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=='''Anglican (Episcopal) Church Records'''== | =='''Anglican (Episcopal) Church Records'''== | ||
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*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=botswana British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Botswana], index and images, ($) | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-births-and-baptisms?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, Africa], index and images, ($) | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/results/world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-banns-and-marriages?country=africa British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, Africa], index and images, ($) | |||
*[http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials], index and images, ($) | |||
===Writing for Records=== | ===Writing for Records=== | ||
*[https://www.diobot.org/digital_faith/parishes?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=&origin=Gaborone%2C+Botswana '''Find a Church Directory'''] | *[https://www.diobot.org/digital_faith/parishes?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=&origin=Gaborone%2C+Botswana '''Find a Church Directory'''] | ||
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=='''Dutch Reformed Church Records'''== | =='''Dutch Reformed Church Records'''== | ||
===Online Records=== | ===Online Records=== | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=M64H-2P8%3A13850201%3Fcc%3D1392488 South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Records (Stellenbosch Archive), 1690-2011], index and images, includes Botswana | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=M6GJ-V38%3A207829201%3Fcc%3D1918294 South Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-1988], images, includes Botswana<br><br> | |||
===Writing for Records=== | ===Writing for Records=== | ||
*[https://www.google.com/maps/search/reformed+church+botswana/@-23.1600236,21.6573352,7z/data=!3m1!4b1 '''Google Maps search results for Dutch Reformed churches in Botswana'''] | |||
===-Historical Background=== | ===-Historical Background=== | ||
The Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana was founded by Swiss missionaries led by Rev. Henri Gronin begun working in 1863 among the tribe Bakgatla, Kgafela in Saulsport and Rustenburg in South Africa. In 1870, part of the tribe moved north to Botswana and the missionaries followed them. The great chief was baptized and most of the tribe followed him. In 1966, when Botswana become independent, a Synod of the Reformed Church was formed. In the 1970s, the church gained independence. The church in the following years expanded to Basarwa, Bakalanga and Bakgatla. | |||
The denomination has 6,000 members and 13 parishes with 50 house fellowships in 2 presbyteries and one Synod. The 14 churches are in : Muchudi, Muchudi East, Muchudi West, Sikwane, Gaborone, Tlokweng, Lobatse, Kgalagadi, Ghanzi, Maun, Makaleng, Selebi Phikwe, Boseja (Mochudi).<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Reformed_Church_in_Botswana, accessed 21 March 2020. </ref> | |||
=='''Jehovah's Witnesses Church Records'''== | =='''Jehovah's Witnesses Church Records'''== | ||
===Writing for Records=== | ===Writing for Records=== | ||