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:*[https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/details?country=Kenya#AFR-KENYA Kenya]
:*[https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/details?country=Tanzania,%20United%20Republic%20of#AFR-TANZANIA Tanzania]
:*[https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/details?country=Africa#AFRICA Africa]
:*[https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/details?country=Uganda#AFR-UGANDA Uganda]. Currently inactive. Currently (2020/01) there are no archives accessible.
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1897 "England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976"], This is part of Newspapers and Periodicals section of Ancestry database and holds some genealogical information relating to countries in East Africa.
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==External links==
*FamilySearch, a free website provided by the LDS (Mormon) Church has a category [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list?fcs=region%3AAFRICA&ec=region%3AAFRICA Africa], mainly consisting of transcribed records. Alternatively, from the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ Map], click on Africa, then select relevant country. It is necessary to be signed in to [[FamilySearch]] to view any records. In addition, [https://www.familysearch.org/catalog/search Search the Catalog] for digitised microfilms relating to Africa. Countries are catalogued according to their modern name. For more about digitised microfilms, see [[FamilySearch]] and [[FamilySearch Centres]].
*[[Findmypast]] and Ancestry, both pay websites may have relevant records. See [[South Africa]] for links to record sets/databases.
**[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1897 "England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976"], This is part of the Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish, section of pay website Ancestry database and holds some genealogical information relating to countries in East Africa.
*[http://www.eamemorials.co.uk/index.html East African Cemeteries and Memorials]. Includes cemeteries from
**Kenya
*There may be a relevant Ancestry Message Board
:[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/ Search all Ancestry Message Boards]. You do not need to be an Ancestry subscriber, but to post, you must register with Ancestry.
*Rootsweb Mailing Lists. '''Update 7 January 2020''': Beginning From March 2nd, 2020 all Rootsweb Mailing Lists will be have been discontinued. Mailing list archives will remain available and searchable.
:[https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/ Search all Rootsweb Mailing List Archives]
::[https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/afr-kenya.rootsweb.com/ Search the Kenya List Archives]
::[https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/afr-tanzania.rootsweb.com/ Search the Tanzania List Archives]
::[https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/africa.rootsweb.com/ Search the Africa List Archives]
*[https://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/countries/topics/kenya/ Genealogy.com Kenya Forum] Archived posts only. Does not appear to be currently active.
*J Gordon Mumford’s [https://web.archive.org/web/20130206083230/http://www.gordonmumford.com/eastafrica/index.htm African Adventures] now archived
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080915122721/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/index.php?cat=1 Trace and tell your family’s Empire stories] with links to pages "Government Records of Britons in …" including
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20080618001725/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?cat=1&country=37 Government Records of Britons in Kenya]
