Hi to All the Listers St John's Anglican Church, Wynberg also dealt with military baptisms, marriages and burials as it was situated near to a very large garrison at Wynberg Camp. The registers run from 1831 - to present day. 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: "LB Seamons" <lubose@mstar2.net> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 5:11 AM Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Capetown relatives named Bodily > Thanks Heather MacAlister for your off line communication. I have tried > to use the familytree.co.za website with little success. I even > subscribed and tried to find anything further I needed to do, but was > unsuccessful. It was surprising to me that I couldn't use the site as I > use all kinds of internet sites with good success. > > Also further questions to this response: > Unfortunately most passengers are not listed by their first names only > surnames and initials. In normal passenger arrivals only first and 2nd > class passengers got a mention and if you were economy or steerage their > was just > a number. > Troops unless you were the major general or of high ranking only number of > soldiers were listed. > These lists can only be found in old newspapers in the Cape Town Archives > and in KEW. > > Would the family have traveled with the troops? > If in 1st or 2nd class would they have surnamed and initialed all four or > just R Bodily and a family of 3 or something like that? > > In response to Heather MacAlister's response about: > With regards to the English churches in Cape Town - they could have > attended > the St. Georges Cathedral which is an Anglican church and was probably the > most famous for the amount for British soldiers who married in this church > from the garrison and the Chevonne Battery in Green Point. > > Was this church open in the years of 1847 to 1851? Is this one of the > churches that is shortly to be extracted and added to Ancestry? > > Thanks again to everyone for the help. > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > South African Passenger Lists, Genealogy links, CDs and books > www.sagenealogy.co.za > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > >