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From: "Thinus van Rensburg" <>
Subject: Re: [Fw: Mienie]
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 21:39:17 +1030
References: <20011220094157.8638.qmail@cpdvg201.cms.usa.net>


Could you tell me what SA Genealogies 5 are and how one would access this
from where I am?

Very likely related as Venterburg is only a short distance from Kroonstad

Thanx
Thinus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Meintjes" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Fw: Mienie]


> The MINNIE / MIENIE family is listed in SA Genealogies 5, but only up to
about
> the 1850's. I noticed only one of this name (p. 631):
>
> Frederick Marthinus Frederick Marthinus * 23.6.1831 = Graaff-Reinet
17.8.1831
> x Helena Aletta PEENS.
>
> There are two children listed, baptised in Winburg and Kroonstad.
> Possibly your man is related to this branch of the family.
>
> Best wishes
> Keith
> ==============
> "Thinus Van Rensburg" <> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thinus Van Rensburg" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 9:52 AM
> Subject: Mienie
>
>
> > I would like to find out more about my maternal grandfather's family -
he
> > was a Frederik Marthinus Mienie who resided in Ventersburg in the
> Freestate
> > for most of his life and died around 1973. He fought in the Anglo-Boer
war
> > as a "Penkop". That is basically all I have on him.
> >
> > Any help on how to do this from where I am would be appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Thinus van Rensburg
> > Booleroo Centre
> > South Australia
> >
>
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