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==External links==
*FamilySearch, a free website provided by the LDS (Mormon) Church has a category [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/list?fcs=region%3AAFRICA&ec=region%3AAFRICA Africa], mainly consisting of transcribed records. Alternatively, from the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ Map], click on Africa, then select relevant country. It is necessary to be signed in to [[FamilySearch]] to view any records. In addition, [https://www.familysearch.org/catalog/search Search the Catalog] for digitised microfilms relating to Africa, ensuring you are signed in to FS, as results can differ if you are not. Countries are catalogued according to their modern name. For more about digitised microfilms, see [[FamilySearch]] and [[FamilySearch Centres]].
**Includes the collection of Indexes: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3740407 Zimbabwe, Voter Registration, 1938-1973] and the more extensive collection of digitised microfilm viewable on home computers: [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/497766 Records of voters for Rhodesia, 1938-1973]
*[[Findmypast]] and Ancestry, both pay websites may have relevant records. See [[South Africa]] for (general) links to record sets/databases.
**[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 pay website Ancestry database and holds some genealogical information relating to countries in East Africa.
