There are thousands of links that I could add to this page, but I won't. The most
obvious place to start would be Cyndi's List
which lists just about every site on the web!
Other sites that have been useful to me have been:
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Useful South African Sites are:
The successor to the HSRC, the Genealogical Institute of South Africa (GISA) site can be found here.
If your ancestors were French Huguenots, why not visit the Huguenot Society Web Site?
If your ancestors were 1820 Settlers, why not visit the 1820 Settlers Web Site?
To find out a bit more about South African Heraldry, Please visit the Heraldry Page
Other "not-so-known" sites:
www.scantips.com Tips on how to use your scanner properly!
www.genealogy.org/~ajmorris/photo/phot.htm Dating photographs
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