Both Indexes as well as the actual estate documentation can be found on the microfilms. These documents have high genealogical value. They include age information, birth location information, and details of residence both in the Cape Colony and the British Empire, if applicable. Documents are filmed in rough alphabetical order. Death Certificates Death certificate documents are available for certain time periods only, and for selected provinces, as follows.
Entries are in rough chronological order, and records are grouped alphabetically by location.
There are no indexes. The date of death needs to be known fairly accurately, in order to be able to find a particular certificate, and searching before and after the date of death needs to be performed in the records, since some certificates have been filmed out of order. Consult the FHL catalog to find the precise film numbers for a particular year and location. Miscellaneous These references only provide some spotty coverage of a few locations and time periods. Indexes are included.