John, Yes. I have seen that there is enough assembled to publish one (or two) more volumes, and then there is an intent to publish the rest of her research notes. We shall see. Given the current glacial pace of progress, I am not optimistic. Keith ------ Original Message ------ Received: 04:10 AM EDT, 07/01/2015 From: John Deare via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> To: "'Milly & Adrian Rowe'" <roweam@telkomsa.net>, <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Re Donating my library What worries me is the huge data base Shelagh has...all on cards in shoe boxes. John -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Milly & Adrian Rowe via Sent: 01 July 2015 06:02 AM To: 'Keith Meintjes'; south-africa@rootsweb.com; 'Em Lo' Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Re Donating my library Good morning Keith I would draw your attention to a recent announcement on shelaghspencer.com: "Volume 8 – ‘Haigh to Hogshaw’ is with the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. We do not know when it will be published, please refer all queries about the publication date to the Press." Adrian -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Keith Meintjes via Sent: 01 July 2015 02:48 AM To: Em Lo; south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Re Donating my library A "complete" set of Shelagh O'Byrne Spencer: British Settlers in Natal 1824 - 1857. All that have been published, Volumes 1-7, Abbott - Guy. It is unlikely that any more will be published, and the series will certainly never be completed. UKZN will hardly admit to being the publisher. Curiously, there is still a distributor in the USA that has copies. AS very rare set. JWL Rennie: The Scottish Settler Party of 1820. A monumental history of the Scottish party led by Thomas Pringle that settled along the Baviaans near Cradock on land confiscated from the Slagtersnek rebels. A very rare set of 2049 pages in four volumes. Curiously, the author's heirs have very recently refused permission to publish this work in electronic format. In trying to establish a value for the collection, I find that many of the books are simply not available. For example, the works above and AJ Boeseken: Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape. At a conservative value of USD $100 per volume, these 250 books total to a serious amount of cash! I am delighted the collection will be preserved. 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.6037 / Virus Database: 4365/10136 - Release Date: 07/01/15 ------------------------------- 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