Thanks for your replies, Coral Anna and Heather. Fishermen/sailors and Kalk Bay definitely strikes a cord. I will have to do some more detective work and question the oldies for more clues before I take this further as I do not have enough information yet and could be barking up the wrong tree. I'll be back, Elva > From: "Foster, Coral A." <Coral.Anna.Foster@wwrc.virginia.gov> > Date: 17 August 2005 8:50:41 PM > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Philipino immigrants > > > Elva, > > I don't know too much about this, but I do know that there are > Filipino graves above Kalk Bay just off Boyes Drive - I have > personally seen 2 of them. They are of fishermen/sailors. > > I also think that there might be some graves over in the old > Simonstown cemetery, where there are also some Russian sailor graves. > I know that there were quite a few Filipinos who were employed as > fishermen out of Kalk Bay harbor. I heard quite a few stories about > them from the people (descendants?) there when I lived there for 10 > years before I came to the states. > > Good luck, I hope someone can steer you in the right direction. But > if you need someone to get you pictures of the gravestones, I might be > able to help you with that. I have absolutely no idea of the names, > however! > > cheers, > Coral Anna > > From: "Heather MacAlister - LearningOnline" > <Heather@learningonline.co.za> > Date: 17 August 2005 2:44:29 PM > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Philipino immigrants > > > Hello Elva > > What sort of info are you looking for on these families ? > Any specific surnames ? > Regards > Heather >