Hi Nikki, that does sound like the one I think it is. Is it near Jane Furse? It is a fair bit north of Middelburg (about 100 km - very roughly). Thank you! Karen. On 17 November 2012 17:02, Nikki <alnic@polka.co.za> wrote: > Hi Karen > > Mooifontein is marked to the right of the Oliphants River on a map of > Middelburg in the Readers Digest Atlas of Southern Africa page 164 3B. > > Hope this helps you. > Kind regards > Nikki > Sedgefield > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karen Olsen > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 6:53 AM > To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ZA-EC] Locating farms > > Hi, > there was recently a discussion about farm names on the list which I > followed with interest. I recently found a doc in the National Archives > that gave the number and name of the farm, Mooifontein 366, where my > father, Sverre Reidar Fraser OLSEN, was born in 1895. His parents died a > few years later and are probably buried there. It was in the Middelburg > district, Mpumalanga. I followed the links given in the previous > discussion and also with the help of Google, the only farm I can find with > the number 366 is called Steelpoort Park. My question is - can I be sure > that Mooifontein and Steelpoort Park are the same farms ie is the number > the reliable constant? I have found Steelpoort Park 366 on a current map. > > On the Chief Surveyor General site I got as far as finding a few TIF files > for Steelpoort Park 366 but could not access them. The default was to save > them but there seemed to be nothing there when I tried to view them - says > "0 bytes". The site says to contact the relevant SG office for missing > /problem files. What would be in the files? Is it worth chasing up? Any > advice would be welcome! > > Thank you, > Karen. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2441.1.1/5398 - Release Date: 11/16/12 > 11:50:00 > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.930 / Virus Database: 2441.1.1/5398 - Release Date: 11/16/12 > 11:50:00 > > ------------------------------- > 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 >