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This article details connections between Colonial India and '''The Cape/South Africa''', with particular reference to emigration/immigration.
This article details connections between Colonial India and '''The Cape/South Africa''', with particular reference to emigration/immigration.


 
*A large group of Anglo Indians migrated to Cape Colony in the 1820s. <ref>[http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2003-09/1062768187 The Anglo-Indians at the Cape] Anne Lehmkuhl's article in ''Generations - A South African genealogy newsletter'' </ref>.
*[http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2003-09/1062768187 The Anglo-Indians at the Cape] Anne Lehmkuhl's article in ''Generations - A South African genealogy newsletter''.
 
 
*[http://www.1820settlers.com/index.html 1820 Settlers to South Africa]' The website includes transcriptions of Baptisms, Marriages and Cape Civil Death indices from records held on [[IGI|FamilySearch]] and links to a website “Records and Resources”


==FamilySearch records==
==FamilySearch records==
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For further details , see [[Jager Corps]].
For further details , see [[Jager Corps]].


==Boer War==
==External Links ==
 
===Boer War===
*[http://www.angloboerwar.com  Website containing some information re Indian and Ceylon Units in the Boer War] AngloBoerWar.com
*[http://www.angloboerwar.com  Website containing some information re Indian and Ceylon Units in the Boer War] AngloBoerWar.com
*[[Lumsden's Horse]] was a Volunteer Regiment from India which fought in the Boer War. The full history of the regiment is given in [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoflumsden00pearrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''The History of Lumsden's Horse; a complete record of the corps from its formation to its disbandment''] by Henry H. S Pearse 1903 Archive.org
*[[Lumsden's Horse]] was a Volunteer Regiment from India which fought in the Boer War. The full history of the regiment is given in [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoflumsden00pearrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''The History of Lumsden's Horse; a complete record of the corps from its formation to its disbandment''] by Henry H. S Pearse 1903 Archive.org
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* See [[POW Camps in India#Boer War|POW Camps in India-Boer War]] for details of the Boer prisoners of war who were taken to camps in India, Ceylon and elsewhere. Some of the prisoners in India died there.
* See [[POW Camps in India#Boer War|POW Camps in India-Boer War]] for details of the Boer prisoners of war who were taken to camps in India, Ceylon and elsewhere. Some of the prisoners in India died there.


==General information==
===General information===
*Sharon Warr’s [http://www.sagenealogy.co.za  South African Genealogy]  
*Sharon Warr’s [http://www.sagenealogy.co.za  South African Genealogy]  
*Conrod Mercer’s [http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/ South African Genealogy Page]
*Conrod Mercer’s [http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/ South African Genealogy Page]
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** All birth, marriage and death certificates as well as immigration, naturalization and name change records are kept at the [http://www.dha.gov.za Department of Home Affairs] Retrieved 6 October 2014
** All birth, marriage and death certificates as well as immigration, naturalization and name change records are kept at the [http://www.dha.gov.za Department of Home Affairs] Retrieved 6 October 2014
*[http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/CivilRegSA.htm Civil Registration in South Africa] sagenealogy.co.za Retrieved 6 October 2014
*[http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/CivilRegSA.htm Civil Registration in South Africa] sagenealogy.co.za Retrieved 6 October 2014
*[http://www.1820settlers.com/index.html 1820 Settlers to South Africa]' The website includes transcriptions of Baptisms, Marriages and Cape Civil Death indices from records held on [[IGI|FamilySearch]] and links to a website “Records and Resources”
===Mailing Lists===  
===Mailing Lists===  
*[http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/ZAF/ Rootsweb South Africa Mailing Lists] includes
*[http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/ZAF/ Rootsweb South Africa Mailing Lists] includes
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:[http://archive.org/stream/OudeKaapscheFamilienPart1/OudeKaapscheFamilien-1#page/n1/mode/2up Part 1 A-J], with index. [http://archive.org/stream/OudeKaapscheFamilienPart2/OudeKaapscheFamilien-2#page/n1/mode/2up Part 2 A-O], with index, [http://archive.org/stream/OudeKaapscheFamilienPart3/OudeKaapscheFamilien-3#page/n0/mode/2up Part 3 P-Z], unfortunately index missing, with some [http://archive.org/stream/OudeKaapscheFamilienPart3/OudeKaapscheFamilien-3#page/n665/mode/1up additional entries at the end]
:[http://archive.org/stream/OudeKaapscheFamilienPart1/OudeKaapscheFamilien-1#page/n1/mode/2up Part 1 A-J], with index. [http://archive.org/stream/OudeKaapscheFamilienPart2/OudeKaapscheFamilien-2#page/n1/mode/2up Part 2 A-O], with index, [http://archive.org/stream/OudeKaapscheFamilienPart3/OudeKaapscheFamilien-3#page/n0/mode/2up Part 3 P-Z], unfortunately index missing, with some [http://archive.org/stream/OudeKaapscheFamilienPart3/OudeKaapscheFamilien-3#page/n665/mode/1up additional entries at the end]
*[https://archive.org/stream/extractsofmarria00both#page/n5/mode/2up '"Extracts of marriages at the Cape of Good Hope, 1806-1821"] from ''The Genealogist Volume 30, Supplement 11, 1913-1916'' by Colin Graham Botha. Also contains some baptisms 1810-1821.
*[https://archive.org/stream/extractsofmarria00both#page/n5/mode/2up '"Extracts of marriages at the Cape of Good Hope, 1806-1821"] from ''The Genealogist Volume 30, Supplement 11, 1913-1916'' by Colin Graham Botha. Also contains some baptisms 1810-1821.
==References==
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Revision as of 09:33, 21 July 2015

This article details connections between Colonial India and The Cape/South Africa, with particular reference to emigration/immigration.

  • A large group of Anglo Indians migrated to Cape Colony in the 1820s. [1].

FamilySearch records

FamilySearch: South Africa Indexed Historical Records and Images. A free website. See IGI for more details about FamilySearch,

Monument inscriptions

  • Stuart Green transcribed the following entries in the SA Genealogical Society database for the Roots Mailing list:

Jager (Jaeger) Corps

Also known as the British German Legion or the German Legion

In 1860 the 109th Regiment of Foot in India was joined by over 500 men of the Jaeger Corps who had volunteered from the Cape Colony (part of South Africa under British Occupation until 1910) for service in India on the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny The Jager (Jaeger) Corps had its origin in the German Legion sent to the Crimea, which was then resettled in South Africa

For further details , see Jager Corps.

External Links

Boer War

On return of the regiment to India, page 409 of the History states "They left nearly sixty of their number in South Africa, some as administrators, some in the Regular Army, some in the Police" and page 418 of the History gives a List of Lumsden’s Horse who joined the Johannesburg Police in December 1900.
  • See POW Camps in India-Boer War for details of the Boer prisoners of war who were taken to camps in India, Ceylon and elsewhere. Some of the prisoners in India died there.

General information

Mailing Lists

A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the immigrants from the United Kingdom to South Africa prior to 1900.

Historical books online

  • This India List post mentions a book which gives details/trees for families who settled in the Cape area of South Africa. This page mentions the East India Company.
Geslacht-Register der Oude Kaapsche Familien by Christoffel Coetzee De Villiers c 1894 Archive.org (in Dutch/Africaans)
Part 1 A-J, with index. Part 2 A-O, with index, Part 3 P-Z, unfortunately index missing, with some additional entries at the end

References

  1. The Anglo-Indians at the Cape Anne Lehmkuhl's article in Generations - A South African genealogy newsletter