Did you know that any person who died in Cape Town after 1957 have their estate papers housed in the Master's Office in Parade Street, Cape Town. Opposite Wooltru House. This repository holds the Estate Papers of deceased persons from 1958 until present as well as Trusts and Insolvencies from 1986 onwards. You can search the indexes in the reading room, then make sure you have brought pen and paper with, and then you can proceed to the vault underneath the building where you will be handed the papers for your perusal. Be very wary as under normal circumstances will only let you have three estate papers per day. This office is open from 7.45 am until 1.o'clock on Mondays to Fridays. Tel 021-4108300 If you take the gentleman a bar of chocolate (three men) you might get to have a look at more depending on their moods. kind regards Heather Heather's South African Genealogy Help List www.genealogy.co.za Cape Town Family History Society www.genealogy.co.za/society/socweb.htm