This is very interesting; I had no idea there was a special volume at the Cape Archives for Birth Certificates. I am trying to get my father's but the Home Affairs in Pretoria, where I applied, are not proving very helpful.Please confirm how I would go about getting a Vault Copy. My Dad was born in 1914.Lynette from OZ (McWilliams) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:19:13 +0200 > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Willowmore > > I don't think they will do look-ups as the births are in volumes, not on the > computer system (other documents which are recorded on NAAIRS can be > requested by e-mail and they will post) so I would imagine you may have to > go there in person. > > Antoinette Saunders > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patty > Myers > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 11:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Willowmore > > Her death was 23 Oct 1931, 35 years so that would make her birth year 1896. > I would imagine that they were Dutch Reformed. Could one email them and get > them to look for the birth record or must I go there personally? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Accounts IBF [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 10 April 2014 09:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Willowmore > > Registration of the birth should be recorded at the Cape Archives so perhaps > they could be of assistance with that? My husband found his grandmother's > birth record in large handwritten volumes that are kept at the archives. As > far as the baptism record goes, do you know what church they would have > attended? (presume Dutch Reformed?) Do you know her exact date of birth or > can you calculate the approximate date from her date of death? > > > > Antoinette Saunders > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patty > Myers > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:42 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [ZA-EC] Willowmore > > My grandmother Maria Magdalena Gertruida van der Mescht was born around 1896 > and would imagine in Willowmore as I know her parents lived there as they > raised my mother when Maria died in 1931. > > I am looking for a baptism record for her. Can anyone steer me in the right > direction of where to look. > > > > Kind regards > > Patty > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Lynette As mentioned in a previous posting, I believe they have copies there (that was my understanding from my experience with trying to get a copy of my Mom's but as she was born less than 100 years ago, it was not possible). I could have misunderstood them completely. I will try and get you the name of someone to contact there to clarify the situation as to whether they can help otherwise you could try e-mailing the contact address on the NAAIRS site under the Cape archives but that could prove frustrating. Regards Antoinette Saunders (I recognise your name from the ex PE 60's, 70's FB page so I am assuming your Dad was born in the Cape) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lynette McWilliams Troughton Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 8:49 AM To: eastern-cape rootsweb Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Willowmore This is very interesting; I had no idea there was a special volume at the Cape Archives for Birth Certificates. I am trying to get my father's but the Home Affairs in Pretoria, where I applied, are not proving very helpful.Please confirm how I would go about getting a Vault Copy. My Dad was born in 1914.Lynette from OZ (McWilliams) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:19:13 +0200 > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Willowmore > > I don't think they will do look-ups as the births are in volumes, not on the > computer system (other documents which are recorded on NAAIRS can be > requested by e-mail and they will post) so I would imagine you may have to > go there in person. > > Antoinette Saunders > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patty > Myers > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 11:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Willowmore > > Her death was 23 Oct 1931, 35 years so that would make her birth year 1896. > I would imagine that they were Dutch Reformed. Could one email them and get > them to look for the birth record or must I go there personally? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Accounts IBF [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 10 April 2014 09:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Willowmore > > Registration of the birth should be recorded at the Cape Archives so perhaps > they could be of assistance with that? My husband found his grandmother's > birth record in large handwritten volumes that are kept at the archives. As > far as the baptism record goes, do you know what church they would have > attended? (presume Dutch Reformed?) Do you know her exact date of birth or > can you calculate the approximate date from her date of death? > > > > Antoinette Saunders > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Patty > Myers > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 8:42 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [ZA-EC] Willowmore > > My grandmother Maria Magdalena Gertruida van der Mescht was born around 1896 > and would imagine in Willowmore as I know her parents lived there as they > raised my mother when Maria died in 1931. > > I am looking for a baptism record for her. Can anyone steer me in the right > direction of where to look. > > > > Kind regards > > Patty > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message