Hello Michael Unfortunately birth certificates only came into existence in 1895 - so you will find nothing before then except perhaps a baptism, You will of course need to have an idea to which denomination they belonged to. If you can give some names we may be able to help you ? Kind regards Heather Heather MacAlister Web Site Manager for: www.familytree.co.za + www.ancestry.mweb.co.za E-Centre 46 Hof Street Gardens 8001 Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA Tel: +27-21-481-8316 Fax: +27-21-481-8333 -----Original Message----- From: Submariner12345@aol.com [mailto:Submariner12345@aol.com] Sent: 01 July 2005 07:40 AM To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Re:Tracing a Cape Town birth Hi all, can anyone advise me how I can obtain a birth certificate for a birth which occurred in Cape Town in 1848, the subjects parents were born in Britain and she later returned back to Britain to live. Any help or advice would be appreciated. Thanks Michael Morgan ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== Cape Town Family History Society www.genealogy.co.za/society/socweb.htm ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx