Morning All I have just been informed by Dr. Hans Heese that within a month of two Stellebosch University will have our collection of pictures - with dates and names - of about 35 000 pictures covering the period circa 1905-1965 available on the web. People will then be able to date pictures by comparing the dress of the period. The Watson-Lockley Photographic Collection, consisting of 30 000 photographic glass negatives, is one of the most important collections housed in the University Archives. JH Watson was a prominent photographer at Stellenbosch. He set up business in Stellenbosch in 1873 and his collection of photographic negatives visually reflects academic and social life of the University of Stellenbosch and its predecessors - as well as the Stellenbosch community at large. In 1927 Colin Lockley took over the studio and sold it to Cor Langenberg in 1960. The University acquired the glass negative collection in the 1980's. After moving around between the University Library and Museum, the collection was deposited in the University Archives in 1996. As the number on the negatives corresponds with an entry in journal - stating the date the photograph was taken and supplemented by the name of the person or subject, address the photograph was sent to and other details - the negatives have intrinsic historical value. In 1999 a start was made with the scanning of the negatives and connecting them to the biographical details of the subjects. In 2000 an electronic link was made between the scanned images and the names recorded in the journals. The work is still in progress but the (unedited) images may be viewed on the University Library site at: http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/Archive Heather MacAlister Web Site Manager for: www.familytree.co.za + www.ancestry.mweb.co.za   E-Centre 46 Hof Street Gardens 8001 Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA   Tel:  +27-21-481-8316 Fax: +27-21-481-8333 ________________________________________