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'GENEALOGY WORLD' NEW ITEMS :
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WEB SITE VIEWERS WRITE: 2 new items
ANGLO-BOER WAR: 2 new articles
NATAL: 3 new School Honour Rolls
SA INTEREST: 2 new URLs
This month those interested in the Anglo-Boer War will find 'Natal Mounted Rifles - Besieged in Ladysmith" and 'Border Mounted Rifles' added to this section by Rosemary Dixon-Smith.
You will find two new items submitted by Becky Horne in 'Web Site Viewers Write'. The first being: 'Police Memorials'.
Knowing of my interest, my father having been a sheep farmer, Becky Horne has very kindly also submitted 'Sheep Farming'.
Becky tells us about merino farming:
Fine-wool farming was introduced by the Settlers DANIELL and WHITE, and was the forerunner of Uitenhage's present woolwashing industry. There were at one stage 11 large woolwashiers lining the banks of the Zwartkops River.
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/S/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH+2003+14695074988+F
Below is another URL to add to your growing list of useful sites:
Roots Chat
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=291.0
Note that this specific link takes you immediately to the section of RootsChat of which Ruth Archer is Moderator i.e. Emigrants to South Africa (which is one of many sections under RootsChat general site).
Brian Dix has obtained further School Honour Rolls to add to our growing list of information regarding Natal Schools. This month Archivist, Mr Sneddon, has kindly supplied the following schools:
Kearsney College - World War 2 - Honour Roll
St Henry's (Marist Brothers Durban) - World War 2 - Honour Roll
Mansfield Road Boys School - World War 1 and Korea - Honour Roll
For those of you in easy reach of Durban, you might like to add the following forthcoming event to your diary:
FAMILY HISTORY FAIR
Heritage Day 24 September 2005 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Family History Centre, Montgomery Lane, Off 144 Silverton Road, Berea, Durban
... Free Entry
That's all for now,
Kind regards,
Delyse Brown
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