Hi Fellow Listers I wonder if some-one can provide me with some pearls of wisdom........... I am helping a friend with her family tree and we have recently discovered that her Grandfather was born in South Africa. As I've never undertaken any research in SA, I'm at a loss as to what to do next!!! Known dtails are rather sketchy: William HARDY, son of James HARDY Farmer and Sarah JONES was born about 1880 - 1886 in Kimberley, SA. He came to Australia about 1902 (I have not been able to locate his shipping records either............). He married here, on 17 March 1923 in St Mary's Catholic Church, Echuca, Australia to Agnes Hilda SYMMONS. William's approximate date of birth is from his marriage in 1923 when he was shown as a bachelor aged 37 years. When he died in 1952, he was shown as aged 72 years which puts his approximate year of birth as 1880. I've searched for William's parents deaths and cannot locate them in Australia, so I think they may have remained in SA when William came over. Where would I start to look for William's birth & the death of his parents in SA ? Hoping some-one can help Marion Ellis Queensland, Australia

Hello Marion I had a quick look at NAAIRS (the National Archives database) and there are at least 18 hits for James Hardy in the Cape Town Archives and there are 2 with MOK prefix which is Kimberley - James Knight Hardy estate papers 1898 and 1899 - this might be your man. To browse the website yourself visit http://www.national.archives.gov.za/index.htm and follow the instructions. Once you have found something you want to follow up on you will have to contact the archives repository or request a private researcher to access the documents for you. Regards Sharon Warr South African Genealogy - Lots of links, passenger lists, Immigrants and more - www.sagenealogy.co.za Scribes Publishing - South African historical resources on CD www.sagenealogy.co.za/scribes.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion Ellis" <mazze@bigpond.com> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 7:16 AM Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] KIMBERLEY BIRTH > Hi Fellow Listers > > I wonder if some-one can provide me with some pearls of wisdom........... > > I am helping a friend with her family tree and we have recently discovered > that her Grandfather was born in South Africa. As I've never undertaken > any research in SA, I'm at a loss as to what to do next!!! > > Known dtails are rather sketchy: > > William HARDY, son of James HARDY Farmer and Sarah JONES was born about > 1880 - 1886 in Kimberley, SA. He came to Australia about 1902 (I have not > been able to locate his shipping records either............). He married > here, on 17 March 1923 in St Mary's Catholic Church, Echuca, Australia to > Agnes Hilda SYMMONS. > > William's approximate date of birth is from his marriage in 1923 when he > was shown as a bachelor aged 37 years. When he died in 1952, he was shown > as aged 72 years which puts his approximate year of birth as 1880. > > I've searched for William's parents deaths and cannot locate them in > Australia, so I think they may have remained in SA when William came over. > > Where would I start to look for William's birth & the death of his parents > in SA ? > > Hoping some-one can help > > Marion Ellis > Queensland, Australia > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > South African Passenger Lists, Genealogy links, CDs and books > www.sagenealogy.co.za > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > >