

About the CuZZin Curator 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 everyon...
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...
Project Aim To provide an Index list of projects relevant to South African users. Index of SA Projects: 1. SA Projects by PEOPLE 2. SA Projects by HISTORICAL TIMELINE 3. SA Projects by PLACES Please add all the SA Projects you create or come across below Working With Projects Starter Kit for How to Create A New Project Starter Kit for How To Add Text and a Photo to a Proje...
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...
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...
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...
CuZZin Hello!! Welcome to our Community The CuZZin Community is a South African GENi user driven initiative to encourage productive collaboration with the aim of working for the "good of all" and providing links to our most important South African based projects . Please join us, read our letter introducing you to Geni and Introduce yourself here . Tip Click on the 'Follow' button in the t...
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...
“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 Archived SAPS website There are 93 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 8 couples (farmer and wife) between 25/08/1997 - 17/03/1998 34 Victims were aged between 60 - 92 1997 April Andries ...
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...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 TAU 2017/18 "official" figures: 70 Murders from 418 Attacks SAPS 2017/18 "official" figures: 62 Murders from 561 Attacks The 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 fa...
FREE BURGHERS a the Cape of Good Hope . VRIJBURGHERS Please add all those Burghers at the Cape Free Burghers (Dutch: Vrijburgher, Afrikaans: Vryburger) were early European settlers at the Cape of Good Hope in the 18th century 30 October 1655 Van Riebeeck received a reply from the HERE XVII that they accepted his proposal and that he could continue with setting up the farms. The employees w...
='''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 ...
History of Manson in Scotland Summary Manson is a surname of Scottish origin.[1] It is an Anglicised version of the Scandinavian name Magnusson, meaning son of Magnus, and a Sept of Clan Gunn. It is particularly common in the far northeast of Scotland in the county of Caithness and in Orkney and Shetland. It is also relatively common in southwest Scotland, in the country of Ayrshire. Read...
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...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 SAPS 2009/10 "no official" figures released There are 88 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 8 couples (farmer and wife) between 01/04/2009 - 19/02/2010 35 Victims were aged between 60 - 86 2009 April Jan van Wyk (82) 01/04/2009 Vierfontein, Viljoenskroon (slaughtered by witchdoctor for 'muti') media article , me...
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...
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, becaus...
(PLEASE ADD) A Pte Cyril William Arnot 3rd SAI. Killed in action near Frezenberg on the 20th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial). Recommended for a mention in despatches for his conduct at Delville Wood (no retained). B Pte Robert Norman Barnes 4 SA Infantry KIA 25 Mar 1916 Age 18 Voi cemetery Kenya Henry Daniel Maxwell Barnett , Served in the Cradock Commando during th...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 SAPS 2005/06 "official" figures: 88 Murders from 636 Attacks There are 56 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 5 couples (farmer and wife) between 10/07/2005 - 08/02/2006 30 Victims were aged between 60 - 90 2005 April Catharina Elizabeth Ferreira (36) 11/04/2005 Hillcrest, KZN (tortured, stabbed to death) media a...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 This project is intended to stand as a memorial to the victims of Farm Murders in South Africa. Contributions and any assistance is welcome. Please note that this project is a work in progress. SAPS 2002/03 "official" figures: 103 Murders from 903 Attacks There are 99 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 4 couples (farmer...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013 SAPS 2012/13 "official" figures: 60 Murders from 556 Attacks TAU 2012/13 "official" figures: 62 Murders from 173 Attacks There are 65 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 6 couples (farmer and wife) between 20/06/2012 - March 2013 39 Victims were aged between 60 - 93 2012 April Adriaan Johannes van der...
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 Naud...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 2008: 79 Murders from 184 attacks No official SAPS figures released for 2008/09 There are 87 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 2 couples (farmer and wife) between 12/04/2008 - 17/03/2009 40 Victims were aged between 60 - 86 2008 April Phillip Engelbrecht "Flip" (59) 02/04/2...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 SAPS 2000/01 "official" figures: 147 Murders from 908 Attacks There are 108 victims remembered in this project year This figure includes 11 couples (farmer and wife) between 16/04/2000 - 27/03/2001 52 Victims were aged between 60 - 85 2000 April Jan Adriaan Erasmus (61) 02/04/2000 Groot Marico, NW media article Desire Aline Hecto...