Western Cape Province, South Africa Genealogy

Guide to Province of Western Cape family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, 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 probates are and where they are located.

Online Records
 * 1834-1989 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Vital Records

 * 1895-1972 - at FamilySearch — index and images