That's the good news and the bad news. Yay! we're getting the Anglican records...........Boooooo to the Ancestry site. Pay site again. Well...I suppose once againit's a case of nothings for nothing and very little for sixpence. Wish I could help Lynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Warr" <snw@absamail.co.za> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 7:40 PM Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] St John's Long Street, Cape Town, registers > Good day All > I have the following exciting piece of news. The FamilyTree and MWeb > Ancestry have been given permission by the LDS in Salt Lake City and Wits > University to be the official transcribers of the Anglican Church > Registers in South Africa. They are starting off with the Old St. Johns > church in Long Street, Cape Town which was demolished in 1971.The > registers cover more than a hundred years and might contain some of our > 'missing' ancestors. FamilyTree / Mweb Ancestry are looking for > volunteers to help transcribe these records. The successful applicant > needs to have Microsoft Access, be able to decipher old handwriting, pay > attention to detail and, most of all, have a love of genealogy. For more > information on how to get involved please contact > info@learningonline.co.za or heather@ancestors.co.za > > Regards > Sharon Warr > List Administrator > > 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 > > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > www.sagenealogy.co.za - passenger lists, genealogy links,CDs and books > > ============================== > 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 > >