Zimbabwe Colonial Records
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British Colonization (1888-1965)
Formerly known as Southern Rhodesia. Colonization began in 1888, when Cecil John Rhodes obtained mineral rights and the area was put under control of the British South African Company. In 1923, Rhodesia became a British Crown Colony. The country declared its independence in 1965, and was renamed Zimbabwe in 1979.[1]
| Record collection | Years covered | Record type | Language | Who is in the records |
| British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, COUNTRY at FindMyPast - index and images ($) | 1940-1985 | Births and baptisms | English | Children born to those working within the armed forces, merchant navy, and consular forces, as well as, civilian ship passengers. |
| British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages, COUNTRY at FindMyPast - index and images ($) | 1906-1964 | Banns and marriages | English | British armed forces members and civilians who were married abroad and at sea |
| British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, COUNTRY at FindMyPast - index and images ($) | 1896-1961 | Deaths and burials | English | Members of the British armed forces who died while serving their country overseas, British civilians who died while traveling or working overseas, and individuals (including seaman) who died at sea. |
| British Civil Service Evidence Of Age at FindMyPast - index ($) | 1901-1913 | Civil Service applications and paperwork | English | Individuals who worked for, or applied to join, the British Civil Service. |
| Church records, 1890-1941 | 1890-1941 | Church records | English | Anglican Zimbabweans |
| Parish registers, Dutch Reformed Church, Transvaal (South Africa), Rhodesia, Swaziland, etc., 1894-1998 | 1894-1998 | Church records | Afrikaans and English | Members of the Dutch Reformed Church |
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Colonial History of Southern Rhodesia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_history_of_Southern_Rhodesia, accessed 12 July 2019.