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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.

New to genealogy and family research? Check out the help-guides in our Learning Centre.

We also offer a free Beginner’s Guide to genealogy, which can be downloaded from the site.

Additionally, you have access to experts at Ancestry24 as well as the entire community in our forums. If you are serious about your family history research, also join one of our common surname interest groups or create your own and start building your very own family tree our our unique family tree builder.

Here are some more general and useful pointers:

Ancestry and Genealogy

Family Trees

Biography

Adoptions

Almanacs and Year Books

Birth Records

Cemetery Records

Census

Church Records

Deceased Estate Records

Divorce Records

Costumes at the Cape

Deaths

Education Records

Education Records

Meaning of Names

Genealogical Numbering System

Genetic Genealogy

Heraldry

  • Coat of Arms, how do I trace it?
  • Internet Archives

    Marriage

    Master of the High Court

    Military Records

    National Archives

    Newspaper Resources

    Passenger Lists

    Police Records

    Property and Land, Deeds

    Voting Information

    Wills