South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica Birth Certificates #southafrica
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Arlene Beare <arl@...>
Birth registration in South Africa was not enforced prior to 1902.
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This information was sent to me >from the Home Office in Pretoria when I tried to get a Birth certificate prior to that date. I do not think you have any hope of getting one for 1860. Arlene Beare UK ------Original message------
Subject: birth certificates for 19th c. South Africa From: ellieweld <ellieweld@...> A number of years ago I tried to find out how to get a birth certificate for my grandmother, who was born in Cape Town about 1860. I believe someone told me that such certificates were not available for 19th-century South Africa, but I'm not really sure about it or what the reason was. Could someone tell me whether this is correct and if so why? I would be very disappointed if it is, especially as I have recently discovered that my grandmother had two younger siblings also born in Cape Town in the 1860s -- but then genealogy is often a series of disappointments! Ellie Weld Twickenham Middlesex England |
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