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South Africa / Re: South Africa search
« on: Thursday 23 August 18 08:52 BST (UK)  »
May be your man? Reference on NAAIRS.
DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    CO                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 8610                                                                 
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 22                                                                   
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF NATURALIZATION. ABRAHAM FRANKEL.           
STARTING  1904                                                                 
ENDING    1905             

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South Africa / Re: ESTATE FILES DURBAN
« on: Monday 18 June 18 10:19 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for that. Time to test the procedure methinks! Best Wishes, Mole

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South Africa / Re: ESTATE FILES DURBAN
« on: Sunday 17 June 18 16:16 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your response. I am not sure about the procedure involved as you describe. When you say apply for the file (once the file number is found), do you mean a human being has to peruse or photograph the original - wherever it is held, in Pietermaritzburg or elsewhere?

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South Africa / Re: ESTATE FILES DURBAN
« on: Saturday 16 June 18 08:07 BST (UK)  »
There is in fact no 'official transferring' of any estate files from the Master's Office to the Archives. That is a widely-held misconception. The reason estate files may be held at archives is that there is no space to keep them at the Master's Office or its various off-site satellite storage areas, not necessarily in Pietermaritzburg by the way. At Pietermaritzburg Archives no estate files after circa 1975 are held at the archives and must be tracked down at the Master's - no easy task. Estate files held by the Master are indexed by date not by surname. Phone the Master's Office in Pietermaritzburg and ask where a deceased estate file for 2013 would be stored. At that point you would need a local researcher or volunteer to find and peruse/photograph the file.

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South Africa / Re: Re: South Africa search
« on: Friday 16 June 17 09:27 BST (UK)  »
Hi Sharon - did your parents die in South Africa? If so their deceased estate files may be on NAAIRS www.national.archives.gov.za  The information on the Death Notice, which forms part of an estate file may be helpful. Naturally if adoption comes into the story this would not be the avenue to pursue. You appear to have some details (location of birth Joburg and precise date of birth for example) which should have enabled Home Affairs to find your birth certificate - however, if your birth wasn't registered I regret that is an insoluble problem. I don't think you would have had a SA drivers licence at age 17 when you left for Australia as one could only get that if 18 years old. There must have been documentation required at the Australian end when you emigrated - you could try to explore if these docs are still held by authorities in Australia and if so whether copies are available. Did you attend school in South Africa? May be an avenue to follow up - if the school has records going back to your years there. I am not clear if you have - or had - a SA Passport. Mole.
www.molegenealogy.blogspot.co.za 

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South Africa / Re: South Africa search
« on: Tuesday 24 May 16 08:32 BST (UK)  »
<On the UK census in 1901 he is listed as Henry Looper b 1857-1860  Cape Town(he was a General Labourer.) but on his marriage records he is down as George Henry Looper m 1895 to a Sarah Ann Barnett.
His Father is down as George Henry Looper on marriage record.
I have found  a Death record for a George Henry Looper 25Th April 1905 Stepney
If anyone could look up this person for me in the cape town records or any information about him who was his parents ? etc i would be very grateful thank you.sue>

I find nothing on NAAIRS for a George or Henry Looper, nor to a spouse maiden name Barnett. If he did not die in South Africa there would be no Deceased estate file for him here unless he owned property in SA. I presume he married overseas not in SA. The trouble is that people could be in SA for a few years but if no public record was generated their sojourn could remain invisible. Have you tried to find a record of his leaving UK by ship? These are on findmypast (ancestorsonboard) from 1890, worth having a look. Not possible from the SA end as far as passenger arrivals are concerned.  Best Wishes, Mole

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South Africa / Re: Topic merged HARRIS - Kent to Natal 1850 Wesleyans on King William
« on: Monday 25 April 16 05:54 BST (UK)  »
Great to find that detail  :) Well done David. The fact that they sailed to Aus in a small ship should prevent you from searching for passenger lists there.
Best Wishes, Mole

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South Africa / Re: South Africa search
« on: Saturday 09 April 16 07:54 BST (UK)  »
Yes - that is the link I gave in my message. Family Search, Natal Civil Marriages.
 :)
Mole

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South Africa / Re: South Africa search
« on: Saturday 09 April 16 05:20 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for that reminder. And don't forget to try the useful Natal Civil Marriages at

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2063749

bet wishes
Mole

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