Thanks Sybil I'd be happy to transcribe Kokstad, but so far, up to 1910 it hasn't featured in the Eastern Cape Civil Deaths, nor has Cedarville, so I think they must have been part of Natal. Looking at the map, above Kokstad and Harding is an extra bit of Transkei on the Umzimkulu River. And on the Lesotho side there is another extra bit where Herschel is situated. I also see that Maclear and Matatiele are in EC, just outside the Transkei border, but as I've started on them, I'll continue. Good luck with your searches, Mary -----Original Message----- From: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of sybil banisterjones Sent: 06 January 2013 18:45 To: SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Advice please Hi Mary, Forgot to mention Cedarville, also a very tiny little town but close to Kokstad, before Matatiele. Regards Sybil On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 8:43 PM, sybil banisterjones <sybilbj@gmail.com>wrote: > Hullo Mary, When I lived in Kokstad 1946-1958, it was considered part of > Transkei, but mostly known as East Griqualand. There have always been > hassles as to whether Kokstad was part of the Eastern Cape or Natal. > Another name was Franklin, which was a very tiny little place, hardly more > than an hotel and a railway station, but a great farmilng area. I dont > recognise Herschel. > Regards > Sybil > > > On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 6:59 PM, Harper <harperwight@talktalk.net> wrote: > >> Hi Sybil >> Lovely town Kokstad - our favourite stop en route to the Wild Coast >> I've noticed that some of the Mount Currie names were residents of >> Kokstad, >> which confuses me a bit. I didn't at first think that Mount Currie was >> part >> of the Transkei, but I learnt just recently that at it was. I think >> Kokstad >> was out of it, though there was a separate bit above Kokstad which was >> part >> of Transkei. There was also a separate bit in the West and I'm thinking I >> should be adding Herschel to my list. Perhaps some fundi could enlighten >> me >> as to which towns and districts actually were in the Transkei? >> Regards, Mary >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >> sybil >> banisterjones >> Sent: 06 January 2013 16:19 >> To: SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE >> Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Advice please >> >> Hi Mary >> >> Would Mount Currie be covering Kokstad? I would be interested to see any >> info on Kokstad as I grew up there. >> >> Thanks, Regards, Sybil >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Harper <harperwight@talktalk.net> wrote: >> >> > Hello again to Malcolm and others and thanks for your positive response. >> > As my main interest is in the Transkei, may I suggest that I continue >> from >> > 1912 with the towns/districts I've been doing up to now. >> > These are: Bizana, Butterworth, Elliot, Elliotdale, Engcobo, Flagstaff, >> > Idutywa, Kentani, Libode, Lusikisiki, Maclear, Matatiele, Mount Ayliff, >> > Mount Currie, Mount Fletcher, Mount Frere, Mqanduli, Ngqeleni, Nqamakwe, >> > Port St Johns, Qumbu, St Marks, Tabankulu, Tsolo, Tsomo, Umtata, >> Umzimkulu, >> > Willowvale and Xalanga. >> > If these are already on somebody else's to-do list, please let me know? >> > Thanks, Mary >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com >> > [mailto:south-africa-eastern-cape-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >> > Malcolm >> > Stevens >> > Sent: 06 January 2013 09:06 >> > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com >> > Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Advice please >> > >> > Hi Mary >> > >> > That is wonderful to hear! Please do not give in and go away - the list >> > and genealogy in general needs more people like you to help transcribe >> > such useful information. >> > >> > I don't think there is any coordination happening, although Ellen and I >> > are trying not not duplicate each other's work. For large sets of >> > records which take days to transcribe I have started letting Ellen know >> > but for the shorter lists both Ellen and I tend to publish pretty soon >> > after transcribing. Funnily enough, I downloaded a number of years of >> > Transkei images ready for transcribing so perhaps this is a good example >> > of where we should coordinate a little better? >> > >> > I for one am busy with KWT 1897, St Marks and Ngcobo (Engcobo) 1895 to >> > around 1900. >> > >> > Regards >> > Malcolm >> > >> > On 2013/01/06 08:15 AM, Harper wrote: >> > > Hello all, >> > > >> > > Please, I need guidance from those on the EC list who have been >> > transcribing >> > > certificates from SA CP Civil Deaths on FamilySearch. While I've been >> > > trawling through to find my own family members, I have been attempting >> to >> > > transcribe the deaths in the old Transkei. I have now done 1895 to >> 1910, >> > > with a couple of towns still to do catch-up on, which I now realise >> were >> > > originally part of that territory. >> > > >> > > As I have seen some 1911 transcriptions for Transkei towns on the EC >> > list, >> > I >> > > am wondering where to go next. I would like to continue doing this, >> but >> > it >> > > would be pointless if the experienced transcribers already have >> Transkei >> > > towns in the pipeline, and I certainly don't want to tread on any >> toes. >> > I >> > > am happy to be told where to start next - or to give up and go away? >> > > >> > > Best wishes to everyone out there for 2013, >> > > >> > > Mary >> > > >> > > >> > > ------------------------------- >> > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-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-EASTERN-CAPE-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-EASTERN-CAPE-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-EASTERN-CAPE-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-EASTERN-CAPE-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-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message