Source Information

Ancestry.com. South Africa, Occupational Index, 1864-1918 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Various sources from across South Africa.

About South Africa, Occupational Index, 1864-1918

This index includes records from the following collections of South African occupational records.

  • Business Proprietors, 1914
  • Business Proprietors, 1915
  • Cape Civil Service Pension List, 1894
  • Cape Civil Service Pension List, 1895
  • Cape Civil Service Pension List, 1908
  • Civil Servants and Justices of the Peace, 1907
  • Civil Servants Pension Lists, 1900
  • Civil Service Pension List, 1908
  • Cullinan Staff Wages, 1903-1918
  • Field Cornet's Pension List, 1908
  • Indian Employers, 1861-1911
  • List of Businesses Registered, 1915
  • Medical Practitioners, 1910
  • Medical Practitioners, 1915
  • Natal Health Officers, 1902
  • Natal Legal Practitioners, 1902
  • Natal Railway and Postal Civil Servants, 1902
  • Public Service And Pensions, 1910
  • Schedule Pensions, 1910
  • Tribal Records, 1850

The details provided for each person typically include name, occupation, record date, record place, collection, and source. Depending on the collection, additional details may be available as well.