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dutch

dutch Report 14 Jan 2008 12:07

i sent email to South Africa asking how i would go about getting death cert for my uncle,anyway they sent email back telling me i had to email different department,but my email wont go it says its not allowed so how do i get in touch to find out,thank you
Dutch

Mummy Bear

Mummy Bear Report 14 Jan 2008 13:33

See if you can find a link to the email address from the organisations website. Or perhaps they misstyped it when they sent you the email reply.

MB

Valerie

Valerie Report 14 Jan 2008 14:59

You could perhaps try The Department of Home Affairs Pretoria email [email protected]. Good luck you will need it! If you know what town your uncle died in I could try to find out if there is a Home Affairs Office there.

Val.

Researching:
Fellows: Henley on Thames, Southampton, Joynt Co. Mayo Ireland.

dutch

dutch Report 15 Jan 2008 10:32

Hi Val
i have,nt got aclue was just told he went to work in the diamond mines in south Africa he left Liverpool to go there and he stayed until he died,ill try that e,mail you gave me and will let you know if i get reply,and thank you Dutch

dutch

dutch Report 15 Jan 2008 10:50

have just tried to sent it but its come back again so any ideas how i can get in tough with them

Joan

Joan Report 15 Jan 2008 11:25

Hi Dutch

I think your best bet would be to get in touch with the National Archives in Pretoria on [email protected]. The mining areas in SA are mainly in Gauteng, which was originally the Transvaal, so this may be your best bet. They normally do a general search and if your relative was in another province they would be able to locate it and advise you who to contact. You will probably need to follow up with them from time to time as they don't always reply immediately. If you let me have the full names and date of birth of your relative I can perhaps look it up on Ancestry24.co.za or you could do a search yourself. The only problem is that subscribers have access to more records and I do subscribe so maybe I can help you. It's not a wonderful site in comparison with the UK sites and the info is limited, but I can give it a try if you like. If you prefer you could email the info to me on [email protected].

Regards

JOAN Cape Town, RSA

Valerie

Valerie Report 15 Jan 2008 11:35

Hi, have just read Joan's reply and think that is your best option - it seems as if she will be able to help you. Unfortunately I don't have access to the Ancestry site. Sorry.

Val.

Researching:
Fellows: Henley on Thames, Southampton, Joynt Co. Mayo Ireland.

dutch

dutch Report 15 Jan 2008 11:39

thank you all for your advice just going to pm you Joan and thank you for your kind offer
Dutch