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About the CuZZin Communicate Portal==This portal was created in order to facilitate communication between those requiring help adding their profiles to the South African branch of the "World FamilyTree" ('WFT') according to South Africa - Profile Conventions and your CuZZin Curators who have an interest in the SA branch but work for the good of the whole 'WFT'.Please encourage everyone with lin...
The Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) - Prisoners of War This project is an extension of the The Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) . The object of the project is to add information about both British/Colonial and Boer Prisoners of War, to gather profiles of these men who are on Geni and to share interesting tales and anecdotes about individuals. The first sizable batch of Boer prisoners of war taken by the...
This is the umbrella project to which every South African male Progenitor /Stamvader should be added first - ie all first fathers of a line with descendants in SA." A note on the Meaning of the words 'Progenitor,' Stam Vader,' and 'Settler,' as they are used on Geni * A PROGENITOR [PROG] is the start of a bloodline in SA. A Y-PROG is a special PROG who is the first Y chromosome progen...
1918 lnfluenza Pandemic - South Africa: FatalitiesPlease add to this project any SA profiles of those who died in the 'Spanish Flu' pandemic of 1918.To participate in any project* Africa was the country fifth hardest hit by the 1918 flu. *The SA death toll was almost as high as the total for the USA*Almost half a million people probably died from the flu epidemic in South Africa, and 62 percent...
Hello!! Welkom Cuzzins is the SA Master Page , providing links to all the other South African based projects as a Help Page, Index of SA Projects, Historical Timeline and Communication portal. TIP: Click on the 'Follow' button in the top right hand corner of the page PS: THIS DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO DO ANYTHING - IT'S JUST AN INFO PG FOR YOUR REFERENCE CONTENTS A. Getting Started ...
World War I ( WWI ) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter. It involved all the world's great powers, which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based o...
Conventions for Profile Management on the South African branch of the "World Family Tree" (WFT) The Naming Conventions outlined in this project conform to: Coalition for the Standardization of GENi Naming Conventions Naming Conventions Wiki The intention is to minimise data conflicts and optimise consistency in the GENi matching /merging technology & ensure that we do not find ourselv...
South African Progenitors - Matriarchs/Stammoeders=The object of this project is to examine the subject of Stammoeders, Matriarchs & Female Progenitors and define how we will use the terms on the South African Geni profiles for the immigrants who arrive in SA and started families. (See South African Progenitors - Stamvaders for Males).This is not as straight forward as it first looks, because t...
Slavery at the Cape 1658-1834 The Slaves played an integral part in the evolution of the Cape's people. Slaves outnumbered burghers in the Cape Colony for most of the eighteenth century. Their Genes contributed to the physical evolvement of the population, and also brought diverse cultures, cuisine and traditions from their widespread countries of origin. They contributed enormously to all de...
PAARDEBERG 18 February to 27 February 1900 ' On 18 February 1900, British forces began to besiege a Boer army commanded by General Piet Cronje at Paardeberg Drift on the banks of the Modder River (See map showing the position of the XIX Brigade on 18 February 1900). Among the attacking force were 31 officers and 866 other ranks of the 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, Royal Canadian Regimen...
All those from the Cape Colony and Natal Colony wiho fought and died on the Anglo side during the war British expeditionary efforts were aided significantly by local colonial forces from the Cape Colony, the Natal Colony, Rhodesia During the war, the British army also included substantial contingents from South Africa itself. There were large communities of English-speaking immigrants and set...
This is the sub-project where all profiles of South Africans who participated during World War II can be added. = All South African Army, Navy and Air Force soldiers who participated in WWII can be added to this project. Sub-projects for more specialised interests will be added when possible. Collaborators are welcome, and so are suggestions. Under "DOCUMENTS" you will find pages from WO392/21 ...
Early British Settlers in South Africa===Purpose==This is a project devoted to the British settlers/progenitors in South Africa. It has been set up primarily to accommodate those British Settlers who arrived before and after the 1820 Settlers. Please only add the profiles of the Progenitors who came from Britain - England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, although it may be necessary to have separa...
Farm Murders in South Africa are a highly politicised issue. Outside of the general concern for homicide in the country, the farm murder rate has been used by many as evidence that South Africa’s white minority is facing victimisation, oppression, and possibly genocide. During a parliamentary debate, the Freedom Front Plus and African Christian Democratic Party quoted farm murder rates of 97 an...
“Farm Murders” 1st April 2018 - 31st March 2019 There are 55 Victims remembered in this project April 2018 Heila Killian (62) 16/04/2018 Stilbaai, Garden Route, WC (shot dead) external link Des Krause (63) 17/04/2018 Summerpride 1, Nkqonkqweni, King Williams Town, EC external link Virathapusharam Govender (70) 18/04/2018 Spioenkop Esnembe, OThongathi, KZN external link May R...
The President's Keepers : Those Keeping Zuma in Power and out of Prison a 2017 book by Jacques Pauw , an investigative journalist from South Africa about allegedly corrupt and compromised power networks in the government of ex-President Jacob Zuma. [BOOK EXTRACT] THE PRESIDENT’S KEEPERS Jacques Pauw Investigative journalist Jacques Pauw exposes the darkest secret at the heart of Jacob Zum...
The purpose of this pathfinder project is to serve as a guide for more information on slaves, apprentices and freemen in South Africa and to supply a reference list of death notices to allow a user to find a source. Should you identify the person or create a profile please add the profile to the project. ==Africa== *Semora Mother: Delmina, Deceased left money to: Sophia, James, Maria Louisa Bel...
South African Slave OwnersIn South Africa under Dutch settlement, there was a shortage of labour, especially on the wheat and wine farms. The Dutch, who were already involved in the Atlantic slave trade, imported slaves as the cheapest labour option. Slaves were imported from a variety of places, including the east coast of Africa (Mozambique and Madagascar), but the majority came from East Afr...
Hello new SA GENi user: (please scroll down for Afrikaans - & if you're more bilingual than me - please help with my translating & add in other SA languages you speak. ) So you've started your GENi tree & now you want to know what more there is, & who to ask, & if you can even risk making mistakes. This is our letter to you from the South African area of the tree to say, "Welkom cuzzin, we're s...
A project intended to record all the famous South Africans on our Geni tree: from writers, to statesmen & women, to sports heroes. Hierdie Projek is bedoel om al die bekende Suid-Afrikaners aan te teken op ons Geni boom: van skrywers, tot staatshoofde en vroue, tot sport helde. (1) How to Add a Profile to a Project Page Trending now Bianca Buitendag & Tatjana Schoenmaker awarded...
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“Farm Murders” 1st April 2019 - 31 March 2020 There are 65 victims remembered in this project April 2019 William Maluleka (61) 13/04/2019 Bela-Bela, LP (shot below the chin) media link Janus Powell "Boeta" (37) 20/04/2019 Hoopstad/Bloemhof, NW (shot dead) media link [ Male Victim ] (21) 21/04/2019 Noupoort road, Potchefstroom, NW (head wound) media link media link [ Male Victim ] ...
This project is designed to collect Research Information, Discussions, Queries etc on the Botha family of South Africa. Please also come and join us on our Botha Facebook Page . Please follow the guidelines when creating or merging profiles refer to project: profiles=* Friedrich Botha (Both) SV/PROG 1 * Samuel Friedrich Botha (Bode) SV/PROG 2 Please note that the descendants of SV/PROG 2 can be...
Adolph Jonker Ancestry Puzzle=A project to locate the pieces of the research puzzle that have been the subject of debate for two centuries. === JONKER Adolph Written by Martina Louw & Jaco Strauss . Posted in H - J of South Africa's Stamouers (June 2015) ===There has been much controversy for over 2 centuries regarding the origin of stamvader Adolph Jonker .Since the late 18th century Adolph Jo...
Aim To pool our thoughts, DNA results & research, & try and figure out which descent lines come from Catharina van Malabar, & by which man. =Catharina van Malabar Timelinec1637* b c.1637 said to be from Batavia/ the Malabar Coast /Bengal /the Coromandel Coast. 1662* Came to SA from Batavia 2 April 1662 as the personal slave of Maria de Bucquoij 1665*6 September 1665 Catharina van Malabar was ow...
Project to be developed. Please ask to join and come and help create it - feel free to add your own line.=Key Profiles:* Michiel Cornelisz Smuts, SV/PROG m Cornelia Smuts : * Descent Line:a1. Michiel Cornelisz Smuts, SV/PROG m Cornelia Smuts b1 . Adriaan Smuts
Cape Town Rifles ( Dukes ) Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles “The Cape Town Rifles (Dukes), the second oldest regiment in the South African Army, was established in 1855 and has been fighting South Africa’s wars ever since. The Regiment was founded on 28 November 1855, as the Cape Rifle Corps. It was the first volunteer unit in the Cape Colony. On 30 September 1867, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edin...
The amount of mtDNA results coming into public knowledge is increasing by the day, however the amount of profiles covered remains a small proportion of the female progenitors whom arrived to South Africa via ships.When an unknown mtDNA result becomes known, the profiles in this list could help to narrow down to which female progenitor it could relate to.This project is for early arrivals, up to...
(Level 2 Gallantry Award)The D.S.O. was instituted by Royal Warrant on 6th September 1886.The D.S.O. was originally instituted as an award for officers of the British Army and Commonwealth Forces, usually at the rank of Major. It was, however, also awarded to officers at a rank above or below Major. The D.S.O. could be awarded for an act of meritorious or distinguished service in wartime and us...
Jean Prieur du Plessis Stamvader/Progenitor (c.1638-1708) PARENTS UNKNOWN ∞ c 1688 - Madeleine Menanteau * c 1668 - † between 1694 - 1700 Children Charles Prieur du Plessis *1688 - † 18 Sep 1737 Jean Louis du Plessis *13 Feb 1691 Judith du Plessis *c 1694
The Irish in South Africa==Nineteenth-century South Africa did not attract mass Irish migration, but Irish communities were to be found in Cape town, port Elizabeth, Kimberley, and Johannesburg, with smaller communities in Pretoria, Barberton, Durban and East London. As one would expect, a fair number of those in British colonial service in the sub-continent were Irish. A third of the Cape's go...
Farewell Nederland==== Aim of this project ===This project functions as a research tool for users with relatives who originated from the Netherlands but also as a collection of profiles of the people who did leave to start a new life abroad.Please feel free to add profiles of the Dutch families or descendants to the project, ideally with a small note in the about section of the profile with the...
This is a project I Sharon have been publicly talking about doing for a long long time. It's one of those niche areas of human research that you know someone is going to do a very significant inter-disciplinary PhD on - sometime in the near future. But, until then - it exists as a huge aporia that we need to fill in order to be able to work with the data we're garnering on Geni, in a way that r...
Kings of SwazilandThis page contains a list of paramount chiefs and kings (Ngwenyamas) of Swaziland. The King of Swaziland (also known as Ingwenyama) rules alongside the Queen Mother (also known as Ndlovukati). The role of the king has historically been as the head or father of the nation while the Queen Mother is the spiritual leader of the nation== Ancient Kings or Chiefs of the Swazi People ...
Croatian Settlers in South Africa==Summary=The 2013 census of South Africa indicated that the total population was nearly 53 million. It is estimated that the total of Croatian immigrants and their descendants living today in South Africa to be about 7000-8000 , however this figure is not accepted by all researchers, as some believe the true figure to be much less. ==Timeline of Croatian immigr...
This project provides an informative overview of all the projects on SA Progenitors, & is NOT intended to have profiles attached to it . It is all-embracing and aims to have no political influences or connotations. We pay tribute to all our progenitors & their descendants, who are more than bodies of data on a World Tree, but embody, in us, the Bantu principle of “Ubuntu” – I am because we are....
Early German Settlers of South AfricaThis project is devoted to the German Settlers in South Africa. Please only add the profiles of the Stamvaders/Progenitors who came from Germany. It is also a place where you can share links to online resources, tell other users where records etc. can be found and make queries or ask for help through the discussion facility. ===To participate in any project=...
Objective=The purpose of this project is to record as many of the ORIGINAL settlers (Heads of the family groups) so that researchers can identify family lines and descendants.Secondly, current researchers who are descendants of the 1820 Settlers will be able to identify fellow researchers.=====Project Image - "The British Settlers of 1820 Landing in Algoa Bay", by Thomas Baines, 1853 - Albany M...
This is the sub-project where all profiles of South Africans who were Prisoners of War during World War II can be added. All South African Army, Navy and Air Force soldiers (and civilians?) who were Prisoners of War during WWII can be added to this project. About 334,000 men volunteered for full-time service in the South African Army during the war (including some 211,000 whites, 77,000 bl...
Early Women Immigrants to South Africa who came alone== It is emphasised that although most of the woman listed became SM/Matriarchs/Progenitors of families in South Africa they came alone and married in South Africa. *Initially the main source used is incorporated in the German Personalia by Dr Hoge under the 4th heading Women Immigrants . Please use other available sources that you know of an...
This project is designed to collect Research Information, Discussions, Queries etc on the 'Mare / Maree' family of South Africa. BUT RIGHT NOW (AUG 2012) WE ARE USING IT TO TRY AND SORT OUT THE 'ROMPLSLOMP' ON THIS LINE, SO WE CAN CREATE A TEMPLATE TO DEFER TO. SEE BELOW & DISCUSSIONS : Core profiles Paul Mare IS HE ACTUALLY THE FATHER? Ignace Mare i (b c1670) Catherina Mare (b c1690...
Fleeing religious persecution of Protestants in France after the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes (which had guaranteed their rights), 200 000 French Huguenots emigrated to countries such as Switzerland. Germany, England, America, and South Africa.Amongst the first Huguenots to come were Francois Villion (Viljoen) (who might rather be a Walloon) in 1671, Pierre le Febre in 1683, Jean de L...
A mitochondrial DNA test (mtDNA test) traces a person's matrilineal or mother-line ancestry using the DNA in his or her mitochondria. mtDNA is passed down by the female, unchanged, to all her children. Her daughters will pass it onto all of their children, but her sons will not. Your mtDNA-line is therefore your mother's mother's mother etc; and your mtDNA South African Progenitor is the fir...
Place projects are projects on Geni that are focused of a specific geographical place or region. Places profiles are also the precursor to the upcoming Place Profiles feature.=Place project portals= Includes countries and kingdoms, and other top level place project. ==Geographical==* Australia * Canada * Europe** Al-Andalus ** Austro-Hungarian-Empire ** Belarus ** Czech Republic-Bohemia ** Croa...
Y-chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) is passed from father to son along an all-male line (highlighted in blue in the illustration below). Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is passed from mother to child along an all-female line (See South African mtDNA Progenitors ). Males pass Y-DNA to their sons, but do not pass mtDNA to their children. Your Y-DNA-line is therefore your father's father's father etc; and your Y-D...
Early Nordic Settlers in South Africa=This project is for Early Nordic Settlers in South Africa who came from the countries in the Scandinavian Peninsula - Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Faroe Islands (the latter two to a lesser extent)It is also a place where you can share links to online resources, tell other users where records etc. can be found and make queries or ask for hel...
The curators are currently in discussion with GENi management on a solution for the placement of our DVN / DVP no.s which will should satisfy all parties...===Please VOTE for how we will in future use of the De Villiers Pama Numbering System (DVP)==== STEM asseblief vir die manier hoe Genealogie, in die Suid Afrikaanse boom, in die vervolg van die De Villiers-Pama Numering Stelsel (DVP), gebrui...
The South Africa Brickwall ClubHitting a Brickwall searching for family who were born or died in South Africa? Many hands make light work and 2 know more then one.Basic genealogy 101 teaches us that most Brickwalls are due to human error - enumerator mis-spellings, and then there are those records that just seem non-existent.If you would like some help looking for South African ancestors just s...
The purpose of this project is to gather profiles of these men, women and children who have profiles on Geni and to share interesting tales and anecdotes about individuals. Please collaborate...==PORTUGAL==The British advance during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) forced some 1443 Boers, consisted largely of refugee families including 173 children. as well as foreigners and 'Cape rebels' (ie Bri...
The Early Dutch Settlers of South Africa==This project is devoted to the Dutch Settlers in South Africa. Please only add the profiles of the Stamvaders/Progenitors who came from The Netherlands/Holland.Although not Dutch settlers from Belgium are included in this project - see below.It is also a place where you can share links to online resources, tell other users where records etc. can be foun...
The Zuid-Beveland arrives in Table Bay 19 August 1688 * Ship’s type: Pinas * Construction: Built in 1680 for the Chamber of Zeeland at the VOC ship yard in Middelburg.* Term: In use by the VOC from 1681 until it burnt out in 1690 in Amsterdam.* Length: 130 feet* Breadth: 31 feet* Draught (depth): 13,5 feet* Loading capacity: 518 tons* Flag: Chamber of Zeeland =Voyage to the Cape:*Date of depart...
South Africa – Genealogical Reference Centre Go to South Africans' Geni Landing Site. WELKOM CUZZINS ! First port of call for South African GENi
Early French Settlers of South AfricaThis project is devoted to French Settlers in South Africa OTHER THAN those who were of the French Huguenot settlers between 1688 and 1689. Please only add the profiles of the Stamvaders/Progenitors who came from France. This is also a place where you can share links to online resources, tell other users where records etc. can be found and make queries or as...
Background===The VOC fitted out some 4,700 ships, nearly 1,700 in the seventeenth century and a good 3,000 in the eighteenth. Between 1602 and 1700, 317,000 people sailed from Europe on these ships, while between 1700 and 1795 this total reached 655,000. Although some of it is missing, a huge amount of information is available through various sources about arrivals and departures to and from th...
Gamkaskloof South Africa Coordinates for Gamkaskloof on Google Earth. 33°22'29.3"S 21°37'47.3"E or click here to see it in Google Maps.==Brief History==Gamkaskloof is a legendary and remote valley situated in the heart of the Swartberg mountains, approximately 100 kilometers from Oudtshoorn in South Africa, also known as "Die Hel" and is surrounded by the Swartberg Nature Reserve.The history is...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 There are 96 victims remembered in this project 2001 April Catharina Holder "Irene" (52) 01/04/2001 farm Elna, Greylingstad, MPL (shot dead) media article [Barend Pienaar] 05/04/2001 De Deur smallholding, GP (Sapa report) Ina Hiles (62) 15/04/2001 on smallholding outside Badplaas, MPL (beaten to death) Report FB link Annemarie Viljoen (...
Leaving Mauritius - By the 1890s, Mauritius had long forgotten the sugar-fuelled prosperity of the 1840s. The opening of the Suez Canal meant that it was no longer near any major trade routes. The price of sugar had fallen due to increased competition. The island was badly overpopulated, subject to frequent epidemics of Cholera and other diseases, which ran wild through the slums in which many ...
PolygamistsThe object of this project is to gather together GENi profiles of men and women from anywhere in the world who were polygamists. Please add any Geni profiles to the projectSee Separate Project for Bigamists ==Definitions Polygamy - the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time. Polygamy exists in three specific forms: * polygyny - in instances where ...
About this project This project is designed to place all the Barry families in South Africa together to see under which progenitor they belong and to collect research information, discussions, and queries etc. There is also a Barry DNA project that can be found at www.familytreedna.com How to Participate If you have an ancestor who was a Barry Get yourself added as a collaborator Nav...
This Portal or Master Project is to link all the projects related to Africa and the African Continent. Africa An African Diaspora sub-project will be added. This is a work in progress. Much help is needed!==What can you do here?==*Ask questions.*Collaborate on your research.*Share knowledge you have gained as you've done your own research in a specific area.*Problem finding an ancestors , open ...
Croatian Emigration indicates that of the Croatians who were reported to have "emigrated", at least 30% eventually returned to their homeland.* Hrvati izvan domovine / Croatians outside the homeland * Adresar trgovaca, obrtnika i drugih uglednijih pripadnika iz Hrvatske, Dalmacije i Istre nastanjenih u Americi, Africi, Aziji i Australiji iz popis hrvatskih družtava i hrvatskih novina u Americi]...
Founders Effect amongst the South African Population=The Afrikaner community are a geographically isolated group and it is assumed that founder effect has given rise to the high prevalence of some 20 inherited disorders in this community.==Project Aim:==To list all hereditary diseases that affect South Africans, and to attempt to trace the "Founder" individual / individuals who introduced the d...
Project Aim*To provide an Index list of projects relevant to South African users.*Use the Related Projects In built GENI Site Index to provide a full Index of all South African Projects.*To propose a Project Naming Structure to make searching easier and more efficient.*To propose a Basic Project Structure so as to keep them clean and structured.===TIP 1:Select Show All (next to Related Projects...
Kaapsehoop South Africa (established in 1882) Coordinates for finding Kaapsehoop on Google Earth. 25°35'28.66"S 30°45'59.65"E or click here to see it in Google Maps.==Brief History==It was the discovery of gold in 1882 the streams around what is known today as Kaapsehoop also known as Kaapshehoop or Kaapschehoop that led to the establishment of the town. Gold was also discovered in the small cr...
Aim and Scope==This project is intended to record all the early pioneers and gold prospectors connected to Pilgrim's Rest who are on our Geni tree. Several South African families have their roots in Pilgrim's Rest, as a result of the gold rush in the late 1800's, which attracted prospectors from far and wide."I doubt that a more cosmopolitan assembly of people, sharing such diverse skills and t...
This is the sub-project where all profiles of South Africans who were casualties during World War II can be added. = All South African Army, Navy and Air Force soldiers who were casualties during WWII can be added to this project. About 334,000 men volunteered for full-time service in the South African Army during the war (including some 211,000 whites, 77,000 blacks and 46,000 coloureds and In...
PORTAL (master project) for South African involvement during World War II.==== This is the start of a project to pull together and list all Projects ( not profiles ) related to South Africans during World War II. ===At the moment there aren't many projects for South African involvement during WWII. Here is the start of getting some sub-projects going where we can add profiles of SA soldiers who...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 1997 to 31 March 1998=TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 1997/98: 153 Murders SAPS 1997/98 "official" figures: 153 Murders from 490 Attacks==There are 120 victims remembered in this project====1997 April*W.J.J Kok (86) 06/04/1997 Vanderbijlpark, GP* Andries M Vermaas “Dries” (49) 06/04/1997 Greylingstad, MPL (shot in the face) FB link Report * John Henry Denner (71) 06...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001===There are 101 victims remembered in this project====2000 April* Jan Adriaan Erasmus (61) 02/04/2000 Groot Marico, NW []* Des Allen Hector Kloeck (72) 10/04/2000 Plot Doornrandjies, Erasmia, GP (hands and feet tied, strangled) media link * Jan Engelbrecht (85) 13/04/2000 Potgietersrus, LP [] * Bina Cross (76) 16/04/2000 Cottondale, Gravelotte, LP...
The Voorschoten arrived in Saldanha on 25 April 1688, & in the Cape on 13 April 1688* Ship’s type: Fluitschip * Construction: Built in 1684 for the Chamber of Delft at the VOC ship yard in Delftshaven .* Term: In use by the VOC from 1684 until 9 November 1706 when it was dismantled in Batavia.* Length: 131 feet* Breadth: 31 feet* Depth: 13,75 feet* Loading capacity: 558 tons* Crew: 155-172 men*...
South Africa is mining country (it's also 'farming' country, but that's a different project :-)=Mining Greats=* Barney Barnato * Cecil John Rhodes *George Harrison - prospector (dates unknown) who discovered the gold bearing Main Reef on the farm Langlaagte in 1886, which lead to the gold rush on the Witwatersrand and the creation of Johannesburg.* Harry Oppenheimer (1908-2000). Businessman - D...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011=SAPS 2010/11 "official" figures: 71 Murders from 665 Attacks* are 95 victims remembered in this project=====2010 April* Eugène Terre'Blanche (69) 03/04/2010 farm Villana, Ventersdorp, NW (beaten to death with pipes and pangas (machetes), while asleep) media link , Wiki link * Ernest Hoon (18) 06/04/2010 Leeufontein smallholding, Kameeldrift, GP (sho...
1918 Influenza Pandemic - South Africa: Survivors=The 1918 flu pandemic (January 1918 – December 1920) was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic, the first of the two pandemics involving H1N1 influenza virus. It infected 500 million people across the world, including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic, and killed 50 to 100 million of them—three to five percent of the world's population—maki...
This project is intended as a meeting place to develop the South African DNA tree on geni. Come & post & discuss your findings; riddles etc with others interested in genetic genealogy on the SA tree.*If you've had your DNA tested (or are thinking about it) and are on the SA tree, please join this project. =TestWe need to get as many SA people as possible to test their autosomal, Y-DNA and their...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999=TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 1998: 104 Murders from 201 AttacksSAPS 1998/99 "official" figures: 148 Murders from 827 Attacks==128 victims logged in this project====1998 April* Muzzufar Khan (41) 03/04/1998 Blinkwater farm, Umlaas Road are near Camperdown, KZN (shot and killed) external link * Hendrik Strauss (70) 04/04/1998 Palmietfontein far...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009=TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 2008: 79 Murders from 184 attacks===There are 92 victims remembered in this project=====2008 April* Phillip Engelbrecht "Flip" (59) 02/04/2008 Geluksvlei farm, Vrede (shot in the chest) (multiple murder) media article *[ Male Victim ] (40's) 02/04/2008 Geluksvlei farm, Vrede (shot from behind) (multiple murder) me...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008====There are 60 victims remembered in this project=====2007 April* Susan Bristow (54) 15/04/2007 Louis Trichardt, LP (stabbed to death with a garden fork) media article ==May*[J Heyneke] (38) 08/05/2007 Kameeldrift, GP* Willie Potgieter (45) 12/05/2007 Marikana (shot and killed) media article *[Hans Polensky] (52) 26/05/2007 Nigel, GP (dob 1955-0...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 1996 to 31 March 1997===There are 74 victims remembered in this project====1996 April* R Daniels (40) 07/04/1996 Greytown, KZN* Willie Engelbrecht (66) 13/04/1996 Amsterdam, MP (stabbed to death) FB link * Johan Gouws (84) 13/04/1996 Oranjeville, FS (tied up and suffocated) Report * Chris Vorster (29) 17/04/1996 Piet Retief, MPL (shot dead in his pick-up truck) FB link R...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006===There are 67 victims remembered in this project====2005 April* Ben Keyter (79) 01/04/2005 Dresden farm, near Alldays, LP (beaten to death with a spade) media article * Pieter Swart (49) 01/04/2005 Kameelfontein, Pretoria, GP (shot execution-style) media article * Sipho Mthethwa (?) 01/04/2005 farm in KwaZulu-Natal (found murdered) Report * Catheri...
Random Acts of Kindness - South Africa=This project is an experimental exercise inspired by the Random Act of Kindness which was widely publicised by Danny Wallace's book Join Me in 2002. A random act of kindness is a selfless act performed by a person or people wishing to either assist or cheer up an individual person or people. Random Acts of Kindness - South Africa is similar to ]
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010=SAPS 2009/10 "no official" figures released===There are 95 victims remembered in this project=====2009 April* Jan van Wyk (82) 01/04/2009 Vierfontein, Viljoenskroon (slaughtered by witchdoctor for 'muti') media article , media article *R Eckerhardt (f) (35) 02/04/2009 Port Elizabeth, EC* Jacobi van den Bosch (f) (60) 10/04/2009 Mooiplaas, Pretoria, ...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013=SAPS 2012/13 "official" figures: 60 Murders from 556 Attacks* 2012/13 "official" figures: 61 Murders from 173 Attacks* are 70 victims remembered in this project=====2012 April* Adriaan Johannes van der Merwe "At" (68) 03/04/2012 Leeubos farm, Bloemhof (head injuries) media article media article * Charlotte Sroneman (64) 08/04/2012 Farm Dagbreek, G...
This project is designed to collect Research Information, Discussions, Queries etc on the Rossouw /Rousseau family of South Africa. =Core profiles=* Pierre Rousseau c 1666 - c 1719*x 1689 Anne Retif, SM/PROG 1671 - 1710>*b1 Anna Rousseau b. 8 Jul 1691, d. 28 Feb 1753>*b2 Maria Rousseau b. c 1694>*b3 Magdalena Rousseau b. 26 Feb 1695>*b4 Elizabet Rousseau b. b 14 Oct 1696, d. 16 Feb 1785>*b5 Ale...
Aim and Scope==*To list interesting South African Historic Sites, Monuments, Schools, Battlegrounds etc. *To record a little history of the site, the year it was started, after who it was named and if names have changed.*To link the sites to individuals on our GENi family tree.*Please don't add Cities and Towns, they have a project on their own. For that purpose go to:>> South African Towns and...
This project covers Indians that have left India in the last 300 years, and settled in different continents, regions and countries. East Indian Dispersion Blog (I'm working on a genealogy project for a friend. She is Trinidadian, but looking into where her family came from in India. I mentioned Bombay (Mumbai), Madras (Chennai) and Calcutta (Kolkata) as three main cities--British centers--of em...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015=SAPS 2014/15 "official" figures: 60 Murders from 497 Attacks* TAU 2014/15 "official" figures: 68 Murders from 300 Attacks* are 64 victims remembered in this project=====2014 April* Lazlow Bercsényi (87) 12/04/2014 Bon Accord smallholding outside Pretoria, GP (hacked with an axe, died in hospital 13/04/2014) media article , media article * Brian Cha...
This project is about the San and Khoe Khoe that the colonizers found and shared life with on their arrival at the Cape of Good Hope"=Resources=
Ná die tweede Britse oorname in 1806 het Engels geleidelik die amptelike voertaal aan die Kaap geword en ’n streng verengelsingsbeleid is ingestel om Nederlands en Afrikaans te probeer verdring.’n Paarlse predikant, ds. G.W.A. Van der Lingen , het in 1858 ’n private skool met Nederlands as voertaal gestig om Afrikaanssprekende kinders te onderrig. Die skool was De Gimnasium en een van die onder...
This project focuses purely on those who carried on the Van Der Westhuizen last name.Three sets of information will be provided here; 1. A closer look at the dates of parents and their children, possible errors, and any relation according to the generation in which the children were born. (INCOMPLETE)2. A list of the last names of all those who married into the Van Der Westhuizen family, for ex...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018=TAU 2017/18 "official" figures: 70 Murders from 418 Attacks* 2017/18 "official" figures: 62 Murders from 561 AttacksThe South African Police Service, during their press briefing, released updated figures for the number of recorded farm murders (though not attacks) for 2017/18. The SAPS presentation stated that there were, in fact, 62 farm murders dur...
This project is designed to collect Research Information, Discussions, Queries etc on the Ochse family of South Africa. =Core profiles=* Christian George Ochse, SV/PROG * Ann Munday, SM/PROG =OCHSE FAMILY - SOUTH AFRICAN GENEALOGY=The genealogical ancestor of all members of the Ochse family in South Africa was Christian George Ochse, SV/PROG , the son of Christian George Ochse, born on 15 Febru...
This project is designed to collect Research Information, Discussions, Queries etc on the van der Merwe family of South Africa. =Core profiles=* Willem Schalk van der Merwe x Koddo van Guinea c 1640 -*b1 Maria Schalck 22 Jan 1702* Feytje (Sophia) van der Merwe 2 Nov 1670 - x Roelof Pasman xx Pieter Robberts
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014=SAPS 2013/14 "official" figures: 58 Murders from 492 Attacks* 2013/14 "official" figures: 61 Murders from 242 Attacks* are 67 victims remembered in this project=====2013 April* Gert van Wyk (40) 01/04/2013 (died 63 days after an attack on 28/01/2013) (multiple murder) Bapsfontein, GP media article * Paul Schulze (56) 02/04/2013 Heia Safari Ranch, ...
Ferdinandus Appel 's first child is Theunis Botha , b bef 15 April 1686: Called Botha after his mother, Maria Kickers ' , 1700 divorce from Jan Cornelisz (who is shown as his father on the birth certificate). At which time she said her 7 children were Frederich Botha 's. However, a recent DNA study by the University of Pretoria reveals him to have been the biological son of Ferdinandus Appel . ...
Collecting profiles of people who were exiled or worked on the infamous Robben Island penal colony off the Cape Coast of South AfricaLooking for help adding profiles and text. Just request to collaborate.If you want to add text to this or any project; here's how: * Starter Kit for How To Add Text to Projects =Robben Island= From Wikipedia UNESCO World Heritage Site Coordinates 33.806734°S 18.36...
Project Objective Identify and add the slaves who were Progenitors of the South African population to this project. For all other slaves please add them to the connected project South African Slaves . The VOC brought slaves to the Cape of Good Hope from mainly the Indian Ocean Basin, but also elsewhere. Countries included: Abyssinia, Angola, Bangladesh (Bengal?), East Indies (Indonesia), Guinea...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016=SAPS 2015/16 "official" figures: 58 Murders from 519 Attacks* 2015/16 "official" figures: 70 Murders from 344 Attacks* There are 68 victims remembered in this project=== ==2015 April==* Carel 'Bossie' Badenhorst (64) 02/04/2015 Farm Doelgerig, Modimolle (Nylstroom) LP (beaten to death with a metal pipe) external link *[ Male Victim ] 06/05/2015 Cull...
This project is one which will link the prisoners of Robben Island from 1673-1834 to profiles on Geni. The information is from the transcriptions of documents of The Court of Justice at the Cape of Good Hope regarding convicts, exiles and prisoners.The documents have been transcribed by TEPC (Transcription of Estate Papers of the Cape of Good Hope). It was a joint project of the Universities of...
This project is designed to collect Research Information, Discussions, Queries etc on the Nel/ Nell family of South Africa. Please feel free to add whatever seems useful or interesting to you. Don't worry about getting formatting wrong - somebody else can easily fix that.=Core profiles=* Guillaume Néel bap 25 December 1663 Quevilly, Rouen, Normandie, France* Estienne Niel b c1668 Dauphine, Fran...
This project is designed to collect Research Information, Discussions, Queries etc on the de Savoye family of South Africa. Image right: Sint-Jacobskerk/ St. James' Church in Gent. =Core profiles: Julien de Savoye (6th child of Jacques de Savoye & Jeanne van der Zee/ de la Mare ) x Jeanne Dureau (child of Jacques Dureau & Marie Guersouille )