Hello Helge, HPHCT> My great grandfather, Wilhelmus Samuel Mynhardt, was born on 1 HPHCT> December 1880 in Alexandria, South Africa. Would I be able to HPHCT> obtain his birth certificate from Home Affairs? I know that HPHCT> there is a birth certificate for him, as there is a record at HPHCT> the Cape Town archives, stating that his birth certificate was HPHCT> transferred from one Police Station to another - he was a HPHCT> police constable way back when. Depending on where in SA the Alexandria you mention is located, you may be able to. Here is a note of when such registration began in the various old provinces of SA: http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/sources.htm#home You would normally apply through the SAn High Commission in London: http://southafricahouseuk.com/passports/psprt_sacit.html Cheers, Richard -- Richard Ball, Norfolk, England http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk richard.ball@ballfamilyrecords.co.uk