New to South African genealogy research?

If you are just starting to put a toe gingerly into the murky waters of South African family history research, take a look at the Beginners' Guide on this Blog:

http://molegenealogy.blogspot.co.za/p/beginners-guide-to-south-african.html

This offers useful tips on sources and procedures to be followed during your search, giving an introduction to the topic - where to start and what your aims should be. What is a deceased estate, what is the difference between a Death Notice and a Death Certificate, how to obtain certificates in South Africa - and much more.

I do not undertake private research for others but you could check the list of professional researchers for all provinces given on the NAAIRS site at 

http://www.national.archives.gov.za/NARS%20DMLIB%208372%20March%202012.pdf


Happy Hunting!

Young woman photographed by H Kisch

Navigating Mole's Genealogy Blog

I note from time to time that blog visitors aren't getting the most out of the search facility on my blog.

For example, someone has entered 'deceased estates sa online archives', This will not bring up any helpful hits on the blog. Try going to the tab 'Beginners Guide' where there is a detailed explanation of estate files as well as Death Notice and Death Certificate. There are also single posts which should come up if 'deceased estates' only is entered in the search facility.  In any case, if you are just starting out on SA ancestry, the Beginners Guide is a pretty good place to begin.

Make sure the topic you are looking for is correctly spelled, otherwise the search facility won't be able to help you - it isn't that clever! e.g. if looking for the ship Dudbrook, entering Dodbrook or Dubrook will blow the search facility's little furry mind.