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 townsin the KwaZulu-Natal.

Cemeteries
South Africa War Graves Project - Kwazulu Natal Cemeteries


 * Cemeteries in Durban
 * Find A Grave records for KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa]
 * Billion Graves Stellawood Cemetery
 * Kwazulu Natal Cemeteries-Gravestone Photographic Resource
 * West St Cemetery, Durban, eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal
 * Durban-Kwazulu-Natal International Jewish Project
 * KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. Redhill Jewish Cemetery
 * Renishaw Private Cemetery, Park Rynie, KwaZulu-Natal
 * Eggsa Library Dundee Old Cemetery

Dutch Reformed Church (NGK)

 * 1660-1970 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1690-2011 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1838-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1848-1956 at FamilySearch — index and images

Others

 * 1801-2004 at FamilySearch - index & images

Civil Registration
Births, marriages, and deaths began to be registered in 1808. For additional information, see Kwazulu-Natal, finding death records.

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 Tel: (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
See here for a description of what death notices are and where they are located.
 * 1846-1950 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1869-1958 at FamilySearch — index and images

Vital Records

 * 1846-1950 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1868-1996 at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriages

 * 1870-1930 at FamilySearch — index

Deaths

 * 1863-1955 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1869-1954 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1955-1966 at FamilySearch — index and images

Websites

 * Natal Almanac and Directory