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From: "Millicent & Hugh" <>
Subject: Re: [Hottentots Holl and Harrah Harris]
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 19:13:46 +0200
References: <20000815015826.5595.qmail@nw171.netaddress.usa.net>


Hello Keith
I don't know when civil registration actually started in earnest, but there
are, what are called 'Vital Records' for various centres available through
the LDS. They have given me invaluable information not available from the
church records that I have consulted. They start in the very late 1800's &
register eg licences issued for a marriage & some death notifications. They
are also a valuable resource for people researching the families of blacks &
coloureds.

Does anyone know the origin or purpose of these records?

Millicent


----- Original Message -----
From: keith meintjes <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 3:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Hottentots Holl and Harrah Harris]


> (He's baaack!) I have been on vacation in Washington, DC. I was
fortunate
> enough to miss the live discussion on DRC petitions. Anyway:
>
> Hottentots-Holland may have been an administrative district in the early
years
> of British rule, after about 1806. Under Dutch rule, it was probably
> Stellenbosch. However: There was no system of civil registration of
births or
> marriages until after the Union in 1910, so knowing the the district is
not
> very helpful.
>
> What is your source? If it is the LDS (Mormon) library files, you should
ask
> for the original citation. It will often be a form which is a transcript
of a
> church register.
>
> The most systematic records are those of estates (and therefore deaths,
heirs,
> and ancestors). The indexes of these are widely available, including
> microfilm from the LDS.
>
> This is about the extent of my knowledge, but if you have more questins,
> please contact me off the list.
>
> Bets wishes
> Keith
>
>
> "Peter Conquest" <> wrote:
> Attention: Keith Meintjes
>
> Thanks Keith for you prompt and very informative messages on the subject
of
> Hottentots Holl. Sadly, my historical knowledge of South Africa is nil;
so
> I
> am learning. Have you any suggestions as to where I can look to determine
> the administrative areas apposite Hottentots Holland around 1820 to 1835?
>
> Peter Jeffrey Fairman Conquest
> In beautiful rural England
> Researching CONQUEST, FAIRMAN, PEACOCK, WEIDLE, HARRIS and BRAMBLEBY
>
>
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