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From: "Becky Horne" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] Re: SOUTH-AFRICA-D Digest V02 #639
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 11:55:34 +0200
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Hi Janet

How far does your MILLS go back?
Were they part of the 1820 Settlers?
The Anglican Archives have closed for the summer recess.
I might be able to assist you further depending on your answers, especially
to the 1820 Settler connection.

Kind Regards,

Becky
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
----- Original Message -----
From: Sarah Fulguirinas <>
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Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 6:31 AM
Subject: [ZA] Re: SOUTH-AFRICA-D Digest V02 #639


>
> Dear Janet
> I know the problem with having a surname that can be
> taken the wrong way, Finn, Friese (Fries) and Smal all
> bring up interesting things. St Mary's Collegiate
> Church also known as St Mary the Virgin is under CPSA
> (Church of the Province of South Africa, thus Anglican
> not Church of England which in South Africa is a
> seperate church). There is a website for the Port
> Elizabeth diocese.
> http://www.cpsa.org.za/portelizabeth/parishes.html
> Try contacting CPSA or St Mary's for the information.
> Have you also checked if he was one of the 1820
> settler?
> Sarah Ann
> from a hot and windy Christchurch, New Zealand.
>
> > > Hello listers!
> > >
> > > Thanks for all the information that you shared
> > earlier. It does help me
> > to figure out a few things. And thanks for telling
> > the best places to
> > start. I haven't been researching in S. A. very
> > long (about a week!)
> > >
> > > My trouble is, having a common name like Mills,
> > when I put it in the
> > archive database and search - yes, you can imagine -
> > I get all the court
> > cases about woollen mills and so on! I refined the
> > search to just first
> > and last names, but even so, the oddest things have
> > come up.
> > >
> > > I have put out a couple of queries to find out
> > where the registers of St.
> > Mary's Collegiate Church, Port Elizabeth are kept.
> > I couldn't find that out
> > from the archives. Hopefully I will get a reply in
> > the next few days. My
> > grandfather Urbin Richard Mills, was baptised there
> > and maybe some of his
> > siblings. If anyone comes across this name, please
> > let me know.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Janet Mills in balmy 8+C southern
> > Ontario. (Warm for time of
> > year!)
> > > Researching MILLS and BIGG in South Africa, MILLS,
> > ABRAHAM, COLE WHITE,
> > PROSSER, BELCHER, GOULDING, in UK.
>
>
> http://greetings.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Greetings
> - Send your seasons greetings online this year!
>
>
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