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Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 8 Send Message	Anne	Report	7 Nov 2010 13:41
Member Since: February 2005 Posts: 8 Send Message	im trying (wihout much luck) to get hold of a birth cert for my grandad who was born in cape town south africa does anyone have the answer i would be very grateful.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	InspectorGreenPen	Report	7 Nov 2010 13:46
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 7,819 Send Message	Doesn't look top promising, apparently with great difficulty. First, to apply for one, you need to know the information you probably want to get from the certificate. That's Catch 22. Catches 1-21 are almost as bad. Birth certificates are expensive. They take a long time to get. The indexes are not open to the public so you can't ask someone else to look them up. This site has some tips on SA research - the above was taken from there. http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/golden/A%20Guide%20to%20research%20in%20South%20Africa.htm
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 49,504 Send Message	Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it	Report	7 Nov 2010 13:46
	If his father was in the Miltary then the birth should be in the Army indices on Find My past. You could also try Consular births on the same site
	Researching: Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957