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== How to Use the Records<br> == | == How to Use the Records<br> == | ||
Begin your search by finding your ancestors in the index. Name indexes make it possible to access a specific record quickly. Remember that these indexes may contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned. | Begin your search by finding your ancestors in the index. Name indexes make it possible to access a specific record quickly. Remember that these indexes may contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned. | ||
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• Use the marriage date and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information. | • Use the marriage date and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information. | ||
• Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a couple's birth records and parents' names. • Occupations listed can lead you to employment records or other types of records such as military records. | • Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a couple's birth records and parents' names. | ||
• Occupations listed can lead you to employment records or other types of records such as military records. | |||
• Use the parent’s birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family. | • Use the parent’s birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family. | ||
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• There is also some variation in the information given from one marriage record to another record. | • There is also some variation in the information given from one marriage record to another record. | ||
== Record Description<br> == | == Record Description<br> == | ||
The Dutch Reform Church records have been maintained in good conditions. Baptisms and marriages are found in different registration formats, most written in Dutch and others in Afrikaans, Dutch and English. Deaths records are not found among these registers. | The Dutch Reform Church records have been maintained in good conditions. Baptisms and marriages are found in different registration formats, most written in Dutch and others in Afrikaans, Dutch and English. Deaths records are not found among these registers. | ||