Genealogy Chat

Hi Everyone
I wonder if anybody has any suggestions - I am looking for births, marriages and deaths in South Africa and are these available on the internet like England & Wales?
Any responses gratefully received - Many thanks - Elaine

Hi Elaine, these sites might be of help to you.


http://tinyurl.com/ygvv6mn

http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl

Not sure how far they go back but make sure you enter South Africa in search location.

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start

Try googling SouthAfria BMD

Thank you Netty, Barbara and Bren.

I shall certainly follow up your suggestions and links - many thanks again - Elaine

wuld you care to put some details on here to see if we can find anything for you?

Hi Ann

I have quite a few cousins in South Africa and I was trying to see if I could look up BMDs for them as they all lost contact with their English relatives.

Birth - John Gray, Pietermaritzburg + Marriage to Judith M Prince
Birth - Sarah Gray, Pietermaritzburg
Birth - Fiona Gray, Pietermaritzburg

Marriage or Death - Nicholas Ewen Prince (b. 1952)

Birth - Robert Turner + Marriage to Penelope J Prince
Birth - Roger Turmer
Birth - Andrew Turner

Birth - Melville Ellis + Marriage to Jennifer A Prince
Birth - Timothy Ellis
Birth - Stephen Ellis
Birth - Claire Ellis

Birth - Edgar Terblanche + Marriage to Sally H A Prince
Birth - Mark Terblanche
+ 2 other children (mother's maiden name: Prince)

Birth - Judith Smythe + Marriage to Peter A Prince
Birth - Andrew Prince + Marriage to Angela ???
Birth - Emma L Prince
Birth - Georgina K Prince

Birth - Katie Prince + Marriage to Darren Deleur
Birth - Rebecca Deleur

Birth - Norma McIntosh + Marriage to Timothy J Prince + Death of TJP
Birth - Iona Prince
Birth - Gaynor Prince

Birth - Irene DeBruin + Marriage to Christopher C Prince + Death of CCP
Birth - Douglas Prince + Death
Birth - Patricia Prince
Birth - Lesley Prince

Birth - Josephine Robinson + Marriage to Richard S Prince + Death of RSP
Birth - Diane Prince
Birth - Duncan Prince

Marriage - Glenys ??? to Anthony Prince
Birth - Michael Prince
Birth - Melanie Prince

Birth - Alexia W Falls + Marriage to Lawrence W Prince
Birth - Nicholas Prince + Marriage to Stephanie ???

Only look up this info if it is going to be easy for you. If its not going to be easy, then please advise me on the resources you use so that I can do it myself.

Many, many thanks and regards.

Elaine

this is the site I would use - it's free and it does cover most of the globe including Africa

best you look cos there are no dates

Ann X

http://www.ancestorhunt.com/mormon_church_records.htm

Many thanks Ann - Elaine

JOHN GRAY Pedigree
Male Family

Marriages:
Spouse: CATHERINE SLATER Family
Marriage: 08 JAN 1883 Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

102. William Prince - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 23 OCT 1848 Elephant Hooks, , Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

103. WILLIAM PRINCE - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 23 OCT 1848 Olifantshoek, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

104. William Prince - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 23 OCT 1848 Elephant'S Hook, , , South Africa

105. William Prince - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 23 OCT 1848 Elephants Hook, , , South Africa

106. WILLIAM PRINCE - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 23 OCT 1848 Elephant Hooks, , Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

107. William Prince - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Birth: 23 OCT 1848 , , South Africa

108. William Prince - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 23 OCT 1848 Elephants Hook, , , South Africa

109. Willem Prins - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Marriage: 27 JAN 1891 Lindley, Orange Free State, South Africa

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International Genealogical Index - Africa
97. William Denis Mc Intosh - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 07 AUG 1918 Capetown, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

98. William Denis Mc Intosh - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Marriage: FEB 1943 Cape Town, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

Matches: International Genealogical Index/Africa - 2

WM. FALLS Pedigree
Female
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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 15 JAN 1799 Chaplaincy To British Forces, Cape Town, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa
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Parents:
Father: WM. FALLS Family
Mother: SUSANNAH
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Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the birth or christening date.

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William H. ELLIS Pedigree
Male


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Event(s):
Birth: 01 NOV 1858 Queenstown, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

Christening:
Death: 29 AUG 1917 American Falls, Power, Idaho

Burial: American Falls, Power, Idaho
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Parents:
Father: George ELLIS Family
Mother: Jamina Rose WIGGILL
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Messages:
Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. No additional information is available. Ancestral File may list the same family and the submitter.

107. William Essex GRAY - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 17 SEP 1865 , Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

108. WILLIAM ESSEX GRAY - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 17 SEP 1865 , Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

109. William Peter Gray - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 14 OCT 1886 Potchefstroom, , Transvaal, South Africa

110. William Peter Gray - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 14 OCT 1886 , , South Africa

111. William Peter Gray - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 14 OCT 1886 , , South Africa

112. William George GRAY - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 26 MAR 1892 Komgha, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

113. William George GRAY - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 26 MAR 1892 Komgha, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

114. William Menzies Gray - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 04 MAR 1902 Pretoria (Capital), Transvaal, South Africa

115. William Menzies Gray - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 04 MAR 1902 Pretoria (Capital), Transvaal, South Africa

116. William Fasken Gray - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Marriage: 21 OCT 1903 Brand Road, Durban, Natal, South Africa

117. William Peter Gray - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: About 1913 Bloemhof, , Transvaal, South Africa

118. William Essex Gray - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 1927 , Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

119. William Essex Gray - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Birth: 1927 , Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa

120. William Morris GRAY - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Marriage: 29 JUL 1929 Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

121. William Gray - International Genealogical Index / AF
Gender: Male Marriage: 04 AUG 1943 Magistrate Court, Vryheid, Natal, South Africa

Hi Ann

Thanks so much for your help. I do have some approximate and some exact dates for some members of the family. I am only going back at most 3 generations as all my cousins (12 in total emigrated to South Africa from the UK in 1957). They have since married and had children since being in SA.

Head of the Family was: Stanley Prince (b. 3 Oct 1917 in UK)
death date required
Wife: Ivy May Prince (b. 16 Apr 1916 in UK)
death date required

Lawrence William Prince (b. Oct 1939)
Anthony Prince (b. Mar 1942)
Richard S Prince (b. Jul 1943) died in SA ???
Christopher Charles Prince (b. Jan 1945) died in SA ???
Timothy John Prince (b. Feb 1946) died in SA ???
Roger Duncan Prince (b. Dec 1946) died in SA approx, 1957
Peter Andrew Prince (b. Nov 1947)
Sally Hilary Ann Prince (b. Sep 1948)
Jennifer A Prince (b. Dec 1949)
Penelope Jane Prince (b. Feb 1951)
Nicholas Ewen Prince (b. Nov 1952)
Judith Mary Prince (b. Apr 1954)
They were all born in the UK

John Gray (b. 1949 in Pietermaritzburg, SA)
Fiona Gray (b. 1983 in Pietermaritzburg, SA)
Sarah Gray (b. 1981 in Pietermaritzburg, SA)
No exact dates for the 3 above - does this help? Thanks again so much for helping me unravel this mystery.

Regards - Elaine

sadly I'm useless at "recent" research!!!! others on here are better though, so hang in there and see what turns up

Ann

Hi Ann

Thanks so much for looking. All these events are quite recent history as I am only trying to find BMD's for my cousins and descendants.

Can anyone else help? or point me in the right direction where I can do this myself? I also have membership to Ancestry but can't seem to get the info I am looking for.

Many thanks and really appreciate any help. The Genealogy community is really good when you get stuck!

Regards - Elaine

Hi Elaine
If your relatives kept their British Passports and are not South African citizens you could try searching consular records.

You will find them on findmypast .com

Hello
Can anyone help me to trace 2 deaths in south africa......olwen margaret
hardy died after 1972 maiden name roberts.....husband died in 1972...
she was born in llanelli in 1907.
her father was william henry roberts.....born in llanelli 1880......died before
1939 according to marriage certificate of olwen......believed to be in
south africa.
grateful for any help.....have tried most sites including national archives
of south africa ,ancestry, familysearch.org

regards

bob simmonds