Good Morning Colleen I had a quick browse on the National Archives website and came up with 44 'hits' for the surname Tapscott. This is by far the best place to start your search. the URL is http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl just follow the prompts and you can look through the list. Regards Sharon View 1800s SOUTH AFRICAN PASSENGER LISTS at http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/DataArchive.htm SCRIBES PUBLISHING for Colonial Books on CD - visit http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/Scribes.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Tapscott" <colleotapscott@tiscali.co.uk> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 6:56 PM Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] TAPSCOTT > Hi, > > I am researching TAPSCOTT families who mainly originated from Somerset and > Devon but who by the 19th century had spread all over the world including > Australia, USA and Canada. > > Anyone descended from a TAPSCOTT emigrant to South Africa, please get in > touch. > > I know there was a family in the Kimberley area which originated in > Somerset. I am keen to expand my knowledge of this family but would also > like to hear of others, whether families or individuals. > > Colleen Tapscott > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tapscott-Family-Somerset/ > > > > > ==== 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 > >