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South Africa / Re: Special Settlement
« on: Tuesday 11 August 20 13:57 BST (UK)  »

William Leiper Archer died in Natal in 1961.  This is his estate notice on our archives. 

DEPOT     NAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MSCE                                                                 
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 235/1961                                                             
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          ARCHER, WILLIAM LEIPER. BORN IN SCOTLAND. S SP ARCHER, EMILY LOUISA. 
           (BORN BLANCHARD). DECEASED ESTATE.                                   
STARTING  19610000                                                             
ENDING    19630000

Unfortunately the online records are only available to 1950 at the moment. 

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South Africa / Re: Special Settlement
« on: Friday 31 July 20 12:20 BST (UK)  »

There are a few mentions of Robert in the archives, including one about cattle on the farm Dunncloq.

There are estate notices as well for Robert, John and Helen. There are usually Death Notices attached to the file which can give information on family etc.  If you don't have them I could have a look for them.

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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Mask choices
« on: Friday 10 July 20 12:08 BST (UK)  »

Wearing of masks is compulsory when we leave our homes here in South Africa, all shops have sanitizing stations at the door with an attendant to ensure that you do.  A lot of businesses are also temp screening.  If you're above the limit, you're turned away.  It is good to see that the majority of folk are adhering to the rules...

13
South Africa / Re: John George White
« on: Wednesday 17 June 20 12:02 BST (UK)  »

You can also try the site www.eggsa.org, they have photos of graves from grave yards all over the country including many farm ones.  You may get lucky...

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South Africa / Re: acronym
« on: Friday 05 June 20 12:23 BST (UK)  »


You're welcome ;)

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South Africa / Re: acronym
« on: Thursday 04 June 20 14:04 BST (UK)  »

South West Africa or Namibia as it is today, was a German colony.  After the WWI it was made a protectorate of South Africa by the League of Nations as South Africa was still a Union and under British rule.

Many Germans came to SWA before both wars while they could still travel and many then came to South Africa. 

There is a notice on National Archives website that says due to the pandemic they are closed until further notice.  I think this may apply to all the provincial repositories as well. 

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South Africa / Re: acronym
« on: Wednesday 03 June 20 13:24 BST (UK)  »
Divorce?

DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    CSC                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 2/1/1/1473                                                           
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 607                                                                   
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          ILLIQUID CASE. RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS. NIKOLAUS JOHANN       
           SCHMIDT VERSUS ERNA ELSA SCHMIDT, (BORN SIMON).                     
STARTING  19440000                                                             
ENDING    19440000                                     


Possibly her marriage to Schmidt:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9MM-63PB?i=20&cc=1935348

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South Africa / Re: acronym
« on: Tuesday 02 June 20 11:44 BST (UK)  »
Hi

I don't find that acronym under the SAB source codes, but it could be a combination of BE - Protector of Enemy Property and BVV -Dept of Foreign Affairs.   Since according to her Death Notice (which is on Family Search) she was born in Germany she may have been considered and enemy of the State as the Union of SA fought on the side of Britain.  She may have been interned in a POW camp.

Not sure if you will get a response, and some don't do document searches.  You may have to get a researcher to go and get copies of the document.  Unfortunately those documents are not online like a lot of the Death Notices.

http://www.national.archives.gov.za/NARS%20DMLIB%208372%20March%202012.pdf

Freelance researchers.  Not sure how many of them are still active.

Hope this helps

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South Africa / Re: acronym
« on: Tuesday 02 June 20 10:09 BST (UK)  »

Yes please, the different repositories have different acronyms for various things.  It will help to find the dept. that it belongs to and perhaps narrow the search.

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