South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive) - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Title in the Language of the Record

Suid-Afrika, Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika, Kerk Rekords

Record Description

This collection will include records from 1838-1991. These records include christening, marriage, and membership records of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika) located in Pretoria. Records are from various areas of South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. The Dutch East India Company sent a crew to create a Dutch settlement in the Cape of Good Hope in 1652. Many of the members of the crew belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church, and created a community in Cape Town. The church group suffered from several divisions, most notably the Doppers.

You will be able to browse through images in this collection when it is published.

Record Content

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Christening Record
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Marriage Record

Christening Records generally contain the following information:

Name of the child
Gender
Names of the parents
Birth date
Birthplace
Christening date

Baptism records may contain the following information:

Name of child
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date and place of baptism
Name of father
Name of mother
Child’s gender

Marriage records may contain the following information:

Name of bride and groom
Date of marriage
Age of bride
Age of groom
Bride and groom’s marital status
Bride and groom’s residence
Bride and groom’s birth year
Names of witnesses

How to Use the Record

To search this collection for baptisms, it would be helpful to know the following information:

Name of child
Approximate year and place of baptism

To search this collection for marriages, it would be helpful to know the following information:

Name of child
Approximate year and place of baptism

Search the Collection

To search by index:
Fill in the requested information in the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches. Compare the information about the ancestors in the list to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct family or person. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to find your ancestor.

To browse by image:
To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links:
⇒ Select the appropriate 'Province'
⇒ Select the appropriate 'Town/Municipality'
⇒ Select the 'Event Type' category which takes you to the images.

Search the collection by image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination.

For Help Reading These Records

Some of these records are in Afrikaans. For help with reading the records, see the following resources:

Afrikaans Word List

Using the Information

Use the estimated age to calculate a birth date.
Use the county code and the certificate number to obtain a copy of the original death certificate from the county.

Tips to Keep in Mind

There may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
You may not be sure of your own ancestor’s name.
Your ancestor may have used different names or variations of their name throughout their life.

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Citations for This Collection

When you copy information from a record, you should list where you found the information; that is, cite your sources. This will help people find the record again and evaluate the reliability of the source. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records. Citations are available for the collection as a whole and each record or image individually.

Collection citation:

Collection Citation:
The citation for this collection can be found on the Collection Details Page in the section Cite This Collection.

Record citation (or citation for the index entry):

When looking at a record, the citation is found below the record. You can search records in this collection by visiting the search page for South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa, Church Records, 1838-1991.

Image citation:
This template has been deprecated and is no longer used.

When looking at an image, the citation is found on the Information tab at the bottom left of the screen. You can browse through images in this collection by visiting the browse page for South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa, Church Records, 1838-1991.