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- 1820 Settler list
- 1894 Civil Service Pensions of the Cape
- Anglican Church Index of Church Registers
- British Chaplaincy Christenings
- British Residents at the Cape 1795 – 1819 index
- Cape Province Deceased Estates Index 1834 – 1955 (304, 421 records)
- Cape Town Rotary Club 1952 – 1992
- Children of Bondage Index & Concordance – over 4700 references
- Civil Servants – Natal Government Railways and the Postal Department: 1902
- Civil Servants and Justices – Peace in the Orange River Colony 1907
- Commercial Road Cemetery Pietermaritzburg Headstone Inscriptions (9, 357 records)
- Cullinan Premier Mines Births
- Cullinan Premier Mines Marriages
- Cullinan Premier Mines Deaths
- Culllinan Mine Staff Wages
- Death Notice Transcripts submitted by users
- Eastern Cape Burials (4, 288 records) from the Albany, Alexandria, Bathurst, Clumber, Peddie, Port Alfred, Salem, Seven Fountains and Shaw Park Cemeteries
- Eastern Province Herald 1847 – 1856
- Family Trees - various ones submitted by registered users
- German Immigrants 1877-1878
- Grahamstown Journal 1835-1853
- Health Officers listed in the Natal Government in 1902
- Home Affairs Western Cape Index
- Jury List for Weenan County, Natal, South Africa
- Lawrence Green Index’s
- Legal Practitioners in Natal 1902
- Maitland Cemetery Records 1888 – 1925 (more coming soon)
- The Nominal Role of the Rhodesian Pioneer Force
- Pensioners – Natal Government Railways and the Postal Department: 1902
- Pioneers in Natal
- Slave Death Notices 1719 – 1789 (3, 636 records)
- Slave Deaths 1719 – 1720 (160 records)
- South Africa Magazine Domestic Announcements 1890 – 1920 (various)
- South African Commericial Advertiser
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1824 – 1829
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1830 – 1832
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1833 – 1835
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1836 – 1837
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1837 – 1838
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1838 – 1839
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1840
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1841
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1842
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1843 -1844
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1845
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1848
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1849
- South African Commercial Advertiser 1850
- St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Baptisms 1921-1970 (4,936 records)
- St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Marriages 1823-1880 (3,634 records
- St. John’s Walmer in Port Elizabeth Burials 1900 – 2006
- St. Mary’s Barkley West Baptisms
- St. Mary’s Barkley West Burials
- St. Mary’s Barkly West
- St. Mary’s Potchefstroom Baptisms (1892 – 1910)
- St. Peters Cemetery Observatory Burials ( 9, 492 records)
- St. Peters Cemetery Observatory Headstone Inscriptions (5. 370 records)
- St. Peters Cemetery Mossel Bay 1855 – 1908
- St. Philips District Six 1892 – 2004
- St. Thomas Durban Burials 1824 – 1988
- The Story of a Fallen Ancestor
- Transvaal Deceased Estates Index 1873 – 1976 (437, 497 records)
- Upington Jewish Cemetery
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- Academic Records
- - Cape Town University Matriculations – Cape Times 1915
- - 1884 School Certificates
- - Wynberg Boys High School Admissions 1910 – 1945
- - Cape Midlands Junior Certificates – EP Herald – 1942
- - St. Cyprian’s Grammar School – Prizes for 1895
- - Maritzburg Military College
- - Matriculation Honours & other degrees 1889 - Cape Government Gazette
- - Durban Girls High – 1922 – 1977 (Head girls)
- - Victoria Girls High Grahamstown 1964 – prize winners
- Announcement Records
- -Domestic Announcements – These records are births, marriages and deaths and other announcements from National and local newspapers
- - Beeld: 2001 – 2009
- - Breederivier Gazette: 2008 2007 2006
- - City Vision: 2007 2006
- - Daily Dispatch: 2007 2006 2005
- - Daily Sun: 2008 2007 2006
- - Daily Sun Eastern Cape: 2008
- - Daily Sun Frees State: 2008
- - Daily Sun North West: 2008
- - Daily Sun Western Cape: 2008
- - District Mail: 2006 – 2007
- - Die Burger Wes-Kaap: 2005 – 2009
- - Die Burger Oos-Kaap: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
- - Helderpos: 2007 2006 2005
- - Kouga Express
- - Natal Witness: 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
- - Noord-Kaap: 2007 2006
- - Paarlpos: 2007 2006 2005
- - PE Express
- - People’s Post: 2008 2007
- - Peoples Post False Bay 2008
- - Son: 2008 2006
- - Tygerburger: 2006 2005
- - UD Nuus / News: 2008 2007 2006
- - Vista: 2007
- - Volksblad: 2008 2007 2006
- - Worcester Standard: 2006 – 2009
- Baptism Records
- - Buntingville Methodist: 1837 – 1881
- - Drakenstein Doop Registers
- - Grahamstown Catholic: 1892 +
- - Craddock Methodist: 1842 – 1868
- - Craddock Methodist: 1880 – 1903
- - Craddock Methodist: 1868 – 1880
- - Hill Presbyterian Church – selected baptisms
- - Ladybrand Methodist Church: Various
- - Namaqualand Baptisms
- - Nigel Methodist Church: 1897 – 1940
- - Jewish Births – selected records from 2002 – 2007 – 1,034 entries
- - Port Elizabeth Methodist: 1839 – 1866
- - Port Elizabeth Methodist: 1866 – 1883
- - Port Elizabeth Methodist: 1883 – 1905
- - Port Elizabeth Methodist: 1906 – 1914
- - Port Elizabeth Methodist: 1914 – 1921
- - Port Elizabeth Methodist: 1927 – 1961
- - Salem / Albany: 1820 – 1883
- - St. Cyprians, Kimberly: Various
- - Stellenbosch Doop Registers: 1600’s – 1700’s
- - Stutterheim Presbyterian Church: Various years
- - Queenstown Methodist: 1854 – 1883
- - Various records from Cape Government Gazette from Lutheran Church, St. Georges Cathedral, English Church Simonstown, Military Chapel Cape Town and Nederduitsche Hervormde Kerk 1830 – 1831
- Biography Records
- -Submitted from registered users 329 records
- Birth Records
- - Durban Birth Registers 04 August 1910 – 30 January 1912:
- - Natal Witness 1800’s, SA Magazine late 1800’s and early 1900’s
- - Home Affairs Western Cape 1895 – 1897 HAWC 1/3/11/7/1 Claremont
- - Government Gazettes: Various years
- - Die Burger and Daily Dispatch: 2005
- - Natal Witness + Advertiser 1864, 1875, 1876, 1880, 1881,1884, 1889 + other years
- - NG Kerk Hermanus: Various years
- - Pietermaritzburg Birth Registers 1868 – 1878
- - Trinity Church Caledon: Various years
- - St. Peter’s Hermanus: Various years
- - NG Kerk Caledon: Various years
- - South Africa Magazine 1896 – 1906
- Burials
- - Alberton Cemetery
- - Baardskeerdersbos
- - Bathurst
- - Bredasdorp Cemetery
- - Bulawayo Cemetery
- - Caledon Cemetery NG Kerk
- - Caledon Old NG Kerk
- - Caledon Holy Trinity
- - Cathcart
- - Bloemfontein Catholic Church(Sacred Heart)
- - Claremont, St. Saviour’s Cemetery
- - Chilton Cemetery
- - Coombes
- - Craddock
- - Gansbaai Cemetery
- - Graaf Reniet Wesleyan Methodist: 1916 – 1918
- - Grabouw
- - Greyton Cemetery
- - King Williams Town German Cemetery
- - Hamilton
- - Hartebeestkloof Farm Cemetery
- - Hemel & Aarde
- - Hermanus
- - Highflats, St. James Cemetery
- - Hilton Cemetery, Cathcart
- - Onrust Cemetery
- - Paul Roux Cemetery Free State
- - Macleantown
- - Maitland Cemetery
- - Middevlei
- - Napier Cemetery
- - Newlands Forest Cemetery
- - Port Elizabeth, St. Georges Park
- - Rokeby Park
- - Roslin Cemetery
- - Seven Fountains
- - Shaw Park
- - Simonstown Cemetery
- - South End Cemetery Port Elizabeth
- - Stanford Cemetery
- - Somerset Road, St. Georges Cathedral Cemetery, Cape Town
- - Wynberg Dutch Reformed Cemetery 1853 – 1986
- Church Records
- - Baptism Records – selected records only – not all complete
- - All Saints Baptisms Somerset West 1855 – 1899
- - Beaufort West Methodist Baptisms 1886 – 1905
- - Bredasdorp All Saints Anglican Baptisms (1861 – 1891)
- - Clanwilliam St. John’s Anglican Baptisms 1863 – 1933
- - Grahamstown Presbyterian Baptisms 1848 – 1894
- - Grahamstown Baptisms Methodist 1854 -1884
- - Methodist - various (18, 409 records)
- - Buntingville
- - Bathurst
- - Craddock
- - Graaff-Reniet
- - Kingwilliamstown
- - Lady Frere
- - Ladybrand
- - Nigel
- - Oudtshoorn
- - Salem / Albany
- - Uitenhage
- - Wynberg
- - Namaqualand All Saints Baptisms 1875 – 1876
- - Namaqualand Anglican Baptisms 1857 -1889
- - Oudtshoorn Methodist Baptisms 1891 – 1917
- - Pilgrims Rest Methodist Baptisms 1895 – 1928
- - Port Elizabeth Methodist Baptisms 1839 – 1961
- - Port Elizabeth St. Mary’s Anglican Church 1832 – 1860
- - Port Nolloth St. Andrews Anglican Church 1874 – 1881 – 764 records
- - Queenstown Methodist Baptisms 1858 – 1900’s
- - Somerset East Methodist Baptisms 1842 – 1866
- - St. Georges Cathedral Church Graham’s Town 1823 - 1863 (800 records)
- - St. Georges Church Simonstown Full Transcriptions 1876 – 1964 – (1490 records)
- - St. Georges Church Simonstown Index 1817 to 1931 – 3200 records
- - St. Olavs Lutheran Church Durban 1880- 1980
- - St. Francis Anglican Church Simonstown – selected baptisms 1813 – 1932 (4,862 entries)
- - St. Francis Anglican Church Simonstown Baptisms Index 1818 – 1970
- - St. Johns The Evangelist Cape Town Baptisms 1849 – 1886 (2, 570 records)
- - St. Johns Anglican Church Wynberg Baptisms 1832 – 1905 (3, 743 records)
- - St. Marks District Six Baptisms 1877 – 1902 (5, 736 records)
- - St. Mary’s Barkley West Baptisms
- - St. Paul’s Rondebosch Baptisms 1855 – 1952 ( 9, 009 records)
- - St. Saviour’s Claremont Baptisms 1849 – 1894 (2, 938 records)
- - St. Stephens Paarl 1876 – 1909 (59 records)
- - Swellendam Christ Church (600 records)
- - Victoria West Dutch Reformed Church Baptisms 1844 – 1863 (2, 532 records)
- - Woodstock Presbyterian Baptisms 1916 – 1947 (415 records)
- - Wynberg Methodist Baptisms 1854 – 1902 (1, 492 records)
- - Burials
- - All Saints Somerset West – Anglican 1855 -1899
- - Christ Church Constantia Burials 1830 – 1934
- - Holy Trinity Kalk Bay 1876 – 1921 (various)
- - Namaqualand Burials
- - St. Andrews Port Nolloth Namaqualand 1878 – 1905
- - St. Francis Simonstown Burials 1813 – 1937 (2,900 records)
- - St. George’s Cathedral Cape Town, Somerset Road (246 records)
- - St. Georges Cathedral Graham’s Town 1823 – 1897 (1442 records)
- - St. George’s Simonstown – (234 records)
- -St. Marys’ Cathedral Johannesburg (1887 -1897)
- - St. Mary’s Port Elizabeth (759 records)
- - St. Olavs Lutheran Church Durban 1880 – 1980
- - St. Paul’s Rondebosch Burials 1852 – 1957 (3, 192 burials)
- - St. Peter + Pauls Catholic Church George
- - St Peters Mossel Bay Burial 1855 – 1908
- - Wynberg Dutch Reform Church Burials
- - Marriages
- - Free State Marriages 1841 – 1899
- - Methodist Marriages (2, 572 records)
- - Barkly East 1800’s – 1931
- - Bathurst 1843 – 1864
- - Bathurst 1895 – 1923
- - Cape Town 1944 -1947
- - Craddock 1858 – 1902
- - Graaf Reniet 1870 -1901
- - Lady Frere 1898 – 1924
- - Middleburg Methodist 1882 – 1912
- - Port Elizabeth 1841 – 1887
- - Port Elizabeth 1886 – 1902
- - Queenstown 1854 – 1881
- - Queenstown 1881 – 1947
- - Salem / Albany 1840 – 1924
- - Uitenhage 1841 – 1892
- - Waterval Boven 1903 – 1936
- - All Saints Somerset West 1852 – 1919 (198 records)
- - Namaqualand - 1863 – 1904 (766 records) various Anglican Churches in the Springbok region. (767 records)
- - Namaqualand Banns
- - Pilgrims Rest Methodist 1895 – 1923 (373 records)
- - Oudtshoorn Methodist (359 records)
- - St. Francis Simonstown Brides Index (2, 227 records)
- - St. Francis Simonstown Grooms Index (2, 262 records)
- - St. Francis Anglican Church in Simonstown 1849 – 1861 (508 records)
- - St. Georges Cathedral Graham’s Town 1823 – 1826 (255 records)
- - St. Georges Simonstown (83 records)
- - St. Johns The Evangelist Cape Town Marriages 1853 – 1925 (2, 042 records)
- - St. Mary’s Anglican Church Port Elizabeth Marriages 1827 – 1860 (362 records)
- - St. Mary’s Johannesburg Marriages 1887 – 1895
- - St. Olav’s Lutheran Church Durban 1880 – 1980
- - St. Paul’s Rondebosch (1, 186 records)
- - St. Stephen’s Paarl 1876 -1909 (59 records)
- - Swellendam Anglican Marriages (240 records)
- Courts of Justice – Index to court records covering the years 1652 – 1920
- Courts of Justice
- Criminal Records - Selected criminals extracted from the Government Gazette 1854 -1855
- Death Notice Records – From all over South Africa 1834 and 2001
- Death Records: 1831 – 2005 from selected Newspaper, Government Gazettes etc
- Deeds Records (1658 onwards)
- Descendants Report
- Engagement Records
- - Selected engagement records from local newspapers
- - Selected Jewish Engagement records – 423 records
- Family Tree Records
- - Family tree records from registered and subscribed users (210, 216 records)
- General Records
- - Apothecaries, Chemists and Druggists in the Cape Colony
- - Doctors in the Cape Colony up to 1870
- - Jewish Births – 1034 records mainly from 2002 – 2007 from various publications
- - Jewish Deaths – 6784 records mainly from 2002 – 2007 from various publications
- - Jewish Engagements – 423 – mainly from 2002 – 2007 from various publications
- - List of Cape Times Adverts 1901
- - List of Cape Town Companies 1901
- - Members of the City Club in Cape Town
- - Kimberley Library Members
- - Pioneers of the Transvaal Goldfields
- - Pooles Bay – Minutes of Meetings
- - Sports Personalities
- - Walker Bay Chronology 1863 – 1958
- Government Gazette
- - 1992
- - 1993
- -1994
- - 1995
- -1996
- - 1997
- -1998
- - 1999
- - 2000
- - 2001
- -2002
- -2003
- -2004
- - 2005
- - 2006
- -2007
- -2008
- -2009
- -2010
- - Notices of Trustees
- - Meeting of Creditors in Sequestrated Estates or Companies Being Wound Up
- - Liquidation Accounts and Plans of Distribution or Contribution in Sequestrated Estates or Companies Being Wound Up
- - Close Corporations: First Meetings of Creditors and Members of Close Corporations Being Wound Up
- - First Meetings of Creditors, Contributors, Members or Debenture-holders of Sequestrated Estates, Companies Being Wound up or Placed under Provisional Judicial Management
- - Estates or Companies Sequestrated or Wound up Provisionally
- - Liquidation and Distribution Accounts in Deceased Estates Lying for Inspection
- - Notices to Creditors in Deceased Estates
- - Curators and Tutors: Masters’ Notices
- - Election of Executors, Curators and Tutors
- Image Collections
- - includes individuals, group portraits, tomb stones etc.
- Immigrants
- - 1913 Immigrants from Europe
- Indian Shipping Lists
- - list of Indian Migrants from 1861 – 1911
- Inhabitants of the Cape Records
- - 1813 African Court Calendar
- - 1814 African Court Calendar
- - 1816 African Court Calendar
- - 1817 African Court Calendar
- -1818 African Court Calendar
- - 1819 African Court Calendar
- - 1820 African Court Calendar
- - 1821 African Court Calendar
- - 1822 African Court Calendar
- - 1824 African Court Calendar
- - 1825 African Court Calendar
- - 1827 African Court Calendar
- - 1828 Cape Almanac
- - 1829 Cape Almanac
- - 1831 Cape Almanac
- - 1833 Cape Almanac
- - 1835 Cape Almanac
- - 1838 Cape Almanac
- - 1841 Cape Almanac
- - 1845 Cape Almanac
- - 1847 Cape Almanac
- - 1849 Cape Almanac
- - 1851 Cape Almanac
- - 1854 Cape Almanac
- - 1855 Cape Almanac
- - 1861 Cape Almanac
- - 1863 Cape Almanac
- - 1865 Cape Almanac
- - 1866 Cape Almanac
- - 1868 Cape Almanac
- - 1871 Cape Almanac
- - 1875 Cape Almanac
- - 1881 Cape Almanac
- - 1881 Transvaal Almanac
- - 1886 Cape Almanac
- - 1889 Jeppe Directory (Transvaal)
- - 1890 Argus Annual
- - 1891 Cape Almanac
- - 1894 Cape Almanac
- - 1900 Juta Directory – Cape Town
- - 1904 Orange River Directory - Bloemfontein
- - 1906 Eastern Cape Red Book – East London, Tarkastad, Victoria East, Griqualand East, Spring Valley, Klaarfontein, Steynsburg, Bedford, Dordrecht, Burghersdorp, Adelaide, Queenstown, Tembuland, Barkly East, Cathcart, Aliwal North, Fort Beaufort, Grootvley
- - 1907 Slater’s Directory for Grahamstown
- - 1908 Civil Servants Pension List for Cape Town
- - 1908 Field Cornets Pension List for Cape Town
- - 1908 Widows Pension for Cape Town
- - 1956 Free State Farmers
- Marriage records
- - Oudtshoorn Methodist marriages
- - Woodstock Presbyterian Church
- - Victoria West DRC Church
- - Trinity Church Caledon
- - St. Saviour’s Church, Claremont
- - St Peters Church Hermanus
- - St John’s Church Clanwilliam 1870 – 1912
- - South African Magazine
- - Swellendam Anglican Church Marriages 1850 – 1887
- - SA Jewry
- - NGK Caledon
- - Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Marriage Licenses: 1821 onwards
- - Grahamstown Marriages: 1849-1896, Presbyterian Parish
- - Wesleyan Methodist Graaff Reinet
- - Government Gazette Cape Town Archives
- - Dutch Reformed Church, Beaufort West
- Military Records
- - Anglo Boer War Free State Call Up Register 1899 – 1900
- - Boer Prisoners of War in Bermuda
- - Cape Military Ranks – from early African Court Calendars
- - Cape Town Suburban Town Guard 1899 – 1901 (over 4,800 people plus images)
- - Gunners of the Cape – Roll of Honour from the Tambookie Campaign, Langeberg Campaign, South African War and Second World War
- - Military Records of the Cape – various records
- - Pioneers of the Transvaal Gold Fields up to 3rd Dec 1887
- - Rhodesian Rebellion 1896 – 1897
- - Suburban Town Guard Cape Town 1899 – 1901 – over 5,000 entries
- - World War 1 + 2 Honour Records – over 25,000 soldiers
- - World War Honour records
- Music Personalities
- Name Changes, official
- - Types of Amendments – explanation name changes and details of every person who has applied for a name change
- - Forename Alter – from the Government Gazette 2006 – 2009
- - Forename Assumption – from the Government Gazette 2006 – 2009
- - Forename Changes – from the Government Gazette 2006 – 2009
- - Name Change – from the Government Gazette 2006 – 2009
- - Surname Assume – from the Government Gazette 2006 – 2009
- - Surname Changes – from the Government Gazette 2006 – 2009
- - Surname Alter – from the Government Gazette 2006 – 2009
- - Surname Insertions – from the Government Gazette 2006 – 2009
- Nasionale Boek
- -Die Nasionale Boek is a political genealogical register of yesteryear. If your Ancestors were active members of the old National Party, then hopefully you will find some fascinating biographical information on them in this database. Over 1000 biographies.
- Passenger Records
- - Covering years 1688 to 1909 extracted from Union Castle Lines passengers lists, Government Gazettes, South Africa Magazine, Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Natal Witness Newspapers, The Cape Times and the National Archives. Over 52 000 entries.( 61, 000 records)
- Pension Lists
- - Civil Service Pension List 1908 for Cape Town
- - Field Cornets Pension List for 1908
- - Widows Pension List for 1908 for the Cape
- Rhodes Scholars
- - list of Rhodes Scholarships from 1905 – 1974
- Slave Records
- - Slave Lodge Census Records
- - Slave Transfers
- Shipping Records
- Surname Records
- Surname Interests
- Surname Origins
- Telephone Directories
- -1912 Durban Telephone Directory Residents Listing
- -1912 Durban Telephone Directory Business Listing
- -1929 Cape Telephone Directory Business Listing
- -1929 Cape Telephone Directory Residents Listing
- -1939 Cape Town Telephone Directory
- -1955 Port Elizabeth Telephone Directory
- -1956 Brabys Directory Business Listing for Orange Free State and Northern Cape
- - 1956 Brabys Directory Residents Listing for Orange Free State and Northern Cape
- -1962 Brabys Directory – Durban
- Theological Records
- -1895 and 1903 extracted from the Church Magazine in Kimberley
- Tombstones
- - Upington Jewish Cemetery
- Tree Builder
- Tribal Records
- Unknown Heirs
- -(extracted from the 1892 Cape Government Gazette)
- Voter’s Lists
- -1878 Western Cape and Eastern Cape
- -1882 Cape Colony
- - 1899 Bethlehem in the Free State Voters List
- -1902 Central Cape Town and Woodstock
- - 1931 Potgietersrust Voters List
- -1995 Rondebosch
- -1997 Rondebosch
- Municipal Maps of the Cape
- Name Change Records
- Who’s Who
- -1908 A – Z – 3,300 entries
- -1919 A – Z – 1,448 entries
- -1929 A – Z – 2,681 entries
- -1933 A -Z – 1,600 + entries of Natal plus women as well
- -1939 A – Z – 2,410 entries
- -1939 Abbreviations
- -1946 A – Z – 2,460 entries
- -1947 A – Z – 3,164 entries
- -1959 A – Z – 5,000 + entries
- -1966 A – Z – 4,000 + entries
- -1999 A – Z – 3, 376 entries
- -2007 A – Z
- -1925 – 2005 Obituaries – over 4, 000 entries
- Research Books, available in full text include:
- - African Folk Lore
- - Afrikaners in Angola
- - Aided Immigration from Britain to South Africa 1857 – 1867
- - British Families in South Africa
- - British Residents at the Cape 1795 – 1819
- - Cassell’s History of the Boer War
- - Cornish Immigrants to South Africa
- - De Villiers Family Vol 1 and 2
- - Die Nasionale Boek – over 100 biographies of members of the old National Party
- - Dictionary of South African Biography Vol 1 – 5
- - Emigrants Guide to South Africa
- - French Refugees at the Cape
- - Genealogies of old South African Families
- - German Personalia at the Cape 1652 – 1806
- - Groot Afrikaanse Familienaamboek
- - Great Boer War
- - History of Milnerton
- - Letters from the Cape
- - Lions and Virgins
- - Lovedale Missionary Register
- - New Dictionary of South African Biography Vol 1 and 2
- - Nasionale Boek
- - Origin of Species
- - Precis of the Archives
- - Reg en Onreg
- - Rondebosch Down the Years
- - The Story of the Settlement: Grahamstown
- - South African Sporting Encyclopedia & Who’s Who 1955
- - Some Frontier Families
- - Social Life & Customs in the Cape Colony
- - South African Jewish Year Book 1929
- - Study of the King James Bible
- The Register of St. Andrews College Grahamstown - over 6400 pupils who attended this school from 1855 – 1959 (includes dates of birth)
- - Theals History of South Africa
- - The Bible – Douay Rheims Version
- - The Bible – King James Version
- - The Book of Mormon
- - The Koran
- - The Lonely Island
- - The Story of the Settlement: Grahamstown
- - They Were South Africans
- - Under Lions Head
- - Women of South Africa 1913
- - Women of South Africa 1935
The Vital Records extracted from these books consists of names of all the biographies extracted out of the book and contain important facts such as dates of birth and marriage, place of birth, parents names as well as spouse details.




