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*[http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=2495056 St Helena: Jamestown, Burgher Concentration Camp Cemetery] eggsa.org. Click on images for larger version and list of names
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===University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa===
Historical Papers Research Archive, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa holds the
<br>[http://www.historicalpapers-atom.wits.ac.za/?inventory/U/collections&c=AB2073/R/ CPSA diocese-of-st-helena-parish-registers-and-indices Diocese of St. Helena, Parish Registers and Indices, Registers, 1680-1986] (CPSA=Church Reference code ZA HPRA AB2073. Records of the Province Anglican Church of Southern Africa(ACSA), also known since previously (prior to 2006 as ) called CPSA, Church of the Anglican Church Province of Southern Africa).<br> Also includes some Consists of 9 series of records including one series of Ascension Island records from 1839, and one series of records from Tristan d'Acunha. There is also a series of Boer Prisoner Burials, and a series of Gravestones and Memorials on St Helena.
<br>The collection was digitised in 2014/2015 from microfilm filmed in 1989, and the images may be viewed online for free.
All users can run initial searches but only signed-in members (subscription fee applies) can see the full genealogical details.
<br>[https://www.friendsofsthelena.com/upload/contents/8c346a4a6b18c74c25a74bfcee7b731c.pdf Introductory Material for St Helena Ancestor’s Database] friendsofsthelena.com.
===FamilySearch===
*[[FamilySearch]], (free website), microfilms of records from St Helena may be found with this [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3ASt%20%2Bkeywords%3AHelena%20%2Bkeywords%3AIndia catalogue entry] (keyword search St. Helena, India). Includes microfilms of some records from the India Office Records at the British Library and some records from originals at the Government Archives, Jamestown. Most microfilms have now been digitised and are available to view at FamilySearch Centres or FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries, see [[FamilySearch Centres]].
*[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol113an.html "Boer prisoners of war on the Island of St Helena"] by A J Nathan ''Military History Journal
Vol 11 No 3/4 - October 1999'', The South African
Military History Society
*"The Construction of Islandness, a Literal Example: St Helena in the Seventeenth Century" by Stephen A Royle (2008: 1–9) ''The Construction of Islandness'' (Refereed papers from the 3rd International Small Island Cultures Conference. Institute of Island Studies, University of PEI, June 29–July 2, 2007) [http://sicri-network.org/ISIC3/e.%20ISIC3P%20Royle.pdf pdf]
*[https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/376 ''Company culture: information, scholarship, and the East India Company settlements 1660-1720s''] by Anna E Winterbottom 2010 PhD thesis, University of London. [https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/77036594.pdf Pdf, core.ac.uk]. Includes one chapter which has information about St. Helena.
*[http://www.geni.com/projects/Anglo-Boere-Oorlog-Boer-War-1899-1902-POW-Saint-Helena/14301 Anglo Boere Oorlog/Boer War (1899-1902) POW Saint Helena] geni.com
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/asthelenawhoswho00chapiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''A St. Helena who's who; or, a directory of the island during the captivity of Napoleon''] by Arnold Chaplin, 1914 [http://www.archive.org/stream/sthelenawhoswhoo00chapiala#page/n9/mode/2up Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged] 1919 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/s8id13658500/page/198/mode/2up "A Topographical and Statistical Account of St.Helena"] by Dr McRitchie, Medical Staff of that Island. Page xxvii Appendix (back of book, digital page 198) ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta'', Volume 8 (Part 1), 1836. Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=VPBeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Seventeenth Annual Report of the Church Society, St. Helena, 1861-62''] Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/sthelena00mell/page/n7/mode/2up ''St. Helena: a physical, historical, and topographical description of the island ... The botanical plates from original drawings by Mrs. J. C. Melliss''] by John Charles Melliss 1875. Archive.org. [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_000000054246#?cv=10&c=0&m=0&s=0&xywh=-1%2C-1042%2C3390%2C4737 British Library Digital Collection version] with rotatable pages.
:Article about the book: [https://archive.org/details/paper-doi-10_1038_011501a0/mode/2up Page 501], ''Nature April 29, 1875''. Archive.org.
**1839 edition with title: ''Trifles from my Port-folio'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=G0xBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Volume I''] Google Books, [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002024328669?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Volume II''] Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[https://archive.org/details/TheresASecretHidAway/page/n254/mode/1up [St Helena<nowiki>]</nowiki> Chapter 20 onwards] digital page 254 ''There's a Secret Hid Away: Memories of Unusual Experiences and Mysteries in Southern Africa and African Isles...'' by Lawrence Green, first published 1956. Archive.org
*[https://digital.lib.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.2/2489 ''Colonial Reports-Annual. No. 323 St. Helena 1900''] by Great Britain Colonial Office 1901. SUNDigital Collections Stellenbosch University.
:Reports for additional years are available in the Archive.org collection [https://archive.org/details/colonial-office-gb-publications?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Colonial+Reports+-+Annual%22&sort=date Colonial Office (Great Britain) publications], including
:*[https://archive.org/details/colonial-report-st-helena-1947/page/n1/mode/2up ''Colonial Office Annual Report on St. Helena 1947''] HMSO 1949. Archive.org
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