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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”.
===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]
:[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
