Zacks/Sacks - Cape Town

[rm91]

It could be her marriage - she might have anglicized her name!

Hello Gillian, I am sorry I have taken so long to reply to you. Thank you so much for having a look into this, and for sending these links.

I have seen the death notice for Gert Isaac Zacks but I did not think anything of the Identity Number. We don't really have these in England. Do you know how I would go about ordering a copy of Vault Birth record?

Thanks again.

Russell

[rm91]

If you can get a copy of this it should have the parents names.

DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    CO                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 8670                                                                 
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 22                                                                   
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF NATURALIZATION. ISAAC ZACKS.               
STARTING  1904                                                                 
ENDING    1905

Hi there, thank you for your posts. Sorry it has taken me so long to reply.

Excuse my ignorance, but where did you find these? I assume they're from an archive somewhere? How would I go about getting a copy? Thank you so much!

Russell

[TreeSpirit]

If you can get a copy of this it should have the parents names.

DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    CO                                                                   
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 8670                                                                 
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 22                                                                   
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF NATURALIZATION. ISAAC ZACKS.               
STARTING  1904                                                                 
ENDING    1905

Hi there, thank you for your posts. Sorry it has taken me so long to reply.

Excuse my ignorance, but where did you find these? I assume they're from an archive somewhere? How would I go about getting a copy? Thank you so much!

Russell

Here is a copy : https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKK-29ZD-W?i=839

I'm not amazed that his parents are not mentioned ....

[Gillian Mauchan]

If you look at the Estate File link I sent you - the second page is the Civil death notice from his Identity Book it contains his ID Number. Your best bet in obtaining a copy of his Unabridged or Vault Copy Birth record is to apply through the embassy in London or to hire a researcher in South africa to go to Home Affairs to obtain a copy of his birth record.  You can apply to Home Affairs directly but most researchers find that this takes too long (years) http://www.dha.gov.za/. Given your guys was born in 1905 you could hire a researcher to go to the Cape Archives to look at the actual archived register  - and to order you a photograph of the register page
Some companies that offer a service for obtaining documents from Home Affairs ( i have not used them but others have had success with them)
http://docs4expats.com/
http://unabridgedbirthcertificates.co.za/

Some researchers in Cape Town

Anne Clarkson - I'll message you email address and Heather MacAlister ancestors.co.za