

NAB - Natal Archives
As promised we will be doing sub projects for the individual archives in South Africa
ALL SOURCES HERE MUST HAVE PROFILES ALREADY ON THE WORLD TREE OR CAN BUILD FURTHER TO A PROFILE ON THE WORLD TREE
The aim of this project is to help users to get to know how and where to look for death notices, etc.
It will also be a place to park your sources
The question have been asked a lot of times on how too obtain them, this will give you an idea
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Here you can add your SOURCES of theNatal Province
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These will be all sources you get in the NAB NAAIRS Archival Centre, or other retrieval centre in the Natal anywhere.
We will explain to you how the Archive works and what road or roads to take to get information on your ancestor.
NO Profiles in the Body of this project please
How to use the project
How to search for Estates • 1st go to - http://www.national.archives.gov.za/naairs_content.htm
1. Click on Search 2. Click on NAB 3. A screen will come on that you can search. 4. National Archives of South Africa (NASA)
Help for structuring queries.
5. In block 1 add the surname e.g.Marais 6. In the case of a woman rather put in the maiden name to limit the amount of strikes. 7. In block 2 type all names – e.g. Johannes and click search. 8. You will see a number of documents were located. 9. Click on “Result Summary” on top – which gives you sources.
10. Then click the boxes MSCE and then Multible Documents on the top. 11. In this case there are 57 and it each document gives you the following: DEPOT VAB SOURCE MSCE
Type LEER SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 5868/1920 PART 1 DESCRIPTION MARAIS, JOHANNES HENDRIK. STARTING 1920 ENDING 1920 . •You will need the Source, Reference number, Description, Start and ending dates to research or retrieve this record. •E.g. MSCE 5868/1920 Marais Johannes Hendrik 1900-1920 - '''This is the date of death'''
•You now have two choices. 1.Contact the Archive by e-mail or phone, giving this information, asking whether they can get you the information or suggest a registered researcher at the archives. 2.Contact eGGSA.org. and request photo’s of the estate/s. Both options attract a fee. •The wife’s name and maiden name establish whether the entry is the correct one.
You can also search – if a paid member of eGGSA, using this link - http://www.eggsa.org/documents/main.php?g2_itemId=3847 If you are not a member you can contact eGGSA and order the document. Not all documents are there. Members can download it from the site or get it by ordering on the eGGSA.org. Site
Otherwise you can search on the LDS site https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/575213 or specific in this link being VAB - https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188051?availability=Family%...
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