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.
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