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*[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", and "South African Museums and Societies".
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===FamilySearch records===
*[https://familysearch.org/search/collection/location/1927115 FamilySearch: South Africa Indexed Historical Records and Images], a '''very extensive''' collection of records with original images. A free website. You must be signed in to FamilySearch to view the records. See [[IGI]] for more details about FamilySearch.
**The FamilySearch databases include many records from The Anglican Church of Southern Africa, previously known as the Church of the Province of Southern Africa. The original records are held at the Historical Papers Research Archive, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, where the records are also [http://historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/anglican-church-of-southern-africa available online]. It seems likely that all the parish registers are also available on FamilySearch, but possibly there may be additional databases which are not parish records on the University of the Witwatersrand website, but this is unclear.
:Refer External links below for a 1976 LDS Church guide, equivalent now to FamilySearch.
:Some of the FamilySearch records are also available on the pay website Findmypast.
===National Archives of South 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.
** Includes 3 sets of FamilySearch records called South Africa Baptisms, South Africa Marriages, South Africa Burials which appear to be derived from Dutch and Afrikaans church records, but exact details are not provided. (Introduced c 9 February 2024. It would be expected these are available on the FamilySearch website (for free)
**[https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/anglo-boer-war-records-1899-1902 Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902] located in Military, Armed Forces & Conflict/Boer Wars. All the records appear to be transcripts, without images, from a variety of sources, including medal rolls from The National Archives, Kew in the series W0 100. Also see [[Medal Rolls]]. Medal Rolls are also available as free downloads from TNA , and from the pay website Ancestry.
**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 "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>
*[[Findmypast]] in the category "Newspapers & periodicals", with the same contents also available on the British Newspaper Archive, both pay websites, includes the titles
**''Natal Mercury'', published daily in Durban, Natal, South Africa (Details<ref name=22Nov>[https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2022/11/28/new-titles-28-nov-2022/ "Hot Off The Press – New Titles This Week"] November 28, 2022. The British Newspaper Archive Blog (Scroll down).</ref>). Added Nov 21, 2022 , with available years 1878 only, with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/natal-mercury BNA page]. (BNA Region=South Africa, or County=Natal, South Africa or Place=Durban, Natal, South Africa. Fmp County=Natal, South Africa, Place=Durban, Natal, South Africa).
**''Natal Witness'', published in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. (Details<ref name=22Nov/>). Added Nov 21, 2022 , with available years 1878 only, with details on a [https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/natal-witness BNA page]. (BNA Region=South Africa, or County=Natal, South Africa or Place=Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. Fmp County=Natal, South Africa, or Place=Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa).
===Other records===
*See [[General Register Office]] UK
*[https://gazettes.africa Gazettes.Africa] Government Gazettes from various African Countries, including South Africa. Generally more recent years, but some more distant years and worth checking out, particularly when researching deaths.
*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]]
*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.
**The 1896 and 1897 editions are available online, see below.
==Northern and Southern Rhodesia==
Northern Rhodesia was administered by the British Government as a protectorate from 1924. Prior to that it was administered by the British South Africa Company (BSAC), see the Wikipedia page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia]. Similarly Southern Rhodesia was administered by British South Africa Company (BSAC) until 1923 when it became a British crown colony, see the Wikipedia page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia]. Perhaps some South African records may also contain early Rhodesia records.
==Jager (Jaeger) Corps==
Also known as the British German Legion or the German Legion
===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.
:[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/South_Africa_Genealogy South Africa Genealogy] FamilySearch Wiki.*Sharon Warr’s [http://www.sagenealogy.co.za South African Genealogy] includes**[http://sagenealogy.co.za/need-help/faq/ FAQ] which includes a section "Civil Registration of Births Marriages and Deaths"
*Conrod Mercer’s [https://web.archive.org/web/20200221235742/http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/ South African Genealogy Page], archived website at 21 February 2020. Advice about records available.
*[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 . From other links in this section, there does not appear to be an easy way to obtain copies of records from Department of Home Affairs.:'''Update''' October 20142022. A [http://samilitaryhistory.org/mussocco.html website page] of The South African Military History Society gives the contact email for the National Archives of South Africa as <nowiki>Archives@dac.gov.za</nowiki>
*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:
:'''UpdateFebruary 2023''': July 2018. Email It appears that the contact address has changed to '''is as given above for the National Archives of South Africa <nowiki>archivearchives@doddac.milgov.za</nowiki>. <ref>Taking into account [http://samilitaryhistory.org/mussocco.html website page] of The South African Military History Society, together with RussT [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/249837-service-records-of-south-african-troops/?do=findComment&comment=3152289 Service Records of South African Troops] ''Great War Forum'' and other contact details have 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.</ref> It is also changedpossible to hire a researcher.<ref> Chris_Baker. Keith_history_buff [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/262976-south-african-service-papers-ww1/?do=findComment&comment=2666411 3082408 South African Service papers WW1] ''Great War Forum'' 27 July 2018. Earlier posts mention a researcher7 January 2022. Retrieved 28 July 201827 February 2023.</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.
*[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".
*Past [https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/overview?findlist=Africa Rootsweb Africa Mailing Lists] also include some South Africa Mailing Lists
:[https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=south-africa-orange-free-state Search South Africa Orange Free State Archives]
==Historical books online==
*[https://archive.org/details/genealogist2919selb/page/n361 "Extracts from registers of deaths at the Cape of Good Hope 1795-1815"] by C Graham Botha. Page 170 ''The Genealogist'' 29, 1913. Archive.org
:[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
*[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28Cape+of+Good+Hope+Government+Gazette%29&sort=date ''Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette'' at Archive.org] broken range of editions 1829-1910.
*[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28Blue+Book+for+the+Colony+of+Natal%29&sort=date ''Blue Book for the Colony of Natal'' at Archive.org] broken range of editions 1863-1891.
*[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28The+Cape+of+Good+Hope+Civil+Service+List%29&sort=date ''The Cape of Good Hope Civil Service List'' 1888, 1889, 1891] Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/b28407738_0001 ''South African Medical Directory 1896''], [https://archive.org/details/b28407738_0002/mode/2up ''South African Medical Directory 1897''] Archive.org. Includes Dentists. Also includes Bechuanaland, Rhodesia.
*''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.:Searchable, but not viewable [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=oV23AAAAIAAJ ''Dutch-Asiatic Shipping in the 17th and 18th Centuries, Volume 2: Outward-bound voyages from the Netherlands to Asia and the Cape (1595-1794)''] 1979 Google Books. Volume 3 is titled ''Homeward-bound voyages from Asia and the Cape to the Netherlands (1597-1795)'' (1980).
*''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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