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==General Information==
 
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*[http://www.genealogyworld.net/ Genealogy World] First stop for South African Research
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*[http://www.cyndislist.com/soafrica.htm Cyndi's List South African Links]
 
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/soafrica.htm Cyndi's List South African Links]
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*[http://www.dha.gov.za/ South African Department of Home Affairs]
 
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*[http://www.national.archives.gov.za/ National Archives of South Africa]
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*[http://www.national.archives.gov.za/ National Archives of South Africa (NARS)]
  
 
*[http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/ South African Genealogy]
 
*[http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/ South African Genealogy]
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*[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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*[http://www.genealogyworld.net/ Genealogy World]
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==Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists==
  
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* See [[Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists]]
  
 
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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]
 
*[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]
  
*[http://www.southafricawargraves.org/index.htm South Africa War Graves Project]
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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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==Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists==
 
 
*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Emigration_and_Immigration See Separate Page]
 
  
  
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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




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