Issue :	#34
Date :	June 2006
Publisher :	Delyse Brown
e-Mail :	editor@genealogyworld.net
Back Issues:	Archive
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Hello !*FIRST_NAME*!,

'GENEALOGY WORLD' - NEW ITEMS :
            Index on right hand side of page.

I am pleased to say that you will notice that we have several new buttons for you to click on this month.

LISTS and MISCELLANEOUS:
Rosemary Dixon-Smith has written a section on MISSIONARIES for Genealogy World. This is a must read.

Rosemary's article on MISSIONARIES will be appearing in the October and November editions of FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE, following immediately on the August and September issues containing the Female Emigrants material.

PUBLICATIONS:
Books and articles (in Magazines) of S African interest published, and due to be published, is a new button appearing near the top of the Main Menu of the Home Page.

NATAL WITNESS:
Bernie Cramer has given permission for Natal Witness - Domestic Announcements to appear in the information available for Natal.

THE 1820 SETTLERS:
Settler Correspondence
A and B have now been transcribed by Sue Mackay and her team.

BERGTHEIL SETTLERS:
Some of you may be familiar with the Bergtheil Museum at Westville in the Durban area. Rosemary has just added a new section on these settlers.

MARBURG SETTLERS:
Rosemary now offers 'look-ups' for the section on Marburg Settlers. Recently a regular researcher at the LDS Family History Centre was delighted to find names that she was researching among these Settlers. Perhaps you will have the same good fortune!

ST HELENA:
A postcard has just been added.

ANGLO-BOER WAR:
Several interesting items are now available should anyone be researching this War:
Siege of Ladysmith: Brian Kaighin
Siege of Mafeking: Colin Walker
Anglo-Boer War Nurses
Ladysmith Cemetery Project, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
The Ladysmith Siege Museum Trust, a small volunteer organization, has started researching the historical town cemetery. Thousands of entries have been captured using old burial records, information on headstones and other documents in the Siege Museum.
The cemetery is a very interesting mixture of civilian graves and also military graves from the Anglo Zulu War, the Anglo Boer War, (Siege of Ladysmith), Bambatha Rebellion, and the two World Wars and is a poignant window on the past. Once the research phase has been completed refurbishing of the old cemetery and restoration of a select number of graves are planned. The Siege Museum Trust also holds a large volume of interesting family histories of pioneer families of this region compiled in the 1970's.
The final phase of the project will be publicising the research findings in hard copy and/or CD ROM
The project manager is Eugene Campher and the researcher is Vincent Horne.
We welcome enquiries and contributions.
Contact details
Ladysmith Cemetery Project
c/o Dr E N Campher, 16 White Rd, Ladysmith 3370, South Africa
Email: camphere@telkomsa.net
or
The Curator, Ladysmith Siege Museum: info@Ladysmith.co.za

BMD:
Adrian Rowe has updated the information avilable online via FreeBMD for our interest.

MISSING PERSONS:
It really is worth making known the names of people you are researching. We have had an excellent response to a Missing Persons query this week.

You will probably all remember I mentioned Patricia Glyn and her amazing walk in the footsteps of the ancestors! Her book is now published. I have a copy of this should anyone like to see it when next at the LDS Family History Centre in Durban. James Gifford, the brother of my great grandmother, accompanied the Glyn Party on their 1860s expedition.

To view book cover and description click on PUBLICATIONS in the Main Menu.

By PATRICIA GLYN

In 1863, English gentlemen Sir Richard George Glyn and his brother Robert came to Africa, lured to the continent by its big game and the astounding cascade that David Livingstone had recently 'discovered' and named The Victoria Falls. The brothers set off from Durban and, despite terrible trials, reached the Falls four and a half months later, becoming the fourth foreign party to do so. The men came close to dying of thirst, they got lost in the cruel Kalahari, they faced mutiny and abandonment by their staff, and they had close encounters with some of Africa's most dangerous animals.

Richard kept a diary about their extraordinary odyssey, a journal which inspired his and Robert's great-great-grand niece, Patricia Glyn, to shadow their expedition in 2005. But unlike her ancestors, Patricia did the journey entirely on foot. Accompanied by her little African dog, Tapiwa, this remarkable woman walked nearly 2 200 kilometres, following her forebears' route along the 19th-century wagon trails that once snaked along the great rivers of the sub-continent. Trudging through deep desert sand, battling through thick thornveld and walking unarmed in Big Five territory, she met Africa's gracious rural people, consorted with Zimbabwe's notorious 'war veterans' and sought out the descendants of the people who had helped Richard and Robert through their most trying times. Keeping strictly to the timetable set by Richard, she moved when his wagons moved, and stopped when they did - reaching the Falls on exactly the same day as her ancestors had, 142 years before her.

This is the story of two brave adventures told through two illuminating, interwoven diaries.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Patricia Glyn is a well-known South African broadcaster, having worked in radio and television for 15 years before moving out of studio in 2003 to concentrate on adventure journalism and professional speaking. She has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro twice, attempted Mount Aconcagua (the highest peak in the southern hemisphere), walked 500 kilometres from the lowest the highest points of Zimbabwe and canoed sections of some of Africa's big rivers. In 2003 she spent three months on an expedition to Mount Everest, reporting on the Discovery team's attempt to stand on top of the world. Her irreverent diary about life at Base Camp was later published as a popular book called "Off Peak."

SOME COMMENTS ABOUT 'FOOTING WITH SIR RICHARD'S GHOST'

'Patricia Glyn's book tells the story of a challenging trek through contemporary Africa, following the footsteps of her illustrious Victorian ancestor, Sir Richard Glyn. We see through her modern eyes the impact of the technological assault on our old continent and she leaves us elated at one moment and depressed the next. I was gripped from the first page and I believe this book to be a valuable addition to Africana literature.'
Ian Player, wilderness conservationist

'Think swashbuckling explorer and the image that comes to mind is usually pale and male. In this book Patricia Glyn breaks the mould and traipses through one more glass ceiling in her inimitable style: straight, sassy and vulnerable in parts. This woman's journey is a delightful read.'
Ferial Haffajee, Editor, Mail and Guardian

'Brysonesque, fascinatingly informative, dogged, quixotic, brave. This is a remarkable book about a remarkable journey by a remarkable person. I don't know which I admire more - the pilgrimage itself, or the way it is written up.'
Tim Couzens, award-winning author

'This is a very powerful woman - so powerful that she could become a sangoma.'
Makhosi Mthembu, sangoma

'We 21st-century humans are so far removed from the real 'what is'. Out there in the wilderness, Patricia lived it, touched on it and was touched by it. While we carried on with our silly lives, she struggled with God and the elements and herself. When we stop and think about what she completed, we are utterly moved by the majesty of her reality and the hope new vision brings.'
Sir Richard Lindsay Glyn, 10th baronet of Ewell and 7th of Gaunts, great grandson of Sir Richard George Glyn

TO ORDER COPIES OF THIS BOOK:

Contact: Patricia Glyn at (+27) 082 881 8550 or
patriciaglyn@wol.co.za

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