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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>Lehmkuhl. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/south-africa-immigrants-british@rootsweb.com/thread/7953433/ Anglo-Indians at the Cape] ''Rootsweb South-Africa-Immigrants-British Mailing List'' 5 September 2003. Anne Lehmkuhl's article in ''Generations - A South African genealogy newsletter'' </ref>.
The Cape was also a popular destination for people who were on furlough (leave) from their work in India, who had been obliged to leave India for health reasons, and did not wish to travel all the way back to England.
===FamilySearch records===
*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927115 FamilySearch: South Africa Indexed Historical Records and Images], part of a collection of records for Africa. A free website. See [[IGI]] for more details about FamilySearch.
:Refer External links below for a 1976 LDS Church guide, equivalent now to FamilySearch.
===National Archives of South Africa===
*[http://www.national.archives.gov.za National Archives & Records Service of South Africa] contains a Search facility. Click on "Search National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System", on the left hand side of the webpage. the databases include “Data of the South African Genealogical Society on Gravestones”.
Ancestry is a pay website
*[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/cardcatalog.aspx Ancestry Card Catalogue of all Record Databases] (located as an option under the Search tab). Use Search terms such as Africa, and South Africa.
**[http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1897 "England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976"], This is part of Newspapers and Periodicals the Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish, section of the Ancestry database and holds some genealogical information relating to colonial countries including Africa.
===Findmypast===
Findmypast is a pay website.
*Under the tab "Search records" is a category [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/historical-records?SearchedRecordsetRegion=World&sourceID=13&utm_source=affiliate&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wiki.fibis.org&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=%20fmp_uk&awc=2114 "A-Z of record sets"] which is a listing of all the record databases. Use Search terms such as Africa, and South Africa.**First World War database [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/south-africa-roll-of-honour-1914-1918 South Africa Roll Of Honour 1914-1918], located in Armed Forces & Conflict/First World War. These records appear to be classified by findmypast as as "Great Britain". Most of the data will also be on the CWGC database, but additionally may include cause of death. Includes data to the official end date of the war, 31 August 1921.<ref>[https://southafricaremembers.wordpress.com/2015/04/06/south-africas-roll-of-honour-for-the-first-world-war/ South Africa’s Roll of Honour for the First World War] southafricaremembers.wordpress.com.</ref> The most likely source of this database is a South African publication, ''Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Ererol'' [the latter word is Roll of Honour in Africaans].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190419034222/https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Roll-of-Honour-1914-1918-Ererol/183508108527?hash=item2ab9ef84ef:g:z4sAAOSwIBpb1fJd ''Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Ererol''], archived page from eBay. </ref>
==Jager (Jaeger) Corps==
===General information===
*[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Africa/SouthAfrica.pdf "Genealogical Word List: Afrikaans" and "Major Genealogical Record Sources in South Africa. The Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Series K, No 1 1976"] (Equivalent now to FamilySearch). lib.byu.edu.
*Sharon Warr’s [http://www.sagenealogy.co.za South African Genealogy]
*Conrod Mercer’s [http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/ South African Genealogy Page]
*[http://samilitaryhistory.org The South African Military History Society: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Krygshistoriese Vereniging]. Includes links to online ''Journals'' and other links such as "South African Bookdealers who specialise in Military Subjects".
===Mailing Lists=== All Rootsweb Mailing Lists (part of Ancestry) have been discontinued from 2 March 2020, but the Archives will remain available. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/ Search all Rootsweb Mailing List Archives].<br>The Ancestry Message Boards remain active and there may be a relevant Message Board. [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/ Search all Ancestry Message Boards]. Freely available - you do not need to be an Ancestry member, but must register to post.*Past [https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/overview?country=South%20Africa Rootsweb South Africa Mailing Lists] includes
**South-Africa-Immigrants-British Mailing List
::A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the immigrants from the United Kingdom to South Africa prior to 1900. Currently, (2019, April), this ::[https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/south-africa-immigrants-british.rootsweb.com/ Search South-Africa-Immigrants-British Mailing List is stated to be inactive, but contains Archives to 2019, January.]*Past [https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/overview?country=Africa Rootsweb Africa Mailing Lists] also include some South Africa Mailing Lists:[https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/south-africa-orange-free-state.rootsweb.com/ Search South Africa Orange Free State Archives]
==Historical books online==
:[https://archive.org/details/sociallifeincape00both/page/n5 ''Social life in the Cape Colony in the 18th century''] by Colin Graham Botha 1926 Archive.org.
: The writings of C Graham Botha were re-published in 1962 as ''The Collected Works of C. Graham Botha'', in three volumes, being Volume 1 ''General History and Social Life of the Cape of Good Hope''; Volume 2 ''History of law, medicine, and place names in the Cape of Good Hope'' and Volume 3 ''Cape Archives and Records''. It appears that at least volumes 1 and 3 include genealogical transcriptions. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01000426508
*''The Voyage of François Leguat of Bresse, to Rodriguez, Mauritius, Java, and the Cape of Good Hope'' edited and annotated by Captain Padfield Oliver 1891. [https://archive.org/details/voyageoffranoi01legu/page/n5/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/voyageoffranoi02legu Volume II]. Printed for the Hakluyt Society. Archive.org. The narrative commences 1689.
*''Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa'' by William J Burchell. [https://archive.org/details/travelsininterio11822burc/page/n7/mode/2up Volume I] 1822, including [https://archive.org/details/travelsininterio11822burc/page/n640/mode/1up Map]; [https://archive.org/details/travelsininterio21824burc/page/n10/mode/2up Volume II] 1824. Archive.org. The travels took place 1811-1815.
:Article "Heartbroken on St Helena: the naturalist William John Burchell" 1781-1863. [https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2020/01/heartbroken-on-st-helena-the-naturalist-william-john-burchell-part-one.html Part One] 23 January 2020; [https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2020/01/heartbroken-on-st-helena-the-naturalist-william-john-burchell-part-two.html Part Two] 30 January 2020. British Library Untold lives blog. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_John_Burchell William John Burchell] Wikipedia.
*[http://nlirepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/20299 ''A Subaltern's Sick Leave: Rough notes of a visit in search of health to China and the Cape of Good Hope''] by Nicolas Polson, Bengal Native Infantry 1837. Link to a pdf download, or direct [http://nlirepository.nvli.in/bitstream/123456789/20299/1/NL0048.pdf pdf link] National Library of India Digital Collection. Elsewhere it is stated the author was in fact Lieutenant Peter Nicholson (or Nicolson). He sailed from Calcutta July 1835.
*[https://archive.org/details/ldpd_10836931_000/page/n4 ''History of the colony of Natal, South Africa: To which is added, an appendix, containing a brief history of the Orange-River sovereignty and of the various races inhabiting it, the great lake N'Gami, commandoes of the Dutch Boers, &c., &c.''] by The Rev. William C Holden 1855 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b2129771x/page/n10 ''South Africa as a health resort : with especial reference to the effects of the climate on consumptive invalids : and full particulars of the various localities most suitable for their treatment : and also of the best means of reaching the places indicated''] by Arthur Fuller 2nd edition 1889 Archive.org
:[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]
:This [http://archive.org/stream/OudeKaapscheFamilienPart3/OudeKaapscheFamilien-3#page/n24/mode/1up page] mentions the East India Company.
*[https://archive.org/details/biggameshooting01philiala/page/n7/mode/2up ''Big Game Shooting, Volume I''] by Clive Phillipps-Wolley 1894 Archive.org. Part of ''The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes''.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=VT5YAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1 ''History of the Cape Mounted Riflemen [1796-1841<nowiki>]</nowiki>; with a brief account of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope''] 1842. Google Books. Part of the official series ''Historical Records of the British Army''.
*[https://archive.org/details/africanlibraries Africa Libraries Collection] Archive.org. includes
*[https://archive.org/details/storyof1stbattal00diffuoft/page/n3 ''The Story of the 1st Battalion Cape Corps, 1915-1919''] by Captain Ivor D Difford [1920] Archive.org. Includes service in [[East Africa (First World War)|East Africa]], and [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Egypt and Palestine]].
*[https://archive.org/details/oldcapehighways00moss/page/n5 ''Old Cape Highways''] by Dr E E Mossop 1927 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/TheresASecretHidAway/page/n1/mode/1up ''There's a Secret Hid Away: Memories of Unusual Experiences and Mysteries in Southern Africa and African Isles...''] by Lawrence G Green, first published 1956. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofnatal0000broo/page/n7 ''A History of Natal''] by Edgar H Brookes and Colin de B Webb 1965. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/b21505019 ''Hilda's "Where is it?" of recipes : containing, amongst other practical and tried recipes, many old Cape, Indian, and Malay dishes and preserves: also directions for polishing furniture, cleaning silk, etc. and a collection of home remedies in case of sickness''] by Hildagonda J Duckitt 1908 edition Archive.org. First published 1891
*''The Colonial Office List for ...'' Includes a section on each country, and the Colonial Office List at the end of each volume. Google Books, HathiTrust Digital Library and Archive.org.
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=GtANAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 1862: First publication]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=1dcNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 1867], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CtgNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 1877]; [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002214374g?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 1878]; [http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/555073632.pdf 1879] pdf from Oxford University Library, may be slow to open, [https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Colonial_Office_List.html?id=T9UNAAAAQAAJ 1879 Google Books edition] should become freely available 2020; [https://archive.org/details/colonialofficel00offigoog/page/n14 1881]; [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89090339342?urlappend=%3Bseq=21 1889]; [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11897910_001/page/18 1901]; [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11897910_002/page/24 1902]; [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11897910_003/page/23 1903]; [https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11897910_004/page/49 1904]; HathiTrust Digital Library editions to 1922 viewable in restricted areas such as North America: [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005698734 A] and [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009992447 B]
: In addition, ''Colonial Office List, 1863'' and ''Colonial Office List, 1870'' are available in the [[findmypast]] (pay website) dataset [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/britain-directories-and-almanacs "Britain, Directories & Almanacs"] located in Newspapers, Directories & Social History/Directories & Almanacs.
:FamilySearch has a [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/415801 catalogue entry] for a series of microfiches of the ''Colonial Office List'', (produced by Chadwyck-Healey, 1987), currently (2019/06) available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, with however the potential to be digitised in the next few years, and perhaps be more widely available, or at least searchable. The same microfiche series may also be available at some other libraries, or to a very limited extent at some other FamilySearch Centres.
