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. 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Hi Robyn Unfortunately none of the Argus newspapers have been digitised. The only place you can browse them is at the National Library. There is a list of records available on Ancestry24 for churches that have had baptisms, marriages and burials transcribed http://ancestry24.com/collection-type/?id=384 Baptisms http://ancestry24.com/collection-type/?id=388 Burials http://ancestry24.com/collection-type/?id=394 Marriages The Rootsweb mailing list for South Africa, Eastern-Cape and British Immigrants have transcribed records there The LDS have Dutch Reformed Church Records, Methodist and Anglican Records but not all have been indexed or are all searchable. The Electronic branch of the Genealogical Society of South Africa has newspapers extracts with baptisms, marriages and burials http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/ Hope this helps 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 Robyn Sent: 20 May 2012 11:18 AM To: south-africa-cape-town@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Digest, Vol 7, Issue 132 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.c >> om> >> >> 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. 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