South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions

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== What is in This Collection? ==  

South African probate records often include heirs, locations, property transfers, wills, and other important information. The most useful records in the collection are the death notices which give detailed information. The probate records usually have multiple pages and are included in a probate file, which is identified by a probate number.  

The original probate records from the Master of the Supreme Court in Transvaal, South Africa are located in the Transvaal Archives Depot, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.

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=== Reading These Records ===

These records are in Afrikaans and English. For help reading them see:

*[[Netherlands Language and Languages]]

*[[South Africa Language and Languages]]

== What Can These Records Tell Me? ==  

The following information may be found in these records:

*When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details such as a title, an occupation, or land ownership. Add this new information to your records of each family. You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors                           

*[[South Africa Church Records|Church Records]] often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900

=== I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now? ===                 

*Switch to a different record collection. Depending on the time period, either Civil Registration records or Church Records may be more useful                                   

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