Thank you for that - What a shame! Do you know where I would find passenger lists for about 1872? Any help would be appreciated. They were protestants but I should imagine there would be hundreds of churches in cape Town. I'll look in the Latter Days Saints and see if I can find anything - I have tried over the past few days but their site appears to be down. But at least I know not to get a certificate now. Kind regards Angie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather MacAlister - LearningOnline" <Heather@learningonline.co.za> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 11:47 PM Subject: RE: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Howdo I get a birth certificate? > Hello Angie > > Birth Certificates only became available after 1895. > Have you searched the new website www.ancestry.mweb.co.za ? their are > births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, voters rolls and loads more records > Kind regards > Heather > > > Heather MacAlister > > Learning on Line > 46 Hof Street > Gardens > 8001 > > Tel: 021-481 8316 > -----Original Message----- > From: Angie Greenhalgh [mailto:angie.greenhalgh@xtra.co.nz] > Sent: 05 November 2004 12:17 PM > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Howdo I get a birth certificate? > > good morning from New Zealand. > I am new to the group and have spent the last hour trying to ring a > number which was given to me to obtain a birth certificate and the > relevant costs involved. The number was 0027 12 8108911 - (only on > Friday morning!) > > Unfortunately having been cut off three times I have given up and now > ask if your group could help. > > I am looking for Ethel mary Gould DUNSTAN born about 1872 in Cape Town > South Africa. The family were all back in ENgland on the 1881 census in > Hampshire. > > It looks as though Ethel's father Frederick was only in South Africa for > a year as the 1881 census gives the ages of his 8 children a year apart. > i.e. Fred abt 1871 born in Devonport Dev England, > Ethel Mary Gould Dunstan born about 1872 in Cape Town and Mary about > 1873 in Portsmouth HAM. > > Is there an index on line to order from? > Any help would be most welcome. > > Thank you so much for your time. > Angie > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > Cape Town Family History Society > www.genealogy.co.za/society/socweb.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > Heather's South African Genealogy Help List > www.genealogy.co.za > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

Hello Angie Passenger records are being added daily and we have not got to that year yet. The only alternative is to engage in a private researcher who would have to search the local newspapers of that day for passengers. Please remember that not every passenger was listed. Generally 1st and 2nd class only were mentioned and then titles, initials and surnames. If your ancestors arrived in steerage or cattle class they were then just listed as number. Also remember that some passenger took the place of another person so if Joe Bloggs was listed as a passenger that did not necessarily mean that he got on the ship but his neighbour or his cousin John Brown could have come instead of him. That is the fun of the chase .......those illusive ancestors that drive us mad..... kind regards Heather Site Coordinator for www.ancestry.mweb.co.za - there already 22, 891 family names now added !!!! www.familytree.co.za - almost their www.stamboom.co.za - coming soon Visit South Africa's Premier Genealogy Web Sites www.ancestry.mweb.co.za and www.familytree.co.za Join the Cape Town Family History Society www.ancestors.co.za/society/socweb.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angie Greenhalgh" <angie.greenhalgh@xtra.co.nz> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 8:26 PM Subject: Re: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Howdo I get a birth certificate? Thank you for that - What a shame! Do you know where I would find passenger lists for about 1872? Any help would be appreciated. They were protestants but I should imagine there would be hundreds of churches in cape Town. I'll look in the Latter Days Saints and see if I can find anything - I have tried over the past few days but their site appears to be down. But at least I know not to get a certificate now. Kind regards Angie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather MacAlister - LearningOnline" <Heather@learningonline.co.za> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 11:47 PM Subject: RE: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Howdo I get a birth certificate? > Hello Angie > > Birth Certificates only became available after 1895. > Have you searched the new website www.ancestry.mweb.co.za ? their are > births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, voters rolls and loads more records > Kind regards > Heather > > > Heather MacAlister > > Learning on Line > 46 Hof Street > Gardens > 8001 > > Tel: 021-481 8316 > -----Original Message----- > From: Angie Greenhalgh [mailto:angie.greenhalgh@xtra.co.nz] > Sent: 05 November 2004 12:17 PM > To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Howdo I get a birth certificate? > > good morning from New Zealand. > I am new to the group and have spent the last hour trying to ring a > number which was given to me to obtain a birth certificate and the > relevant costs involved. The number was 0027 12 8108911 - (only on > Friday morning!) > > Unfortunately having been cut off three times I have given up and now > ask if your group could help. > > I am looking for Ethel mary Gould DUNSTAN born about 1872 in Cape Town > South Africa. The family were all back in ENgland on the 1881 census in > Hampshire. > > It looks as though Ethel's father Frederick was only in South Africa for > a year as the 1881 census gives the ages of his 8 children a year apart. > i.e. Fred abt 1871 born in Devonport Dev England, > Ethel Mary Gould Dunstan born about 1872 in Cape Town and Mary about > 1873 in Portsmouth HAM. > > Is there an index on line to order from? > Any help would be most welcome. > > Thank you so much for your time. > Angie > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > Cape Town Family History Society > www.genealogy.co.za/society/socweb.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > Heather's South African Genealogy Help List > www.genealogy.co.za > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== Cape Town Family History Society www.genealogy.co.za/society/socweb.htm ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx