Sorry... new to this and not sure how to reply to a Message board post.... I'm signed in, could find the the post in the archive, but not on the Massage boards... Googleed: pow camps india boer war Result pages, with useful info: http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/POW_Camps_in_India http://www.geni.com/projects/Anglo-Boere-Oorlog-Boer-War-1899-1902-Prisoners-Of-War/12770 Searchable database at: http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/database-search/index.php?section=Prisoners_of_War#sectionHeader My great grandfather was in ST Helena. Cheers Sandra Robinson (SA - m) 072 230 4060 (UK - m) 07909 522 125 On 2015/03/09 09:00, south-africa-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Lawrence G. Green indexing (Fay Lea) > 2. Off topic-Boer POW camps in India (rodg) > 3. Re: Off topic-Boer POW camps in India (Keith Meintjes) > 4. Re: Off topic-Boer POW camps in India (rodg) > 5. Re: Off topic-Boer POW camps in India (Jean Tuckey) > 6. Re: Off topic-Boer POW camps in India (Keith Meintjes) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 14:28:01 +0200 > From: "Fay Lea" <cancun@icon.co.za> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Lawrence G. Green indexing > To: <shayes@dunelm.org.uk>, "'Steve Hayes'" <hayesstw@telkomsa.net>, > <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <B27B12E567C9485A84D8301EF8F316D1@Faystoy> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Steve, > In your email you asked me to work on the first one- A taste of South Easter > > >> 1. A taste of the South Easter >> Thanks Fay, >> If you get a chance, could you work on the first one? > Pat has confused me no end as she says: > > Steve, I see Fay has "when the journey's over" > > I am well into A Taste of South Easter...is this OK? > > Cheers Fay > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 17:00:13 +0000 > From: "rodg" <rodg@tiscali.co.za> > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > To: "SA List" <south-africa-l@rootsweb.com>, > "south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com" > <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <2060564446-1425834020-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1808190206-@b4.c4.bise7.blackberry> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Good evening everyone, > I have just finished reading an article sent to me by the Boer War Museum on life in the POW camps. > In one paragraph mention is made the bread ration was stopped and replaced with 'klinkers'. I have not heard this term used as a food item. Would anyone know what it is as they write that the 'klinkers' were so hard that even if soaked for half a day, still could not be eaten. > In another section mention is made of how the prisoners made pancakes from potatoes. Never heard that before. How does one go about this process. > Regards > Rod g > Sent from my BlackBerry? wireless device > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 13:42:38 -0400 > From: "Keith Meintjes" <umfundi@usa.net> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > To: <rodg@tiscali.co.za>, <south-africa@rootsweb.com>, "SA List" > <south-africa-l@rootsweb.com>, > "south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com" > <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <627TcHRpM2832S02.1425836558@web02.cms.usa.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > Klinkers are hard-tack biscuits. Potato pancakes are fritters made from > grated fresh or mashed potatoes. I suspect you are referring to fried cakes > made from potato flour. > > Keith > > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: 01:06 PM EDT, 03/08/2015 > From: rodg via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > To: "SA List" <south-africa-l@rootsweb.com>, > "south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com" > <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > > Good evening everyone, > I have just finished reading an article sent to me by the Boer War Museum on > life in the POW camps. > In one paragraph mention is made the bread ration was stopped and replaced > with 'klinkers'. I have not heard this term used as a food item. Would anyone > know what it is as they write that the 'klinkers' were so hard that even if > soaked for half a day, still could not be eaten. > In another section mention is made of how the prisoners made pancakes from > potatoes. Never heard that before. How does one go about this process. > Regards > Rod g > Sent from my BlackBerry? wireless device > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2015 18:21:22 +0000 > From: "rodg" <rodg@tiscali.co.za> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > To: "Keith Meintjes" <umfundi@usa.net>, south-africa@rootsweb.com, "SA > List" <south-africa-l@rootsweb.com>, > "south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com" > <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <545923019-1425838884-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1850523888-@b4.c4.bise7.blackberry> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Thanks Keith > However in the article refer to both fritters and pancakes. > ------Original Message------ > From: Keith Meintjes > To: rodg@tiscali.co.za > To: south-africa@rootsweb.com > To: SA List > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > Sent: Mar 8, 2015 7:42 PM > > > Klinkers are hard-tack biscuits. Potato pancakes are fritters made from > grated fresh or mashed potatoes. I suspect you are referring to fried cakes > made from potato flour. > > Keith > > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: 01:06 PM EDT, 03/08/2015 > From: rodg via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > To: "SA List" <south-africa-l@rootsweb.com>, > "south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com" > <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > > Good evening everyone, > I have just finished reading an article sent to me by the Boer War Museum on > life in the POW camps. > In one paragraph mention is made the bread ration was stopped and replaced > with 'klinkers'. I have not heard this term used as a food item. Would anyone > know what it is as they write that the 'klinkers' were so hard that even if > soaked for half a day, still could not be eaten. > In another section mention is made of how the prisoners made pancakes from > potatoes. Never heard that before. How does one go about this process. > Regards > Rod g > Sent from my BlackBerry? wireless device > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry? wireless device > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2015 11:20:38 +1300 > From: Jean Tuckey <ronjeantuc@clear.net.nz> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > To: rodg@tiscali.co.za, south-africa@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <544F527BCB31468B8A327436EEC33047@JeanPC> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=Windows-1252; > reply-type=original > > I would very much like to know about the Boer War camps in India..tried > googling and it wont come up, any ideas of where I can find an article as I > had no idea there were camps in India. > Thank you > Jean > > -----Original Message----- > From: rodg via > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 7:21 AM > To: Keith Meintjes ; south-africa@rootsweb.com ; SA List ; > south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > > Thanks Keith > However in the article refer to both fritters and pancakes. > ------Original Message------ > From: Keith Meintjes > To: rodg@tiscali.co.za > To: south-africa@rootsweb.com > To: SA List > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > Sent: Mar 8, 2015 7:42 PM > > > Klinkers are hard-tack biscuits. Potato pancakes are fritters made from > grated fresh or mashed potatoes. I suspect you are referring to fried cakes > made from potato flour. > > Keith > > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: 01:06 PM EDT, 03/08/2015 > From: rodg via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > To: "SA List" <south-africa-l@rootsweb.com>, > "south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com" > <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > > Good evening everyone, > I have just finished reading an article sent to me by the Boer War Museum on > life in the POW camps. > In one paragraph mention is made the bread ration was stopped and replaced > with 'klinkers'. I have not heard this term used as a food item. Would > anyone > know what it is as they write that the 'klinkers' were so hard that even if > soaked for half a day, still could not be eaten. > In another section mention is made of how the prisoners made pancakes from > potatoes. Never heard that before. How does one go about this process. > Regards > Rod g > Sent from my BlackBerry? wireless device > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry? wireless device > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 19:28:34 -0400 > From: "Keith Meintjes" <umfundi@usa.net> > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <801TcHXbI5824S06.1425857314@web06.cms.usa.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > boer prisoners india > > has 400,000 hits on Google. > > Keith > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: 06:27 PM EDT, 03/08/2015 > From: Jean Tuckey via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > To: rodg@tiscali.co.za, south-africa@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > > I would very much like to know about the Boer War camps in India..tried > googling and it wont come up, any ideas of where I can find an article as I > had no idea there were camps in India. > Thank you > Jean > > -----Original Message----- > From: rodg via > Sent: Monday, March 09, 2015 7:21 AM > To: Keith Meintjes ; south-africa@rootsweb.com ; SA List ; > south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > > Thanks Keith > However in the article refer to both fritters and pancakes. > ------Original Message------ > From: Keith Meintjes > To: rodg@tiscali.co.za > To: south-africa@rootsweb.com > To: SA List > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > Sent: Mar 8, 2015 7:42 PM > > > Klinkers are hard-tack biscuits. Potato pancakes are fritters made from > grated fresh or mashed potatoes. I suspect you are referring to fried cakes > made from potato flour. > > Keith > > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: 01:06 PM EDT, 03/08/2015 > From: rodg via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> > To: "SA List" <south-africa-l@rootsweb.com>, > "south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com" > <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Off topic-Boer POW camps in India > > Good evening everyone, > I have just finished reading an article sent to me by the Boer War Museum on > life in the POW camps. > In one paragraph mention is made the bread ration was stopped and replaced > with 'klinkers'. I have not heard this term used as a food item. Would > anyone > know what it is as they write that the 'klinkers' were so hard that even if > soaked for half a day, still could not be eaten. > In another section mention is made of how the prisoners made pancakes from > potatoes. Never heard that before. How does one go about this process. > Regards > Rod g > Sent from my BlackBerry? wireless device > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry? wireless device > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SOUTH-AFRICA list administrator, send an email to > SOUTH-AFRICA-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SOUTH-AFRICA mailing list, send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > 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 > email with no additional text. > > > End of SOUTH-AFRICA Digest, Vol 10, Issue 86 > ********************************************