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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 ...
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 everyone...
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...
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: GENi Naming Conventions The intention is to minimise data conflicts and optimise consistency in the GENi matching /merging technology & ensure that we do not find ourselves with names in the wrong fields when the GENi software engine...
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 to...
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...
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. They came from two main regions in France and the Southern Netherlands, one region stretched from Flanders to the Loire Valley, the other reg...
='''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 ...
South African male Progenitors / Stamvaders 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...
(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 the camp...
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...
Governors Dutch Cape Colony (1652-1797) 1652-1662 : Jan van Riebeeck (1619-1677) 1662-1666 : Zacharias Wagener (1614-1668) 1666-1668 : Cornelis van Qualbergen (1623-1686) 1668-1670 : Jacob van Borghorst (c1640- ) 1670-1671 : Pieter Hackius (-1671) 1672-1672 : Albert van Breugel (-1686) 1672-1676 : IJsbrand Godske (1630-1691) 1676-1678 : Johan Bax van Herenthals (1637-1678)
This project is designed to collect Research Information, Discussions, Queries etc on the Strydom / Strijdom family of South Africa. =Overview of Family History / Progenitor Details= Joost Strydom (van Strijdonc) , born about 1641, immigrated to the Cape of Good Hope 1678, from Liefkenshoek, Netherlands, as an “adelbors” in the VOC, † abt 1719 (Kaapstad), x 1686 Maryna Ras , *1669 (Cape of Good...
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 Ameri...
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...
“Farm Murders” 1st April 2019 - 31 March 2020 SAPS 2019/20 "official" figures: 49 Murders (Calculated by Financial Year) TAU SA 2019 figures: 56 Murders (Calculated by Calendar Year) AfriForum 2019 figures: 45 Murders from 511 Attacks There are 50 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 2 couples (farmer and wife) between 12/07/2019 - 01/08/2019 32 Victims were ...
Burgher People of the Cape of Good Hope ~ Suid-Afrika Company's Garden, at Rondebosch Company's grain-fields, at Groote Schuur Land Granted to Free Burghers in 1657 at Groeneveld(Stephen's Colony) and Dutch Garden (Harman's Colony)[9] Military forts and watch-houses Company's orchards, near the Fort of Good Hope Jan van Riebeeck's farms Boundary fence which were later by a hed...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 1996 to 31 March 1997 SAPS 1996/97 "official" figures: 84 Murders from 433 Attacks There are 66 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 3 couples (farmer and wife) between 29/04/1996 - 22/03/1996 33 Victims were aged between 60 - 85 1996 April Willie Engelbrecht (66) 13/04/1996 Amsterdam, MP (stabbed to death) FB link Gert Johannes Stephanus ...
Farewell Nederland ∙ Dutch Diaspora . . . . . . 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 sectio...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 SAPS 2014/15 "official" figures: 60 Murders from 497 Attacks (Calculated by Financial Year) TAU SA 2014/15 figures: 68 Murders from 300 Attacks AfriForum 2014 figures: 61 Murders from 279 Attacks (Calculated by Calendar Year) There are 64 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 5 couples (farmer and wife) between 20/04/2...
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 World Famous Notable SA Personalities Christiaan...
“Farm Murders” 1st April 2018 - 31st March 2019 SAPS 2018/19 "official" figures: 50 Murders (Calculated by Financial Year) TAU SA 2018 figures: 33 Murders (Calculated by Calendar Year) AfriForum 2018 figures: 54 Murders from 443 Attacks (Calculated by Calendar Year) There are 46 Victims remembered in this project This figure includes 5 couples (farmer and wife) between 10/05/2018 - ...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 SAPS 2017/18 "official" figures: 62 Murders from 561 Attacks (Calculated by Financial Year) TAU SA 2017/18 figures: 70 Murders from 418 Attacks AfriForum 2017 figures: 72 Murders from 342 Attacks (Calculated by Calendar Year) The South African Police Service, during their press briefing, released updated figures for the number of recorded fa...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 SAPS 2016/17 "official" figures: 74 Murders from 638 Attacks (Calculated by Financial Year) TAU SA 2016/17 figures: 78 Murders from 406 Attacks AfriForum 2016 figures: 64 Murders from 334 Attacks (Calculated by Calendar Year) According to the police’s crime statistics, the figures for farm attacks and murders increased drastically for the ...