South African birth and baptism records amongst Ancestry additions

Some interesting new collections added to Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) for South Africa, Australia and the USA:

South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60659
Original data: Various sources from across South Africa.

South Africa, Voter Indexes, 1719-1996
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60671
Original data: Various sources from across South Africa.

Ancestry vaguely notes the source for these as "Various birth and baptismal records from institutions throughout South Africa". From a few sample searches a lot of the material appears to have been found in local archives, contemporary newspaper intimations, and other sources. Each return I have found so far does have a specific source citation, so it's perhaps not as vague as it may at first seem!


Also, from New South Wales in Australia:

New South Wales, Australia, Land Records, 1856-1859
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=8817
The State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.


And from the States:

California, Naturalization Records, 1940-1991
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=3998
Source: The National Archives at Riverside, California, USA.

Arizona, Naturalization Records, 1912-1972
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60614
Source: The National Archives at Riverside, California, USA.

Chris

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