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The FamilySearch moderator for the South Africa is Daniel Jones.

South Africa

Websites

South Africa

• Afrikaans Word List
• Vital Records--Obtaining Death Certificates,  Marriage Certificates, Birth Certificates
• Records in the FamilySearch Catalog, click on View Related Places (upper right corner) to see other jurisdictions or enter the town name on the catalog place search page
• The Ships List Online
• South African Genealogy
• South Africa Genealogy Links 
• Genealogical Society of South Africa
• Africa in the Early Twentieth Century - a color-coded historical map
• The Cape Town Archives Repository
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  
• Cyndi's List - South Africa
  
• e-Family.co.za
  
• German Genealogical Research in South Africa - a link list
• Hugenot Society of South Africa
• SA French Huguenot Settlers
• The Irish in South Africa
• Southern Africa Jewish Genealogy
• South African Genealogy Links
  
• South Africa's Stamouers
  
• Casus Belli - Register of the Second Anglo-Boer War
  
• National Archives of South Africa
• Genealogy.com - South Africa forum
• Rootsweb.com - South Africa forum
• SAGenealogie - Yahoo Group
• soc.genealogy.african - Google Group
• Cape Town Family History Society
• Dutch East India Company Documents and Inventories
• British 1820 Settlers to South Africa
• Cemeteries and Photos
• BYU Research Outline for South Africa
• Nasionale Pers are in planning stages of digitising their Newspapers and other publications printed by them
• South African Records and Resources
• British Ships to South Africa in the 1800's
• eGGSA 1820 Settlers Correspondence
• South Africa Records transcribed
• National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System
• South Africa Memorials, Graves, Estates and Obituaries

General Websites

• South Africa Resources and help pages on RootsChat South Africa Resources and help pages. (Free).
• South African Genealogy
• Genealogy in South Africa
• Genealogical Society of South Africa
• Africa Genealogy Resources in South Africa
• Africa in the Early Twentieth Century
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  
• Cyndi's List - South Africa
  
• e-Family.co.za
  
• Hugenot Society of South Africa
  
• Southern Africa Jewish Genealogy
  
• South African Military History
  
• South Africa's Stamouers
  
• South Africa, Church Records indexes and transcriptions
  
• Casus Belli - Register of the Second Anglo-Boer War
  
• National Archives of South Africa
• Genealogy.com - South Africa forum
• Rootsweb.com - South Africa forum
• SAGenealogie - Yahoo Group
• soc.genealogy.african - Google Group
• Cape Town Family History Society
• Dutch East India Company Documents and Inventories
• British Concentration Camps 1900 to 1902
• Researching in South Africa
• Cape Master Death Notice Index Project
• RootsWeb Genealogy Mailing Lists
• Geni Projects South Africa Genealogical Reference Center
• Random Acts of GENI Kindness - South Africa
• The Huguenot Heritage Webring
• [https://www.vitae.co.za/Home/Article/52 Dictionary of Words and

abbreviations] (Related to Occupations, Names, City Directories and general Genealogical information)

• Biographies

Wiki articles describing online collections are found at:

• South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records
• South Africa, Cape Province Dutch Reformed Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records
• South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records
• South Africa Methodist Church Regiosters - FamilySearch Historical Records
• South Africa, Potchefstroom Reformed Church Archives - FamilySearch Historical Records
• South Africa, Cape Province, Cape Town Archive Records - FamilySearch Historical Records