Learning Centre
Make sure you download our free beginner’s guide to genealogy, aimed at helping you to research your South African family. Here are some more general and useful pointers:
Family Tree
Ancestry and Genealogy
Adoptions
Almanacs and Year Books
Archives of South Africa
Birth Records
Biography
Burials
- Where do I find burial records
- Burial Customs
- Cemeteries + Crematoria in Cape Town
- Cemetery Contact Numbers
- Cemetery Project of South Africa
- Cremations
- Historical Graves in South Africa
- Huguenot Cemeteries
- Muslim Funerals
- State Funerals
- Where do I find Cemetery Records
- Using gravestones in your research
Census Records
Church Records
- Anglican Church Archives in Port Elizabeth
- Anglican Church Archives
- Church Records, where do I find them?
Deaths Records
- What is a death notice
- What is a death certificate
- Where can I find my Ancestors wills?
- Deceased Estate Records
- Deceased Estate & Law of Succession
- Modern Deceased Estates
Divorce Records
Heraldry
Marriage Records
- Marriage Certificates, what will I find on them?
- Marriage Records, where do I find them?
- Prohibited Marriages
- Where can I obtain a copy of a marriage certificate
Education Records
Eytmology
Genealogical Numbering System
- Genealogical Numbering System
- Genetic Genealogy
- What is Ancestry and Genealogy?
- Heraldry
- Coat of Arms, how do I trace it?