Friday, 4 January 2019

Index of Dutch Reformed Church Baptism Records for Lusaka 1915-1971

I've had a go at indexing the Reformed Church records for Zambia on FamilySearch, beginning here.

The citation for these records says that they are from the Dutch Reformed Church Archives, Potchefstroom. They are baptisms from 1915-1971, however, they are not only from Lusaka and it is not always clear where the baptism took place. Other places that are mentioned are Mufulira, Luanshya, Broken Hill, Krugersdorp, Livingstone, Kalomo, Bowwood, Chingola, Nkana, Zimba, Bulawayo, Chomo, Pioneers' Rest, and Tara. Some names seem to have come from registers in Rustenburg, in the North West province of South Africa.

I'm sure I've made many mistakes, and some transcriptions are just guesses, but this could give you the start you need to get into the register at the right place. If you have any corrections to my readings, let me know and I'll fix them, but I've tried to be true to what (I thought) I saw written down. (Earlier I did a rough trawl of names in these records, which I posted here.)

Image 21 in the FamilySearch records includes some duplicated records from the begining of the register as well as some baptisms that are not mentioned earlier, but also have no dates attached to them.

See the full list of names here!

https://zambiabones.blogspot.com/p/index-of-dutch-reformed-church-baptism.html

Monday, 3 December 2018

Requested Aylmer May Gravestones

Barend Jacobus Van Biljon  1897 - 1953

Anna Magdalena Van Biljon nee Bekker 1902 - 1961
These are stones I've been asked to post from the Aylmer May Cemetery names I posted earlier.

I hope you find what you're looking for!



















Liga de Beer (1959), Sheila Shirley Leyer (1958 - 2000)
Van Lourens Johannes De Beer 1912 - 1946


Hendrik Burnadis Voss d. 16th Oct 1956 aged 38

Posting this because I can't read it.... R something
I am guessing that this Voss is the one in the one in the Reformed Church Records here, bottom right of this page.

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