Issue :	#49
Date :	September 2007
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.

Request from Rosemary Dixon-Smith:
PLEASE VOTE IN THE POLL
- whether digital cameras should be allowed at archives ? -
The link is:
http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/Archive%20Poster2.htm

Two new sections are being introduced into the Main Menu this month:
1. Photographic Restoration (see Lists and Miscellaneous)
Are your family photographs faded, worn, damaged or blemished? Have them digitally restored ...
To do so you will now be able to enlist the aid of accomplished artist, Hartmut Jager. Please contact  Hartmut  directly by e-mail and DO NOT SEND photographs to Genealogy World.
2. Military Matters (see SA Wars)
- for items not appearing in the Anglo-Boer and Anglo-Zulu Wars.

NATAL MARRIAGE INDEX PROJECT:
Adrian Rowe has updated the NMIP summary of transcriptions. This endeavour is proving extremely useful and Adrian and his team of transcribers deserve an enormous thank you!

ANGLO-ZULU WAR:
A new item is now appearing in this section entitled:
The Old Fort at Durban detailing the occupation of the barracks by various regiments over the years.

NATAL PASSENGER LISTS:
Thanks to Judy Letard for supplying the information, and to Rosemary Dixon-Smith for the transcriptions, we now have 2 new Natal Passenger Lists:
1854 - Arrival of Various Shipping
1858 - Arrival of Various Shipping.

1820 SETTLERS:
Sue Mackay has recently transcribed the following CO53/2 National Archives, Kew, London items:
- 1831 Extracts from South African Commercial Advertiser
- 1832 Extracts from South African Commercial Advertiser.
One Genealogy World Newsletter subscriber tells me he is thrilled with information he has recently found in the 1831 SACA.

MISSIONARIES:
New biography of James Laing (1803-1872) has now been added to the Missionaries.

GUEST BOOK:
Many thanks to those of you who have sent in comments for our new GUEST BOOK. We enjoy hearing from you!

BRICK WALL and MISSING PERSONS:
A moment of humour! A Brick Wall entry to tickle the Funny Bone.
Please aid those who are adding queries to these two webpages.

Tombi Peck sends the following useful information regarding URLs:
New as of 18 January 2007 - Millions of brides from GEDCOM files published on other web sites, in alphabetical order, 1000 per page. This can help you in a "brick wall" situation, to learn where an ancestor's sister went.
http://gedcomindex.com/Towns/za1617.html
http://gedcomindex.com/Countries/za.html

Alastair Honeybun has found the following URL
(very useful St Helena Records site):
The British Museum has made available on line their
East India Biographical card index at http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/

Judy Letard draws our attention to the following URLs
(websites on British Families in India):
WWW.BACSA.ORG.UK
(You can also Click on LINKS which will take you to the following sites)
BACSA Archives in the British Library Catalogue available on-line in the private papers section (shelf mark Mss Eur F370)
http://www.bl.uk
Indian Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions from Indian and Pakistani Cemeteries
http://www.indian-cemeteries.org
Cathy Day's website
The definitive family history in India web site
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/
The Families in British India Society
FIBIS have a searchable database of East India Company and India Office records
http://www.fibis.org
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Records of Commonwealth soldiers who died in the First and Second World Wars
http://www.cwgc.org
Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol
http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk
Koi-hai Directory
A lively newsletter for mainly tea people and planters who served in north east India and Assam, and they do carry articles about graves on tea estates
http://www.koi-hai.com

New WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? Magazine
The BBC is to launch a monthly Who Do You Think You Are? magazine to coincide with the new fourth series which starts on BBC One. The magazine will have its own website and every issue will have a cover mounted DVD or CD.

URL to note:
If you haven't yet, check out the new DNA site at:
www.dna.ancestry.com

Adrian Rowe would like to draw your attention to the following:
Another 10 years of passenger lists have been added to www.findmypast.com and now include the years 1890 to 1929. They have now transcribed 15,749,960 passengers leaving the UK for various destinations including South Africa.

195 million fully indexed names from the British phone book collection, 1880 to 1984, are now online at www.ancestry.co.uk.

For those readers interested in Non-conformist ancestors, on 14 Sept 2007 a new website, www.BMDRegisters.co.uk will be launched. It boasts "millions of records" from as early as 1567 to 1837 and includes births and baptisms, deaths and burials and also marriages. The work has been carried out by S & N Genealogy Supplies in conjunction with The National Archives. Credits may be purchased online.

South African readers may be interested to know that we can have our DNA tested locally and receive a three page report of the results. These results are checked against local and international databases to ascertain the areas where ons DNA is most prevalent. The cost is R1200 for males and R800 for females, and the package will be posted to us, with instructions. After taking the swab it is returned either by post or courier to the MRC/NHLS/Wits Human Genomic Diversity and Disease Research Unit (HGDDRU) in Johannesburg, and the results can be expected in about 6 to 8 weeks. Payment can only be made by cash or cheque and should be included when returning ones swab. Unfortunately they do not at present have facilities to deposit into their bank account. If interested, you may order the kit and further info may be obtained from Pareen at pareen.patel@nhls.ac.za.

Jenny Harries would like to make known the following:
(from an article in the Ensign Magazine):

FAMILYSEARCH INDEXING: Through FamilySearch indexing, you can become part of a worldwide effort to index the names found on 2,4 million rolls of microfilm and make them freely accessible on the Internet.

WHAT RECORDS ARE BEING INDEXED? Since 1894, when the Genealogical Society of Utah was established, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has gathered genealogical records to help members research their own family history. The Granite Mountain Records Vault in the mountainside above Salt Lake City now contains nearly two and a half million microfilms from 110 countries and principalities. Very little of the information contained in these films is available online. FamilySearch indexing creates indexes to this information and makes it available to everyone on the Internet.

Records containing information about your own ancestors are probably included in this vast collection of unindexed microfilms. FamilySearch indexing will make it possible for you to find your ancestors'names on the Internet through easily searchable electronic databases.

HOW DOES IT WORK? Anyone interested in helping with family history is invited to be a volunteer indexer. You can begin indexing right away. Go to the FamilySearchIndexing.org Web site and click "Volunteer". Then follow the instructions to install the program onto your computer. You can work when you want to, at your own speed, and you can even choose which records you would like to index.

The FamilySearch indexing software was designed for busy people who have only short blocks of time to devote to family history work. Each batch consists of up to 50 records that you can download using your home computer or a computer at a family history centre. Usually, a batch takes only 30 minutes to index, but you have a week to finish it. There is no paperwork to keep track of, and the program remembers what you have done so you can stop when you need to and start again where you left off. The nice thing about FamilySearch indexing is that you can go at your own pace, and many people from many countries and many walks of life are participating in this worthwhile cause and enjoying the experience. Why not give it a try?
The Website is: www.familysearchindexing.org.

By Allan Jackson

Facts About Durban arrived quietly on the scene in mid-2003 at a time when there was very little in the way of printed material on Durban available to inform locals and tourists about the history of the city. There had been a number of books over the years, but all of them had been long out of print when Allan Jackson decided to try his hand at putting together a book containing interesting historical and current facts about the city.

Facts About Durban does not pretend to be a comprehensive history of the city but it is a good starting point for finding out how it grew from a tiny settlement on the shores of the bay, into the powerhouse of today. The author hopes that the new edition will continue to add value to life of the city.
This book is now available in the Bookstores.
Contact details: SEE Publications of South African Interest - Page 2.

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