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May 14, 2009
Cape Province Dutch Reformed Church Indexing
Family Search Indexing is currently preparing the Cape Province Dutch Reformed Church records to be indexed!!!! YEAH!
I was recently a PM tester and added suggestions before they make it available to the general public.
Soon it will be available for all volunteers to index. Keep checking on their Current Projects list.
Please volunteer to index these records as the more that do, the quicker we can have these indexes for our research.
This is also a test to see how many people are interetes in these records and if there is a good response of volunteer extractors, they may do other South Africa records in the near future! So please sign up! Click here to sign up!
And click here to download the extraction software. DOWNLOAD
April 10, 2009
Library of Congress Country Study
This is awesome! Lots of good stuff!
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/zatoc.html
April 5, 2009
Soldiers of the South African War
Those interested in this site it is very good. Make sure you read the background on it and spend some time browsing and searching to understand how it is set up!
http://www.lac-bac.gc.ca/databases/south-african-war/001002-130-e.html
April 5, 2009
1820 Settlers
The British 1820 Settlers of South Africa. This is a great site. Check it out!
March 29, 2009
Internship Showcase
Almost 3 years ago now, I spent the Spring and Summer (May-July 2006) in the UK and Europe doing Family History and genealogy research. I researched in archives such as The National Archives of England and British (in Kew, London), The National Archives of Scotland (in Edinburgh), The National Archives of the Netherlands (in Den Haag) to name a few, and many other local and department archives across France, England, the Netherlands and Scotland!
What a journey it was and how much I learned and experienced.
I just created a Google Map of the trip. Click here to see!
Furthermore, this week at Brigham Young University I will be showcasing my internship! All BYU students are encouraged to come vote for their favorite display!
March 23, 2009
New Search Engine- Cuil
I love Google, but this is a different kind of search engine you may want to check out!
http://www.cuil.com/
March 23, 2009
SA family history on the web
Written in 2004 by Sharon Marshall for SouthAfrica.info. This is a little summary of sites and history of SA genealogy and the wave of online resources is useful for the beginners in genealogy.
March 23, 2009
South African War Graves Project
Came across this website today: SA war graves project.
Here are over 9000 names in the Country and almost 7000 specific South African names.
Click here to search for more countries!
March 23, 2009
Genealogy World
Rosemary Dixon-Smith does a great job at writing a beginners guide for South African researchers.
Furthermore, I found she wrote a list of sources for St Helena ancestry research.
I highly advise that those interested in SA research spend some time exploring this site as there are many great links and resources. http://www.genealogyworld.net/
