Where to Start
Tracing your family can be a time-consuming process. Fortunately Ancestry24 offers you a wealth of information. Here are a few pointers to help you navigate this website as well as your journey.
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Here are some more general and useful pointers:
Ancestry and Genealogy
Family Trees
Biography
Adoptions
Almanacs and Year Books
Birth Records
Cemetery Records
- Avbob
- Burial Customs
- Cemeteries + Crematoria in Cape Town
- Cemetery Contact Numbers
- Cremations
- Funeral Assurance
- Historical Graves in South Africa
- Huguenot Cemeteries
- Muslim Funerals
- State Funerals
- Where do I find Cemetery Records
Census
Church Records
- Anglican Church Archives in Port Elizabeth
- Anglican Church Archives
- Church Records, where do I find them?
Deceased Estate Records
Divorce Records
Costumes at the Cape
Deaths
Education Records
Education Records
Meaning of Names
Genealogical Numbering System
Genetic Genealogy
Heraldry
Internet Archives
Marriage
- Marriage + Divorce Law
- Marriage Certificates, what will I find on them?
- Marriage Records, where do I find them?
- Prohibited Marriages
- Where can I obtain a copy of a marriage certificate
Master of the High Court
Military Records
- How do I get them
- National Archives