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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, ensuring you are signed in to FS, as results can differ if you are not. 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 (general) 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.
**[[Findmypast]] in the category "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites, includes two titles
***''African Telegraph and Gold Coast Mirror'', published in London. (Details <ref name=African>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2022/09/27/new-titles-27-sept-2022/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] September 27, 2022. The British Newspaper Archive Blog (Scroll down).</ref>). Added Sep 21, 2022, with available years 1914-1915, 1918-1919, with 1914–19 planned, with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/african-telegraph-and-gold-coast-mirror BNA page].
***''African Times and Orient Review'', published in London. (Details<ref name=African/>). Added Sep 21, 2022, with available years 1912-1914, 1917-1918, with 1912–18 planned, with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/african-times-and-orient-review BNA page]
::It is possible to browse individual editions on BNA, in addition to searching. To browse the Findmypast editions, use the filters under "Narrow your search results" (left hand side of the webpage) "By Newspaper" and "By Date".
*[http://www.europeansineastafrica.co.uk Europeans In East Africa]. The database holds information on people of European origin who lived and worked in East Africa from about 1880 to 1939. It concentrates mainly on Kenya, but there are some entries for Uganda and Tanzania.
*[http://www.eamemorials.co.uk/index.html East African Cemeteries and Memorials]. Includes cemeteries from
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20080618001759/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?cat=1&country=73 Government Records of Britons in Tanzania] (Tanganyika)
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20080618001810/http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?cat=1&country=81 Government Records of Britons in Uganda]
:Government ''Gazettes'', some of which are available at the National Archives, Kew are mentioned as a good source of information in the above links. A limited number are available online, refer below.
:These pages c 2008 are from the archived website “Empire’s Children”, a website connected with the 2007 Channel 4 television series of the same name. Note, some of the information may now be outdated. Many of the internal links have not been archived.
:There is a "Resources" chapter in the book ''Empire’s Children: Trace Your Family History Across the World'' by Anton Gill 2007, available at the British Library UIN: BLL01013623894 . This book accompanied the television series ''Empire's Children''.
*[https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA556553 ''The Rhodesian African Rifles: The Growth and Adaptation of a Multicultural Regiment through the Rhodesian Bush War, 1965-1980''] by Major Michael P Stewart. Master’s Thesis 2011 US Army Command and General Staff College. Contains a brief history of the Regiment prior to 1965. Archive.org
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160513131945/http://britishcolonialafrica.com/index.html British Colonial History in Africa], now an archived website. Links to a number of articles (Monographsi) and to a page listing the contents of the first seven editions of the ''Journal of the Royal West African Frontier Force'' which was published twice yearly from July 2011. At 2019/9, Cambridge University has all volumes to v. 2, no. 6 (2018 Dec.) , while Oxford University appears to have Volume 1, issues 1-6 and 10, Volume 2, issues 1-7 (2019 July).
===Maps===
*[http://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/war-office-archive Guide: War Office Archive of [online<nowiki>]</nowiki> Maps relating to the former British East Africa] (modern-day Kenya, Uganda and adjacent parts of Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, DR Congo, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia). The maps were created between 1890 and 1940. British Library website.
===Historical books online===
*''Handbook for East Africa, Uganda and Zanzibar 1906''. Printed at the “East African Standard” Printing Press, Mombasa. Compiled by a committee sanctioned by His Majesty's commissioner (according to a catalogue note in Jisc Library Hub Discover). [https://archive.org/details/handbook-east-africa-uganda-zanzibar-1906/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org], [https://archive.org/details/handbook-east-africa-uganda-zanzibar-1906/page/n11/mode/2up Index], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=M58_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 Google Books].
