Hello Richard, Thank you for your informative reply. I will definitely investigate the links you gave me. Yes I did obtain the information on baptisms from Familysearch records at the link below. Unfortunately they are restricted to Baptisms only but there is still a lot of information on this site I still need to explore. https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fwaypoint%2FM9HS-L38%3A885917874%3Fcc%3D1468076 Once again thank you for your response. regards Ken Taylor [email protected] On 14/01/2014, at 10:18 pm, Richard Ball <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ken, > > you wrote: > > KT> I am trying to find information on my great Grandfather, George > KT> Taylor who lived in Fraserburg, Karoo, Northern Cape. > KT> I have not been able to trace his death and do not know whether > KT> he stayed in Fraserburg when he retired. > > The following Estate File is indexed on NAAIRS: > > http://www.national.archives.gov.za/naairs.htm > > TAB MHG 5013/49 TAYLOR, EDWARD WILLIAM. 1949 > PREDECEASED SPOUSE ELIZABETH ANNE TAYLOR. > > This may (or may not) be your grandfather. Only way to find out is to > order the file. You can do this via eGGSA.org if you wish: > > http://eggsa.org > > You can also find out more about genealogy in SA from this page: > > http://www.eggsa.org/links_e.htm > > > You write that from the 'Fraserburg parish records' > > you found details of children with birth dates but no other > information? Did you source these records on Familysearch - what type > of records are these (normally church records would have baptism, > marriages etc). > > Cheers, > > Richard > -- > Richard Ball, > Norfolk, England > > http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Ken, KT> Yes I did obtain the information on baptisms from Familysearch KT> records at the link below. Unfortunately they are restricted to KT> Baptisms only but there is still a lot of information on this site KT> I still need to explore. Sorry, I misunderstood (or didn't read properly!) part of your original query. George Taylor - had a good job - let us assume he stayed in the Cape, then, up to 1920, there seem to be these possibilities (from NAAIRS) MOOC 6/9/373 522 TAYLOR, GEORGE. DEATH NOTICE. 1898 MOOC 13/1/861 76 TAYLOR, GEORGE. LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. 1899 MOOC 6/9/472 1290 TAYLOR, GEORGE THOMAS. DEATH NOTICE. 1903 MOOC 13/1/1144 12 TAYLOR, GEORGE THOMAS. LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. 1903 MOOC 6/9/748 997 TAYLOR, GEORGE. DEATH NOTICE. 1914 MOOC 13/1/2259 174 TAYLOR, GEORGE. LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. 1914 Since George Taylor is not an uncommon name on NAAIRS it may well be that none of these is your great grandfather. The George Thomas could be your grandfather's brother - if so, and he wasn't married when he died, his parents, if living, would have been joint heirs with his siblings and should be mentioned in his death notice and in the distribution account - might give you a clue if they were still living at that date. The above docs are all in the Cape Archives and eGGSA can't help you there, but there is a list of commercial researchers on the NAAIRS web site: http://www.national.archives.gov.za/NARS%20DMLIB%208372%20March%202012.pdf All the best, Richard -- Richard Ball, Norfolk, England http://www.ballfamilyrecords.co.uk [email protected]