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Burgher lists[edit | edit source]
Research use: To give names of individuals and location. The records can also be used as a finding tool and to trace migration.
Record type: List of citizens, or voters.
Time period: 1656 to present.
Contents: Names, residence, occupation.
Location: Cape Archive, Natal Archive, Orange Free State Archive, Transvaal Archive, and Zimbabwe Archive.
Population coverage: 25% of Caucasian population.
Reliability: Reasonably accurate, kept by government agencies.[1]
Slave Records[edit | edit source]
- 1762-1838 - South Africa, Register of Slaves, 1762-1838 at FamilySearch — index
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.