What we provide ...
We welcome you to contact us for help with your Philippolis ancestors or any Philippolis-related theme!
Suggested way forward:
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Contact us with your query and we will do a high-level search in our data-bases and literature, about your query - this is to determine what is available
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On the basis of that, you can request the actual information and data. For this, we need to charge a fee (schedule attached). This is to enable the project to be sustainable and additional research to be done. This project still requires several years of work.
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Please contact us if we can assist you!
Who we are
Prof Doreen Atkinson and Dr Mark Ingle have lived in Philippolis since 1994. The offices of the Heartland and Karoo Research Institute are at No 7 Colin Fraser Street.
Doreen has a background in political science, rural development, regional planning, and heritage research. She has a BA Hons Degree from Rhodes University; a Masters Degree from the University of California (Berkeley); and a PhD from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She is a founder member and Trustee of the Karoo Development Foundation. She has published four books, including A Most Awful Excitement: The Anglo-Boer War Diary of Gerrit Sem of Philippolis (available here).
Mark completed a BA degree at Wits University; and a Masters and PhD from the University of the University of the Free State. His specialization is development dynamics in the Karoo. He is a book lover extraordinaire, and sells books on www.abebooks.com.
Contact us:
+27 - 51 - 773 0324
The offices of the Heartland and Karoo Institute, 7 Colin Fraser Street
Colin Fraser Street - Emily Hobhouse once walked here ...
