South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004
Digital images and partial index of parish registers of the "Church of the Province of South Africa." Since 2006, the church has been officially known as the "Anglican Church of Southern Africa." Original records are contained within the collection of the William Cullen Library, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. The Church presently includes dioceses in Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Saint Helena, South Africa and Swaziland. Availability of records is largely dependent on time period and locality.
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South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers
What is in This Collection?
This collection includes records from 1801 to 2004. There are some records prior to 1801. Church Records often were kept years before government records were required and are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.
The records in this collection include digital images of parish registers of the Church of the Province of South Africa, also known since 2006 as the "Anglican Church of Southern Africa". The Church includes dioceses in Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Saint Helena, South Africa, and Swaziland. Records were acquired from the collection of the William Cullen Library, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and include baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
Reading These Records
These records are in Afrikaans and English. For help reading them see:
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
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Baptism
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Marriage
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Burial
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Collection Content
Sample Images
1876 Baptismal Record
1925 Marriage Record
1892 Burial Record
Coverage Table
The collection contains records from the following locations:
| Country | Province |
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| Lesotho | Lesotho |
| South Africa | Cape of Good Hope |
| Natal | |
| Orange Free State | |
| Transvaal | |
| Swaziland | Swaziland |
Collection Details
Language
Afrikaans, English
Location of Original Records
William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg
"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 23 March 2026. William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
