Dear Heather I have also been researching my family tree for over 20 years and laughed at you saying your husband can't understand it! Neither does mine!!! And as for visiting graveyards he thinks I am nuts!!! But I love it and have had years of pleasure from it. Continue to enjoy it. Did you once say you were looking for something in Ireland? New records have recently become available and if you would like me to, I can see if I can find something for you. All the best Lorraine Howard nee Shum ----- Original Message ----- From: <south-africa-cape-town-request@rootsweb.com> To: <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 8:01 AM Subject: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 133 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 132 (gary clough) > 2. Re: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 132 > (Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24) > 3. Re: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 132 (Robyn) > 4. Re: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 131 > (Shani Lamb (SGLA)) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 18:36:28 +1000 > From: "gary clough" <garsan@activ8.net.au> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, > Vol 7, Issue 132 > To: <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <610CCE7D81E94854BC121320D3058F1F@dell> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Thank you Heather. Can well understand the issue of headstones now being > illegible. The only suggestion re church would be St George's in Cape Town > as other baptisms and previously the parents' wedding were > conducted/recorded there. > A scan of the Eastern Province Herald of 1842 records her baptism but > can't > find later copies which may record a death (if it was even noted). > > Regards > > Garry Clough > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <south-africa-cape-town-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 5:00 PM > Subject: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 132 > > >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Frances Susannah Deeker (Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 08:30:35 +0000 >> From: Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24 <heather@ancestry24.co.za> >> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Frances Susannah Deeker >> To: "south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com" >> <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: >> <FDAA13FEB78BAC4FB2326CD449B6D6704C6685BA@02CPT-MBX02.za.ds.naspers.com> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Hi Robert >> Sadly there are hardly any burial records from the period before 1880 >> which is when Maitland Cemetery opened. >> The other large cemetery called Somerset Road close down officially in >> 1886. The new Somerset Road Cemetery closed about 40 years ago. >> There are numerous small church yard cemeteries in the surrounds of Cape >> Town where the Deeker baby child could have been buried but with the wind >> in Cape Town the lettering by now would have been long worn away. >> The only way to find out would be by consulting burial registers from >> churches and you would need to know which church the burial service was >> held in. >> You can read more about the old Somerset Road Cemetery here >> http://ancestry24.com/the-lost-inscriptions-of-somerset-road/ >> >> best wishes >> 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: 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 gary >> clough >> Sent: 18 May 2012 03:03 PM >> To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Frances Susannah Deeker >> >> Greetings all listers, >> >> Recently a baptismal record was found for Frances Susannah Deeker, >> daughter of Robert Deeker, bapt 20 June 1842 at St George's, Cape Town. >> The family moved to Victoria, Aust in 1853 but Frances wasn't with them. >> Robert's death record notes her as predeceasing him, so it is appears >> quite probable that she died in South Africa before they emigrated. >> I would like to know if there is a death or burial record for her in >> South >> Africa - I would think it would be in Cape Town as Robert's wedding and >> all baptisms were in Cape Town to my knowledge. >> Any help here would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Garry Clough, Victoria, Australia >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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: 2012.0.2171 / Virus Database: 2425/5008 - Release Date: 05/18/12 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN list administrator, send an email >> to >> SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN mailing list, send an >> email to SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 132 >> ****************************************************** >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2176 / Virus Database: 2425/5010 - Release Date: 05/19/12 >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 09:17:50 +0000 > From: Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24 <heather@ancestry24.co.za> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, > Vol 7, Issue 132 > To: "south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com" > <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <FDAA13FEB78BAC4FB2326CD449B6D6704C669EEF@02CPT-MBX02.za.ds.naspers.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Garry > It could have been at St Johns in Cape Town, St. Mary's Cathedral, > Lutheran Church, NG Kerk, Methodist Church, Union Congregational Church to > mention a few. > Not every persons death were recorded I found numerous non- conformists in > my family which really puts a spoke in the wheel. > Death registers only became compulsory in 1895 in the Cape which is > another problem. There could however have been a mention in the Government > Gazette of the time as many marriages, baptisms and deaths were mentioned > in the weekly editions. > Unfortunately tracing ones family tree can never been done in a few weeks. > I have been at it for 25 years and still have unfound death records or > baptisms records. > My husband still does not comprehend why I do it. > Hopefully over time as more and more records are digitised these skeletons > will creep out of the woodwork. > > 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 gary > clough > Sent: 20 May 2012 10:36 AM > To: south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol > 7, Issue 132 > > Thank you Heather. Can well understand the issue of headstones now being > illegible. The only suggestion re church would be St George's in Cape Town > as other baptisms and previously the parents' wedding were > conducted/recorded there. > A scan of the Eastern Province Herald of 1842 records her baptism but > can't find later copies which may record a death (if it was even noted). > > Regards > > Garry Clough > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <south-africa-cape-town-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 5:00 PM > Subject: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 132 > > >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Frances Susannah Deeker (Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 08:30:35 +0000 >> From: Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24 <heather@ancestry24.co.za> >> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Frances Susannah Deeker >> To: "south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com" >> <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> >> Message-ID: >> <FDAA13FEB78BAC4FB2326CD449B6D6704C6685BA@02CPT-MBX02.za.ds.naspers.com> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Hi Robert >> Sadly there are hardly any burial records from the period before 1880 >> which is when Maitland Cemetery opened. >> The other large cemetery called Somerset Road close down officially in >> 1886. The new Somerset Road Cemetery closed about 40 years ago. >> There are numerous small church yard cemeteries in the surrounds of Cape >> Town where the Deeker baby child could have been buried but with the wind >> in Cape Town the lettering by now would have been long worn away. >> The only way to find out would be by consulting burial registers from >> churches and you would need to know which church the burial service was >> held in. >> You can read more about the old Somerset Road Cemetery here >> http://ancestry24.com/the-lost-inscriptions-of-somerset-road/ >> >> best wishes >> 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: 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 gary >> clough >> Sent: 18 May 2012 03:03 PM >> To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Frances Susannah Deeker >> >> Greetings all listers, >> >> Recently a baptismal record was found for Frances Susannah Deeker, >> daughter of Robert Deeker, bapt 20 June 1842 at St George's, Cape Town. >> The family moved to Victoria, Aust in 1853 but Frances wasn't with them. >> Robert's death record notes her as predeceasing him, so it is appears >> quite probable that she died in South Africa before they emigrated. >> I would like to know if there is a death or burial record for her in >> South >> Africa - I would think it would be in Cape Town as Robert's wedding and >> all baptisms were in Cape Town to my knowledge. >> Any help here would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Garry Clough, Victoria, Australia >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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: 2012.0.2171 / Virus Database: 2425/5008 - Release Date: 05/18/12 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> To contact the SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN list administrator, send an email >> to >> SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> To post a message to the SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN mailing list, send an >> email to SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN@rootsweb.com. >> >> __________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> email with no additional text. >> >> >> End of SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 132 >> ****************************************************** >> >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2176 / Virus Database: 2425/5010 - Release Date: 05/19/12 >> > > > ------------------------------- > 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: 2012.0.2171 / Virus Database: 2425/5010 - Release Date: 05/19/12 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 21:18:00 +1200 > From: Robyn <arkadia@paradise.net.nz> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, > Vol 7, Issue 132 > To: south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <3BA8EE75F6E740B58D79B3ED644C577F@robyn> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; > reply-type=original > > Hello > I have some questions. > > Are old copies of the Cape Argus (1840-1870) available to peruse or > perhaps > stored in another medium? > What are the names of churches in the area and if they are not currently > active churches are their registers stored or transcribed for research > purposes? > What other official records of the time above are still extant and > available? > To what extent were their planned and intentional settlement groups from > Britain at that time? I mean as opposed to individual persons or small > family groups? > > > > Regards > Robyn Lewis > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "gary clough" <garsan@activ8.net.au> > To: <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 8:36 PM > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol > 7,Issue 132 > > >> Thank you Heather. Can well understand the issue of headstones now being >> illegible. The only suggestion re church would be St George's in Cape >> Town >> as other baptisms and previously the parents' wedding were >> conducted/recorded there. >> A scan of the Eastern Province Herald of 1842 records her baptism but >> can't >> find later copies which may record a death (if it was even noted). >> >> Regards >> >> Garry Clough >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <south-africa-cape-town-request@rootsweb.com> >> To: <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 5:00 PM >> Subject: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 132 >> >> >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Re: Frances Susannah Deeker (Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 08:30:35 +0000 >>> From: Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24 <heather@ancestry24.co.za> >>> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Frances Susannah Deeker >>> To: "south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com" >>> <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> >>> Message-ID: >>> <FDAA13FEB78BAC4FB2326CD449B6D6704C6685BA@02CPT-MBX02.za.ds.naspers.com> >>> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>> >>> Hi Robert >>> Sadly there are hardly any burial records from the period before 1880 >>> which is when Maitland Cemetery opened. >>> The other large cemetery called Somerset Road close down officially in >>> 1886. The new Somerset Road Cemetery closed about 40 years ago. >>> There are numerous small church yard cemeteries in the surrounds of Cape >>> Town where the Deeker baby child could have been buried but with the >>> wind >>> in Cape Town the lettering by now would have been long worn away. >>> The only way to find out would be by consulting burial registers from >>> churches and you would need to know which church the burial service was >>> held in. >>> You can read more about the old Somerset Road Cemetery here >>> http://ancestry24.com/the-lost-inscriptions-of-somerset-road/ >>> >>> best wishes >>> 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: 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 gary >>> clough >>> Sent: 18 May 2012 03:03 PM >>> To: SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Frances Susannah Deeker >>> >>> Greetings all listers, >>> >>> Recently a baptismal record was found for Frances Susannah Deeker, >>> daughter of Robert Deeker, bapt 20 June 1842 at St George's, Cape Town. >>> The family moved to Victoria, Aust in 1853 but Frances wasn't with them. >>> Robert's death record notes her as predeceasing him, so it is appears >>> quite probable that she died in South Africa before they emigrated. >>> I would like to know if there is a death or burial record for her in >>> South >>> Africa - I would think it would be in Cape Town as Robert's wedding and >>> all baptisms were in Cape Town to my knowledge. >>> Any help here would be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Garry Clough, Victoria, Australia >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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: 2012.0.2171 / Virus Database: 2425/5008 - Release Date: >>> 05/18/12 >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> To contact the SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN list administrator, send an email >>> to >>> SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-admin@rootsweb.com. >>> >>> To post a message to the SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN mailing list, send an >>> email to SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN@rootsweb.com. >>> >>> __________________________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> email with no additional text. >>> >>> >>> End of SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 132 >>> ****************************************************** >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2012.0.2176 / Virus Database: 2425/5010 - Release Date: >>> 05/19/12 >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/5008 - Release Date: 05/18/12 > 18:34:00 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 08:53:34 +0200 > From: "Shani Lamb \(SGLA\)" <shani@sgla.co.za> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, > Vol 7, Issue 131 > To: <south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <2C4648954646413BAAD47A1E23330998@sgla3a69967509> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Name: Deeker, Robert > Condition: Bachelor > Residence At Time Of Marriage: born County Middlesex > After Banns Or Licence: Forms and Ceremonies > Date Of Marriage: 24 August 1835 > Place Of Marriage: St George's Church > Day Of Week: Monday > Surname Of Bride: Clarke > First Name Of Bride: Hannah > Condition Of Bride: Spinster > Residence At Time Of Marriage Of Bride: born County Warwickshire, > England > Surname Of Witness 1: Moltby > Name Of Witness 2: Jackson, Ann > Name Of Witness 3: Vawser, William > Name Of Minister: George Hough MA > Designation Of Minister: Senior Chaplain > Church Register Of: St. Georges Church Cape Town > Area: Settlement of Good Hope > Image Name: 351 > Omission And Corrections: Please e-mail omissions and corrections to > info@ancestry24.co.za > Source: Anglican Church Archives Wits University > Collection Name: St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Marriages > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN list administrator, send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN mailing list, send an > email to SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 133 > ******************************************************

My wife thought I was a tad barmy trying to find all my rellies. This was the case for ten years or so. THEN THE BUG HIT!!! Now I battle to get to the computer, as she is researching and filling in gaps on all her rellies. Regards, Chris