Hello Kathleen In my case ...... "My grandfather [also] ...... went to South Africa from Co. Tyrone ........ [where he] marr(ied) my grandmother ...." There is a good online catalogue for South Africa's archives at http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/ (Home page: http://www.national.archives.gov.za/index.htm ) It is quite difficult to use for those not familiar with South Africa and its history, but does turn up information and/or access to [requesting] documents even for those who did not stay long. By all means, drop me an email with some names to <dm60@mweb.co.za> and I will do a quick search for you. Dave Mitchell Cape Town South Africa (My father grew up in the house "Tyrone", Erin Road, Rondebosch which is a suburb of Cape Town -- sadly demolished in the 1950s) -----Original Message----- From: K Cooper via Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 6:18 AM To: Claire K via Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Newly online This is a good suggestion. My grandfather apparently went to South Africa from Co. Tyrone in order to earn money to marry my grandmother. If I had not had the story from my uncle, I wouldn’t have had any idea where to look for him. He worked for his passage in Abbeyleix, Queen's Co., where I found him on the census in 1901, a “shopman.” Eventually I found the passenger lists for both the trip to and from South Africa and then on to Philadelphia. He wasn’t in the Merchant Navy (he was a grocer his entire life), but it just shows how far afield we sometimes have to go to find our missing ancestors! I agree with an earlier list member – this is the best list I have ever belonged to and the website has helped me so much. Thanks to everyone who contributes! Kathleen Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Claire K via Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 7:43 PM To: CoTyrone CoTyrone Subject: [CoTyIre] Newly online I saw this on another list, where someone said their Irish relative went to the U.S., and is on this database going from the U.S. To England, where he joined the British navy for WWI. Not that everyone's Irish relations would have done the same, but it may help someone... Claire K Crew Lists of the British Merchant Navy - 1915 For the first time ever, the Crew Lists of the British Merchant Navy from the year 1915 have been digitised and made available to search for free. Find relatives and loved ones via our database of over 39,000 crew lists, featuring over 750,000 names. http://1915crewlists.rmg.co.uk/ Sent from my iPhone ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message