God knows where this thread started, it was not on this list. I really do wish that people should adopt the best practice of sending queries separately to one list at a time. When the same message gets sent to multiple addresses, the provenance gets all messed up. Keith ------ Original Message ------ Received: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 02:27:35 AM EST From: Karel Marais <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Sunelia Heath <[email protected]>, MIKE KENNEDY <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] [ZA-IB] German immigration to SA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_German_Legion That should be your answer. There used to be a list of all the members on the internet but I cannot find it now. If he was German by birth but became british he most likely followed this route as those nations were not on best of terms in that period. Cheers, Karel     Marais x Thurnau, Lloyd x Pienaar, Bennett x Cloete, Webber x Maskrey, Kapp x Slabbert, Bestbier x Du Toit On Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 7:42, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Lister I need to find lists of any german immigration to SA between 1858 to 1881. I am trying to locate the ship my  gggranfather was on when he landed in SA. His death notice says he was born in Germany but his nationality was British so I am assuming he became British when he landed in SA. My gggranfather name was William Frederick Smith. Any information would be appreciated. Kind regards Renold Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! ------------------------------- All messages to the list must be sent in plain text.  ------------------------------- When you reply to a message, please MAKE SURE that you DELETE the quoted text, signature, and end material that is not pertinent to your reply. ------------------------------- When you reply to a message, please make sure that you Change the Subject of the message as needed.  If you are replying to a Digest, this is a MUST DO. ------------------------------- For searching the list archives and other list information, please go to http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Immigration/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH.html ------------------------------- To contact the TMG List Administrator, send a message to  [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 ------------------------------- 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