Issue :	#48
Date :	August 2007
Publisher :	Delyse Brown
e-Mail :	editor@genealogyworld.net
Back Issues:	Archive
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'GENEALOGY WORLD' - NEW ITEMS :
            Index on right hand side of page.

NEW GUEST BOOK:
Please note that as there has been difficulty with access to the previous GUEST BOOK, Genealogy World now has a new GUEST BOOK. If you have not received acknowledgement of your entry in the previous GUEST BOOK, please send your comment for inclusion in the new GUEST BOOK. We look forward to hearing from you!

FIRST to appear in our new GUEST BOOK ...
Sue Patterson, Thornlands, QLD, Australia.

NEW GELDERLAND: DUTCH SETTLERS TO NATAL 1858-1860:
A new section by Rosemary Dixon-Smith is a very welcome addition to the Natal Settlers.

MISSIONARIES:
Eighty Years through Peace and War by Mabel Hunt RRC is an account concerning Mabel Hunt (1875-1969) and her time as a missionary and lay worker in South Africa from 1929-1939. This has been lightly edited by her great niece, Penelope Wilkins. Many of you will enjoy reading of Mabel's experiences.

1820 SETTLERS:
Sue Mackay has transcribed the following item:
CO53/2 National Archives, Kew, London - 1830 Extracts from South African Commercial Advertiser.

ANGLO-ZULU WAR:
Mo Jones informs us of the death of Ivor Emanuel one of the stars of the film 'Zulu'. See photograph and details.

OF SA MARITIME INTEREST:
Rosemary Dixon-Smith has written the following 2 articles:
'To guard this light from all eclipse': Lightkeeper ancestors in S Africa
Fatal Accident at the Bluff Lighthouse 1898

Rosemary informs us that 98 years ago, on 26 July 1909, the 'Waratah' sailed out of Durban harbour on her final tragic voyage. Do you have any connection with those on board? For the full story see www.genealogyworld.net/rose/waratah/waratah_a.html

David Larsen reminds us of the sensation created by the below arrival at the Point:
"Armistice Day is an anniversary of double interest to the Norwegian community in Natal, for it was on November 11, 1879, that the first Norwegian emigrants came to Port Natal. They arrived on the Debora(h), a small schooner of 92 tons capacity. It was a vessel of an uncommon type, known as the Galut."

ROBIN'S LISTS:
Rhodesian Treks - a list of people who participated in various Treks to what became Rhodesia - now appears.

GSSA Durban and Coastal Branch:
The 3rd Quarter of the GSSA Newsletter is now available.

BRICK WALL and MISSING PERSONS:
Please aid those who are adding queries to these two webpages.

Rosemary Dixon-Smith passes on useful URLs:
Birthdate calculator - http://www.progenealogists.com/birthfromdeath.htm
Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies UK - uploaded on the site are some of the essays entered for their recent Biography of an Ancestor competition, all of a very high standard and something for family historians to emulate! - www.ihgs.ac.uk

SCOTLANDS PEOPLE:
The following new features and indexes are now available online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

RCE Images now online:
RCE stands for Register of Corrected Entries and since 1965, Register of Corrections, Etc. These may include amendments to birth, marriage and death records made after the original event was recorded. Help on RCEs is found at
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=551&1314

Voucher Payment System:
You can order vouchers by post and pay for them by cheque or by credit card. Information is found at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=551&1277

Time Limit Extended Reminder:
Session time limit has been extended from seven days to ninety days. Further details are at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/faqs/questions/index.aspx?150

BURKE'S:
Burke's will be re-printing Burke's Irish Family Records (The Fifth Edition of Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland / first published in 1976) later in the year. The book will include a free searchable PDF (on CD-ROM) of the entire book and be available at the pre-publication price of GBP 79 plus postage and packing rising to GBP 149 plus postage and packing once the book is published. More details and ordering information will be released in September.

Burke's Landed Gentry of Scotland (2001) is now available online both in hardcopy and as an e-book from the Burke's Peerage Bookshop http://www.burkes-peerage-books.com.

Neil Bromley's The Royal Line of Succession is now available as a limited edition full colour print from the Burke's Peerage Online website http://www.burkes-peerage.net/store/Store-royalsuccession.aspx.
Please take a look online even if you don't want to buy the print ... it is a wonderful piece of art!

Snippet from Institute for Heraldic and Genealogical Studies:
Did You Know that in UK before 1882 a married woman could not make a will?
Until the Married Women’s Property Act was passed in 1882 everything a woman owned became the property of her husband on marriage. Although she could write a will, it had no validity in law unless the husband wished to honour it. It was only in 1893 with a further Act that married women gained complete control of their property. Unmarried women and widows were always free to make wills, and the wills of unmarried women are often of great interest as they usually tend to mention a far greater variety of relatives than the wills of people who have children to leave their goods to.

Prof. Floris van der Merwe

Prof. Floris van der Merwe of Stellenbosch University has published an English translation of his book on the Fillis Circus, originally published in Afrikaans in 2002. This scholarly illustrated history covers a fascinating era of the circus world, includes numerous pictures and well-referenced sources, plus index, and mentions other famous circuses such as Cooke's, Wirth's, Pagel's etc. Length about 200 pages.
Contact details: SEE PUBLICATIONS PAGE.

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