Tracing an ancestor who was an immigrant

Africans

General sources of information

AfricaGenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~africagw/

African Atlantic Genealogical Society
http://www.africantic.com/

Museum of African Slavery
http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~plarson/smuseum/welcome.htm

La Maison des Esclaves, Senegal (in French)
http://www.rapide-pana.com/demo/PAYS.FR/goree/gore3.htm

A Slave Ship Speaks: The wreck of the Henrietta Marie
http://www.historical-museum.org/exhibits/hm/henmarie.htm

Nigeria

Nigeria GenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ngawgw/

National Archives of Nigeria, Enugu
http://www2.rz.hu-berlin.de/inside/orient/nae/
PMB 01050
Enugu, Enugu State

South Africa

South African Genealogy
http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/

Archives Depots

• Chief of the Cape Archives Depot, Private Bag X9025, Cape Town 8000
• Chief of the Natal Archives Depot, Private Bag X9012, Pietermaritzburg 3200
• Chief of the Free State Archives Depot, Private Bag X20504, Bloemfontein 9300
• Chief of the Transvaal Depot, Private Bag X236, Pretoria 0001
• Chief of the Central Archives Depot, Private Bag X236, Pretoria 0001
• Durban Archives Repository, Private Bag X22, Greyville 4023 or Nashua House, 14 De Mazenod Road, Greyville, Durban, tel: 031 309-5681/4, fax: 031 309-5685
• Port Elizabeth Archives Repository, Private Bag X3932, North End 6056 or 1 De Villiers Street, North End, Port Elizabeth, tel: 041 54-6451, fax: 041 54-6451

Cory Library for Historical Research
http://www.rhodes.ac.za/library/cory/genealogy.html
This has a rich collection of source material to support genealogical research, including very large holdings of registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for the following denominations:

• Methodist Church of Southern Africa
• Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa (Eastern Cape presbyteries)
• Church of the Province of Southern Africa (diocese of Grahamstown)
• Congregational Union (scattered Eastern Cape holdings)
• Roman Catholic (Grahamstown and environs)
• Baptist Church (Grahamstown and environs)
• Hebrew Congregation (Grahamstown: marriage registers)

The Genealogical Society of South Africa
http://genweb.net/~mercon/
Suite 143
Postnet X2600, 2041
Houghton

Genealogical Institute of South Africa (GISA)
http://www.sun.ac.za/gisa/index.html
PO Box 3033
Matieland 7602
Tel: (021) 887 5070
Fax: (021) 887 5031
E-mail: GISA@renet.sun.ac.za