Free State Province, South Africa Genealogy

Africa South Africa  Free State

Guide to  ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History
Free Statia: reminiscences of a lifetime in the Orange Free State - Available on microfilm from the Family History Library.

Localities
List of cities and towns in the Free State.

Maps and gazetteers
A comprehensive set of maps of the Free State, South Africa.

Cemeteries
Bloemfontein (Hamilton) Was Cemetery grave listings

Free State, South Africa Cemeteries - War graves project.

Bethelem Cemetery - Van Heerden Family Tree listings

Grave yards in Free State (The Genealogical Society of South Africa)

Find A Grave records for Free State, South Africa

Dutch Reformed Church (NGK)
The Dutch Reform Church records collection on FamilySearch includes records from 1848 to 1956.

Catholic
Parish registers, Catholic Church, Mission, Tempe (Orange Free State), 1869-1930 - microfilm available from the Family History Library.

Civil Registration
Births, marriages, and deaths began to be registered in 1902.

Deaths

 * Civil registration (deaths), Orange Free State, 1902-1954.

Marriages

 * Civil registration (marriages - blacks), Orange Free State, 1931-1955.
 * Civil registration (marriages - whites, coloureds and Indians), Orange Free State, 1931-1955.
 * Civil registration (marriages), Orange Free State, 1848-1899.
 * Civil registration (marriages), Orange Free State, 1929-1930.

Land records
[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/557414?availability=Family%20History%20Library Orange Free State (South Africa). Registrar of Deeds, 1848-1934.]

Orange Free State (South Africa). Land Board - Property claims, confiscations and forfeitures, 1853-1866.

Probate records
See here for a description of what death notices are and where they are located.

South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-2006 - Images of estate files from The Master of Supreme Court in Bloemfontein.

Index of Surnames for complete files in the 1951 Free State Estate Files collection on familysearch.org

The Family History Library has microfilm ofEstate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989.

Web Sites
Microfilm available at the Family History Library