Mary-Jane,
I am also a South African now, but my ancestors emigrated from Germany
in 1901 (Carl Max Ruppert & Amalie Ruppert, with little 2-year-old son
Carl Franz Ruppert). When researching your German family in South
Africa, which research channels did you make use of?
Max Ruppert (Max)
Hi Max,
I have found most of my inoformation to date from the Dutch Burgher Union journals as it gives origins just before arriving in Ceylon,and so I have now go to try the South African ide, I have left messages on message baords and contacted a few people with not very much luck.
BTW I also seek the Nel or NELL family of SA , I have found a few but they are not connected as yet as somelines stopped and they didnot know where the odd Nell's went to nor do they have names so it makes it a bit harder lol. I know most of all of the families I seek are from Germany originally.
Thank you for responding.
MaryJane.
they certainly have NEL AND Nell's here..
some very good wine/port estates too.. in Calitzdorp, and know them
personally
I have send you the NAAIRS site... look there... something you need? let me
know..am off to Cape Town archives (KAB) on wednesday
WIllemine
South africa