Hi Gwyn /"How does one find out if one is dead? Is there a website to check that?"/ The rule I usually use is as follows: If I wake up in the morning and feel no aches and pains, I know I am dead. Hope this helps. regards Malcolm On 2012/12/14 05:35 AM, Gwyneth Thomas wrote: > Hi Renze > > How does one find out if one is dead? > > Is there a website to check that? > > Gwyn > > > On 14 December 2012 06:19, First name Last name <rodg@tiscali.co.za> wrote: > >> Good Morning Walter, >> Yesterday afternoon we were all sitting in the office and I decided to >> start checking ID numbers of all the people whom we knew were deceased. >> Well it was an eye opener. We checked 17 people, all but one were still >> married and the one lady's husband passed away 18 years ago. >> Just goes to show if you do not know about these things and do them >> yourself, then it just does not get done. >> Thanks to you and everyone who assisted with this problem. >> >> Regards, >> >> Rod g >> >> >> From: renze01@vwsa.co.za >> Sent:2012-11-30 12:18:21 >> To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com >> Cc: >> Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] DHA widow or widower >> Hi Rod, >> This is very common within our DHA. I am a marriage officer and do >> sometimes find that I have to "divorce" someone before I can marry them >> (those who had brought me their final decree of divorce). This process is >> supposed to be a simple one for death. The DHA issues a Death Certificate >> to the undertaker or the relatives of the deceased on the day that it is >> registered (they have to be informed of the event, otherwise they are not >> able to issue a Death Certificate). This they are supposed to send through >> to Pretoria (which should work via the computer system, but often does not). >> It is frustrating when this occurs I know. And it's a very simple process >> for them to just log on when you produce the required documents (right >> there in your presence) and change it. >> On the issue of getting married again, you just need to produce the Death >> Certificate to the marriage officer and if he does pick up the problem with >> DHA, he can easily have it rectified without much issues. >> You can check your marital status online by filling in your id no: >> http://www.home-affairs.gov.za/marital_status.asp >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-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-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi Malcolm, You took the words out of my mouth - but I was not brave enough to post them.....Thanks for the laugh. Cheers Fay -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Stevens Sent: 14 December 2012 09:15 AM To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] DHA widow or widower Hi Gwyn /"How does one find out if one is dead? Is there a website to check that?"/ The rule I usually use is as follows: If I wake up in the morning and feel no aches and pains, I know I am dead. Hope this helps. regards Malcolm On 2012/12/14 05:35 AM, Gwyneth Thomas wrote: > Hi Renze > > How does one find out if one is dead? > > Is there a website to check that? > > Gwyn > > > On 14 December 2012 06:19, First name Last name <rodg@tiscali.co.za> wrote: > >> Good Morning Walter, >> Yesterday afternoon we were all sitting in the office and I decided >> to start checking ID numbers of all the people whom we knew were deceased. >> Well it was an eye opener. We checked 17 people, all but one were >> still married and the one lady's husband passed away 18 years ago. >> Just goes to show if you do not know about these things and do them >> yourself, then it just does not get done. >> Thanks to you and everyone who assisted with this problem. >> >> Regards, >> >> Rod g >> >> >> From: renze01@vwsa.co.za >> Sent:2012-11-30 12:18:21 >> To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com >> Cc: >> Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] DHA widow or widower Hi Rod, This is very common >> within our DHA. I am a marriage officer and do sometimes find that I >> have to "divorce" someone before I can marry them (those who had >> brought me their final decree of divorce). This process is supposed >> to be a simple one for death. The DHA issues a Death Certificate to >> the undertaker or the relatives of the deceased on the day that it is >> registered (they have to be informed of the event, otherwise they are >> not able to issue a Death Certificate). This they are supposed to >> send through to Pretoria (which should work via the computer system, but often does not). >> It is frustrating when this occurs I know. And it's a very simple >> process for them to just log on when you produce the required >> documents (right there in your presence) and change it. >> On the issue of getting married again, you just need to produce the >> Death Certificate to the marriage officer and if he does pick up the >> problem with DHA, he can easily have it rectified without much issues. >> You can check your marital status online by filling in your id no: >> http://www.home-affairs.gov.za/marital_status.asp >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-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-EASTERN-CAPE-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-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message