Hi All I recently applied for a marriage certificate for my Great Grandparents who were married in 1906 in Johannesburg. I have received a letter back from Home Affair, Pretoria, to say they are unable to issue a certificate as there is no record of the marriage. Could this mean that the records were lost or simply that they can't find it, or that they weren't legally married? Kind regards Viv

Hi Viv How did you apply for it,I was told that one has to have the exact date etc.did you have these ? One of my GGgrandfather is said to have married my GGgrandmother ,yet there is no record of it .....do frustrating!!! However,I only have their names,dates of birth and a time span...nothing else,is it possible to trace a marriage with so little info????? Regards Cate On 22 November 2011 11:40, Vivienne Smith <vivsmith@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi All > > I recently applied for a marriage certificate for my Great Grandparents > who were married in 1906 in Johannesburg. I have received a letter back > from Home Affair, Pretoria, to say they are unable to issue a > certificate as there is no record of the marriage. > > Could this mean that the records were lost or simply that they can't > find it, or that they weren't legally married? > > Kind regards > Viv > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Hi Viv I have applied a couple of times for my father's birth record (1907) but it has never been found. My aunt was born in 1905 and I got her cert with no problems, my grandfather seems to have been very conscientious and was the person who helped everyone else in the family with official paperwork, so in my opinion the chances of my dad not being registered are remote. I think the document has been misfiled. Perhaps you could hunt down a church record. Good luck! Eileen Richards Bay ----- Original Message ----- From: Vivienne Smith To: south-africa@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:40 PM Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Marriage Records Hi All I recently applied for a marriage certificate for my Great Grandparents who were married in 1906 in Johannesburg. I have received a letter back from Home Affair, Pretoria, to say they are unable to issue a certificate as there is no record of the marriage. Could this mean that the records were lost or simply that they can't find it, or that they weren't legally married? Kind regards Viv ------------------------------- 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

Some years ago my father applied for a copy of his father's birth certificate (1897)...they sent him the short form...ie the one without the details of his parents etc. His request for the full certificate fell on very stoney ground. So be precise in exactly what you want. Best of luck, Dorri ---------------------------------------- > From: martruss@mailweb.co.za > To: vivsmith@hotmail.com; south-africa@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:01:28 +0200 > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Marriage Records > > Hi Viv > I have applied a couple of times for my father's birth record (1907) but it has never been found. My aunt was born in 1905 and I got her cert with no problems, my grandfather seems to have been very conscientious and was the person who helped everyone else in the family with official paperwork, so in my opinion the chances of my dad not being registered are remote. I think the document has been misfiled. > > Perhaps you could hunt down a church record. > > Good luck! > Eileen > Richards Bay