South African Researcher
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Professional genealogist & writer of little remembered history. I’ve been tracing my roots, & those of clients, for over 40 years. I uncover the past, one ancestor at a time. https://southafricanresearcher.com/
Who was the real Sarie Marais? southafricanresearcher.com/the-history-...
THE HISTORY BEHIND THE SARIE MARAIS FOLK SONG
"Sarie Marais' is a traditional South African folk song, created during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). In 1901 or 1902, in a farmhouse near Vryheid or Utrecht, soldiers of General Louis BOTHA's comma...
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December 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Who was the real Sarie Marais? southafricanresearcher.com/the-history-...
22 December 1882 - advert for the first string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas EDISON.
December 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
22 December 1882 - advert for the first string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas EDISON.
Jane Austen school librarian discovers family link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jane Austen school librarian in Reading discovers family link - BBC News
Joanne Wenman works at The Abbey School in Reading, which was named in memory of Austen.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Jane Austen school librarian discovers family link: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Holocaust escape story leads to global family reunion: www.sajr.co.za/holocaust-es...
Holocaust escape story leads to global family reunion
As a little girl born in Offenburg Germany, Renata Haberer, who later became known as Renee Krauss of Chicago, miraculously escaped the Holocaust with her sister as a result of their father’s ingenuit...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Holocaust escape story leads to global family reunion: www.sajr.co.za/holocaust-es...
#SouthAfrica's first professional female #journalist was Maria Elizabeth HART. She was born on 03 April 1857 at Hartfield, Queenstown district, the daughter of Hester Isabella POHL (1834-1909) and William Adrian HART (1932-1888). #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
South African Researcher - Family History & Heritage
A COUPLE OF JOURNALISTS
South Africa's first professional female journalist was Maria Elizabeth HART. She was born on 03 April 1857 at Hartfield, Queenstown district, the daughter of Hester Isabella.....
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December 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
#SouthAfrica's first professional female #journalist was Maria Elizabeth HART. She was born on 03 April 1857 at Hartfield, Queenstown district, the daughter of Hester Isabella POHL (1834-1909) and William Adrian HART (1932-1888). #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
Take a trip down memory lane if you remember #roadhouses, highways and #aircraft on the roof: southafricanresearcher.com/memories-of-... #Aviation #Genealogy #Johannesburg
Memories of historical aircraft on the roof
Vic's Viking Garage In 1957, Trek Airways introduced Skymaster aircraft, and three of its Viking aircraft became redundant: ZS-DKH (c/n 121), ZS-DKI (c/n 124), named Louis Trichardt, and ZS-DNU (c/n 1...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Take a trip down memory lane if you remember #roadhouses, highways and #aircraft on the roof: southafricanresearcher.com/memories-of-... #Aviation #Genealogy #Johannesburg
Tourists stepping off cruise ships in Nelson Mandela Bay are being treated to a rare glimpse of the area’s history, visiting the historic Main Library, which has been closed to the public for more than a decade. Local residents are tagging along: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/crui...
Cruise ships bring life back to Gothic library in Gqeberha | Daily Maverick
Tourists stepping off cruise ships in Nelson Mandela Bay are being treated to a rare glimpse of the area’s history, visiting the historic Main Library, which has been closed to the public for more tha...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Tourists stepping off cruise ships in Nelson Mandela Bay are being treated to a rare glimpse of the area’s history, visiting the historic Main Library, which has been closed to the public for more than a decade. Local residents are tagging along: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/crui...
Solve a #mystery: Charlotte HENDERSON was born on 31 March 1936. In 1955, she left the Transvaal & boarded the Winchester Castle in Durban. She arrived in Southampton, England, on 18 March 1955. She gave her address as Queen's Secretarial College in Queensbury Park. #WRAF #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Solve a #mystery: Charlotte HENDERSON was born on 31 March 1936. In 1955, she left the Transvaal & boarded the Winchester Castle in Durban. She arrived in Southampton, England, on 18 March 1955. She gave her address as Queen's Secretarial College in Queensbury Park. #WRAF #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
The DUCKITT family from #Esher, #Surrey, England, to #SouthAfrica: southafricanresearcher.com/waylands-far... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
Waylands Farm and the Duckitt Family Legacy
FIRE AT WAYLANDS FARM A wildfire destroyed a treasure trove of historical assets and documents belonging to the DUCKITT family of Waylands farm in the Darling district on Monday, 01 December 2025. A v...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The DUCKITT family from #Esher, #Surrey, England, to #SouthAfrica: southafricanresearcher.com/waylands-far... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
Three orphans from #SouthAfrica to #SantaMonica in 1922: www.facebook.com/SouthAfrican... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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The children of William Wilfred BIRD (1869-1919) and Ethel May HOSKEN (1875-1921) of Tregenna, Erin Road, Rondebosch, circa 1917:
1) Geoffrey Wilfred BIRD was born on 23 June 1906 in Rondebosch. Not....
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December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Three orphans from #SouthAfrica to #SantaMonica in 1922: www.facebook.com/SouthAfrican... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
"Windvogel en Cupido: Die herkoms en beteining van Nederlandsklinkende Khoisan-vanne in Suid-Afrika" is about the origins of Dutch-sounding #Khoisan #surnames in South Africa: www.facebook.com/SouthAfrican...
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Windvogel en Cupido: Die herkoms en beteining van Nederlandsklinkende Khoisan-vanne in Suid-Afrika" is about the origins of Dutch-sounding #Khoisan #surnames in South Africa: www.facebook.com/SouthAfrican...
Next time you visit #Steenberg #Wine Farm or drink a glass of Steenberg wine, impress them with your knowledge: www.facebook.com/SouthAfrican...
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Next time you visit #Steenberg #Wine Farm or drink a glass of Steenberg wine, impress them with your knowledge: www.facebook.com/SouthAfrican...
#Calgary genealogy society working to uncover secrets of thrift store mystery box. Research reveals stories of #WWII Air Force squadron members and more: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Calgary genealogy society working to uncover secrets of thrift store mystery box | CBC News
A photograph from a telegraphers union meeting. An Italian restaurant menu from Toronto. A newspaper clipping covering a graduating class of Royal Canadian Air Force engineers. What do all those have ...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#Calgary genealogy society working to uncover secrets of thrift store mystery box. Research reveals stories of #WWII Air Force squadron members and more: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The state and frustration of dealing with estate / #probate files in #SouthAfrica. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
South African Researcher - Family History & Heritage
WHY CAN'T WE GET ESTATE FILES FROM THE MASTER'S OFFICES?
Lawyers say the Master’s Office is causing months, even years-long, delays for crucial legal administrative procedures that should take weeks.....
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November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The state and frustration of dealing with estate / #probate files in #SouthAfrica. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
The Eastern Cape’s historic Clarkson Moravian Church in the Kou-Kamma Municipality, classified as a provincial heritage site dating to 1840, lies in ruins after a devastating veld fire swept through the church, destroying an irreplaceable cultural treasure: novanews.co.za/historic-cla...
WATCH | Historic Clarkson Moravian Church gutted in devastating fire
A veld fire tragically destroys the historic Clarkson Moravian Church, a cultural treasure dating back to 1840.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Eastern Cape’s historic Clarkson Moravian Church in the Kou-Kamma Municipality, classified as a provincial heritage site dating to 1840, lies in ruins after a devastating veld fire swept through the church, destroying an irreplaceable cultural treasure: novanews.co.za/historic-cla...
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Excellent piece by The Quantum Record on #AI and photo regeneration that cites Coalition for Responsible AI in Genealogy photo policy. #craigen #quantumrecord #artificialintelligence
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Genealogists Warn that AI Image Generators Threaten Historical Records - The Quantum Record
AI is useful for piecing together fragmented historical records, but genealogists warn that image generators distort old and damaged photos.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Excellent piece by The Quantum Record on #AI and photo regeneration that cites Coalition for Responsible AI in Genealogy photo policy. #craigen #quantumrecord #artificialintelligence
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Thomas Francois BURGERS married Mary BRYSON in #London in 1858 and then settled back in #SouthAfrica.
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South African Researcher - Family History & Heritage
FROM PRESIDENT TO POVERTY
Thomas Francois BURGERS was born on 15 April 1834 on the farm Langfontein in the Camdeboo district of Graaff-Reinet, to Barend Jacobus BURGERS (1775-1845) and his third...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Thomas Francois BURGERS married Mary BRYSON in #London in 1858 and then settled back in #SouthAfrica.
www.facebook.com/SouthAfrican... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
www.facebook.com/SouthAfrican... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
The world's first pop star: why did women go gaga for pianist Franz Liszt? theconversation.com/lisztomania-...
Lisztomania: why did women go gaga for 19th century pianist Franz Liszt?
‘He is the sovereign master of his piano; he knows all its resources; he makes it speak, moan, cry, and roar under fingers of steel,’ wrote one critic at the time.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The world's first pop star: why did women go gaga for pianist Franz Liszt? theconversation.com/lisztomania-...
#SouthAfrica launches portal to restore #citizenship to #expats:
www.businessday.co.za/news/2025-11...
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SA launches portal to restore citizenship to expats
Those stripped unconstitutionally can now rectify the matter digitally
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November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#SouthAfrica launches portal to restore #citizenship to #expats:
www.businessday.co.za/news/2025-11...
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OBITUARY: FORMER MISS SOUTH AFRICA NORMA FOSTER
Norma Jeanette VORSTER was born on 15 September 1937 in East London. She died on 22 November 2025. #MissSouthAfrica
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Norma Jeanette VORSTER was born on 15 September 1937 in East London. She died on 22 November 2025. #MissSouthAfrica
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OBITUARY: FORMER MISS SOUTH AFRICA NORMA FOSTER
Norma Jeanette VORSTER was born on 15 September 1937 in East London. She died on 22 November 2025.
She was the daughter of Stephanus Jacobus VORSTER...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
OBITUARY: FORMER MISS SOUTH AFRICA NORMA FOSTER
Norma Jeanette VORSTER was born on 15 September 1937 in East London. She died on 22 November 2025. #MissSouthAfrica
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Norma Jeanette VORSTER was born on 15 September 1937 in East London. She died on 22 November 2025. #MissSouthAfrica
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Indian government expands Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card eligibility to 5th, 6th, and 7th generations of South African descendants: sundaytribune.co.za/news/2025-11...
Indian government expands OCI card eligibility to 5th, 6th, and 7th generations of South African descendants
The Indian government has broadened the eligibility for Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cards to include descendants of the fifth to seventh generations of Indian migrants in South Africa.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Indian government expands Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card eligibility to 5th, 6th, and 7th generations of South African descendants: sundaytribune.co.za/news/2025-11...
A beautiful, and sad, tribute. A family from Cleckheaton, West #Yorkshire that moved to Namibia and then South Africa: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
For my sister Pat, the golden-haired girl we lost long before she left
I loved my sister and our lives together, while hating what dementia did to her. This is my personal reflection of life with my sister Pat Jackman (Kuhn) who died on 3 November.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A beautiful, and sad, tribute. A family from Cleckheaton, West #Yorkshire that moved to Namibia and then South Africa: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
The UK's memorial: www.nationalcovidmemorialwall.org
National Covid Memorial Wall
The National Covid Memorial Wall in London is a visual representation of the UK's catastrophic loss to Covid-19. The Wall stretches for 500 metres alongside the River Thames, directly opposite the Hou...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The UK's memorial: www.nationalcovidmemorialwall.org
The Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital is located in #Johannesburg. The hospital was built in 1895 & was initially known as the #Rietfontein Lazaretto: southafricanresearcher.com/sizwe-tropic...
Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital: A Historical Overview
The Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital is located between Club Street, the N3 highway and Modderfontein Road in Johannesburg. The hospital was built in 1895 and was initially known as the Rietfontein Laz...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital is located in #Johannesburg. The hospital was built in 1895 & was initially known as the #Rietfontein Lazaretto: southafricanresearcher.com/sizwe-tropic...