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From: "smithch" <>
Subject: Re: Birth Certificate contains .. ?
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 11:43:30 +0200
References: <20010330220550.24769.qmail@nwcst322.netaddress.usa.net>


This is frightening! If the SA authorities are losing
birth certificates of LIVING people, what of the
past generations? After seeing the lack of care
taken of valuable estate files in the vaults of
the High Court in Cape Town, it does not
surprise me that documents are being lost
in the official storages in the country.
These officials have fifty years in which to
lose documents before they are archived.
Frightening thought!
Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Meintjes" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 12:05 AM
Subject: Birth Certificate contains .. ?


> Th South African Death Notice should show his age, possibly in years,
months
> and days. It may state his place of birth.
>
> His childrens' birth certificates would not have his birth date, not even
his
> age.
>
> > As someone who has only once before ordered a South African birth
> > Certificate three years ago and never received,
>
> A couple of months ago, I requested my own South African birth
certificate.
> Last week I received a call that they could find no trace of my birth, and
do
> I have a copy of the certificate? (Actually, I do have an old photocopy
of a
> document my parents had, but I hope one day to get an official
certificate.)
>
> Best wishes
> Keith
>
>
>
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