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From: Julie Scott <>
Subject: RE: Jill Martin resubscribed
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:20:38 +0200


Jill

Welcome home!....... good to be back in "hicksville" hey?

I agree that we are way behind, esp wrt the Genealogy - seems South Africans
are not as eager to trace their roots as others and also not as open and
generous with info they do have. Anyway I am generalising here as I too am
a South African yet I am having a great deal of trouble trying to access
info on SCOTTS and STOFBERGS whom I am researching here.
Most STOFBERG families are STOFFBERG with a double f. & SCOTT's - well
needless to say are a dime a dozen anyway my ex-mother-in-law has a family
bible with about four generations in it which should actually come to my
eldest twin son when he is of age - but knowing how spiteful she is she will
probably burn this rather than let me get my paws on it.

Well like I say welcome back and bye.

Jules

> -----Original Message-----
> From:Jill Martin [SMTP:]
> Sent:Friday, February 04, 2000 12:09 AM
> To:
> Subject:Jill Martin resubscribed
>
> Just checking back in after a two-month break in northern California, very
> reminiscent of the Western Cape with its vineyards and Mediterranean
> climate. I also went to Palm Springs below Los Angeles, which is similar
> to our Karoo. I was in Internet heaven at my son's house -- totally free
> 24-hour access, and virtually no error messages or delays. I accessed
> hundreds of Family Search files at the speed of light, which emphasised
> how deprived we are here.
>
> My main South African interests are HICKMAN, TODD and SHROSBREE in the
> Eastern Cape. I have copious information about my Scots families, but very
> little about my South African roots. We are certainly in the Dark Ages as
> far as on-line access is concerned, which is not really surprising in view
> of the pressing needs for so much else here in the computer field as far
> as education, etc. is concerned. My grandchildren in the US attend a
> public (free) school with no more than 15 children per class, and even the
> 5-year-old is more compter literate than I am. Sorry for the ramble. In
> spite of everything, it's good to be home. Jill Martin in Newlands
>
>
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