Mansell Upham, has his complete history on facebook, under a genealogy site. Andrea On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Keith Meintjes via < south-africa@rootsweb.com> wrote: > While Mansell Upham certainly has ruffled some feathers with his direct, > sometimes sarcastic and opiniated style of writing, I have no complaints. > He > has always been courteous in dealing with me. > > Mansell has been expanding on his work in his writings for Delia > Robertson's > First Fifty Years (FFY) project on www.e-family.co.za. > > I share with him an admiration for the work of people like Lalie Malan and > Margaret Cairns. > > While we are there, Lalie Malan's "The Louws of Louwvliet" is about the > first > burgher settlers on the Liesbeeck River. The Louws farmed what is now > Newlands and Rondebosch. That book, and also about a dozen from Margaret > Cairns' collection (which I bought after she died) are going to ACPL. > > Keith > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: 04:46 PM EDT, 07/01/2015 > From: "Fay Lea" <cancun@icon.co.za> > To: "'Keith Meintjes'" <umfundi@usa.net>, <south-africa@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: RE: [SOUTH-AFRICA] The complete Capensis > > Mansell was also so very helpful in those days. I'm sure it was in the > 1990's..... Way back. > > I have a couple of those copies. > > Best wishes Fay > > -----Original Message----- > From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Keith Meintjes via > Sent: 01 July 2015 07:45 PM > To: SA List > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] The complete Capensis > > One of the unique things I have is the complete printed set of Capensis. > > Way back when, when Mansell Upham was the editor (around 2000?), I bought > the complete set, and have been a subscriber ever since. It includes the > first issue of Capensis, which was simply a newsletter on a single sheet of > paper. > > It also includes the issues that contain papers written by Mansell Upham. > He did some incredible research into slaves and early Cape society, and the > journal during his tenure as editor is quite remarkable. > > These issues are no longer obtainable. As I understand it, there has been > some sort of copyright argument, and the articles by Mansell Upham are not > included on the Capensis CD. > > But, later this year, you will be able to visit them at the Allen County > Public Library! > > Keith > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >