Western Cape Province, South Africa Genealogy

Africa South Africa  Western Cape

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

Localities
List of cities and townsin Western Cape.

Cemeteries
Find A Grave records for Western Cape, South Africa

Dutch Reformed Church (NGK)

 * 1690-2011 - 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.

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

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

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

Vital Records

 * 1895-1972 - at FamilySearch — index and images