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The People of Melsetter= The Story of Melsetter .. written by Shirley Sinclair, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Simpson Wells is the backbone or starting point of this project. Many people who lived in Melsetter, or connected to Melsetter, are mentioned. It is available on line at various sites - including object of this project is gather together people connected to Melsetter (the list below includes...
These are 3 smaller treks to Rhodesia - the Hulley-Cawood has no listing in "Many Treks Made Rhodesia" by S.P. Olivier and details have been taken forn Jeannie M Boggie's "First Steps in Civilizing Rhodesia." Carruthers trek details from Jack Carruthers biography, Harare National Archives.More information will be added as it is found.==Getting Involved Feel free to follow, request to collaborat...
This project has been split into 3 sections. Firstly A list of known Pioneers on Geni not mentioned in the following two lists Secondly those mentioned in Pioneers of Rhodesia: Selected transcription of excerpts from article by Edward. C. TABLER in Africana Notes and News, September 1972, vol 20 No. 3 Thirdly Abridged excerpts from Africana Notes and News Vol 19, no. 5, March 1971 posted by J...
Rhodesia/Zimbabwe - Isolated Trees This project lists small isolated trees of people of Southern Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Please link the most senior profile of the small tree to this project - not all the ancestors or descendants.==See Also=== Rhodesian Settlers - Isolated Trees === Rhodesia/Zimbabwe - Found Records ==Getting Involved Feel free to follow, request to collaborate To join the project u...
The Martin Trek (1894) To partake in any project - you do need to first be a collaborator - so join the project. Sharon Doubell has set up a discussion Project Help: How to add Text to a Project - Starter Kit to get you going! There is a very full account of this trip in “Many Treks Made Rhodesia” by S.P. Olivier. Marthinus Jacobus Martin , (Member of Parliament of the FreeState), of Naudelu...
Thomas Moodie Trek 1892 Rhodes believed it was essential to his plans of occupying Manicaland by establishing a European settlement. He obtained the services of George Benjamin Dunbar Moodie to recruit farmers from the Orange Free State, with the offer of a 3 000 morgen farm in Gazaland to every man and boy who could trek to the Eastern districts.Dunbar Moodie contacted his uncle, Thomas Moodie...
... for un-connected PeoplePlease use this project to make a note of records that you come across for Rhodesian/Zimbabwean people which can in time link to individuals who as yet do not have established family trees on GENi.The object of the project is to record information which may otherwise not be available to researchers.===See also===* Rhodesian Settlers - Small Trees # Sundry Found Record...
Three men, Cannell, Grootwahl and Swanepoel from Edenburg were chosen as delegates to go an inspect the country of Rhodesia, their expenses being paid by the trekkers interested in settling there. To participate in any project - you do need to first be a collaborator - so join the project. Sharon Doubell has set up a discussion Project Help: How to add Text to a Project - Starter Kit to get y...
Henry-Steyn Trek 1895 To participate in any project - you do need to first be a collaborator - so join the project. Sharon Doubell has set up a discussion Project Help: How to add Text to a Project - Starter Kit to get you going! How to add a link is explained in the attached document - Adding links to Geni profiles to projects. The party consisted of: John Henry (1829-1900) and Emily Helm...
Moolman-Webster Trek to Rhodesia (1893) How to Participate To participate in a project you do need to first be a collaborator - so join the project! Look at the discussion Project Help: How to add Text to a Project - Starter Kit to get you going! Further help can be found at Geni Wikitext, Unicode and images . To join the project use the drop down menu at the top left of the screen and click J...
Kruger - Bekker Trek 1895=====To participate in any project===- you do need to first be a collaborator - so please join the project using the request link under "actions" at the top right of the page. Visit Geni Wikitext, Unicode and images which gives a great deal of assistance. See the discussion Project Help: How to add Text to a Project - Starter Kit to get you going!How to add a link is ex...
Rhodesia's Pioneer Women 1859 - 1896=Rhodesia's Pioneer Women were faced with hardships and conditions we today can only imagine. They were courageous women whose lives must have been very difficult - many died in childbirth; others were killed by natives. They lost children and husbands and lived in conditions where malaria and dysentery caused many deaths. Reading through the Zimbabwe Death N...
Mynhardt Trek 1894=====To participate in any project===- you do need to first be a collaborator - so please join the project using the request link under "actions" at the top right of the page. Visit Geni Wikitext, Unicode and images which gives a great deal of assistance. See the discussion Project Help: How to add Text to a Project - Starter Kit to get you going!How to add a link is explained...
The name Taonui means "large spear" and is a reference to the food gathering expeditions which moved up and down the Taonui Stream, just out of Feilding in the Manawatu, New Zealand. The Taonui Stream is a small tributary of the Oroua River. It originates near Reids Line, Feilding, and winds southwesterly to join the Oroua near Rangiotu. The Taonui Stream was regarded and accepted as the border...
Rongotea Cemetery in the Manawatu was formerly Campbell Town Cemetery and is on the corner of Rongotea Road and Leen Road.
Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi) - Timeline ===The object of the project===... is to map the events that took place in the area that was the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, (now Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi), which had a significant effect on its history and people. It is not the place to include the life events of individuals, (individual profiles have inbuilt timelines),...
Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) Pre Independence====== Image Right - Coat of arms of Northern Rhodesia (1939-1953) created by User: NikNaks - taken from Flag of Northern Rhodesia Public Domain, Wiki Commons Northern Rhodesia was a protectorate formed in 1911 by the amalgamation of the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-Western Rhodesia and North-Eastern Rhodesia. It was administered at...
To participate in any project===- you do need to first be a collaborator - so please join the project using the request link under "actions" at the top right of the page. Visit Geni Wikitext, Unicode and images which gives a great deal of assistance. See the discussion Project Help: How to add Text to a Project - Starter Kit to get you going!How to add a link is explained in the attached docume...
World War Two: Armed Forces - Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)= Image right Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery inspects a Royal Rhodesia Regiment guard of honour during a visit to the territory in 1947Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery inspects a Royal Rhodesia Regiment guard of honour during a visit to the territory in 1947 This project aims to honour the Rhodesians who fought and/or died during or as a co...
World War One: Armed Forces - Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)= At the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, the settler society in Southern Rhodesia, then administered by the British South Africa Company, received the news enthusiastically. The Company administrator, Sir William Milton's response was "All Rhodesia ... ready to do its duty". Parties of white Southern Rhodesians immediately paid their ...
Rhodesia in World War One (1914-1918)=.. supporting personnel and servicemen===Including* Catering* Engineers* MedicsThis is a sub-project of Rhodesian soldiers of WWI - (1914-1918) This project aims to honour all categories of servicemen (other than soldiers) from Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) who participated and/or died during or as a consequence the war. Please assist by linking the GENi profiles...
Families from Zimbabwe Death Notices - 1890-1900=Amongst the many Death Notices available on familysearch.org for the period are some relating to people with families. These are being listed here in the hope that they can be connected at some stage to family trees on Geni. Most of those whose DN's can be seen are unmarried men, prospectors, troopers or natives, and make for interesting reading ...
The aim of this project is to gather together information about available resources for Genealogical research in these areas. If you have information that will help others in please join the project and share your knowledge! If you do not feel comfortable editing the project please contact June Barnes who will be happy to add the information on your behalf.===To participate in any project===- y...
This project has been established to explore the Jewish Community in Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi) now Central African Federation (CAF). Neighbouring countries Many of the Jewish community in the region previously lived in the following counties. Belgian Congo (Republic of the Congo). Tanganyika Mozambique South Africa - see South African Settlers - Jewish Bech...
A project working to find all the Ravenscroft families and Decsendants in South Africa/Rhodesia.Please Join!