Free State Province, South Africa Genealogy

South Africa

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

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)

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

Anglican
Name(s) of ecclesiastical parish, records, availability, archive, online indexes, notes.

Presbyterian
Name(s) of ecclesiastical parish, records, availability, archive, online indexes, notes.

Methodist
Name(s) of ecclesiastical parish, records, availability, archive, online indexes, notes.

Society of Friends
Name(s) of ecclesiastical parish, records, availability, archive, online indexes, notes.

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

Civil Registration
The Family History Library has microfilm of deaths and marriages

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.

Immigration/Emigration
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Genealogy
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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.

Occupations
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Probate records
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 of Estate files, Orange Free State, 1832-1989.

School records
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Tax records
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Web Sites
Microfilm available at the Family History Library