Africa

uboat.net – German U-boats of both World Wars

This site lists all the German U-boats of both World Wars, their commanding officers and operations including all Allied ships attacked, technological information and much more. You can also browse our large photo gallery and thousands of U-boat books and…

South Africa’s Stamouers

South Africa’s Stamouers (First Families) came from Africa, Europe, Asia and other places. Some were VOC or Dutch East India Company workers, free settlers, Huguenot, slaves and indigenous. The site includes user submitted Stamouer male descendant-lines and invites submissions. New

South African Genealogy

South African Genealogy was established in 2004 with the aim of helping fellow researchers find their ancestors in South Africa. There are lots of passenger lists available to search (free). There is a military deserters in the Cape Colony during…

eGSSA – the virtual branch of the Genealogical Society of South Africa

The eGGSA Library collection includes:• South African gravestone photographs.• Family Bible inscription pages• Postcards• South African Archive Documents• Church Register Transcriptions• Newspaper Extracts• 1820 Settler Correspondence• South African Records Transcribed• Passenger List ProjectFree online searches are available for the following:•…

GenDatabase.com – South Africa

This site aims to gather, protect, and make available information on ancestors from South Africa. There is a free searchable database where users can search public accessible information, as well as information contributed by Genealogy researchers. There is an online…

IdentityNumber.org – South Africa

IdentityNumber.org is part of the Identity Verification Network. It offers free checks of South African identity numbers for verification purposes and to prevent fraud. This site also offers Ancestry searches in these categories:• Death notices  • Family Finder• Maiden Name…

The National Archives UK – Photos on Flickr

There is a wealth of images as well as documents. Explore 20,034+ individual images and albums. A selection of countries featured include: Australia, Borneo, Burma, Caribbean, China, Cyprus, Fiji, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iran, Israel, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Nigeria,…

FamilySearch

FamilySearch is the family history site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It offers free access 8+ billion searchable names and 3.2+ billion digitised records worldwide. Resources include FamilySearch Catalog; FamilySearch Digital Library with 500,000+ digitised books…

Jewish Genealogy – The Knowles Collection

This collection links together into family groups, over one million individual Jews. The collection includes six searchable databases covering Jews from the British Isles; North America; Europe; South America and the Caribbean; Africa and the Orient and the South Pacific.…