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bconlong
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Has anyone used this website?
« on: Friday 23 May 08 14:59 BST (UK) »
Has anyone used the site http://www.ancestor.co.za ?

They claim to upload requested images of death notices in "a couple of days" ... however it seems to be considerably longer than that. I'm still waiting after a month!

Has anyone else had any experience or success there?

Thanks

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« Reply #1 on: Friday 23 May 08 15:21 BST (UK) »
Hi! Beconglong
I agree , I was trying to help a friend , and thought this site would help, however I gave up and we have not heard any more from them. They boast the have 1 million records, which when you think about it is rather small compared to other search engines
The reply I received was :-
Welcome to Ancestor.co.za, one of the largest online sources of original South African genealogy information.
With over 1 million family tree records available, we hope your visit will be rewarding and that you will enjoy discovering more about your South African ancestors.
New orders for documents from the Cape Town archives cannot currently be fulfilled.
Please continue to use the search facility, but be aware that orders may take a long time.

Best wishes Beconglong, I hope you have some success eventually
Raphael
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« Reply #2 on: Sunday 01 June 08 08:44 BST (UK) »
Hi Beconglong

Have you tried looking at the NAAIRS (National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System) at www.national.archives.gov.za

I found stacks of death notices for my lot in Natal.  Takes a bit of time working out how to get around the site but absolutely brilliant (well for me anyway)

Good luck
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