Hi Listers, Can someone please be so kind to do a look-up for me. I would like to know if more than one Frederick Ernest Smith came to South Africa for duty during the Boer War. I have been doing research on my grandfather since 1996. Unfortunately I have received a letter from a very kind lady, telling me that the man that I have been doing research on died in 1904. My grandfather fell in love with my grandmother during the Boer War, they got married in 1911. I don't know if he went back to England or stayed on in S.A. I am in desperate need of help, Kind regards, Karin Serfontein (nee Smith)
Dear Karin If you have not already done so it is advisable to see whether your grandmother, if she died in SA, left an estate by searching NAAIRS (national automated archival information system). See the National Archives of South Africa website. The death notice, if there is one, should show whether her husband survived her or predeceased her. Smith may have also have died in SA and left an estate. This, and other information gleaned from the estate file/s, may narrow your search. Regards Adolph Landman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karin Serfontein" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 2:35 PM Subject: [BOER-WAR] Please Help > > Hi Listers, > > Can someone please be so kind to do a look-up for me. > I would like to know if more than one Frederick Ernest Smith came to South Africa for duty during the Boer War. > I have been doing research on my grandfather since 1996. > Unfortunately I have received a letter from a very kind lady, telling me that the man that I have been doing research on died in 1904. My grandfather fell in love with my grandmother during the Boer War, they got married in 1911. > I don't know if he went back to England or stayed on in S.A. > > I am in desperate need of help, > > Kind regards, > > Karin Serfontein (nee Smith) > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > C J Genealogical Collections > Web Page http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >