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emigration to South Africa 1890's

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antiquesam

antiquesam Report 5 Jul 2009 13:34

I have a relation born in the Transvaal in 1894, His parents are shown living in Dundee in both the 1891 and 1901 Census. Any ideas of how to find out when they went and returned or birth records in SA ?.

Researching:
Thiel- South Shields Shiel- South Shields,Gateshead. Sunderland. Coomber- West Sussex, Devonport. Scrimgeour- Dundee, Calcutta,Natal

Sliwowski

Sliwowski Report 5 Jul 2009 13:36

http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/

For passenger lists

Researching:
Claydon, Weaver, Hurrell, Peck, Offord, Kellick, Barnes, Simons, Butcher, Prigmore, Summers, Thorby, Polley, Tyrrell of Essex, Spurr of Bucks/Herts, Ditch, Veness of Sussex/Surrey, Jordan of Bermondsey/Colne, Dive of UK and Oz, Sliwowski, Gepner of Warsaw, Gray of Madison Indiana, Carpenter of Indiana/Delaware, Stinnett of Indiana/Kentucky

Margaret

Margaret Report 5 Jul 2009 14:05

This site may be of interest for SA -

http://www.national.archives.gov.za/naairs_content.htm

antiquesam

antiquesam Report 6 Jul 2009 11:40

Thanks Sliwowski and Margaret. I've tried Ancestorsonboard without any luck. The South African archive was interesting in so far as their were a lot of later references to the name 'Scrimgeour' which shows there was some presence there of the family i'm researching.

Researching:
Thiel- South Shields Shiel- South Shields,Gateshead. Sunderland. Coomber- West Sussex, Devonport. Scrimgeour- Dundee, Calcutta,Natal