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From: "JCCI\\MAUREEN BRADY" <>
Subject: Re: Birth Certificate / Employee Records, CapeTown.
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 08:39:56 +0200


Hullo Mike

Here are some addresses & info I got from the Dept of Home Affairs:

The Chief, State Archives Service, Dept of National Education, Private Bag
X236, Pretoria 0001

The Chief, Cape Archive Depot, Private Bag X9025, Cape Town 8000

The Registrar of Births, Marriages & Deaths, Private Bag X757, Pretoria
0001
Unabridged certificates cost R30

Official registration of births, marriages & deaths commenced in the
different former Provinces of SA & Namibia (South West Africa) as follows:

BIRTHSMARRIAGESDEATHS
Cape Province189517001895
Natal186818691888
Transvaal190118701901
Orange Free State190318481903
Namibia191319081913

Happy hunting!
Regards
Maureen

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> From: Mike Casselden <>
> To:
> Subject: Birth Certificate / Employee Records, CapeTown.
> Date: 13 January 1999 01:44
>
> Could some kind soul please advice me on the proceedure for obtaining a
> birth certificate in South Africa, from the UK? I am pretty sure that I
> have located my wife's biological father known as Ken la GRANGE from Cape
> Town and I want to get his birth certificate, which, hopefully, will
point
> me in the direction of his parents, so I can research their lines.
>
> I have this person's naval record for the second world war which gives me
a
> date of birth and his full name, plus his father's (next of kin)
initials,
> surname and an address. The only thing it doesn't show is a place of
birth,
> although from the information I have, I guess it was in the area of Cape
> Town where his father, apparently, worked at a tram station. Would this
> be sufficient, who would I apply to and how much would it cost?
>
> Also, does anyone know where I could obtain records of pre second world
war
> employees of the Cape Town tram Authority or Company? Lastly, does anyone
> know the address of the Cape Town Fire Service that I could apporach for
> the record of an employee?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Mike in south Notts, UK.
>
>
>
>
> Mike Casselden <> <>
> 01509 820711 (fax by arrangement)
> 6 Willow Close
> East Leake, Notts, UK LE12 6PU.
>
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