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 [...]
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May 14, 2009
Cape Province Dutch Reformed Church Indexing
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
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 [...]
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
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/
March 23, 2009
Anglo-Boer War Museum
Nice site for a learning a bit of the history of the Anglo-Boer War. Enjoy!
Historical Note:
The first Anglo-Boer War (1880-1881) led to South African independence in 1881.
The second Anglo-Boer War (1898–1901) led to the unification of South Africa in 1910.
For more on wars in South Africa click here.
March 12, 2009
What is indexing?
A great article was recently written and posed on the local South African website for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.It is on the benefits of indexing in family history research and the necessity of volunteer extractors. It addresses the new Family Search Indexing projects.
For those who wish to learn more about Family [...]
March 7, 2009
Commowealth War Graves Commission
I stumbled onto this site today: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWCG )
This is the description found on the welcome page: “‘Debt of Honour Register’ is the Commission’s database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other [...]
