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  • About

    About

    Dive into the history of the museum and see who are the people behind the success of the Anglo-Boer War Museum.

    History of the Museum ➜

    Dive into the history of the Anglo-Boer War Museum

    Friends of the War Museum ➜

    A society that acts as the liaison between the Museum and the people

    Personnel ➜

    See who are the people behind the success of the war museum

    About

    Dive into the history of the museum and see who are the people behind the success of the Anglo-Boer War Museum.

    History of the Museum ➜

    Dive into the history of the Anglo-Boer War Museum

    Friends of the War Museum ➜

    A society that acts as the liaison between the Museum and the people

    Personnel ➜

    See the people behind the success of the Anglo-Boer War Museum

  • Explore

    Explore

    Read what happened in some of the biggest moments in South African history, where monuments are based and why they exist. Take a walk through history in our Exhibits and ready more about the struggles of the women that lived through the war.

    History of the war ➜

    Dive into the history of the war

    Collections ➜

    Read more about our Collections

    National Womens Memorial ➜

    Read more about what the National Women's Memorial commemorates, as well as about the monument itself.

    Heritage Route ➜

    Take a virtual walk through the Heritage Route

    Exhibitions ➜

    Take a virtual walk through the Heritage Route

    Explore

    Read what happened in some of the biggest moments in South African history, where monuments are based and why they exist. Take a walk through history in our Exhibits and ready more about the struggles of the women that lived through the war.

    History of the war ➜

    Dive into the history of the war

    Heritage Route ➜

    Take a virtual walk through the Heritage Route

    Collections ➜

    Read more about our Collections

    Exhibitions ➜

    Take a walk through history in our Exhibitions

    National Womens Memorial ➜

    Read more about what the National Women's Memorial commemorates, as well as about the monument itself.

  • Research

    Research

    A meeting point for all research around the war

    Database Search ➜

    Search our database for more information on the war

    Document & Photo Archive ➜

    Register and search our whole Document and Photo Archive collection.

    Publications & Articles ➜

    Read through our Publications & Articles

    Research

     A meeting point for all research around the war

    Database Search ➜

    Search our database for more information on the war

    Document & Photo Archive ➜

    Register and search our whole Document and Photo Archive collection.

    Publications & Articles ➜

    Read through our Publications & Articles

  • Education
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Database search

Database help and tips

Tips

  • If you search on a full name and do not receive any results, try entering the surname only.
  • Special characters have been removed, so avoid them in your search.

Notes

  • These databases are continuously updated by the Museum researchers.
  • The data is in Afrikaans (except the ‘Foreign Volunteers’).

You can browse any of our 15 databases. Just click on the database you would like to explore – the page will refresh with the records of that database. In the below example, you would be viewing the Prisoners of War records.

While you are browsing, each database tab shows how many records there are in the database. 

Database search tips 3

This search page shows a summary view of the record. To access the full record, click on the “Read More” button. 

Database search tips 5

To keep browsing more records beyond the first page, click on the page numbers or “Next” at the bottom of the page.

Database search tips 4

To perform a keyword search, enter your keyword(s) in the search bar, e.g. “Kruger” and wait for the page to load. You don’t have to click a search button or press Enter to perform the search. 

Every database tab will show an updated record count that reflects the amount of search relevant records in that database. The below example shows search results for “Kruger”.

Database search tips 6

Once the search is performed, you can click on any database to see the records related to your search for that database. 

If your search term does not show up in the summary view (the two or three columns displayed on this page), that term might be in another field in the full record. Click on “Read More” to see the full record.

The below example shows a full record.

Database search tips 7

Tips

  • If you search on a full name and do not receive any results, try entering the surname only.
  • Special characters have been removed, so avoid them in your search.

Notes

  • These databases are continuously updated by the Museum researchers.
  • The data is in Afrikaans (except the ‘Foreign Volunteers’).

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