Handbooks for Foreign Genealogical Research :
Africa and the Middle East

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Liberia

1.	Stewart, Roma Jones. 
	Liberia genealogical research / by Roma Jones Stewart. --
	Chicago : Homeland Publications, c1991. -- 50 p. : map. 
	CS1722 .S74 1991 <LH&G>

  	Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-34).

  	In seven parts the book discusses available records, historical
	background of the American Colonization Society, genealogical and
	historical societies, record repositories, how to get started on
	research, and several case studies.

 South Africa
 
1.	Lombard, Roelof Theunis Johannes 1931-. 
	Handbook for genealogical research in South Africa / R.T.J.
	Lombard. -- Pretoria : Human Sciences Research Council, Institute
	for Historical Research, 1984. -- 164 p. : ill. -- (Genealogy
	publication ; no. 6) 
	CS1593 .L65 1984 <LH&G>

	Discusses repositories including the State Archives, Cape
	Archives Depot, and Government Archives, as well as
	ecclesiastical sources, offices of the supreme court, registrars
	of deeds and vital records, museums, and libraries. 
	 
2.	Major genealogical record sources in South Africa / the
	Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of
	Latter-Day Saints. -- Salt Lake City : The Department, 1976,
	c1977. -- 17 p. : col. map. -- (Series K ; no. 1) 
	CS1593 .M35 1976 <LH&G>

  	Chiefly tables. Bibliography: p. 17.

  	Presents a brief historical overview with notes to the
	historical map. Tables list general types of records available
	for the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Also listed
	are specific types of records for specific periods, the
	availability and data contained therein.