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

Title in the Language of the Record
Please add the title in Afrikaans here.

Record Description
This collection includes 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.

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Record Content
Key genealogical facts found in baptism records may include:




 * When baptized
 * Full Name
 * Date of Birth
 * Name of Parents
 * Residence of Parents
 * Occupation
 * Names of Witnesses
 * By whom the baptism was performed

Key genealogical facts found in marriage records may include:




 * Date of marriage
 * Full name of groom
 * Full name of bride
 * Age at marriage
 * County of birth
 * Occupation
 * Residence at time of marriage
 * Type of marriage (Bann or special marriage licence)
 * Names of Witnesses

Key genealogical facts found in burial records may include:




 * Date and place of burial
 * Name of deceased
 * Age
 * Residence at time of death
 * Names of witnesses

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Related Websites
South Africa Church Records

Related Wiki Articles

 * South Africa
 * South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1850-2004

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 * “Delaware Marriage Records,” database and digital images, FamilySearch (: 4 March 2011), William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, 1890; from Delaware, State Marriage Records 23 November 1913, no. 859, Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover; FHL microfilm 2,025,063.
 * “El Salvador Civil Registration,” database and digital images, FamilySearch (: 21 March 2011), Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, 1880; from La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal, San Salvador.