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| == Wills and Probates == | | == Wills and Probates == |
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| Research use: Mainly to show relationships and to verify information in church records. Also to provide pedigree connections and names of living children and children’s spouses, which sometimes cannot be found elsewhere.
| | Probate records includedeath notices and estate records. They were kept from 1834 to present. Death notices includes name, birth date and place, names of parents, age of deceased, marital status, date and place of death, names of children, and property. Wills include name of testator, residence, heirs, relationships, description of land and property, date of will and probate, signatures of witnesses’ and executors, etc. These records are found at provincial archives and the various masters of the Supreme Court. |
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| Probate records : death notices/estate records | |
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| Record type: Death notices, wills, probate packets.
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| Time period: 1834 to present.
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| Contents: Death notices - name, birth date and place, names of parents, age of deceased, marital status, date and place of death, names of children, and property. Wills - name of testator, residence, heirs, relationships, description of land and property, date of will and probate, signatures of witnesses’ and executors, etc.
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| Location: Provincial archives and the various masters of the Supreme Court.
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| Population coverage: 50% of Whites and also many Coloreds, Asians, and Africans.
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| Reliability: Highly accurate. The records had to be proved in a court of law.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Southern Africa,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1998.</ref>
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| *[http://forebears.io/south-africa Forebears] South Africa Wills and Probate Records.
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| == Death Notices == | | == Death Notices == |