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AFRICAN ROOTS

SOUTH AFRICAN GENEALOGY Information and resources for doing genealogical and family history research in South Africa.

Genealogy World Genealogy World is a good resource for those who have ancestors in South Africa and those who have people who fought in the various South African Wars.

Ancestry 24 Ancestry24 South Africa's most comprehensive ancestral and genealogical service

British 1820 Settlers to South Africa Web Site This Genealogy website is a totally free website, dedicated to the British Settlers to South Africa in 1820, their descendants and researchers.

THE SETTLER HANDBOOK by MD NASH The over 4,000 British people, who came to South Africa as the 1820 Settlers had a powerful impact on the development of the country. Today, their numerous descendants are scattered throughout the sub-continent, and the world, even though most of the Settlers were initially located on grants of land in and around Albany, in the Eastern Cape.

CAPE PASSENGER LISTS and related matters Cape passenger lists, Wrecks and Survivors, links to specialist genealogy and South African history related sites and more...

AUSTRALIA

Maps of Australia Topographic, Bathymetric & Boundary Satellite Images Minerals Geophysical Geology Indexes Palaeogeographic Atlas

Assisted British Immigration Index to Registers of Assisted British Immigrants 1839-1871

Unassisted Immigration to Victoria Index of Inward Passenger Lists for British, Foreign and New Zealand Ports 1852-1923

Australia Cemetary by State Interment.net

The State Archives New South Wales Government

New South Wales Government State Records Authority of New South Wales Census \| Colonial Secretary \| Convicts \| Court‚ Police‚ Prison \| Deceased Estates \| Education & Child Welfare \| Immigration & Shipping \| Indigenous Australians \| Insolvency \| Land \| Naturalization \| Railway Employees \| Registers of Firms \| Street Names

Times (London) To participate you must be a New South Wales resident and must also be registered as a State Library client.

Indexes to Assisted Immigrants 1839-96 We hold records of assisted immigrants from 1828-1896 to NSW which can provide valuable information such as native place and parents' names.

World War II Refugees to Australia These passenger lists contain individuals and families that migrated to Australia after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons.

Convicts to Australia A Guide to Researching Your Convict Ancestors

IMMIGRANTS RECRUITED BY THE LAUNCESTON IMMIGRATION AID SOCIETY 1855 - 1862

Tasmanian GenWeb SHIPPING and IMMIGRANTS Indexes

Archives Office of Tasmania

Online Australian Names Directory for all former colonies, states and territories

Family History South Australia South Australian searchable database of passenger lists up to 1849

South Australian State Records

South Australian links Material generated by Adelaide Proformat for the benefit of South Australian researchers .

WE'RE BOUND FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA! presented by DIANE CUMMINGS EVERY SHIP THAT ARRIVED IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA between 1836 and 1851

Immigrants to South Australia, (UK, assisted passage) 1847-1886

Picture Australia Search Australia’s major historical picture collections.

Ireland-Australia transportation database The National Archives of Ireland holds a wide range of records relating to the transportation of convicts from Ireland to Australia covering the period 1788 to 1868. In some cases these include records of members of convicts' families transported as free settlers.

AFRICAN ROOTS

ASIAN ROOTS

AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND

NORTH AMERICA