Its not 5 o'clock yet ...... ----- Original Message ----- From: Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24 To: south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Marriage Certificate Oops Derek Slip of the fingers..... 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 Derek Pratt Sent: 18 May 2012 12:40 PM To: south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Marriage Certificate EEEK! Surely Heather you mean "St Peter's Mowbray" :-) Derek On 2012/05/18 12:34 PM, Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24 wrote: > Hi Biffy > The answer is not easy. In fact it is very difficult. > For starters you should get a copy of their death notices from the Archives if you don't have a copy already. In many instances you get a date or even the name of the church. > If they married in Claremont it could one of several churches (you need to find out what churches are in the area) but because they lived in Claremont does not mean they were married there but most likely. > St. Saviours > St. George and St. Paul Mowbray > St. Matthew > St. Pauls Rondebosch > Christ Church Constantia > Christ Church Kenilworth > St. Johns Wynberg > All Saints Lansdowne > All Angels Observatory > St. Thomas Rondebosch > Those are only the Anglican ones - the images of these churches can be > found > https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.fami > lysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fwaypoint%2FMM28-585%3A1250843236%3Fcc%3D14680 > 76 > > Birth certificates were not introduced in the Cape until 1895 so they are in the Cape Town Archives until 1972 but you need to know the Magisterial District where the births were registered. After those dates you need to write to the Department of Home Affairs. > On a death certificate all the children of the deceased are included (generally) for more information on deceased estates you can go to http://ancestry24.com/learning-centre/deceased-estate-records/ and look at the section below the list of data bases. > You can find a free beginners guide > http://ancestry24.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/ancestry24BeginnersGu > ide_20090703_lowres.pdf > > I hope that helps? > 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 > Biffy Jonker > Sent: 18 May 2012 12:16 PM > To: south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Marriage Certificate > > I have the same or a similar question. Perhaps sombody can tell me > how to go about it. > > I have details of my grandparents names (George Frederick Arthur Short born in Cape Town 23 rd November 1872 and Adeline Wynn born in Bethnal Green,London on 22nd November, 1870) and their date of marriage (29th August, 1904) (and that it was in Claremont, Cape Town), but I do not know whether it was a church or civil wedding - I would assume it to be in church, otherwise it would probably have been > in the city in Cape Town.. How do I set about getting a copy of this > marriage certificate, their birth certificates and also details of their parents, and their birth certificates and details of siblings. > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you. > H,E. Jonker (nee Short) > > > > On 18 May 2012 11:44, Heather MacAlister - Ancestry 24<heather@ancestry24.co.za> wrote: >> Hi Carolyn >> Parents are not always including on marriage registers like the ones in the UK. >> It is a bit of hit and miss. >> Do you know if they were married in a church? If so what denomination would they have been? Or was it a civil marriage? >> 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 >> laing >> Sent: 18 May 2012 11:38 AM >> To: south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Marriage Certificate >> >> >> Hi Listers >> >> How would one go about obtaining a copy/transcription of a marriage >> certificate? And would such a marriage certificate include the bride's and groom's father's names? >> >> Marriage of Harry George LAING and Isabella Gertruida RIES in Piet Retief on 17th May 1913. >> >> Regards >> Carolyn Laing in the UK >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------- 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