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[[Image:Sf-map.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Wikipedia: South Africa]]
 
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'''Capital''' Pretoria (name may change to Tshwane)
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'''Capital''' Pretoria (name may change to Tshwane.)
Cape Town is legislative capital <br><br>
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Cape Town is legislative capital.<br><br>
'''Languages''' 11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu <br><br>
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'''Languages''' 11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu. <br><br>
 
'''Currency'''  Rand <br><br>
 
'''Currency'''  Rand <br><br>
 
South Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa, is the world's largest producer of platinum, gold and chromium as well as a major cultivator of marijuana.  
 
South Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa, is the world's largest producer of platinum, gold and chromium as well as a major cultivator of marijuana.  
 
At the Western Cape is Robben Island a former prison (now a national monument) which was home to many of South Africa’s freedom fighters including Nelson Mandela.
 
At the Western Cape is Robben Island a former prison (now a national monument) which was home to many of South Africa’s freedom fighters including Nelson Mandela.
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==Register Office==
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The Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages<br>
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Department of Home Affairs<br>
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Private Bag X114<br>
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Pretoria 0001,RSA <br><br>
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Tel: 00027 123148 911/109 <br>
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Fax: 0027 123148416 <br>
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==General Information==
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*[http://www.genealogyworld.net/ Genealogy World] First stop for South African Research
  
==Links==
 
  
 
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/soafrica.htm Cyndi's List South African Links]
 
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/soafrica.htm Cyndi's List South African Links]
  
*[http://www.southafricawargraves.org/index.htm South Africa War Graves Project]
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*[http://www.eggsa.org/ Genealogical Society of South Africa - eGSSA Website]
  
*[http://www.gensa.info/drupal/ Genealogical Society of South Africa - GSSA Website]
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*[http://www.dha.gov.za/ South African Department of Home Affairs]
  
*[http://home-affairs.pwv.gov.za/documents.asp South African Department of Home Affairs]
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*[http://www.national.archives.gov.za/ National Archives of South Africa (NARS)]
  
*[http://www.national.archives.gov.za/ National Archives of South Africa]
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*[http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/ South African Genealogy]
  
*[http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/ South African Genealogy]
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*[http://southafricangenealogy.blogspot.com/ The South African Genealogist]
  
*[http://www.genealogy.co.za/Ancestry24.aspx?page=content/home Ancestry24]
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*[http://chrysalis.its.uct.ac.za/CGI/CGI_ROOTWEB.EXE South Africa Jewish Rootsbank]
  
*[http://www.kuijsten.de/navigator/southafrica/index.html Surname Navigator, South Africa]
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*[http://www.bsap.org/ British South African Police. Includes a Memorial Roll of Deaths 1980-1989]
  
 
*[http://www.rupert.net/~lkool/ Lehmkuhl Family Home Page]
 
*[http://www.rupert.net/~lkool/ Lehmkuhl Family Home Page]
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==Cemeteries==
  
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See [[Cemeteries Online]]
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==Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists==
  
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* See [[Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists]]
  
====Emigration/Immigration and Shipping and Passenger Lists====
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*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Emigration_and_Immigration See Separate Page]
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==Military History==
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*[http://www.angloboerwar.com/ The Anglo-Boer War Website]
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*[http://www.icon.co.za/~dup42/war.htm Anglo-Boer War Centenary]
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*[http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/ Anglo-Boer War Museum]
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*[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/boers.html#liberal Concentration Camps during the Boer War 1899-1902]
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*[http://rapidttp.co.za/milhist/journal.html South Africa Military History Journal]
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*[http://www.pinetreeweb.com/perspectives.htm The South African War. Original and Contemporary Sources]
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*[http://www.lighthorse.org.au/histbatt/elands.htm The Siege at Elands River Post]
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*[http://members.pcug.org.au/~croe/sotq/sotq_abw.cgi Index of Soldiers and Nurses of the Queen in the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902]
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*Also see [[:Category:Military and Maritime History|'''Military and Maritime History''']]
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*Also see [[War_Memorials#South_Africa|'''War Memorials: South Africa ''']]
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Latest revision as of 18:53, 20 July 2022

Wikipedia: South Africa



Capital Pretoria (name may change to Tshwane.) Cape Town is legislative capital.

Languages 11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu.

Currency Rand

South Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa, is the world's largest producer of platinum, gold and chromium as well as a major cultivator of marijuana. At the Western Cape is Robben Island a former prison (now a national monument) which was home to many of South Africa’s freedom fighters including Nelson Mandela.

Register Office

The Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Department of Home Affairs
Private Bag X114
Pretoria 0001,RSA

Tel: 00027 123148 911/109
Fax: 0027 123148416


General Information




Cemeteries

See Cemeteries Online

Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists



Military History




Back to World Index Page