KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa Genealogy

Guide to Province of KwaZulu-Natal family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Historical Overview
KwaZulu was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government as a semi-independent homeland for the Zulu people. The capital was moved from Nongoma to Ulundi in 1980. It was led until its abolition in 1994 by the Chief of the Zulu tribe and head of the Inkatha Freedom Party. It was merged with the surrounding South African province of Natal to form the new province of KwaZulu-Natal. The name kwaZulu translates roughly as Place of Zulus, or more formally Zululand.

Localities

 * List of cities and towns in the KwaZulu-Natal at Wikipedia

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries in Durban at African Advice
 * Cemeteries in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa at Find A Grave
 * Kwazulu Natal Cemeteries at South Africa War Graves Project
 * Kwazulu Natal Cemeteries - Gravestone Photographic Resource at Gravestone Photos
 * Kwazulu-Natal, Dundee, Old main cemetery at Eggsa Library
 * KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. Redhill Jewish Cemetery at HaChayim HaYehudim Jewish Photo Library
 * Renishaw Private Cemetery, Park Rynie, KwaZulu-Natal at The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding
 * Stellawood Cemetery at Billions Graves
 * West St Cemetery, Durban, eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal at The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding

Dutch Reformed Church (NGK)

 * 1660-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1690-2011 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1838-1991 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1848-1956 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Others

 * 1801-2004 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Civil Registration
Births, marriages, and deaths began to be registered in 1808.


 * Help Finding Death Records for Kwazulu-Natal at RootsChat


 * KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Archives
 * Head Office
 * The Provincial Archivist
 * Postal address: Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism, 171 Boshoff Street, PIETERMARITZBURG 3200
 * Street address: Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism, 171 Boshoff Street, PIETERMARITZBURG 3200
 * Telephone: (033) 341 3611
 * Fax:0866 121 489
 * E-mail: ngcoyas@dact.kzntl.gov.za

Online Civil Registration Records

 * 1845-1899 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1863-1955 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1868-1976 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Probate Records

 * 1846-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1869-1958 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Description of what death notices are and where they are located

Vital Records

 * 1846-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1868-1996 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Marriages

 * 1870-1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Deaths

 * 1863-1955 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1869-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1955-1966 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Websites

 * Natal Almanac and Directory at Internet Archive