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Genealogy

  • Bygone fortune seeker and rail restauranteur Theodor Fiebiger
  • Kate’s Legacy - Seeking the family of an abandoned box of beautiful old photographs
  • Merther, Minerals & Migrations - Three generations of the Lavin family
  • Century old photographs reveal the story of James Gribble, Paarl based photographer
  • A Chance in a Million - Identical photographs found on different continents
  • The German Monarchy, Merino Sheep and a Wool Merchant
  • Finding my grandmother

From our Archive

  • Africa's first Wikipedia City
  • The Story Behind the Oudstryders Monument
  • Circa has landed
  • Forbidden Images (1960s to 1980s) - Illegal photographs captured by young men conscripted into the South African Military
  • Meandering along the Sea Point Promenade
  • Dark tourism disaster and the terrible Laingsburg flood of 1981
  • The Ponte Saga
  • Stories from a Diamond Mine - The Early Days
  • Hidden arcade re-emerges after four and a half decades
  • The early history of Port Nolloth
  • 6 National Heritage Sites - Commemoration of Nelson Mandela 6 years on
  • The Mining Link Connecting Simon van der Stel to Herbert Hoover
  • To Okavango and Chobe on foot in 1884 - A Dundonian Odyssey
  • A Brief History of Roads in South Africa - In the Beginning
  • Mystery photographs of two forgotten Salvation Army jamborees in South Africa

From the Directory

  • Brixton Community Forum (BCF)
  • Amafa / Heritage KwaZulu Natal
  • Friends of the Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site
  • Cape Town Walking Tours
  • Jeremy Hazell Universal Access Consultant
  • James Findlay Collectable Books & Antique Maps
  • Parkhurst Residents' and Business Owners' Association (PRABOA)
  • Elegant Places
  • African Centre for Heritage Activities (ACHA)
  • Talana Museum
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