"I feel now I must also seek your advice on tracing my father a Arthur Thomas Bishop born 10 June 1922, East Dulwich, London. In the Ancestry24 website for South Africa there is a reference to a Cape Town Deceased Estate of Arthur Thomas Bishop Estate number 7995/99, died 7 August 1999. The motivation for my request is just simply a matter of closure to locate a possible grave/ashes site of my father for a future visit by myself to South Africa. I have never had any verbal conversations with this man but he did pay my mother support for 17 years after which they divorced in 16 December 1971. His location at that time was Gaborone in Botswana as a Tourist Officer under a 3 year contract. This raises a question I would obviously like to know. Do I have any half siblings alive? His will I'm sure will reveal some clues if the information is available. I'm an Australian citizen and have lived in Australia now for 35 years we immigrated here in 1977." Michael Bishop - 14 April 2012 Hello Listers, Michael Bishop in Australia is looking for information about his family. Is there anyone in the Cape Town area who could help him or direct him to the person he needs to contact to obtain a copy of the estate file. Besides: The Head Western Cape Provincial Archives and Records Service Postal address: Private Bag X9025, CAPE TOWN 8000 Street address: 72 Roeland Street, CAPE TOWN Tel: (021) 466 8100. Fax: (021) 465 2960 Perhaps the file is still lying with the Master. Any assistance would be appreciated. Kind regards Eleanor Garvie
Hi Eleanor The quickest way is to contact Hayley Van der Ross at Cemeteries 021-5507552 or email Hayley.vandeross@capetown.gov.za she is in charge of the records and will give the plot number and location. Kind regards Heather Heather MacAlister Channel Manager E heather@ancestry24.co.za T +27 (021) 468 8957 F +27 (0)86 5810390 Join us on Facebook twitter.com/ancestry24 | skype.com/ancestry24 7th Floor , 11 Adderley Street, Cape Town, 8000 | www.ancestry24.co.za -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-cape-town-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-cape-town-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ken & Eleanor Garvie Sent: 14 April 2012 12:24 PM To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN@rootsweb.com Cc: pohsibm@gmail.com Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] ESTATE FILES - ARTHUR THOMAS BISHOP 1922-1999 REF 7995/99 - REPOST "I feel now I must also seek your advice on tracing my father a Arthur Thomas Bishop born 10 June 1922, East Dulwich, London. In the Ancestry24 website for South Africa there is a reference to a Cape Town Deceased Estate of Arthur Thomas Bishop Estate number 7995/99, died 7 August 1999. The motivation for my request is just simply a matter of closure to locate a possible grave/ashes site of my father for a future visit by myself to South Africa. I have never had any verbal conversations with this man but he did pay my mother support for 17 years after which they divorced in 16 December 1971. His location at that time was Gaborone in Botswana as a Tourist Officer under a 3 year contract. This raises a question I would obviously like to know. Do I have any half siblings alive? His will I'm sure will reveal some clues if the information is available. I'm an Australian citizen and have lived in Australia now for 35 years we immigrated here in 1977." Michael Bishop - 14 April 2012 Hello Listers, Michael Bishop in Australia is looking for information about his family. Is there anyone in the Cape Town area who could help him or direct him to the person he needs to contact to obtain a copy of the estate file. Besides: The Head Western Cape Provincial Archives and Records Service Postal address: Private Bag X9025, CAPE TOWN 8000 Street address: 72 Roeland Street, CAPE TOWN Tel: (021) 466 8100. Fax: (021) 465 2960 Perhaps the file is still lying with the Master. Any assistance would be appreciated. Kind regards Eleanor Garvie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message