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Archival Free State Sources, documents -VAB-South Africa

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  • Francois Johannes Joubert (1871 - 1946)
    Sources added Marriage certificate G939 Francois Johannes Joubert trou op die ouderdom van 32 jaar as "bachelor" en boer van die plaas Boesmanskop met Andriesa Johanna van Tonder toe 22 jaar oud en "sp...
  • Lambert Petrus van Sittert (1851 - 1922)
    Death Notice DEPOT VAB SOURCE MHG TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 0 SYSTEM 02 REFERENCE 15562 PART 1 DESCRIPTION VAN SITTERT, LAMBERT PETRUS. EGGENOTE JACOBA JOHANNA (GEBORE KRIEK). STARTING 19220000 ENDING 19220000
  • Aletta Petronella Catharina Venter (1868 - 1923)
    Sterfkennis VAB 16598 Huwelik Bethlehem 1887
  • Jurie Johannes Bekker, b4c1d1e12f4 (1833 - 1902)
    Johannes Jurgens or Jurgens Johannes ? Johannes Jurie Bekker baptism of daughter All used . DN 1902 : Here age 69 years ,1 monnth and 23 days 9 children mentioned on his DN Information of Death...
  • Sophia Marthina Botha (Hayford) (b. - 1980)
    Sophia Marthina Botha - Sterfkennis nee Hayford Marriage Register

VAB - Free State Archives

icn_favorite.gif As promised we will be doing sub projects for the individual archives in South Africa

icn_favorite.gif ALL SOURCES HERE MUST HAVE PROFILES ALREADY ON THE WORLD TREE OR CAN BUILD FURTHER TO A PROFILE ON THE WORLD TREE

icn_favorite.gif The aim of this project is to help users to get to know how and where to look for death notices, etc.

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icn_favorite.gif The question have been asked a lot of times on how too obtain them, this will give you an idea

  • icn_favorite.gif If still uncertain please feel free to ask any of the SA curators for help in explaining the procedure and symbols.

icn_favorite.gif Here you can add your SOURCES of the Free State

icn_favorite.gif These will be all sources you get in the VAB NAAIRS Archival Centre, or other retrieval centre in the Free State anywhere.

icn_favorite.gif We will explain to you how the Archive works and what road or roads to take to get information on your ancestor.

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  1. Add the document to the profile.
  2. Put the reference and information in the about section
  3. Be sure to tick the relevant boxes in the source block that will appear.
  4. Add the source to the project if it falls under this jurisdiction.
  5. Be sure to always give atttribute to you and where you received it from.
  6. very important - read the condition on the website you used- what attribution they want you to use. - This is just to keep you safe and won't take anything away from you and your research.
  7. If you need or would like a copy of the original photo of the document, feel free to ask the person who added it, to e-mail it to you.

How to search for Estates • 1st go to - http://www.national.archives.gov.za/naairs_content.htm

1. Click on Search 2. Click on VAB 3. A screen will come on that you can search. 4. National Archives of South Africa (NASA)
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5. In block 1 add the surname e.g. Marais 6. In the case of a woman rather put in the maiden name to limit the amount of strikes. 7. In block 2 type all names – e.g. David Jacobus and click search. 8. You will see a number of documents were located. 9. Click on “Result Summary” on top – which gives you sources.

  • TPD ( Letters etc.) - Not to easy unless you are very familiar with this type of files.
  • WLD –Divorces - No photo's are can be taken as it is court cases.
  • MOK
  • [MOOC- These are the ones you select by ticking the little box on the left.]

10. Then click the boxes MOOC and then Multible Documents on the top. 11. In this case there are 12 and it each document gives you the following: DEPOT VAB SOURCE MHG

Type            LEER     Volume No   6/9/886                                             SYSTEM    01                                                                     REFERENCE 1238                                                              PART      1                                                                      DESCRIPTION     MARAIS,  DAVID JACOBUS.                    Estate Papers                              STARTING  1917                                                            ENDING    191                                                           .      •You will need the Source,  Volume number, Reference number, Description, Start and ending dates to research or retrieve this record. •E.g. MOOC Volume no 6/9/886 Reference number 1238 Marais David Jacobus 1917-1917 - '''This is the date of death'''

You now have two choices. 1.Contact the Archive by e-mail or phone, giving this information, asking whether they can get you the information or suggest a registered researcher at the archives. 2.Contact eGGSA.org. and request photo’s of the estate/s. Both options attract a fee. •The wife’s name and maiden name establish whether the entry is the correct one.

You can also search – if a paid member of eGGSA, using this link - http://www.eggsa.org/documents/main.php?g2_itemId=3847
icn_favorite.gif If you are not a member you can contact eGGSA and order the document. Not all documents are there. Members can download it from the site or get it by ordering on the eGGSA.org. Site

icn_favorite.gif Otherwise you can search on the LDS site https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/575213 or specific in this link being MOOC - https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188051?availability=Family%...

  • Just remember this don't have all the dates.
  • Normally included in an Estate file are the Full names and surname of the deceased.
  • The place of birth, date of death which will give you a calculated date of birth, Names of the parents - in most cases the mothers maiden names is also given. The wife or wives names and maiden names and, if lucky, their estate files numbers. Date of death, pace of death, Children, spouses of the female children and sometimes if a child died before the parent and left issue, the grand children’s names.
  • Also included will be a will, liquidation and distribution list where all children and farms, houses, inventory will be included.
  • Sometimes marriage certificates of the children, ID cards, Letter of administration.
  • If you make use of a researcher, always be sure to include which photos you would like to have.

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