South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1869-1961

What is in This Collection?

South African probate records often include heirs, locations, property transfers, wills, and other important information. The most useful records in the collection are the death notices which give detailed information. The probate records usually have multiple pages and are included in a probate file, which is identified by a probate number.

When a person died, the nearest relative or other connection should have completed a death notice and sent it to the Master of the High Court within 14 days of the death.

The original probate records from the Master of the Supreme Court in Transvaal, South Africa are located in the Transvaal Archives Depot, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa.

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:

• Afrikaans Word List
• Netherlands Language and Languages
• South Africa Language and Languages

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  Estate File Cover

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  1910 Death Notice

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  1910 Will Page 1

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  Will Page 2

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  Will Page 3

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  1910 Distribution Page 1

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  Distribution Page 2

Digital Folder Number List

This collection was published as a DGS browse collection. The list does not contain any description of the DGS folder's content. A table listing each DGS number and its contents can be found at South Africa, Transvaal, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court Digital Folder Number List.