Issue :	February
Date :	2010
Publisher :	Delyse Brown
e-Mail :	editor@genealogyworld.net
Back Issues:	Archive
	http://www.genealogyworld.net/

Dear !*SUBSCRIBER*!,

GENEALOGY WORLD - NEW ITEMS :

NOTE:
Access ALL ITEMS from the Genealogy World Main Menu.

1820 SETTLERS:
Sue Mackay transcribes an item from CO53/9 at the National Archives, Kew, London:
1851 Extracts from South African Commercial Advertiser.

WEB SITE VISITORS WRITE:
Dirk Laurie submits his article entitled: The first Robert Naylor Laurie.

Carol Brammage, Editorial team, The Witness, writes as follows:
http://www.pmbhistory.co.za/
"The Witness newspaper will be launching a free Pietermaritzburg local history website in early February. The site will provide access to local community histories of Pietermaritzburg and its surrounding areas, including the cultural and social aspects of history. It will be a growing resource to which people in the local communities will be able to contribute. The site is hosted by the editorial team at The Witness.
We will also be providing links to related sites. Please would you let us know if it is in order for us to provide a link to the Genealogical World website."

Colin Pretorius draws attention to the following:
"Souvenir in Commemoration
of the Centenary of the 1820 Settlers of Albany"
This very interesting book is now available as an e-book from the http://www.cdbooks-r-us.com website.
Apart from the list of Settlers compiled by George Cory (complied from the original documents in the Cape Archives and London and Colonial lists) the book also contains quite a variety of contributions on the origins of the Settlers, their stories, the early history of Grahamstown & East London etc. A large number of photos and sketches are included as well. Another interesting inclusion is a section with of number of adverts of local companies in the 1920's.
The main sections of the books are as follows:
- Introduction;
- Grahamstown - George Cory;
- Notes on the Eastern Province in Pre-settler times - John Hewitt;
- The coming of hte 1820 Settlers - George Cory;
- John Mandy's story aboard the Nautilus, 1820;
- East London's early history;
- Scottish Emigrants - Thomas Pringle;
- Alphabetical list of the British Settlers of 1820 (George Cory);
- The Albany Settlement - John Ayliff;
- Notes from the diary of Harry Hastings;
- How Dick King saved Durban;
- 1820 Settlers and the freedom of the press;
The CD contains both an edited text-version of the book and an image-version - and naturally both are fully searchable.
More info is available on the www.cdbooks-r-us.com website.
Orders can be placed either by return email or via the online shopping cart.

Penny Graham informs us of the following information in the Phoenicia January Newsletter:
A warm welcome for Phoenicia in Richards Bay
"On Wednesday 27th January 2010 Phoenicia was greeted with a very warm welcome at Richards Bay. A convoy of 21 yachts came out to meet Phoenicia and back at the Zululand Yacht Club a party of journalists, television cameras, port officials and local supporters were ready to welcome the Phoenician Ship Expedition team to South Africa. The leg from Beira, Mozambique took a total of 11 days at sea and covered over 700 nautical miles. The team will have a week long break in port before setting off again towards the Cape of Good Hope.
Zululand Yacht Club hosts Phoenicia
The Zululand Yacht Club is the official host for Phoenicia in South Africa. Staff at the club have been preparing over the last month for Phoenicia's visit. ZYC will be sponsoring Phoenicia's berth in Richards Bay as well as hosting a press conference and a series of VIP visits to the ship. Expedition Leader Philip Beale is no stranger to the Zululand Yacht Club having visited in 2003 during The Borobudur Ship Expedition.
New crew members complete passage from Mozambique
In Mozambique 5 new crew members joined the Phoenicia and have now completed their first passage onboard the replica 6th Century BC ship.These new 5 members join the existing team of 6 core crew to make up a strong, experienced international team of sailors and adventurers.
If you are interested in being part of the Phoenicia crew on a forthcoming leg of the expedition please contact info@phoenicia.org.uk or telephone +44 (0)845 8698 441."

URLs OF INTEREST:
www.zyc.co.za
Zululand Yacht Club
------------------------
www.archives.org
Anne Clarkson remarks:
"I have just downloaded the "Natal Almanac and Register" for 1897 from an American site (www.archives.org), as well as "The Colony of Natal - an official handbook and railway guide" of 1895."
------------------------
http://www.pmbhistory.co.za/
Witness Pietermaritzburg local history website
------------------------

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

MOLE'S GENEALOGY BLOG :

http://www.molegenealogy.blogspot.com/

This is a blog by a South African with over 40 years' experience in family and local history research. As there are no boundaries in internet genealogy, posts include discussion on international research techniques as well as more regional topics such as finding ancestors who settled in South Africa. The author refers to case studies as well as her own ancestry research to illustrate themes encountered by all family historians. A facility is offered to site visitors who wish to post a comment.

Although all GENEALOGY WORLD information is easily accessible from the MAIN MENU - from time to time - we notice researchers being unaware of information we have available. Therefore please study the MAIN MENU carefully.

Search Here

Natal Passenger Lists

1820 Settlers Handbook

Anglo-Zulu War

Anglo-Boer War

Robin's Lists

Transcriptions by Ellen

Cape Marriages

Natal Marriages

Missionaries

Gifts - Shop Online