Paul Johannes Georg Stadler

1st stop is N.G. KERK argiewe Stellenbosch. 1st surprise is you are not allowed to go through the church information relating to genealogy. The reason given is the the documents will be damaged. You are sent to GISA. Here you are greeted with friendly service. Paulette is really great. All record is on microfilm up to around 1910 I must tell you that microfilm data is most difficult to read. Sometimes the persons writing out the birth certificate, and Death Notice, tried to squeeze in all the information of the family in the space provided, or hand writing is difficult to read,; and the copy of microfilm has lines over the information you need, making it almost illegible. Further, all the birth's names are not recorded in the typed out file....This means you need to look at each entry on the microfilm individually, because you are looking for the unknown

Paul Stadler's date of baptism is illegible on his baptism document. The witnesses of his baptism were : Gert Frederik Fahrenfort, and Maria Fahrenfort ne' Stadler, at the N.G. Kerk Kaapstad. ref 38 pg 455.