Thanks Meryl. Sharon Meryl Phillips <meryl.phillips@ntlworld.com> wrote: Hi Sharon, Can't help with info but these sites may help http://www.ingeneas.com/ingeneas/index.html - Canadian passenger lists and other info http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/Links.htm - south Africa info http://www.familytree.co.za/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fSecure%2fmessage.asp x Good hunting Meryl -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Edwards [mailto:luvgoofgoofy@yahoo.com] Sent: 05 August 2005 21:30 To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Heyne/Pike familes Good afternoon all - I am just starting to research these families so please bear with me as some of the information is verbal and thus I may not be entirely accurate as I relay what I have. My ggrandfather was Daniel Alec (or Alec Daniel) Heyne and he was born in Cape Town on Dec 11, 1890. His mother was Emma Pike and his father was Daniel Heyne. He apparently had 1 brother named Arthur and a number of half siblings - 2 of them named Hedy and Disa but I'm not certain if they used the surname of Heyne or Pike. This man was in Oregon, USA in 1914 when he married my grandmother and the story I have been told was that his father died when he was young (maybe 6-14 or so) and that his mother sent him out to live in some sort of foster care. He apparently then packed up and left South Africa on his own at age 14 by stealing away on a ship to England, where he hoped to get in touch with his mothers family. Somehow, he ended up in Canada where he (according to legend) tracked down his mother, who by this time had left the country for Canada, and then ended up moving on down into the USA. He died in 1973 in the USA. I'm trying to find out how much of this story is true, as well as trying to establish a connection to Cape Town and the family that remained there. I have the birthdate as you can see, are there any online databases for the area, or census returns for the area that I might see? I am assuming that the heritage is Dutch or German but as I know nothing more than the information that I have given, I need anything I can get to try and work backwards on him. I appreciate any help that anyone can give in any way. Thanks, Sharon PS - rumour also has the Pike or Heyne family may have been involved in an early newspaper of some sort in Cape Town. I'm not sure. --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== South African Passenger Lists, Genealogy links, CDs and books www.sagenealogy.co.za ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== South African Passenger Lists, Genealogy links, CDs and books www.sagenealogy.co.za ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com