Probably or should be :) stored at the Masters Office for about 30 years. Thereafter they are supposed to go to the Provincial Archives. John -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Pat Brown Sent: 26 October 2011 09:54 PM To: Genealogy - South Africa Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Divorce Papers Hi Listers, Hope this is not too peripheral. I need to get a copy of divorce papers from a case that was heard in the Durban Supreme Court in about 1995. Are these available and where would I go to look? They would not have been transfered to the National Archive yet. Thanks, Paddy ------------------------------- 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: 2012.0.1834 / Virus Database: 2092/4575 - Release Date: 10/26/11

On 27 Oct 2011 at 8:01, John Deare wrote: > Probably or should be :) stored at the Masters Office for about 30 years. > Thereafter they are supposed to go to the Provincial Archives. John Not the Master's office. The Master's office only dealt with estates - deceased, insolvent, lunatic etc. Cases heard before a Supreme Court judge would be kept with with the court records until they were sent to the archives. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk Web: http://hayesstw.tumblr.com/ (follow me on Tumblr) Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 Fax: 086-548-2525

Thanks Steve. So I guess that would be even more difficult to view. John -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Steve Hayes Sent: 27 October 2011 03:20 PM To: south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Divorce Papers On 27 Oct 2011 at 8:01, John Deare wrote: > Probably or should be :) stored at the Masters Office for about 30 years. > Thereafter they are supposed to go to the Provincial Archives. John Not the Master's office. The Master's office only dealt with estates - deceased, insolvent, lunatic etc. Cases heard before a Supreme Court judge would be kept with with the court records until they were sent to the archives. -- Steve Hayes E-mail: shayes@dunelm.org.uk Web: http://hayesstw.tumblr.com/ (follow me on Tumblr) Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com Phone: 083-342-3563 or 012-333-6727 Fax: 086-548-2525 ------------------------------- 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: 2012.0.1834 / Virus Database: 2092/4577 - Release Date: 10/26/11