Hi Ian, For Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates, you can apply at Dept of Home affairs http://home-affairs.pwv.gov.za/ There are contact details of the office in Pretoria and also Mission Abroad. Good luck, Elva Qld, Aus > From: "Ian B. Hudson" <ianh@global.net.pg> > Date: 12 September 2005 9:44:07 PM > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Researching Hudson and Powell - Cape Town prior to 1908 > > > Hi, My name is Ian Hudson. I live in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. I > am > trying to research my Grandparents roots. My research indicate that > they > were Sydney Walter Hudson and Lavinia Powell. They arrived in > Melbourne, > Australia with two infant twin sons, Reginald Sydney and Francis Rupert > Hudson. From shipping records, in 1908, Sydney Hudson was 24 and > Lavinia was > 21. > > Three years later in 1911 at the birth of their next child, Leslie > Gilbert > Hudson, Sydney is recorded as being 25 and Lavinia being 24. > Information > given at this birth indicate that Sydney Hudson and Lavinia Powell > were both > born in Cape Town and married in Cape Town 28 May 1907. > > From Lavinia's Death Record - 12 July 1914 > Lavinia is recorded as being 27 years old. She died from diabetic > complications at Austin Hospital, Plenty Road and was buried at > Heidelberg > Cemetery on 14 July 1914 (Victoria Australia.) > Spouse and children are recorded as "not known". This is also > consistent > with family oral history. Francis knew that she had died from an > illness > and that his father had deserted his mother. > > The three boys were raised in foster care. > > I have been unable to locate a death record for Sydney Hudson, so my > assumption is that he didn't die in Victoria, Australia. > > It seems that birth and marriage records can be quite difficult to > obtain in > Cape Town. Is this true? If this information rings any bells with > anyone > out there, I would love to hear. > >