Natal families (GAFN)

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This part of the database brings together the Afrikaner families who settled in Natal from the Great Trek onward. It builds on Dr Ben Cilliers's Genealogieë van die Afrikaner Families in Natal (1985), now revised and extended in a new edition.

Some people may still appear more than once in the database; these duplicates are being worked through. If you come across one, please get in touch.

Additions and corrections are welcome: please email research@vanrooyen.africa.

Free download · 2026 edition · English

Genealogies of the Afrikaner Families in Natal

Ben Cilliers's register of the Afrikaner families who settled in Natal from the Great Trek onward, revised and extended. Released while updating continues.

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