I also found that on google. I have been incontact with Sandringham and they have referred me to the royal archuves. They have respondednthat it may take a couple of weeks. I will keep you posted. kind regards, Karel Marais Sent from my Nokia, they are typing mistakes! -----Original Message----- From: Peter John Jones Sent: 04/04/2011 16:21:42 Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Look up please UK Census records 1869 onwards Hetta, That is it I'm afraid. Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hetta Scholtz" <hettascholtz@lantic.net> To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Look up please UK Census records 1869 onwards > and please keep us posted on any info please. This is very interesting. > Hetta Scholtz > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter John Jones > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 2:07 PM > To: south-africa@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Look up please UK Census records 1869 onwards > > I googled Sandringham House-Achmet and turned up the following on > Alexandra's trip to Egypt: > > "Alix brought back two live trophies. One was Ali Achmet, a Nubian orphan > boy, who attached himself to the expedition and became a kind of mascot. > He > was installed at Sandringham and baptised with Nertie and Alix as > godparents. He could, however, not be disuaded from stealing things. The > other was a black ram who she rescued from the butcher and also installed > at > her menagerie at Sandringham. Finally they visited Alix's brother King > George in Greece. [Battiscombe, pp. 104-105.]". > > He may have been renamed with Christian names at baptism. . I can find > nothing on the 1871, 1881 or 1891 Censuses for Sandringham. > > It may be worth going to the Sandringham Estate website and emailing them > to > see if they can help. > > Pete > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karel Marais" <turando101@yahoo.com> > To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 10:26 AM > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Look up please UK Census records 1869 onwards > > >> >> Hi, >> If somebody has access to UK Census records is it possible to find >> records >> = >> for one 'Ali Achmet'. He was 10 yo in 1869 and most likely at >> Sandringham, >> = >> I would like to trace his movements, if possible, from 1869 through his >> cen= >> sus records. >> Thanks, >> Karel Marais >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3548 - Release Date: 04/03/11 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message