charles henry READER

[kevynne]

According to my Grandparents marriage certificate William John Reader was born in Capetown in 1894 ,son of Charles Henry Reader and Lucy pettoni .William Reader married my grandmother in New Zealand in 1920 and after two children he deserted her and was never heard of again.From my researches I know enough about him, but if possible I would like to find out more about Charles Henry Reader and Lucy Pettoni. On the marriage certificate Charles was noted  a stockbroker in Capetown. Could anybody please suggest sites I can go to to find more about this Family. In the past research has put me in touch with other  south african Reader researches but none has been connected to my family. All help is really appreciated thank you.
Kevynne

[crisane]

This site gives a link to NAAIRS (South African Archives) http://www.national.archives.gov.za/

Digital copies of documents in  Cape Archives such as wills and death notices  can be ordered with a NAAIRS reference at a very reasonable cost from www.eggsa.org, the virtual branch of the Genealogical Society of South Africa. (Follow instructions in FAQ under Document Ordering Service on the home page. You don't have to be a member but the costs are cheaper for members. The eGGSA site also has photographs of a lot of graves.

You can search transcriptions of  BMDs from newspapers can be searched at http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/

 Family Search has a lot of original images of South African parish registers  available free.
See https://familysearch.org/search/coll...&region=AFRICA

 

[Johnf04]

Family Search also have unindexed copies of death notices and probates. There is a guide to finding your way around them here:

http://www.eggsa.org/articles/locating-death-records.htm