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How to perhaps find long lost relatives in South Africa.? - Dinah f - 11-09-2012 07:59 PM I do not have a lot to go on or a lot of funds. Also the info I may have is quite old. Are there perhaps government records or archives that I can access. It has become very important to me to find out if I have any living relatives. They were last heard off in George, Pacaltsdorp area. Thank for any help. - Stecven X4 - 11-09-2012 08:07 PM There is no way to 'perhaps' find long lost relatives is South Africa. I'm sorry. - A B - 11-09-2012 08:07 PM well,everything is possible nowadays,try south african communities on facebook . - Roger C - 11-09-2012 08:07 PM To use the state archives you need to be here and do it yourself - getting an agency to do it would be very expensive. But definitely start by browsing Facebook. You could also advertise in newspapers in the George area. - chomik1015 - 11-09-2012 08:07 PM facebook - cakes4africa - 11-09-2012 08:07 PM Facebook would be your first choice. Then there is SAreunited. Ask at the local schools if they have any old scholars from that specific age group. Perhaps one of them knows one of them . . . Maybe you could put an ad in gumtree. Other popular search facilities include looking up the history of a family tree, legal documents, birth and death records, shipping, slaves, surnames, tribal and telephone numbers. The South African Department of Home Affairs keeps massive databases with information on the marital status of people that dates back to the early 1900’s. No matter what your reason is in finding out whether someone is single, married or divorced, you are entitled to browse and search through the public marriage records available to you. http://www.schoolfriends.co.za/ http://www.sareunited.com/ http://www.freepeoplesearch.co.za/use-facebook-to-find-friends-online/ You will have to try anything and everything, with the hope that someone reads it: http://www.southafrica.com/forums/people-search/ Some info in this link too: about criminal records etc http://www.freepeoplesearch.co.za/background-check-through-people-search/ And here is a service that one has to pay for: http://www.bellemodel.biz/emails/emails.html Good luck - Lazy-assedborder994 - 11-09-2012 08:07 PM i found my long lost relatives by using friends reunited south africa. i usedthis cause unable to access any records over there. it did take about 5 months till someone replied. so grateful to that person. i now have 5 brothers and sisters i didn't know about. give it a go, nothing to lose - apple20 - 11-09-2012 08:07 PM There is also a television programme called Khumbula Khaya and they re-unite families all the time.