica/index.htm African Adventures] includes | ||
| − | **[http://www.gordonmumford.com/eastafrica/05-askus.htm Ask Us:East Africa Information Requests] | + | **[http://www.gordonmumford.com/eastafrica/05-askus.htm Ask Us: East Africa Information Requests] |
| − | + | *India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2013-11/1385717661 post] by Noel Clark dated 29 November 2013 advises that Ancestry (a pay site) has a database [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1897 "England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976"], part of Newspapers and Periodicals. "It is possible to search this database for "colonial" entries just using the "keyword" field. No personal name is required. So, for example, it is possible to find all the notices that refer to India, Pakistan etc., to a specific place, such as Simla, Murree, etc. Many other countries are also covered, some (for example Uganda) where it is virtually impossible to find information by any other means". | |
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Revision as of 02:09, 30 November 2013
Also see
External links
- FamilySearch, a free website provided by the LDS (Mormon) Church has a category Africa
- East African Cemeteries and Memorials. Includes cemeteries from
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Rootsweb Mailing Lists
- J Gordon Mumford’s African Adventures includes
- India List post by Noel Clark dated 29 November 2013 advises that Ancestry (a pay site) has a database "England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976", part of Newspapers and Periodicals. "It is possible to search this database for "colonial" entries just using the "keyword" field. No personal name is required. So, for example, it is possible to find all the notices that refer to India, Pakistan etc., to a specific place, such as Simla, Murree, etc. Many other countries are also covered, some (for example Uganda) where it is virtually impossible to find information by any other means".
