Issue :	March
Date :	2010
Publisher :	Delyse Brown
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FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE:
The Durban Family History Centre will no longer be open on the last Saturday of the month. Please note that the last Saturday of the month and Thursday evening bookings are now by appointment ONLY.

ANNE's TRANSCRIPTIONS:
Anne Clarkson adds the following transcription to her lists:
Marriages performed by the resident magistrate of King Williams Town 1928-1930 (Western Cape Archives 1/KWT 8/2/1/9).

OF MARITIME INTEREST:
Rosemary Dixon-Smith's reminds us:
158 years ago, 26 February 1852, the Birkenhead, a British troopship commanded by Captain Robert Salmond, was wrecked off Danger Point, Cape, while on a voyage from Simon's Town to Algoa Bay and East London.

GSSA:
Durban and Coastal Branch Newsletter (Volume 26 Issue 1/2010)
The 1st Quarter GSSA Newsletter is now available.

Lynn MacLeod mentions an interesting book:
Traders and Trading Stations of the Central & Southern Transkei
by Michael Charles Thompson.
It is a hardcover available at mathaga@lantic.net

BREAKING NEWS:
Shelagh Spencer to be Awarded Honorary PHD
by the University of KwaZulu-Natal
Mrs Spencer will be presenting the Graduation Address at the Arts and Social Science Graduation in Pietermaritzburg on the 17th of April 2010.
About Shelagh O'Byrne Spencer's work
Since the 1960s historian Shelagh O'Byrne Spencer has been compiling biographies of the first wave of British settlers (the term 'British' encompasses English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh).
Her project covers the approximately 2800 settlers that came to Natal, South Africa between 1824 and 1857.
The reason why the research stops at 1857 is that a new wave of immigration began in that year and 1857 functions as a cut off point between the original settlers and the next group to arrive.
Today Mrs Spencer has published seven volumes of these biographies in the critically acclaimed series known as 'British Settlers in Natal 1824 - 1857: a Biographical Register'.
At present the register is published as a series of volumes organised alphabetically - 'Abbot to Ayres', 'Babbs to Bolton' and so forth. The most recent volume to be published is volume 7: Gadney to Guy.
Mrs Spencer looks at who the settlers were, where they came from, why they chose to emigrate, who they married and who their children were. Each entry consists of a biography of the head of the household (male or female) or persons emigrating alone.
This is followed, where applicable, by a list of children, with brief details of their careers, their dates and places of birth, marriage and death and the places of birth and death of their spouses. Finally, there is a source list for each entry.
To date 1057 biographies have been published.
Every volume after the first contains an Addenda and Corrigenda section where additions or corrections to biographies already published are included.

Penny Graham sends the Phoenicia February 2010 newsletter update:
Braving the Cape!
We are coming up to a crucial part of the expedition within the next week and attempting to navigate one of the worlds most dangerous stretches of coastline; the Cape of Good Hope. Find below a brief update from the expedition team as we prepare for this passage. Please keep your eyes on www.phoenicia.org.uk over the next few days for updates on our progress during this exciting part of the voyage.
A South African Adventure for the Phoenicia team
We sailed into our first South African port, Richards Bay, at the end of January and had a wonderful welcome from a convoy of local yachts, press and public. Since Richards Bay we have called at Durban, East London and our current position Port Elizabeth. At each port we have been overwhelmed by the generosity of the local yacht clubs (Zululand Yacht Club, The Point, East London and Algoa Bay) who have organised welcome flotillas, press conferences, accommodation, dinners, parties and even safari trips for the crew! We have featured on 3 national television channels in South Africa and made the headlines in many of the major newspapers so Phoenicia is really making an impact which will only increase as we reach Cape Town.
Re-tracing Phoenician History
Phoenicia is attempting to illustrate that 2000 years before the European, Bartholomew Diaz, rounded the Cape of Good Hope the Phoenicians had already achieved a circumnavigation of Africa. As such the expedition is attempting to put African history in its true context by retracing the route around Africa in a replica Phoenician Ship. One of the latest crew members, Karim Khwanda from Syria, describes his thoughts on his ancient Phoenician ancestors: "Sailing and sleeping on the ship, and after getting a taste of some of the challenges and hardships involved, I can't get over the courage and resolve that these ancient mariners must have had to do this- to sail into the unknown, with no guarantees, in search of new lands, opportunities, contacts...adventure!"
Get Involved in the Phoenicia Adventure!
Remember that those of you following our progress from the comfort of your office, home or school that there are plenty of ways that you can interact with the expedition and be part of the adventure. Here are just a few ideas for you:
1. Apply to join the crew for a forthcoming leg
2. Download the Phoenicia Education Modules
3. Send your message to the crew
4. Add the website to your favourites and keep an eye on our progress
www.phoenicia.org.uk

URLs OF INTEREST:
Shelagh O'Byrne Spencer's website
www.shelaghspencer.org/
See BREAKING NEWS above.
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Faces Of America
http://www.geneabloggers.com/tag/faces-of-america/
Covering several people's family history, or highlights from each, in one episode.
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http://www.pmbhistory.co.za/?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=18
A useful article re British military involvement in Natal and a list of garrison regiments at Fort Napier 1843-1914.
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CHANGE OF URL
Joachim Schubert's Passenger Lists Hamburg to South Africa
www.safrika.org
Note this is for Ships from Hamburg bringing Germans to SA in the second half of the 19th c. Some of the ships went directly to Cape Town and others to Kaffraria, some to ports such as Port Elizabeth, East London and Natal. The above URL only takes one to the section on Ships from Hamburg. Joachim's 'German South African Resource' page is at www.safrika.org Densely packed information of great interest to anyone with German SA ancestry.
See SPOTLIGHT below.
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BRICK WALL and MISSING PERSONS:
A reminder to check these pages from time to time in case you are able to help other researchers.

Joachim Schubert's Passenger Lists Hamburg to South Africa:

http://www.safrika.org/

If you are looking for German immigrants, this is an excellent resource.
Joachim has the following
HEADINGS:
Germans in South Africa
Introduction
Early German Immigrants to the Cape
The Natal Germans
The Kaffraria Germans and their areas of settlement
The Philippi Germans
German Missionary Societies in Southern Africa
The Berlin Missionary Society
The Berlin Missionaries
The Hermannsburg Missionary Society
The Hermannsburg Missionaries
The Hermannsburg Mission Colonists
The Mission House Museum
The Moravian Mission
The Moravian Missionaries
The Rhenish Mission
The Rhenish Missionaries
Churches with German Origins in South Africa
Ev. Stadtmission
German Catholic Congregations
Lutheran Churches in Southern Africa
Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa (Cape)
Index of "The Centenary of the Synod 1895-1995"
Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa (Natal-Transvaal)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
Free Lutheran Churches in South Africa
Unions of Lutheran Churches in Southern Africa
Unity and Division among Lutherans in South Africa
Moravian Church in Southern Africa
German Genealogy in South Africa
General Genealogy in South Africa
German Genealogical Research in South Africa
Contact List for Genealogical Researchers
German South African Surnames
Passenger Lists Hamburg-South Africa
Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806
List of German Immigrants during the 19th Century
German residents in Cape Town in 1886
Index to "Germans in Kaffraria"
Past German colonies in Africa
German Societies and Institutions
Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg
Students and Teachers at Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg"
Deutsche Internationale Schule Johannesburg
Students and Teachers at Deutsche Internationale Schule

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