

Photo shows the routes of the Voortrekkers
- You will have to have names, districts, dates. All in all do research.
- Grondregisters wat saamgelees word met bronne soos
- Baptism records
- Death Notices
- Gives movement on a family tree and register.
- The general idea behind the Boer Republics projects are to introduce and give a better perspective to the wider Geni family of the History and development of our lovely South Africa
- As time goes on you will be able to indentify farms/owners/inspectors/etc. on Geni and join it with the project.
- Background
# Oorsig geregistreerde grondeienaarskap in SA
It looks a lot like a family tree, I think.
- The Trek started in the Cape mainly from Uitenhage and Graaff-Reinet, 1st taking two routes.
- On the left route from Graaff-Reinet a small branch moves West just after Philippolis in the Northern Cape going to Bloemfontein.
- Then the 2 Trek joins in Thaba Nchu with a branch again going West to the Vaal Rivier and then big splits starts at Winburg.
- To the North West a big branch turned to Potchefstroom, continuing to Suikerbosrand, over the Magaliesberg to Eerstepoort and Tweedepoort.
- During this time the Battle of Vegkop took place - October 1836 during the 1st Boer War.
- The other branch went East from Winburg and splitting within kilometers where the one gets into the clash of the Bloedrivier (Bloodriver) fight between the Zulu's and the Boers.
- The other branch went to Natal but again splitting in two near Weenen where one went to the Boesmansriver and at Weenen one North to Mgungundlovo near St Lucia Bay and the other south splitting in two at Pietermaritzburg, where a town was started about 89.9 km from Durban where one settlement was set up at the Umkumaasrivier and the other at the Umzimkuluriver.
- But alas, the main branch was still going North splitting into 6 different directions with the furthest away at Schoemansdal in the Soutpansberg, way North.
- More North-East was Andries-Ohrigstad and Lydenburg.
- More to the North West was the Waterberg on the banks of the rivers of the Limpoporiver and Nylriver.
- Inbetween was a settlemet at Makanpans Poort.
- Die republieke sal in die volgorde van ontstaan geplaas word met 'n Almagameer/Nota by:
- Afkortings: Rep - Republiek
- v :van
- 1836-1844 Rep. v. Winburg Potchefstroom
- 1838-1845 Rep v. Potchefstroom/Winburg Winburg val weg.
- 1839-1843 Rep. v. Natalia Annekseer deur Britanje
- 1845-1852 Rep.v. Potchefstroom ZAR-Winburg na OVS
- 1845-1846 Rep. Ohrigstad Ontbind
- 1849-1852 Rep.v.Zoutpansberge ZAR
- 1854-1902 Rep.v. Oranje Vrystaat Ontbind
- 1852-1856 Afrikaanse Rep.(Transvaal) Word ZAR
- 1854-1858 Rep. v. Utrecht Lydenburg toe ZAR
- 1856-1860 Rep.v. Lydenburg ZAR
- 1856-1877 Zuid Afrikanse Republiek-ZAR Annekseer deur Britanje
- 1880-1881 Suid Afrikaanse Rep(Heidelberg) Word staat van Transvaal
- 1881-1884 Staat v. Transvaal Word weer ZAR
- 1884-1902 Zuid Afrikaanse Rep. ZAR Ontbind
- 1882-1883 Rep. v. Goosen (VS v. Stellaland) Ontbind
- 1882-1885 Rep. v. Stelllaland(VS v. Stellaland) Ontbind
- 1884-1887 Nieuwe Republiek(Vryheid) ZAR - terug na Natal in 1902
- 1886-1891 Klein Vrystaatse Rep.SW v. Swaziland ZAR( Distrik v Piet Retief
- These registers all have a reference as does any Archival Register here have. In this case it is called the RAK.
- RAK 2433 - Plaas/Farm Requesten-regiter of the Voortrekker farm (1838-1864)
- RAK 2434 - Inspection/Inspeksie Register (1841-1888)
- RAK 2435 to 2437 - Register of Transports (1858-1899)
- RAK 2438 - Register van Eiendomsplase (1867-1899)
- RAK 2440 - Register of Farms (1877-1906)
- RAK 2441 - Register of farms in Lydenburg (1893-1898)
- RAK 2434 - Inspection Register (1841-1888)
- Having the following:
- Alfabetiese lys van Inspekteurs wat ook aandui die distriksgebied waar hulle werksaam was.
- Alfabetiese lys van plaaseienaars wat aandui:
- RAK 2435-7
- RAK 2438
- Please look at photo's in this project of how the different registers look like.
- Oordragregister (RAK 1503 - (1861-1963)
- Indexes
- Indexe: Names of farms (RAK 2675)
- RAK 2440
- Alphabetical list of farms that gives the farm names:
- Could not yet say what document the folio is referring to.
- Various districts of the old Transvaal.
- By horse in 4 hours.
- Speed = 25 Kaapse roede (90 meter) per minute.
- Half an hour to the North West.
- Half an hour to the South West
- Half an hour to the North East
- Half an hour to the South East.