Free State Province, South Africa Genealogy
Guide to Province of Free State family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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Historical Overview[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
The capital of Free State is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic and later Orange Free State Province. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans were abolished and reincorporated into South Africa.
- Free Statia: reminiscences of a lifetime in the Orange Free State - Available on microfilm at the Family History Library and some Family history centers.
Localities
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List of cities and towns in the Free State.
Maps and gazetteers
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A comprehensive set of maps of the Free State, South Africa.
Records[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries
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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)
Find A Grave records for Free State, South Africa
Census
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Church records
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Dutch Reformed Church (NGK)[edit | edit source]
The Dutch Reform Church records collection on FamilySearch includes records from 1848 to 1956.
- 1690-2011 - South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Records (Stellenbosch Archive), 1690-2011 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1838-1991 - South Africa, Netherdutch Reformed Church Registers (Pretoria Archive), 1838-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
Dutch Reformed Church (NHK)[edit | edit source]
Reformed Church (GK)[edit | edit source]
Methodist[edit | edit source]
Anglican[edit | edit source]
Catholic[edit | edit source]
Parish registers, Catholic Church, Mission, Tempe (Orange Free State), 1869-1930 - microfilm available at the Family History Library and some Family history centers.
Other
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Births, marriages, and deaths began to be registered in 1902.[1]
Deaths[edit | edit source]
- Civil registration (deaths), Orange Free State, 1902-1954.
- 1955-1966 - South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1902-1954 - South Africa, Orange Free State, Civil Death Registration, 1902-1954 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection index and images
Marriages[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
Land records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Probate records[edit | edit source]
See here for a description of what death notices are and where they are located.
- 1832 - 1989 - South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989 at FamilySearch — index
- 1951 - 2006 South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-2006 at FamilySearch — Images of estate files from The Master of Supreme Court in Bloemfontein.
- 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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Websites[edit | edit source]
Microfilm available at the Family History Library
Further Reading[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Southern Africa,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1998.
