Archival Significance
A compiled settler record documenting persons who had entered the territory, now Zambia, by 31 December 1902, this is a genealogical and administrative reference rather than a narrative history, valuable for the specificity of its cut-off date and compilation method.
Institutional Context
Published by the Government Printer, Lusaka, reflecting direct colonial administrative sponsorship of settler record-keeping.
Content Summary
Records individuals who had entered Northern Rhodesia by the end of 1902, compiled by Richard Sampson.
Research Utility
A significant genealogical and administrative-history source for researchers tracing early European settlement in what is now Zambia, useful for reconstructing settlement patterns in the territory’s first years under British South Africa Company and later colonial administration.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house.