birth at cape of good hope .....

ian beaton jack · Post by **ian beaton jack** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:47 am

i am trying to trace a mckay family,in particular a catherine mckay,born cape of good hope, 1811. she is in the 1871 census as married to alexander murray and living in dornoch, sutherland. anyone any knowledge of records i can access in south africa.??
ian jack

Post by **Tracey** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:20 pm

Hello Ian

South African research is definitly not the easiest place to research and most of it is fee based and i havnt found anything of help searchable on line - yet. I did contact a researcher on the link below and within minutes she got back to me with information that was enough to spur me on. That bit was free but if i wanted more i would have to pay her charges.

http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/
also
http://www.national.archives.gov.za/index.htm

Hope these are of some use

Tracey

ian beaton jack · Post by **ian beaton jack** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:43 pm

Tracey wrote:Hello Ian

South African research is definitly not the easiest place to research and most of it is fee based and i havnt found anything of help searchable on line - yet. I did contact a researcher on the link below and within minutes she got back to me with information that was enough to spur me on. That bit was free but if i wanted more i would have to pay her charges.

http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/
also
http://www.national.archives.gov.za/index.htm

Hope these are of some use

Tracey

hi tracey,thank you for such a prompt reply, i will try these sites and see what comes up.
many thanks ian
researching.
ross & cromarty. jack,beaton,bethune,mcleman.
caithness & sutherland. murray, mckay,munro,calder,ross.