South African estate files available on FamilySearch

To be used in conjunction with South Africa’s National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System (NAAIRS) : https://www.nationalarchives.gov.za/node/737

Matthew Bode has made a video on how to use the links below. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0PqeC9fPBw

1. Cape Marriages (Indexed on NAAIRS and FamilySearch): https://familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=collection%2F1935348%2Fwaypoints Look under the town given in NAAIRS description, then the volume no and then the reference
2. Cape Estate files (1974 onwards) (NOT indexed on NAAIRS - Some of it indexed in Maseti files and some here: http://www.e-family.co.za/cdni/cdni_index.htm) There are also indexes for these files at the bottom of the page of the link in point 4 https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2156332
3. Cape (KAB) Estate files, SOURCE MOOC 1950 to 2011 ( images on NAAIRS):
   
   • 1951 – 1953: https://familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=Q8GM-RMS%3A231795701%3Fcc%3D1935348
   • Craig Sheldon: The Estate files for 1951 - 1953 listed under "Western Cape Archives Records, 1792-1992" is incomplete; but if you go to the collections for the individual years, they appear to have the complete set of Estates from 1951 - 1958:
     1951: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2059484
     1952: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2212726
     1953: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2212749
   • 1954: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2329794
     1955: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2340643
     1956: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2333888
   • 1957 https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2386024 
1974-2009 

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/4092188

2010-2011 -

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2241500

(thanks to Craig Sheldon and Shaun Wallace)

1. Cape (KAB) Estate files, SOURCE MOOC before 1950 (Indexed on NAAIRS) + indexes to files in 2: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/331262
   From finding it on NAAIRS, go straight to the link and scroll down to look for the DN number (reference on NAAIRS). It will be inside a range
   Click on the little camera and find the image. There is no reference to the image number anywhere, so you'll have to jump around a bit until you find the exact image
2. Estate papers, 1834-1928, MOOC series 6/9/21-6/9/3455, annexure A of inventory 1/3 https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238111
3. Cape (KAB) Wills before 1800 (MOOC 7/1/1-MOOC 7/1/45, MOOC 122-MOOC 124).
   The Volume_no of the NAAIRS entry correlates with the DI number of the film https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/64687
4. Index to will registers, Court of Justice, Cape Colony, 17th-18th centuries
   https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/192315
5. Alphabetical list, Court of Justice of the Cape Colony, 1689-1790, wills
   https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/468239
6. Eastern Cape Wills 1923 – 1948
   https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/502516
7. Eastern Cape Wills indexes 1874 – 1912
   https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/221862
8. Inventory to liquidation and distribution accounts, 1700-1916
   https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/67737
9. Cape Inventories (I haven’t been able to find them on NAAIRS, but there is an index)
   https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/220512
10. Kimberley Cape (KAB) Estate Files, SOURCE MOK, 1871-1937 (Indexed on NAAIRS): : https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/25414
    From finding it on NAAIRS, go straight to the link and scroll down to look for the DN number (reference on NAAIRS). It will be inside a range. Click on the little camera and find the image. There is no reference to the image number anywhere, so you'll have to jump around a bit until you find the exact image
11. Pretoria/Transvaal (TAB) Estate Files before 1951 (Indexed on NAAIRS): https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188051
    From finding it on NAAIRS, go straight to the link and scroll down to look for the DN number (reference on NAAIRS). It will be inside a range. Click on the little camera and find the image. There is no reference to the image number anywhere, so you'll have to jump around a bit until you find the exact image
12. Transvaal/Pretoria (TAB) Estate Files (some of 1951 onwards) (Indexed on NAAIRS). If your file is not under one link, check the other links as well:
    • https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2630283 (1959-1966)
    • https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1162069 Description misleading. A bit messy, but LOTS of files of the 1950s and after 1960
    • https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=https://www.familysearch.org/recapi/sord/collection/2144007/waypoints (1955-1960)
    • 1951 – 1952: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1114859
    • 1956: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2246437
    • 1957: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2291016
    • 1967-1976: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2144007
    • These seem to be part of the O/xxx references (TAB) on NAAIRS: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188860
13. Free State (VAB) Estate files: 1951 - 2006 (NOT indexed on NAAIRS, see 17 for indexes) You are given the option to search, but not everything is indexed yet, so you may want to browse through as well https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1407787

17. Free State (VAB) Estate files: before 1951 (Indexed on NAAIRS) + indexes to 16: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/195564
    From finding it on NAAIRS, go straight to the link and scroll down to look for the DN number (reference on NAAIRS). It will be inside a range. Click on the little camera and find the image. There is no reference to the image number anywhere, so you'll have to jump around a bit until you find the exact image
18. Natal (NAB) estate files 1846-1950 (Indexed on NAAIRS): https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/229462
19. Natal (NAB) Wills: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/285402
20. Eastern Cape Estate files NOT indexed on NAAIRS but partly indexed on http://africangenealogy.blogspot.co.za/ :

There are  also indexes in the file section of the South African Genealogy Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SouthAfricanGenealogy/
1962 – 1971: https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=https://www.familysearch.org/service/cds/recapi/sord/collection/2037006/waypoints
From Craig Sheldon:
1970: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2246727  
1971: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2279850
1972: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2329797   
1973: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2742570
1974: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2742571
1975: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2742572
From Matthew Bode:
1976: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2742573
1977: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2742574
1978: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2742575
1979: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2742576 
1980: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2742577       

1981: (Thanks to Aaron Hawkins) https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2772480

1982: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2804392
1983: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2823673
1984: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2857459
1985: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/2695332
1986: (Thanks to Aaron Hawkins)  https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/3048124

21. Zululand deceased estates (NOT indexed on NAAIRS): https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/263897 Please note, it starts at item 5 (image755). Only a few 
22. Death notices, South Africa, South West Africa, Rhodesia, Swaziland https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/128171