Hi There The Maseti database is totally corrupted and not worth any thing. The columns have been sorted incorrectly in the entire collection of their excel sheets. They have the wrong husbands with the wrong wife's as well as the executors on thousands of the records. Also the data belongs to the Department of Justice and cannot just be lifted and used. Permissions are required from the Head of that department. Good luck Heather From: Leanne Starkey <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Saturday 16 November 2013 at 7:52 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Masters Office Estate Files Index (MASETI) Hi Keith, The MASETI xls file data is sorted alphabetically by FORENAME ... most odd, but there you have it. In addition, the Deceased's Surname is actually the spouse's surname and vice-versa. They're not the easiest indexes to navigate. That was the reason I extracted and re-worked the 1974 data, to make it easier to locate the relevant images, recently made available on the familysearch site. best wishes, Leanne On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 5:05 AM, Keith Meintjes <[email protected]> wrote: > The MASETI indexes are here: > > http://www.justice.gov.za/master/m_main.htm > > Near the bottom of the page you will find two links to MASETI DATA. I am > still trying to figure out what to do with it. > > By all accounts, customer service at the Cape Town Master's Office is > non-existent. I have been told not to bother. > > Keith > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 02:01:01 PM EST > From: Leanne Starkey <[email protected]> > To: ZA-IB Rootsweb <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] 1974 Cape Town Masters Office Estate Files Index > > Hello everyone, > > I've used the Maseti files to extract and compile an index for the 1974 > Estate files held at the master's office and available to view on > familysearch.org. > > The index can be viewed on my site (as a registered user due to privacy > laws here in the Netherlands) > http://www.recordsandresources.com/ > > best wishes, > Leanne > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message