Zimbabwe Church Records

For information about records for non-Christian religions in Zimbabwe, go to the Religious Records page.

How to Find the Records
Most of these parish registers are housed in the National Archives of Zimbabwe in Harare. FamilySearch has a large amount of Anglican church records available online. These records are on the FamilySearch Catalog for Zimbabwe, as well as several locations within Zimbabwe. So, if researching your ancestors, make sure to check both in the collections for the country as a whole and the collections for the area within Zimbabwe where they lived.

Online Resources and Websites

 * 1898-1957: Parish registers (baptisms, banns, marriages, burials, confirmations), Church of England in Rhodesia, Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), 1898-1957, 1898-1957 at FamilySearch – images
 * 1890-1941: Church records, 1890-1941 at FamilySearch – images
 * 1890-1956: Church records, 1890-1956 at FamilySearch – images
 * 1892-1933: Church records, 1892-1933 at FamilySearch – images
 * 1896-1924: Church records, 1896-1924 at FamilySearch – images

More Anglican records are available on the FamilySearch Catalog. Search for places within Zimbabwe.

Historical Background
The first Anglican missionaries arrived in 1859. Most Zimbabweans are Protestant Christians, and the majority of Protestants are Anglican.

Online Resources and Websites

 * 1690-2011 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1838-1991 - at FamilySearch — index and images