On 18 Nov 2013 at 15:44, Milly & Adrian Rowe wrote: > My last reply to your comments relating to the Estate Files being stored in > Pinetown had led me to believe that you were referring to the Deceased Estate > files up to 1974 which are held by the Natal Archives and have been off-site > whilst renovations have been carried out. I copied my email to the Archives > and have just received the following reply from Pieter Nel "We did have > documents at Document Warehouse here in Pietermaritzburg. It was Metro File > who had the fire. We should have most of our documents back at our Repository > by the end of November 2013." > > I was not aware that the PMB Master's office was storing (1975 on) files in > Pinetown as the last time I was there, they were using a building across the > street from their office for storage purposes. Unfortunately I no longer have > a contact in their office to ascertain the present location of their files. I did say specifically that I had been to the Master's Office. It was also difficult at the archives because some files were kept off-site during the renovations, and there was a temporary reading room that was very cramped. But it was the files at the Master's office that I was told were being kept in Pinetown, and that they would have to be ordered a week in advance. It also seemed (though I could not be sure of that), that it was very difficult to gain access to the indexes. In any case it was very crowded, and there was a long queue of people stretching outside the building, so even if one did order the firles, there would be nowhere one could look at them. -- Keep well, Steve Hayes Blog: http://hayesgreene.wordpress.com Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/famhist1.htm E-mail: [email protected]