Hi Gwen How can i help with your cause? It seems writing to the archives doesn't help. What can i do to help. I am looking for records in South Africa also and am finding it very hard. Is there anything that i can do? Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Doyle" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 2:08 AM Subject: Re: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Fw: My reply from S.A. NationalArchives Thank you to all those who have taken up my Archives cause. I do appreciate it. Gwen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Möhr" <[email protected]> To: "naairs" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:41 PM Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] Fw: My reply from S.A. National Archives > Dear Administrator, > Herewith the gist of an answer received from your department by one of our > list members. > Most unsatisfacory and unacceptable! > Perhaps you would like us to take the matter to the public at large? > Please be so kind as to ensure the most senoir member of your staff > advises > the list of what is wrong and when it will be resolved. > The NAAIRS site has been steadily sinking into the mire and repeated > assurances from you that the matter will be addressed , have NOT > materialized. > I trust that this matter will command thev HIGHEST priority. > Yours, > Colin Mohr > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gwen Doyle" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 2:32 PM > Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN] My reply from S.A. National Archives > > >> After having taking a fellow genealogist advice I sent the S.A. National >> Archives a paste and copy of their lovely red notice which tells one "All >> Search Manger User ID's in use. Please try again later" notice on the >> 23rd >> August 2010. This is the reply I received today, 17th October 2010. >> >> Your email dated 23 August 2010 re Web use of National Archives has >> reference. We are very sorry about being disappointed by our system. >> Please keep on trying and someday you will be able to get on it and >> retrieve what you are looking for. Yours Sincerely Mologadi Mamabolo (Ms) >> >> The comment SOMEDAY you will be able to get on it I found to be most >> amusing. Obviously even the staff now appreciate what a slack system >> they >> run or they don't realise that family history is important to a number of >> people and SOMEDAY may be too late !! >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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