South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Title in the Language of the Record

Suid-Afrika, die Kerk van die Provinsie van Suid-Afrika, Parish registers

Record Description

This Collection will include records from 1801 to 2004, with possibly some records before 1801.

The records in this collection include digital images of parish registers of the Church of the Province of South Africa, also known since 2006 as the "Anglican Church of Southern Africa". The Church includes dioceses in Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Saint Helena, South Africa and Swaziland. Records were acquired from the collection of the William Cullen Library, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and include baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials. The text of the records is in English and Afrikaans. For translation help, see the For Help Reading These Records section of this article.

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004.

Record Content

File:South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers DGS 4453526 20 Baptism.jpg

Baptism record

File:South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers DGS 5026994 55 Marriage.jpg

Marriage record

File:South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers DGS 5026983 50 Burial.jpg

Burial record

Baptism records may contain the following information:

Date and place of baptism
Child's name and gender
Child's date and place of birth
Parents' names and their residence
Occupation of father
Names of sponsors or witnesses
By whom the baptism was performed

Marriage records may contain the following information:

Date and place of marriage
Race of the bride and groom
Name and age of groom
Groom's birthplace, marital status and occupation
Groom's residence at time of marriage
Name and age of bride
Bride's birthplace, marital status and occupation
Bride's residence at time of marriage
Marriage by license or banns
Names of witnesses
Name of minister and religious denomination

Death records may contain the following information:

Date and place of burial
Name and age of deceased
Residence at time of death
Who performed burial ceremony

How to Use the Record

To search these records, it would be helpful if you knew any of the following information:

Names of parents
Name of ancestor
Name of ancestor's spouse
Approximate year and place of birth/marriage/death
Parish

Search the Collection

To search the collection image by image
⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page:
⇒Select the appropriate "Country"
⇒Select the appropriate "Province"
⇒Select the appropriate "Diocese, Town, and/or Parish"
⇒Select the appropriate "Record Type and Years" which will take 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

These records are in Afrikaans. For help with reading the records, see the following wiki article:

Afrikaans Word List

Don't overlook FS Library Place South Africa items or FS Library Keyword South Africa items in the FamilySearch Library Catalog. For other libraries (local and national) or to gain access to items of interest, see South Africa Archives and Libraries.

Known Issues with This Collection

	Problems with this collection? See a list of known issues, workarounds, tips, restrictions, future fixes, news and other helpful information.

For a full list of all known issues associated with this collection see the attached Wiki article. If you encounter additional problems, please email them to support@familysearch.org. Please include the full path to the link and a description of the problem in your e-mail. Your assistance will help ensure that future reworks will be considered.

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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.

Image citation:
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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, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004.