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I AM SORRY I HAVE T BEEN IN TOUCH ? THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION I SENT A EMAIL TO THE STAR BUT GOT NO ANSWER SO I HAVE MORE OR LES GIVING UP TO FINDING THEM ? THANK YOU REGARD B ELLIS

Barry, the answer to your question whether people in Johannesburg could read your posts is "yes" - BUT - whether they would actually read them or not is a whole different matter.

Bear in mind that the percentage of Genes members who actually use the site is relatively small. Factor in that the proportion of members who may be in South Africa is again very small and there you have it.

There's a miniscule chance that somebody sometime might just google the names you have given and your posts might have a very remote possibility of coming up in their search results - don't hold your breath, I'm afraid.

What happened when you contacted those newspapers that Janey gave you a list of?

Thank you Jan i think you are my gardian angel , have you had a lot of experince of looking for people in South Africa , i will look through this web site and thank you , can you posible tell me if people can read these threads in Johnnesburg ,South Africa ? Onceagain Thank You .
Regards B.Ellis

http://genealogy.about.com/od/south_africa/South_Africa.htm

you could try looking on this site

HI I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANYBODY NEW OUTHERE EITHER IN JOHNNESBURG OR IN THE UK CAN TELL ME IF THERE ANY OTHER WAYS I CAN GO I HAVE TRIDE ALLTHE OTHER WAYS BUT TO NO AVALE PLEASE CAN ENY ONE GIDE ME WITH A NEW DIRECTION .
THANK YOU REGARDS B. ELLIS

HI ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE COM'ON CAN YOU TELL ME CAN THE PEOPLE OF JOHNNESBURG READ THIS MESSAGE ? REGARDS BARRY. :-S :-S

Hi All i have come to a dead end and a brick wall i was wondering if people can recive G R at Johnnesburg in S .Africa , could anyone enlighten me on this .
Regards Barry Thank you

Johannesburg newspapers on the internet:

http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsanews.html

Business Day (Johannesburg)
City Press (Johannesburg)
Financial Mail (Johannesburg)
Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg)
Sowetan (Johannesburg)
Star (Johannesburg)
Sunday Times (Johannesburg)
Sunday Independent (Johannesburg)
Times (Johannesburg)

with links to all of them. The Financial Mail doesn't look too promising, but there are others that could be useful.

For the Star:

http://www.wegotads.co.za/

Place an ad in the Personals section / Missing Persons by credit card:

http://www.wegotads.co.za/placead_categories.cmp?reset=true&parent_id=10100&categories_id=&sfid=1



Janey

Sorry Jane i miss read your name i do apoligize ?

Hi Jean can i say iam sorry i miss read what you wrote ,
its like entering the lottery that one chance someone in Johnnesburg might see see this thread and answer this email , i have tryed the newspaper in Johnnesburg but my email did not get through , i would like to thank everybody concernd for their help and ideas .

Jane ... Jean .. whatever. I wrote what everybody's thinking. ;)

Btw, I can't think why you'd think I expect you to jump on a plane, etc.

What I did actually say, in the post that causes you such distress, was:

A classified/small ad in a local newspaper might be an idea.

Hi all Yes i am sorry for what i wrote but it was only for Jean because what of she said and once again i'am sorry to all concernd .
Regards Barry

Have just read through this thread,don't know why!!!
Barry all these people giving you help and advice,you shold be greatful to them.
Found your last comment a little hurtful to your helpers!

I guess the question is ... what do you expect?

Hi Jane
What do you expect me to do jump on a plane and look for them?

There are 3.5 million people ... and exactly how many of them read this internet site???

I think that's the actual question.

And I think the answer might be something like, oh, two ...

The thing is that nobody who reads this thread is going to know these people, and nobody who's read this thread has any idea how to go about finding people in southern Africa whose surnames aren't even known ...

A classified/small ad in a local newspaper might be an idea.

Usually, to find people, one has to go looking for them, not just hope they get found.

Unfortunately there are lots of killings here so that would probably come up quiete often.

Try using advanced search and set it to look in SA only. Also try "Coward SAPPI". The chief information officer's surname is Coward and gives his email address, try him.

Hi Flick
Yes I'am thinking it like looking for a needle in a ploudup field , but i was just hopeing that someone on the end of that thread might know but as you said to be a bit realistic about it .One can only dream .
Thank you for your time.
Regards Barry

Sorry, Barry, but you have a rather unrealistic view of what can be found............

You haven't even any idea of the surnames of the females, who one assumes would have married

No idea of where you live, but do you know everyone in the town/city?

Think it through.........................

Hi Glenn yes i know the ship must have left Port Elizabeth but acording to the ships passenger list wich is not printed clearly they lived at Rhodesia but not clear where they docked ,surly out of 3.5 million people some one must know where they are, i tried as you said and surched on google but all i got was Coward the playwrite or people being coward's about people killing people Thank you
Regards Barry