Hello South-africa-cape-town, I am trying to discover if my grandmother became a British or South African citizen. She was a Swedish national who arrived in South Africa in the late 1890's The record states Jenny Louise Stroberg took out British Citizenship Cert. No. 12393 on 9 June 1931. Does anyone know where could I search for further information? regards Gordon Donaldson 24 Kalimna Street Balwyn VIC 3103 Tel&Fax:03 9836 4147 Mob:0411 111 979 E-mail: bsaloons@pacific.net.au

Hi Gordon In the Cape Town National Archives you will find her estate papers DEPOT TAB SOURCE MHG TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 0 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 3531/47 PART 1 DESCRIPTION STROBERG, JENNIE LOUISA. BORN OLANDER. STARTING 19470000 ENDING 19470000 REMARKS PREDECEASED SPOUSE JOHAN PETER STROBERG. As are new to genealogy in South Africa I suggest you download our free English beginners guide http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ancestry24BeginnersGuide_20090703_lowres.pdf and read about what documents are accessible in South Africa and which ones are not. Estate papers will include a will, liquidation and distribution account, death certificate and a death notice. Death notices as we know them today only came into existence in 1834 and sometimes it took several years until someone filled it in. However there were also death notices earlier than 1834 for slaves which appear in the deeds office as slaves were listed as property and not people. These early death notices can be found under the following references in the Cape Town Archives: KAB MOOC 6/1/ Vol 3 (year 1758 - 1796) KAB MOOC 6/2/ (year 1797 - 1821) KAB MOOC 6/3/ Volume 4 (year 1822 - 1833). KAB MOOC 6/9/ Volume 1 (year 1833 +) MHG Pretoria Archives MSCE A Death Notice is the official documentation handed to the Master of the High Court whose office has jurisdiction over the estate. It is used for informing the Master whether the deceased had assets, property or possessions to be passed on to heirs or claimants such as creditors, providing names of potential heirs, supplying the Master with details of where the deceased resided at the time of death and informing the Master whether the person reporting on the death is qualified to do so. Want to know more? The Death Notice contains fields for the following information: . Surname of deceased . Full first names . Identity number . Nationality . Age . Occupation . Ordinary place(s) of residence during the 12 months prior to death and the Province(s). . Date of birth . Place of birth . Date of death . Has the deceased left a will? . Marital status at time of death . If married, place where married . Full names of surviving spouse and his/her occupation . State whether marriage was in or out of community of property/whether accrual system is applicable . (a) Name(s) of predeceased spouse(s) and/or divorced spouse(s) (state opposite name of each whether predeceased or divorced) . (b) Date of death of predeceased spouse(s) . Master's office(s) where predeceased estate(s) is/are registered and number(s) of estate(s), if available. . Full names of children of deceased (state whether major or minor or predeceased and in the latter event, whether they left issue and, if that be the case, the full names of such issue) . Names of parents of deceased (state whether parents alive or deceased). o (a) Father o (b) Mother . Name and address of person signing the death notice. . Dated at ... the ... day . Signature ..... . Capacity...... One must bear in mind that when a person dies, the family is distraught and one of the members of the family will normally be the person filling in the Death Notice. Expect errors in the information given if: . child has died before his/her parents, the child may not always be listed. . the deceased has been married more than once - the first spouse is sometimes omitted . a neighbour or friend filled in the form, they would not necessarily know who the deceased's parents were, but sometimes guess. Sometimes the death notice states a female's surname as her maiden name (especially in Afrikaans families), even though she is married. People also tended to lie about their ages or sometimes do not know when and where they were born. Please remember that a death notice could either be perfect, semi-perfect or completely inaccurate and could send you on the wrong trail in tracing your ancestors. Make sure that you have other resources to complement and verify this information. d) Death Certificate A full death certificate can include the following information: . Christian Names and Surname of deceased . Name of parent or guardian is the deceased is under the age of ten years old . Sex . Age . Race . Birthplace . Personal Status . Occupation . Pensioner or dependent of pensioner . Date of death . Place of death . Usual place of residence . Intended place of burial . Causes of death . Duration of disease of last illness . Name of Medical Practitioner Informant . Signature or mark of . Qualification . Residence Kind regards Heather Heather MacAlister Channel Manager E  heather@ancestry24.co.za T  +27 (021) 406 4343 F +27 (0)86 5810390   Join us on Facebook  twitter.com/ancestry24  | Skype: ancestry24 5th Floor , 11 On Adderley, Adderley Str,Cape Town, 8001  |  ancestry24.co.za -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-cape-town-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-cape-town-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gordon D Donaldson Sent: 13 September 2012 08:14 AM To: south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Citizenship Hello South-africa-cape-town, I am trying to discover if my grandmother became a British or South African citizen. She was a Swedish national who arrived in South Africa in the late 1890's The record states Jenny Louise Stroberg took out British Citizenship Cert. No. 12393 on 9 June 1931. Does anyone know where could I search for further information? regards Gordon Donaldson 24 Kalimna Street Balwyn VIC 3103 Tel&Fax:03 9836 4147 Mob:0411 111 979 E-mail: bsaloons@pacific.net.au ------------------------------- 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2437/5264 - Release Date: 09/12/12 This email and its contents are subject to an email legal notice that can be viewed at: http://www.naspers.com/email/disclaimer.html Should you be unable to access the link provided, please email us for a copy at csc@optinet.net Hierdie e-pos en sy inhoud is onderhewig aan 'n regskennisgewing oor elektroniese pos wat gelees kan word by http://www.naspers.com/epos/vrywaring.html 'n Afskrif kan aangevra word by csc@optinet.net