South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954

What is in This Collection?

This collection includes death records that cover the years 1869-1954. Death certificates are arranged chronologically and alphabetically by place and include full name, parent's name if under the age of ten, mother's residence, age, sex, birthplace, marital status, occupation, whether pensioner or pensioner's dependent, place and date of death, residence, place of burial, cause and duration of death, and background of informant. For the years 1899-1902, records are arranged separately by internment camp and district where death occurred.

The Department of Home Affairs maintains the records of births, marriages, and deaths, but the physical records are not accessible to the public for research purposes. To access information, you must apply in writing to the Department of Home Affairs and give exact information about the event. General Information about Transvaal Province The Union of South Africa was established in 1910 by combining four British colonies into four original provinces of the Union: Cape Province, Transvaal Province, Natal Province and Orange Free State Province. In 1994 all of these provinces were dissolved and the current nine new provinces were established. The Transvaal Province was broken up into four smaller provinces: the North West, Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. Parts of the Cape Province were also absorbed into the North West Province.

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

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  1901 Camp Death Record

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  1941 Death Record