Research your ancestors in Africa with these African family tree resources including free genealogy databases, cemetery transcriptions, historical timelines, tutorials, genealogical societies, maps, royal families, and African surnames.
Trace Africa's history from its beginnings to the present day, including articles on Africa's rich cultural heritage such as the oral tradition of storytelling.
Biographies of significant figures from throughout Africa's history. Study the lives of explorers, rulers, artists, warriors, and thinkers who had a prominent role in the development of the continent. From African History Guide, Alistair Boddy-Evans.
Free, searchable database assists you in locating primary source repositories with important collections of African historical and genealogical sources. Also
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This site is wonderful for historical research of Catholic churches and ancestors. Includes an especially useful list of contact information for Catholic dioceses across Africa.
Need help understanding African genealogy Web pages or documents? Try this free online dictionary for word translation from Afrikaans to English and from English to Afrikaans.
Outlines the various languages currently used in each African country, where in Africa they are geographically spoken, and by how many people they are used.
Your African ancestors may well have served in one of the many turbulent wars of Africa covered here - including the Anglo-Boer War, the Tripolitan War, the Anglo-Zulu War, the Italo-Ethiopian War and more. From African History Guide, Alistair Boddy-Evans.
The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas-Austin hosts a collection of online maps that are useful for genealogical research including political and historical maps of Africa as a whole, as well as most of the individual countries on the continent.
Repositories for collections of manuscripts, rare books, photographs, and other primary resources.
Genealogical Gleanings links to genealogies for many African royal families.
A free newsgroup focusing on genealogy for those who have African ancestors.
Follow significant events in African history through this collection of timelines from African History Guide, Alistair Boddy-Evans.
