Western Cape Province, South Africa Genealogy

Guide to Province of Western Cape family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History
The Western Cape is a province, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the nine provinces and the third most populated. About two-thirds of these inhabitants live in the metropolitan area of Cape Town, which is also the provincial capital. The Western Cape was created in 1994 from part of the former Cape Province. 

Localities
List of cities and townsin Western Cape.

Cemeteries
Find A Grave records for Western Cape, South Africa

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

The following list contains the names of the parishes located in the Western Cape through 1900, and includes the names of the mother parish.

Others

 * 1801-2004 at FamilySearch - index & images

Civil Registration
Births, marriages, and deaths began to be registered in 1895.

Western Cape Provincial Archives and Records Service

The Head Postal address: Private Bag X9025, CAPE TOWN 8000 Street address: 72 Roeland Street, CAPE TOWN Tel: (021) 466 8100. Fax: (021) 465 2960 E-mail:
 * Archives@pgwc.gov.za  (for General Correspondence)
 * Records@pgwc.gov.za   (for Records Management enquiries)
 * Readroom@pgwc.gov.za (Reading Room Enquiries)
 * Outreach@pgwc.gov.za  (Outreach Activities)

Online Civil Registration Records

 * 1792-1992: South Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Archives Records, 1792-1992 at FamilySearch - index and images of church records, civil registration, probate estate files, slave records and immigration records for the Cape Province.
 * 1840-1972 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Probate Records
See here for a description of what probates are and where they are located.

Online Records
 * 1834-1989 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1871-1937 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1951-1958 at FamilySearch — index and images

Slave Records

 * 1762-1838 at FamilySearch — index

Vital Records

 * 1895-1972 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1955-1966 at FamilySearch — index and images