Ah Sybil, What are we going to do with the custodians of our records :-) This is rather funny so you have not got Grandpappa's identity number - gosh the mind boggles!! Hope you find it soon! It just gets crazier and crazier at the Home Affairs! Kind regards Eleanor -------------------------------------------------- From: "sybil banisterjones" <sybilbj@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:24 AM To: "SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE" <SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE@rootsweb.com>; "KWAZULU-NATAL-SOUTH-AFRICA" <KWAZULU-NATAL-SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com>; <SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH-L-request@rootsweb.com>; "BUITENPOSTEN" <BUITENPOSTEN@rootsweb.com> Subject: [ZA-EC] DIVORCE RECORDS > Good morning listers > > Does anyone know if there are any records of divorces available in SA? It > would be from about 1919 onwards. Also, are birth certificates only > available from the Dep of Home Affairs? When I approached them to try to > find my grandfathers birth certificate I was told that if I didnt have his > ID number they couldnt help me!. He was born approx 1875-1878 !!!!!! I > would appreciate any help or advice. > Many thanks in advance > > Kind regards > Sybil Banister-Jones > >

Hi All The answer is - don't lets leave it in their hands - digitise and make records available else where and in more than one place. In generations to come they will ask - "who has your grandfather's micro chip" as everything will be on there probably. Scary thought. Regards Heather Heather MacAlister Channel Manager E heather@ancestry24.co.za T +27 (021) 406 4343 F +27 (0)86 5810390 skype.com/ancestry24 5th Floor, 11 on Adderley Street, Adderley Street, Cape Town, 8001 | ancestry24.co.za -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ken & Eleanor Garvie Sent: 24 October 2012 06:48 PM To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Cc: butler12@telkomsa.net Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] DIVORCE RECORDS Ah Sybil, What are we going to do with the custodians of our records :-) This is rather funny so you have not got Grandpappa's identity number - gosh the mind boggles!! Hope you find it soon! It just gets crazier and crazier at the Home Affairs! Kind regards Eleanor -------------------------------------------------- From: "sybil banisterjones" <sybilbj@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:24 AM To: "SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE" <SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE@rootsweb.com>; "KWAZULU-NATAL-SOUTH-AFRICA" <KWAZULU-NATAL-SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com>; <SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH-L-request@rootsweb.com>; "BUITENPOSTEN" <BUITENPOSTEN@rootsweb.com> Subject: [ZA-EC] DIVORCE RECORDS > Good morning listers > > Does anyone know if there are any records of divorces available in SA? > It would be from about 1919 onwards. Also, are birth certificates > only available from the Dep of Home Affairs? When I approached them to > try to find my grandfathers birth certificate I was told that if I > didnt have his ID number they couldnt help me!. He was born approx > 1875-1878 !!!!!! I would appreciate any help or advice. > Many thanks in advance > > Kind regards > Sybil Banister-Jones > > ------------------------------- 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2741 / Virus Database: 2616/5850 - Release Date: 10/23/12 This email and its contents are subject to an email legal notice that can be viewed at: http://www.naspers.com/email/disclaimer.html Should you be unable to access the link provided, please email us for a copy at csc@optinet.net Hierdie e-pos en sy inhoud is onderhewig aan 'n regskennisgewing oor elektroniese pos wat gelees kan word by http://www.naspers.com/epos/vrywaring.html 'n Afskrif kan aangevra word by csc@optinet.net

Hear, hear !!!!!!!!!!!!!! On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Ken & Eleanor Garvie < garviek@dbn.stormnet.co.za> wrote: > Ah Sybil, > > What are we going to do with the custodians of our records :-) This is > rather funny so you have not got Grandpappa's identity number - gosh the > mind boggles!! > > Hope you find it soon! > > It just gets crazier and crazier at the Home Affairs! > > Kind regards > > Eleanor > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "sybil banisterjones" <sybilbj@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:24 AM > To: "SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE" <SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE@rootsweb.com>; > "KWAZULU-NATAL-SOUTH-AFRICA" <KWAZULU-NATAL-SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com>; > <SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH-L-request@rootsweb.com>; "BUITENPOSTEN" > <BUITENPOSTEN@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [ZA-EC] DIVORCE RECORDS > > > Good morning listers > > > > Does anyone know if there are any records of divorces available in SA? > It > > would be from about 1919 onwards. Also, are birth certificates only > > available from the Dep of Home Affairs? When I approached them to try to > > find my grandfathers birth certificate I was told that if I didnt have > his > > ID number they couldnt help me!. He was born approx 1875-1878 !!!!!! I > > would appreciate any help or advice. > > Many thanks in advance > > > > Kind regards > > Sybil Banister-Jones > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Didn't our recently departed minister of home affairs say "please don't mess up (my) home affairs department" before she left? LOL I applied for a copy of my grandfather's BC in 2008 - paid my R50; followed up several times; went to see them at tgheir offices in Bellville , Cape Town..stood in a queue for hours, and have yet to receive a response from them! Many people must be having the same problem we have ie no ID for our grandparents - it would be very useful if someone could offer a suggestion as to how one could go about finding an ID number. In my case my grandfather was born in 1892 and none of his D/N; 2 x marriage certificates and a service certificate shows his ID number. Brian Benningfield -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of sybil banisterjones Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:55 PM To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] DIVORCE RECORDS Hear, hear !!!!!!!!!!!!!! On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 6:48 PM, Ken & Eleanor Garvie < garviek@dbn.stormnet.co.za> wrote: > Ah Sybil, > > What are we going to do with the custodians of our records :-) This is > rather funny so you have not got Grandpappa's identity number - gosh the > mind boggles!! > > Hope you find it soon! > > It just gets crazier and crazier at the Home Affairs! > > Kind regards > > Eleanor > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "sybil banisterjones" <sybilbj@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:24 AM > To: "SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE" <SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE@rootsweb.com>; > "KWAZULU-NATAL-SOUTH-AFRICA" <KWAZULU-NATAL-SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com>; > <SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH-L-request@rootsweb.com>; "BUITENPOSTEN" > <BUITENPOSTEN@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [ZA-EC] DIVORCE RECORDS > > > Good morning listers > > > > Does anyone know if there are any records of divorces available in SA? > It > > would be from about 1919 onwards. Also, are birth certificates only > > available from the Dep of Home Affairs? When I approached them to try to > > find my grandfathers birth certificate I was told that if I didnt have > his > > ID number they couldnt help me!. He was born approx 1875-1878 !!!!!! I > > would appreciate any help or advice. > > Many thanks in advance > > > > Kind regards > > Sybil Banister-Jones > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5351 - Release Date: 10/24/12