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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://web.archive.org/web/20180905122810/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, archived. 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.
==Records==
===FamilySearch records===
*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927115 FamilySearch: South Africa Indexed Historical Records and Images], part of a '''very extensive''' collection of records for Africawith original images. A free website. You must be signed in to FamilySearch to view the records. 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”.
===Genealogical Society of South Africa===
*[https://www.eggsa.org/index.php/en/ eGGSA] is the virtual or online branch of the Genealogical Society of South Africa, Genealogiese Genootskap van Suid-Afrika . Also referred to as eGSSA. The eGGSA Library (link from the Main page) includes
**[https://www.eggsa.org/bdms/ChurchRegisters-inSA.html Transcriptions from Church Registers in South Africa] with links to records elsewhere, including online records.
**[https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=43 South African gravestone photographs] which also includes a section Worldwide
===Monument inscriptions===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180905123556/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/south-africa-immigrants-british@rootsweb.com/thread/7955433/ Monumental inscriptions at the Cape of Good Hope]<ref>''Rootsweb South- Africa- Immigrants- British Mailing List'' 9 August 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2019, archived.</ref> 1799-1861. Transcriptions, in 1907, of graves in two Cape Town cemeteries extracted from ''General History and Social Life of the Cape of Good Hope'' by C. Graham Botha 1962. Include many with India connections.*Stuart Green transcribed, in April 2003, the following entries from the SA Genealogical Society database at the National Archives of South Africa for the [[Mailing lists| Rootsweb India Mailing list]], archived::*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200812164321/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/7730330/ Gravestones in South Africa - Bombay Connections ]:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180905124608/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/7730871/ Gravestones in South Africa - Madras connections ]:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180905124349/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/7730598/ Gravestones in South Africa - Bengal connections]:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180905124744/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/7730544/ Gravestones in South Africa - India connections]:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200808153048/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/7730612/ Gravestones in South Africa - Calcutta connections ]:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200812164643/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/7730882/ Gravestones in South Africa - Burma connections]:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180905125858/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/7730271/ Gravestones in South Africa - Ceylon connections]:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180905125815/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/7730624/ Gravestones in South Africa - Karachi connections]:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180905130203/https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india@rootsweb.com/thread/7730315/ Gravestones in South Africa - HEIC connections]
===e-Family===
*[http://www.e-family.co.za e-Family] A free site for those researching their roots in South Africa, with a Search facility for transcribed records. Includes First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records, a project to transcribe and publish copies of records relating to individuals who lived at the Cape (Cabo da Boa Esperança / de Caep de Goede Hoop / Die Kaap die Goeie Hoop) during the first decades of the settlement after 1652.
===Ancestry===
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.Includes**"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004" [Anglican records] and**"South Africa, Methodist Parish Registers, 1822-1996"
**[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 the Ancestry database and holds some genealogical information relating to colonial countries including Africa.
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 Findmypast 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>===Other records===*See [[General Register Office]] UK*Military related records WW1 and WW2.**For missing or POW soldiers, see the relevant section on the page [[British Army]], including [[British Army#WW1 British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry Lists For Wounded And Missing| WW1 British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry Lists For Wounded And Missing]]**For soldiers who died during WW1 (possibly also those who became disabled) see [[British Army#WFA WW1 pension record cards|British Army - WFA WW1 pension record cards]] as a possible source of records.**See [[Cemeteries]] for Commonwealth War Graves Commission records WW1 and WW2. ===Other records, not online===*See [[Society of Genealogists]], London.*Held at the [[British Library]], London ''The Medical, Dental and Pharmacy Directory of South Africa'', 1924(-1926-7) ... Edited by Ewald Herbert UIN: BLL01000948630 . The 1924 edition is also available at the Society of Genealogists.
==Jager (Jaeger) Corps==
*[http://www.national.archives.gov.za/services_to_the_public.htm#research National Archives of South Africa: Research] 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
*Information about [https://web.archive.org/web/20191229030028/http://www.archivalplatform.org:80/registry/entry/documentation_centre_department_of_defence_force_archives/ Documentation Centre (Department of Defence Force Archives)] which holds military records, including personnel records. archivalplatform.org, now archived. '''Note''', contact details have changed as follows:
:'''Update''': July 2018. Email address has changed to '''<nowiki>archive@dod.mil.za</nowiki>''' and other contact details have also changed.<ref> Chris_Baker. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/262976-south-african-service-papers-ww1/?do=findComment&comment=2666411 South African Service papers WW1] ''Great War Forum'' 27 July 2018. Earlier posts mention a researcher. Retrieved 28 July 2018.</ref>
*[http://www.southafricawargraves.org South Africa War Graves Project] The goal of the South Africa War Graves Project is to archive photographs of every single South African & Rhodesian war grave located in countries worldwide, from the 2nd Anglo-Boer War onwards, including WW1 and WW2. Currently a work in progress. Includes a database to Search.
*[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”
*[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".
*[https://www.johngrenham.com/records/irishabroad_full.php?country=South%20Africa Bibliography: The Irish in South Africa] ''Irish Ancestors''. This site allows "five free page-views".
===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/ listindexes 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://mailinglistsmlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/overview?countryfindlist=South%20Africa Rootsweb South Africa Mailing Lists] includes. Details no longer appear for
**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. However, Archives are Searchable as follows::[https://listsmlarchives.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/listlistindexes/emails?listname=south-africa-immigrants-british.rootsweb.com/ Search South-Africa-Immigrants-British Mailing List Archives]*Past [https://mailinglistsmlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/overview?countryfindlist=Africa Rootsweb Africa Mailing Lists] also include some South Africa Mailing Lists:[https://listsmlarchives.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/listlistindexes/emails?listname=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.
*[http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/das/#page=2&accessor=toc&source=1&view=imagePane ''Dutch-Asiatic Shipping in the 17th and 18th Centuries Volume I . Introductory volume''] by J.R. Bruijn, F.S. Gaastra, I. Schöffer, with assistance from ACJ Vermeulen. Translation by Mrs J Harris 1987. From ''Resources Huygens ING''. Includes [http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/das/#page=118&accessor=toc&source=1&view=imagePane&size=887 "Chapter 7. The Cape of Good Hope"] page 107.
*''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. [https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.30753 Archive.org mirror version]. 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
*''Austral Africa: Losing it or Ruling it being incidents and experiences in Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, and England'' by John Mackenzie 1887. [https://archive.org/details/australafricalos01mack Vol. I], [https://archive.org/details/australafricalos02mack Vol. II] Archive.org, Ministry of Culture/National Library of India Collection.
*[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
*''Geslacht-Register der Oude Kaapsche Familien'' by Christoffel Coetzee De Villiers c 1894 Archive.org (in Dutch/Africaans). Gives details/trees for families who settled in the Cape area of South Africa.
