South African Genealogy

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This is a guide to Afrikaans or Dutch words you might find in documents when researching your family tree in South Africa.  You will find them in death notices, wills, liquidation & distribution accounts, divorce files etc. This is by no means a complete list and anyone is welcome to submit a word for translation. 

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