Issue :	#62
Date :	October 2008
Publisher :	Delyse Brown
e-Mail :	editor@genealogyworld.net
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'GENEALOGY WORLD' - NEW ITEMS :
            Index on right hand side of page.

According to the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies www.ihgs.ac.uk
LMA and Guildhall to be Digitised
Ancestry has announced plans to index and scan London’s Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Library collections over the next few years. From 1530s to two years ago, the records include those of schools, parishes, the Poor Law, wills and people awarded the Freedom of the City, with digitising priority given to the first three. However, it should be remembered that some of these records have already been digitised at www.originsnetwork.com, although work is ongoing.

WEB SITE VISITORS WRITE:
Michelle Gillmore includes her interesting account of
The Story of the Oberems - one of the Kaffraria German families.
This is well illustrated with photographs.

1820 SETTLERS:
Sue Mackay transcribes a further item from CO53/5 at the National Archives, Kew, London:
Extracts from South African Commercial Advertiser 1839.

Jennifer Lloyd has (with permission from William Jervois of the Cory Library) sent us her transcription of:
Rough Outlines of the Life of a British Settler of 1820.
This will be of great interest to those researching the 1820 Settlers and the Dyason family in particular.

PUBLICATIONS PAGE:
Kris Wheatley informs us that Volume 6 of her Legacy series is now available. Details on Page 1.

On Page 2 of this section is a review of:
Big Bend - A History of the Swaziland Bushveld -
a new book by Peter J Gosnell.

Also to be found on Page 2 - details of the following book.

Salt on the Sails:
150 Years of the Royal Natal Yacht Club by Dr Sally Frost

Book Launch to be held on 31 October 2008 17h30 for 18h00 at Trafalgar Room, Royal Natal Yacht Club, Yacht Mole, Durban.

'Salt on the Sails': is the ideal Christmas gift for sailing enthusiasts, lovers of South African history, and collectors of Africana.

URLs OF INTEREST:
British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902
Offers searchable database of names of those held in British Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War/South African War and details of the camps at Aliwal North, Balmoral, Bethulie, Brandfort and Krugersdorp.
http://media1.mweb.co.za/bccdb/default.asp

ST HELENA:
Saints in South Africa
St Helena Island Descendants Living in South Africa (SIDISA) is an organisation started by Merle Martin of Kirstenhof in the last three years. She aspires to document the history of the Cape coloured people whose ancestral lineage can be traced back to St Helena Island, because there is so little published about this topic.
Ms Martin says: 'There is a definite link between coloured people and St Helena. My aim is to get people to come and tell us their stories. I was always interested in searching my family tree. I've heard so many people say they have ancestors from the island. My paternal grandmother was from the island.'
She has a list of people who claim to be linked to the St Helena bloodline. Many St Helenians came to the Cape shortly after the abolition of the slave trade 1832 because there was a shortage of labour. Between 1873 and 1884 the Cape government shipped 22 232 St Helenian immigrants to the colony which led to the establishment of the Emigrants Advice Office in London in 1887 through which financial support was given by the government to employers of artisans and domestic labour. The newcomers moved into relatively empty areas east of the city, namely District Six and Woodstock, which became overcrowded before the turn of the 19th c.
Anyone wishing to know more can contact Ms Martin by email:
saint.helena.island@gmail.com or phone 021 701 8422.
Information supplied by Mogamat Kamedien PRO for the Cape Family (History & Heritage) Research Forum.
kammie@new.co.za
http://batavia.polresearch.org/slavery/

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