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From: "Ian Westergaard" <>
Subject: Re: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Simonstown or Simons Town + St. Francis Church
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 07:49:51 +1200
References: <58406C2000AFF24593D5D52CCA2D495C8CAC9F@test.familytree.co.za>


> We are also just about to start transcribing the St. Francis church
records of Simonstown and are looking for some willing volunteers who are
able to read very old handwriting and have some knowledge of old families
from the area and are proficient in excel. >

Just a hint - In case you don't know - Excel does not recognise any dates
prior to 1900 as dates and if you use the normal date format of dd/mmm/yyyy
pre 1900 dates will not be sorted properly. So put the date in the format
yyyymmdd, i.e. 20060629 = 29 June 2006, and Excel will be able to sort on
those dates regardless of the year. You can still use the normal format in
another column as text only.

Best of luck with your project.

Ian Westergaard
In Cloudy Cold & Frosty Central Otago
New Zealand

----- Original Message -----
From: "Heather MacAlister - Ancestry24" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 5:06 PM
Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Simonstown or Simons Town + St. Francis
Church


>
> Hi There
> Here is some background information on the History of Simonstown which
will also be placed on the Family Tree web site www.familytree.co.za soon
along with info on all towns in South Africa.
>
> We are also just about to start transcribing the St. Francis church
records of Simonstown and are looking for some willing volunteers who are
able to read very old handwriting and have some knowledge of old families
from the area and are proficient in excel.
>

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