Issue :	December
Date :	2009
Publisher :	Delyse Brown
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I would like to send my best wishes to all of you for the Festive Season.

A great deal of thanks goes to those of you that contribute transcriptions, articles, photographs, and various other items to GENEALOGY WORLD each year. Without all of you there would be no website. Thank you for your enthusiasm and support.

As we approach the holiday season, and many of you may travel to see family now living overseas, it is best to be aware of the following details:

IHGS newsletter highlights the TNA changes:

Changes to Opening Hours at the National Archives
The National Archives at Kew will be closed for annual stocktaking from 4th December to 7th December. Over Christmas and the New Year, it will be closed from 24th December to 28th December 2009 and from 1st January to 2nd January 2010.

From 4th January The National Archives will be open Tuesday to Saturday only, with opening hours and document ordering times of Wednesday, Friday and Saturday opening hours 9am-5pm (document ordering 9am-4.15pm); Thursday 9am-7pm (document ordering 9am-5pm).
A campaign to challenge these proposals has begun
... find out more by visiting www.action4archives.com

City of London Parish Records
For those of you keen to refer to the originals of these documents, which have now been digitised and indexed on Ancestry, they have been moved from the Guildhall Library to the London Metropolitan Archives while refurbishment takes place. More information can be found via the following link (PDF)
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/RenewingGuildhallLibraryNo3.pdf

ANNE's TRANSCRIPTIONS:
The following item has been transcribed by Anne Clarkson:
Anglican baptisms at Keiskama Hoek, 1882 - 1899
Cory Library, Grahamstown, MS 19 154

OF MARITIME INTEREST:
Rosemary Dixon-Smith writes an interesting article entitled Sidney Turner.
I particularly like the below statement!
"Being entirely dependent on ourselves for doctoring, I often wish I had a good family medical work, also one with simple operations that could be managed by anyone who knows nothing of surgery ...".
Do-It-Yourself Surgery does not sound like something to be relished!

NATAL NUGGETS:
Thirty Postcards of early Natal (scanned for Pat Frykberg) are supplied by Lynn MacLeod. Take the time to look at the charming early scenes.

URL OF INTEREST:
http://garyschei.tripod.com/id9.html
This URL has some very interesting early (and later) postcards of Durban.

BRICK WALL and MISSING PERSONS:
A reminder to check these pages from time to time in case you are able to help other researchers.

DURBAN FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE:

Retirement

As most of you will know, after 9 years of service Jenny Harries, who has been the Director of the Durban Family History Centre, has decided to retire. She is known to many of you personally when you visited the FHC or attended the Family History Fairs she organised.

Jenny will be sorely missed as she has worked tirelessly over the years to nurture the pursuit of family history research. We all have a lot to thank her for - therefore I sent her the following message:

"A BIG thank you for all you did over the years at the FHC - it was a huge task and not many would want to take it on. It was wonderful to be part of a happy team - each managing to contribute his or her research experience to the whole in a pleasant and harmonious atmosphere - and apart from some of the wonderful research discoveries we all made, this enabling good rich and rewarding friendships to emerge from the mutual contact."

We would like to wish Jenny and Graham happiness in their new home and many enjoyable retirement years ahead.

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