Identity area
Type of entity
Governmental body
Authorized form of name
Magistrate, George
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- 1/GEO
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Contact area
Description area
Dates of existence
1833 – 2001
History
A "Kollege" of Landdros and Heemraden was established at George on 23 April 1811.
The magistrate acted as clerk of the peace, deputy administrator, visiting magistrate to the George Convict Station, district commandant during the Anglo-Boer War, deputy registrar of births and deaths, conservator of crown forests, distributor of stamps, etc.
Most of the documents dated before 25 June 1844 were destroyed by fire.
Places
Western Cape Province.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
George.
Cape Province.
Cape Colony.
George.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
1/GEO
Institution identifier
KAB
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR
Status
Draft
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
12 April 2022 (creation Marise Bronkhorst)
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Guide to Arranged Archives in the Cape Archives Depot, vol II.