South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1990
Probate records from the Master of the Supreme Court, Orange Free State, South Africa. Original records are located in the Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein.
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South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court
What is in This Collection?
This collection includes records from 1832-1989. The province changed names from the Orange Free State to the Free State in 1994. 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 the Orange Free State, South Africa are located in the Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein.
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:
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Name of the deceased
- Birthplace of the deceased
- Nationality of deceased
- Names of parents of deceased
- Age of the deceased
- Occupation
- Marital status
- Place of last marriage
- Name of surviving spouse
- Date and place of death
- Whether there is a will
- Property left
- Name of children
- Relationship of the deceased
Collection Details
Language
Afrikaans, English
Location of Original Records
Free State Archives Repository
"South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1990." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : {collection.updateDate}. Citing Master's Office of the Orange Free State Archives, Bloemfontein.
