South Africa, KwaZulu Natal Indian Birth Returns - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection includes birth returns of Indian South Africans from the papers of the Protector of Indian Immigration at the KwaZulu-Natal Archives from 1894-1954. Indian South Africans are people from the country of India living in South Africa, particularly in and around the city of Durban.

Record Content
Key genealogical facts found in Birth Returns usually contain:




 * Place and date of birth
 * Name of child
 * Gender
 * Name of parents
 * Father's Occupation
 * Parent's Residence
 * Date of registration

How to Use the Record
Records are arranged by volume number and year range. The year range coincides with the year that the birth was registered with the government and not with the actual year of birth.

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South Africa, KwaZulu Natal. Protector of Indian Immigration. Indian Birth Returns. KwaZulu Natal Archives, Durban.

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 * “Delaware Marriage Records,” database and digital images, FamilySearch (: 4 March 2011), William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, 1890; from Delaware, State Marriage Records 23 November 1913, no. 859, Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover; FHL microfilm 2,025,063.


 * “El Salvador Civil Registration,” database and digital images, FamilySearch (: 21 March 2011), Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, 1880; from La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal, San Salvador.

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