Abbreviations
- AHR
- American Historical Review
- ARA
- Algemeene Rijksarchief, The Hague
- AYB
- Archives Yearbook of South African History
- CA
- South African National Archives, Cape Depot, Cape Town
- DO
- Deeds Office, Cape Town
- dV&P
- C.C. de Villiers, Geslagsregisters van die Ou Kaapse Families (Genealogies of Old South African Families), Completely revised, augmented and rewritten by C. Pama. 1st ed. Cape Town and Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1966; 2nd ed., 1981
- H&L
- J.A. Heese and R.T.J. Lombard. Suid-Afrikaanse Geslagregisters, 5 vols. Pretoria: Protea Book House, 1999
- IJAHS
- International Journal of African Historical Studies
- JAH
- Journal of African History
- JCCH
- Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History
- JSAS
- Journal of Southern African Studies
- Kronos
- Kronos: Journal of Cape History
- Leibbrandt, Précis
- H. C. V. Leibbrandt, Précis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope Requesten (Memorials) 1715–1806, 5 vols. Cape Town and London: Cape Times Limited, Government Printers (Vols. 1–2), 1905. Cape Town: South African Library (Vols. 3–5), 1989
- LFL
- Loan Farm Ledgers in the Stellenbosch Magistrate's archives (CA: 1/STB)
- MOOC
- Master of the Supreme Court, documents of the Orphan Chamber
- NGK
- Nederlands Gereformeerde Kerk
- OBP
- Overgekomen brieven en papieren uit Kaap van Goede Hoop en Mauritius
- OSF
- Old Stellenbosch Freeholds
- RCC
- George McCall Theal, The Records of the Cape Colony. London: for the Government of the Cape Colony, 1905
- RLR
- Receiver of Land Revenue, Oud Wildschutte Boeke
- RxD
- Rixdollars
- SAHJ
- South African Historical Journal
- VOC
- Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie/Dutch East India Company