NAAIRS Databases
For each archives repository of the National and provincial archives services, a separate database has been defined as shown below. In addition there are databases for the national registers of non-public records. The National Register of Manuscripts (NAREM) and the National Register of Photographs (NAREF) are maintained in a single database, which also includes information on cartographic and library material, microfilms and copies in the custody of the National Archives. There is a database for the National Register of Audio-Visual Material (NAROM). The above databases may be consulted collectively in a concatenated database. NAAIRS also includes two non-archival databases in respect of heraldic representations registered by the Bureau of Heraldry and genealogical information on gravestones prepared by the South African Genealogical Society.
The databases are as follows:
GEN: |
Data of the South African Genealogical Society on gravestones |
HER: |
Data of the Bureau of Heraldry on heraldic representations registered |
KAB: |
Cape Town Archives Repository |
MAN: |
National Registers of Manuscripts and Photographs; National Archives' cartographic material, library material and copies |
NAB: |
Pietermaritzburg Archives Repository |
OVM: |
National Register of Audio-Visual Material |
| ROS: | National Register of Oral Sources |
RSA: |
Incorporates all the above |
SAB: |
National Archives Repository (public records of central government since 1910) |
TAB: |
National Archives Repository (public records of former Transvaal province and its predecessors as well as of magistrates and local authorities) |
TBD: |
Durban Archives Repository |
TBE: |
Port Elizabeth Archives Repository |
TBK: |
Cape Town Records Centre |
VAB: |
Free State Archives Repository |
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| See also Acronyms and names used to identify archival repositories (depots) and contact details | |
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