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==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”.
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==
*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===
: 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.
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