Institutions and Museums

Africana Library, Port Elizabeth, contact person: Africana Librarian, Ruby Tumela, email address: Hierdie e-posadres word teen spambots beskerm. Jy benodig JavaScript geaktiveer om dit te bekyk.. This library deals mainly with information from the Port Elizabeth district. This is a free service. When sending a query to Ruby, please ensure that: 1. Subject header reads - Att. Ruby [and the surname look-up], 2. Please give Ruby as much information as possible.

Cory Library for Historical Research with a searchable catalogue

Fish Hoek Valley Museum, a private Museum with displays on Peers' Cave, local history, local environment.

Genealogical Institute of South Africa, in afrikaans only

Genealogical Society of South Africa

The Huguenot Foundation of SA

Natal Archives Repositories, Libraries and Museums, a very useful guide by Rosemary Dixon-Smith

National Archives of South Africa - with a searchable index

National Library of South Africa - searchable catalogue

Museums Online South Africa - search for museums, organisations, associations and societies

Simon's Town Museum, collects and exhibits the cultural history of the people of Simon's Town. It offers talks, guided walks and undertakes research and provides copies of historical photographs and pictures.

South African National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg

The Orange Free State Estate Files 1951-1973 , to be found on the Latter Day Saints Beta Site.

The Stellenbosch Heemkring, a non-profit cultural organization for the collection and preservation of material of cultural and historical significance for Stellenbosch