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Author: Steve Hayes
Date: Jul 11, 2008 20:27

The next meeting of the GSSA (Western Cape) will take place on Saturday 12
July 2008 at 14:00 in the Goodwood Library Hall, Church Street, Goodwood.

The meeting will be held in the format of a workshop where members will be
able to put questions of a genealogical nature to a panel of experts. They
will also be afforded the opportunity to discuss their particular research
problems with an expert.

Refreshments are supplied at R5 per head.

Call Nico Gey van Pittius (082 435 4478) or Ria van den Heever (021 930
1525) with any enquiries.

Thank you.
Ria van den Heever
Secretary
riavdh@absamail.co.za

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Re: Genealogical Society meeting         


Author: D. Stussy
Date: Jul 12, 2008 18:59

"Steve Hayes" hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The next meeting of the GSSA (Western Cape) will take place on Saturday 12
> July 2008 at 14:00 in the Goodwood Library Hall, Church Street, Goodwood.
>
> The meeting will be held in the format of a workshop where members will be
> able to put questions of a genealogical nature to a panel of experts. They
> will also be afforded the opportunity to discuss their particular research
> problems with an expert.
>
> Refreshments are supplied at R5 per head.
>
> Call Nico Gey van Pittius (082 435 4478) or Ria van den Heever (021 930
> 1525) with any enquiries.
>
> Thank you.
> Ria van den Heever
> Secretary
> riavdh@absamail.co.za
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Re: Genealogical Society meeting         


Author: Lesley Robertson
Date: Jul 13, 2008 12:13

"D. Stussy" bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote in message
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> "Steve Hayes" hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1u8g749mh0gu0vaugnb3dj8ae601sr5s5c@4ax.com...
>> The next meeting of the GSSA (Western Cape) will take place on
>> Saturday 12
>> July 2008 at 14:00 in the Goodwood Library Hall, Church Street,
>> Goodwood.
>>
>> The meeting will be held in the format of a workshop where members
>> will be
>> able to put questions of a genealogical nature to a panel of
>> experts. They
>> will also be afforded the opportunity to discuss their particular
>> research
>> problems with an expert.
>>
>> Refreshments are supplied at R5 per head.
>>
>> Call Nico Gey van Pittius (082 435 4478) or Ria van den Heever (021 ...
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Re: Genealogical Society meeting         


Author: D. Stussy
Date: Jul 13, 2008 12:26

"Lesley Robertson" wrote in message
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> "D. Stussy" bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote in message
> news:g5bni9$qlu$3@snarked.org...
>> "Steve Hayes" hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1u8g749mh0gu0vaugnb3dj8ae601sr5s5c@4ax.com...
>>> The next meeting of the GSSA (Western Cape) will take place on
>>> Saturday 12
>>> July 2008 at 14:00 in the Goodwood Library Hall, Church Street,
>>> Goodwood.
>>>
>>> The meeting will be held in the format of a workshop where members
>>> will be
>>> able to put questions of a genealogical nature to a panel of
>>> experts. They
>>> will also be afforded the opportunity to discuss their particular
>>> research
>>> problems with an expert.
>>>
>>> Refreshments are supplied at R5 per head. ...
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Re: Genealogical Society meeting         


Author: Charles Ellson
Date: Jul 13, 2008 13:13

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:26:14 -0700, "D. Stussy"
bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:
>"Lesley Robertson" wrote in message
>news:p6WdnVBgjbRUzufVnZ2dnUVZ8sjinZ2d@infopact.nl...
>> "D. Stussy" bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote in message
>> news:g5bni9$qlu$3@snarked...
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Re: Genealogical Society meeting         


Author: Gene Y.
Date: Jul 13, 2008 14:04

D. Stussy wrote:
>>> The announcement should probably have said which COUNTRY and region
>>> this was
>>> in - instead of us having to guess it from the e-mail address that
>>> was
>>> included.
>>>
>> "Western Cape" is a bit of a give-away, plus the currency.. And the
>> fact that it's Steve.
>
> Someone who's new to the list/NGs (alt.genealogy & soc.genealogy.misc) isn't
> going to know that.
>
>
If they aren't familiar with "Western Cape" or "Goodwood" or "GSSA" (Genealogical Society of South
Africa) they probably wouldn't be going any way and if they were still curious, I do believe they
could ask. Its not that big a deal.
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Re: Genealogical Society meeting         


Author: D. Stussy
Date: Jul 13, 2008 19:53

"Charles Ellson" ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:26:14 -0700, "D. Stussy"
> bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:
>>"Lesley Robertson" wrote in message
>>news:p6WdnVBgjbRUzufVnZ2dnUVZ8sjinZ2d@infopact.nl...
>>> "D. Stussy" bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote in message
>>> news:g5bni9$qlu$3@snarked.org...
>>>> "Steve Hayes" hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:1u8g749mh0gu0vaugnb3dj8ae601sr5s5c@4ax.com...
>>>>> The next meeting of the GSSA (Western Cape) will take place on
>>>>> Saturday 12
>>>>> July 2008 at 14:00 in the Goodwood Library Hall, Church Street,
>>>>> Goodwood.
>>>>>
>>>>> The meeting will be held in the format of a workshop where members
>>>>> will be
>>>>> able to put questions of a genealogical nature to a panel of
>>>>> experts. They
>>>>> will also be afforded the opportunity to discuss their particular ...
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Re: Genealogical Society meeting         


Author: Robert Melson
Date: Jul 13, 2008 20:13

In article snarked.org>,
"D. Stussy" bde-arc.ampr.org> writes:
> "Western Cape" could be a local usage nickname for any "Cape" in the world
> that has a distinct western part. I consider it a generic term like "west
> side", "downtown", "south bay", etc.

And you'd be wrong. In the context of the original posting, to
say nothing of general usage, to average, moderately educated
non-South African would recognize Western Cape as referring to
a specific place in South Africa. He wouldn't necessarily be able
to place it exactly, but he would know it's in South Africa and
in the vicinity of Capetown and Cape Province.

Now, were you to have said "western cape", I might agree with you,
but not here and in the original context.

--
Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas
-----
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reason so few engage in it. -- Henry Ford
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Re: Genealogical Society meeting         


Author: Steve Hayes
Date: Jul 13, 2008 21:39

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:59:35 -0700, "D. Stussy" bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote:
>The announcement should probably have said which COUNTRY and region this was
>in - instead of us having to guess it from the e-mail address that was
>included.

Sorry, I'm getting as bad as the Americans, who hardly ever think to include
that information.

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Re: Genealogical Society meeting         


Author: Lesley Robertson
Date: Jul 14, 2008 00:44

"D. Stussy" bde-arc.ampr.org> wrote in message
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>
> "Western Cape" could be a local usage nickname for any "Cape" in the world
> that has a distinct western part. I consider it a generic term like "west
> side", "downtown", "south bay", etc.
>

Except that "Western Cape" is the name of the Province that Goodwood is in.
I don't recall complaints when people forget to specify "USA" after the
names of US states... This is the same thing.
Lesley Robertson
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