Members may be aware of the following sources giving information about the 1820 settlers who had a major impact on life in the Eastern Cape.
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| Landing of 1820 British settlers in Algoa Bay |
Correspondence in connection with the 1820 Cape Settler Scheme is preserved at the UK National Archives at Kew. Each file is in fact a large leather bound volume into which the correspondence has been inserted (this is the cause of so many [obscured] words as they disappear into the binding, and of course one is not allowed to undo them). The letters were bound in the 19th century, and were filed in order of receipt.
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Fables Bookshop in Grahamstown have a CD (pictured left) that will run on a computer. This genealogy programme shows 88000 individuals, 49000 direct 1820 descendants, as well as 300 photographs and 420 documents. This is a great resource for anyone starting to trace their 1820 Settler ancestors. With all reference books on the Settlers now out-of-print, this is your best source of genealogy information.
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