Entries Tagged as ‘Archives’

July 29, 2006

The Cape Town Archives Repository

The Western Cape Provincial Archives and Records Service is located on Roeland Street, Cape Town. It is free for the public to search. If you may like to park in the archive parking you will need to call in advance (021) 466 8100. Otherwise there is street parking around the archives. When you arrive you will [...]

July 23, 2006

TANAP: Towards A New Age of Partnership

The National Archives of South Africa in Cape Town are one of the archives involved in the TANAP project. One of the projects goals  are in the preservation of the archives of the Dutch East India Company or VOC (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie). This is a great starting point for anyone interested inlearning more about the VOC and research in this field.
This [...]

July 21, 2006

Archives & Repositories

This is a wonderful site by the University of Idaho. It lists websites for archives and libraries all over the world that are associated with genealogy. To see the links to some libraries and archives in South African click on “Africa and Near East” and select South Africa.