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From: "HC Viljoen" <>
Subject: Re: SOUTH-AFRICA-D Digest V99 #99
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:35:40 +0200


Anne Lehmkuhl wrote:

> Before discovering the Kenya migration, I
> wrote about the Boer Generals and Commandants who settled in Mexico and
> then the USA. Again, lots of descendants in the USA with Afrikaner
> surnames. How come I wasn't taught this in my school history classes?

Prof Brian du Toit has researched the Boer settlement in the United
States after the Anglo-Boer War and published his findings in his
book "Boer Settlers in the Southwest". More info about his book can
be found at
http://www.utep.edu/~twpress/boer.htm

Kind regards
Christo Viljoen

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