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Re: Rita MacFarlane
« Reply #9 on: Friday 30 August 19 05:33 BST (UK) »

From my own experiences there seems to be only a very small amount of online historic SA newspapers and finding an SA obit is like finding gold dust. EGGSA has a few transcriptions, but still has a long way to go. Then there are some pay sites, but I believe that they don't go as far as the 1940's. I suppose you might have a minuscule chance in the British newspapers which I haven't tried yet.

A local SA person might be able to tell you more ...

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Re: Rita MacFarlane
« Reply #10 on: Friday 30 August 19 15:39 BST (UK) »
Since the South African National Library has never acquired any of them, I guess her books were published for the British market and made little impact in South Africa, so doubtful any obituary etc would mention her writing career of two decades earlier.

Many thanks for your help,

John
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