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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]
