The Discovery Centre at the South African Jewish Museum provides easy, immediate access to information on Jewish origins, migration and settlement in South Africa.

Information on family trees and family names is available at the touch of a button. A useful directory gives details of modern-day Jewish life in Cape Town.

The Roots Bank of the Discovery Centre provides information on the estimated 15 000 families from Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus, who migrated to Southern Africa between 1880 and 1930. This information is continually updated, as we incorporate new information on family trees and family histories.

Submit your family tree details here.

Other useful Genealogy links.

E-mail your family history and photographs
to info@sajewishmuseum.co.za

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