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Geni naming conventions - England See the projects Geni naming conventions and Geni naming conventions - data entry for general guidance. Use ordinary case. Name Preference Settings can be used to change how names are displayed to your personal preference. Name as close to original name as possible, language, geography and time period to be taken into consideration. Patronymics in the...
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 h...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007 SAPS 2006/07 "official" figures: 86 Murders from 636 Attacks There are 71 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 3 couples (farmer and wife) between 30/05/2006 - 17/12/2006 26 Victims were aged between 60 - 81 2006 April Karel Johannes Fourie (70) 02/04/2006 Melmoth, KZN (shot dead) media article Kobus Cronjé (45) 21/0...
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...
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 Genero...
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...
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 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...
Early Settlers in South Africa - Other EuropeansThis project is for Early Settlers in South Africa who came from European countries other than Britain, Germany, Holland, France and the Nordic countries which have their own projects. If in time individual countries get to be too large to be included in these pages we can move them to projects of their own. === The project is a work in progress -...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014 SAPS 2013/14 "official" figures: 58 Murders from 492 Attacks TAU 2013/14 "official" figures: 61 Murders from 242 Attacks There are 65 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 4 couples (farmer and wife) between 07/10/2013 - 01/03/2014 39 Victims were aged between 60 - 89 2013 April Gert van Wyk (40) 01/04/2013...
This project is designed to collect Research Information, Discussions, Queries etc on the Barnato family.=Core profiles=* Barney Barnato *=Overview of Family History / Progenitor DetailTo be filled in= Queries & Discussion =* QUERY 1: What evidence is there that Phoebe Carlow was Barney's wife? According to Stanley Jackson, a Barney Barnato biographer, Solly married Nellie Ridley around 1889. W...
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...
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...
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 separate ...
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...
“Farm Murders” 1st April 2019 - 31 March 2020 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 aged between 60 - 86 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 ...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 SAPS 2000/01 "official" figures: 147 Murders from 908 Attacks There are 110 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 Hector Kloe...
“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 far...
“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 Merw...
“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 ...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999 TAU (Transvaal Agricultural Union) 1998: 104 Murders from 201 Attacks SAPS 1998/99 "official" figures: 144 Murders from 827 Attacks There are 107 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 9 couples (farmer and wife) between 14/05/1998 - 28/02/1999 61 Victims were aged between 60 - 87 1998 April Muzuffarr Khan (41) 03/04/1...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 SAPS 2001/02 "official" figures: 140 Murders from 1,069 Attacks There are 115 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 13 couples (farmer and wife) between 25/04/2001 - 15/03/2002 49 Victims were aged between 60 - 88 2001 April Catherina Elisabeth 'Irene' Holder (52) 01/04/2001 farm Elna, Greylingstad, MPL (shot dead) medi...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 No official SAPS figures released for 2007/08 There are 48 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 1 couple (farmer and wife) on 21/07/2007 23 Victims were aged between 60 - 88 2007 April Susan Alwin Bristow (54) 15/04/2007 Louis Trichardt, LP (stabbed to death with a garden fork) media article Pieter de Lange (27) 17/...
“Farm Murders” 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 SAPS 2010/11 "official" figures: 71 Murders from 665 Attacks There are 89 Farm Attack Victims remembered in this project This figure includes 8 couples (farmer and wife) between 16/07/2010 - 16/12/2010 35 Victims were aged between 60 - 90 2010 April Jacobus Ludeke (76) 01/04/2010 Toise, near Stutterheim, EC (attacked and killed on h...
“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 There are 63 victims remembered in this project This figure includes 5 couples (farmer and wife) between 20/04/2014 - 12/01/2015 33 Victims were aged between 60 - 87 2014 April Lazlow Bercsényi (87) 12/04...