Dutch Reformed Church records form an integral part of anyone tracing their Afrikaans ancestors or ancestors of Dutch origins.
Dutch Reformed Church records started in 1665 but the church formally started in 1652. These early records are difficult to read and without being able to interpret or translate these old handwritings it is easy to mistake people’s names and surnames. With a trained eye and expertise I can successfully search for baptisms, marriages, memberships, and burials in the Dutch Reformed Churches in South Africa for you.
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Below is a list of what year each Cape Parish started and further down an alphabetical list of Cape Dutch Reformed Church Parishes.
1686 Stellenbosch
1691 Paarl (Drakenstein)
1743 Tulbagh (Roodezand)
1745 Malmesbury (Swartland)
1792 Graaff-Reinet
1798 Swellendam
1811 Caledon
1813 George
1817 Uitenhage
1818 Cradock
1819 Beaufort West
1819 Somerset West
1821 Worcester
1825 Somerset East
1826 Clanwilliam
1826 Colesberg
1827 Durbanville
1829 Glen Lynden
1829 Wynberg
1831 Albany
1832 Stockenstroom (Balfour)
1833 Piketberg
1839 Bredasdorp
1839 Riversdale
1840 Wellington
1842 Prince Albert
1843 Kruisvallei (Tulbagh)
1843 St Stephens (Part of Cape Town Central)
1843 Richmond
1844 Victoria West
1845 Franschhoek
1845 Mossel Bay
1846 Burgersdorp
1847 Calvinia
1848 Humansdorp
1848 Napier
1850 Namaqualand
1851 Fraserburg
1851 Hopefield
1851 Knysna
1852 Aliwal North
1852 Middelburg
1853 Darling
1853 Oudtshoorn
1853 Robertson
1854 Alexandria (Olifantshoek)
1854 Hopetown
1854 Montagu
1854 Queenstown
1855 Aberdeen
1855 Ceres
1855 Heidelberg
1855 Jansenville
1855 Ladismith
1855 Murraysburg
1855 Simonstad
1855 Sutherland
Alpabetical list of Cape Dutch Reformed Church Parishes
Aberdeen (1855)
Albany (1831)
Alexandria (Olifantshoek) (1854)
Aliwal North (1852)
Beaufort West (1819)
Bredasdorp (1839)
Burgersdorp (1846)
Caledon (1811) Calvinia (1847)
Cape Town (1665)
Ceres (1855)
Clanwilliam (1826)
Colesberg (1826)
Cradock (1818)
Darling (1853)
Durbanville (1827)
Franschhoek (1845)
Fraserburg (1851)
George (1813)
Glen Lynden (1829)
Graaff-Reinet (1792)
Heidelberg (1855)
Hopefield (1851)
Hopetown (1854)
Humansdorp (1848)
Jansenville (1855)
Knysna (1851)
Kruisvallei (Tulbagh) (1843)
Ladismith (1855)
Malmesbury (Swartland) (1745)
Middelburg (1852)
Montagu (1854)
Mossel Bay (1845)
Murraysburg (1855)
Namaqualand (1850)
Napier (1848)
Oudtshoorn (1853)
Paarl (Drakenstein) (1691)
Piketberg (1833)
Prince Albert (1842)
Queenstown (1854)
Robertson (1853)
Simonstad (1855)
Stellenbosch (1686)
Somerset East (1825)
Somerset West (1819)
St Stephens (1843)
Stockenstroom (Balfour) (1832)
Sutherland (1855)
Swellendam (1798)
Tulbagh (Roodezand) (1743)
Richmond (1843)
Riversdale (1839)
Uitenhage (1817)
Victoria West (1844)
Wellington (1840)
Worcester (1821)
Wynberg (1829)
