Eastern Cape Province, South Africa Genealogy

South Africa &gt; Eastern Cape

History
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Localities
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List of cities and townsin the Eastern Cape

Maps and gazetteers
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Cemeteries
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Eastern Cape, Adelaide Main Cemetery

South Africa-Eastern Cape Cemeteries, South Africa War Graves Project

Find A Grave records for Eastern Cape, South Africa

Census
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Church records
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Catholic
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Anglican
Name(s) of ecclesiastical parish, records, availability, archive, online indexes, notes. Portrait of Rev. William Homan Turpin, Archdeacon of Cradock, South Africa 1835-1920, married Elinor Gray in 1858. Article in The Irish Ancestor, Vol. XVI, no. 1. 1984, frontpiece. Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i

Presbyterian
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Methodist
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Society of Friends
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Others
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Bergersdorp Baptisms, South African Church records indexes for Bergersdorp, Eastern Cape-1868-1888. Most of the images are from the Gereformeerde kerk collection, although also added is Magistrate marriages and an index to the Easter Cape 1962 estates.

Civil Registration
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A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Emigration
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Genealogy
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Land records
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Newspapers
The Cody Library at Rhodes University in Grahamstown has original and microfilm copies of many newspapers, including the Grahamstown Journal (1831-1920) and Grocott's Mail (1872-current). Their website can be accessed here.

Occupations
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Portrait of Rev. William Homan Turpin, Archdeacon of Cradock, South Africa, 1835-1920. Married Elinor Gray in 1858. Article in The Irish Ancestor, vol. XVI. no.1. 1984, fronts piece. Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i

Probate records
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School records
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Tax records
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Web Sites
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