Volume 19 Issue 2/2003
We are very pleased to welcome the following new members who have recently joined us:
Mrs J. A. Crighton
Barbra J. Fabricius
Brian and Shirley Richardson
Debbie A. Ross
Mrs A.M. Quebbemann
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We wish you every success in your research.
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We have organised a visit to the Killie Campbell Collections and should all meet in the lower hall by 2.30pm. which is behind the museum (which will be closed anyway). We will be given a talk on the material available which will be of particular interests to all of us. Thereafter this we will be taken upstairs to the library and viewing rooms. In addition to this, information on their new website will be shared with us. Please note that we have been able to negotiate this informative event free of charge, which was not the case in the past, and we therefore appeal to our members to make the best use of this opportunity. To enable Killie Campbell to cater for their staffing needs please inform Cynthia McFerran (Secretary) by the latest the 5th June, if you are attending. We need your support in this generous offer, so please make every effort to be there! Obviously in the light of this event we will not be at the Family History Centre as well. We are indebted to Dale Peters (our octogenarian Annelise Peters, daughter - in - law) from Killie Campbell, for arranging this outing.
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Myelitis – Inflammation of the spine
Nervous prostration – Extreme exhaustion from inability to control physical and mental activities.
Paroxysm – Convulsion
Pemphigus – Skin disease of water blisters
Petechial Fever – Fever characterized by skin spotting
Puerperal exhaustion – Death due to child birth.
Phthiriasis – Lice infestation
Phthisis – Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis.
Podagra – Gout.
Pott’s disease – Tuberculosis of the spine.
Puking fever – Milk sickness
Putrid fever – Diphtheria.
Quinsy – Tonsillitis.
Remitting fever – Malaria.
Rose cold – Hay fever or nasal symptoms of an allergy.
Rotanny fever – Child’s disease
Sanguineous crust – Scab.
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Badgy fiddler – Boy trumpeter in the military.
Bagman – Travelling salesman
Bagniokeeper – In charge of a bath house or brothel.
Bairman/Bareman – Pauper or Beggar.
Balister – Archer most commonly a crossbowman.
Ballast Heaver – loaded ballast into the hold of empty ships.
Baller/Baller Up – Assisted the potter by measuring out the balls of clay.
Bal Maiden – Female mine worker who worked on the surface (also a Pit Brow Lass).
Band Filler – Metal worker in the gun making industry.
Bang Beggar - Officer of the parish who controlled the length of stay of any stranger to the parish.
Banker - Dug trenches and ditches to allow drainage
of the land, placing the surplus earth in the banks around the edge.
Barge Mate – Naval
officer.
Barkeeper –
Another name for a tollkeeper.
Barker – Tanner.
Bauer – Farmer.
Baxter – Baker.
Belhoste – Tavern
keeper.
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Joseph Baynes Pioneer - Pearse, R.O.
Kampkinders 1900-1902 - van Schoor, M C E
Kent - Church, R
Last of the Lotus Lands, The - Barlow, M
Lions and Virgins, Heraldic Symbols - Pama,C
Local Sources for the Young Historian - Dunning, R
London, A to Z - (Maps London)
Many Treks Made Rhodesia - Olivier, C P
Merriman of Grahamstown - Whilbley, P M
Mountains, Bullets and Blessing - Godbold, B
Nat. Directory Cornwall Dorset Devon Somerset & Wiltshire - Pigot & CO
One the Faith St Michael’s - Leith, M
Orkney Journeys - Wilson, J
Orkney Surnames - Lamb, G
Oxford Dictionary of English Names, The - Withycombe, E G
Pagel Story, The - Birkby, C
Philipps, 1820 Settler - Keppel-Jones, A (Ed)
Prisma van Heraldiek & Genealogie - Pama, C
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Jamestown 1891 Aliwal North/Dordrecht
Jansenville 1855 Uitenhage
Kaapstad 1665 see Cape Town
Kalk Bay 1905 Simonstown/Kalk Bay (Reunited with Simonstown 1941)
Kenhardt 1889 Carnarvon
Kimberley 1872 Before the establishment of the
congregation miners were
ministered
to by the ministers of the Cape Colony and the
OFS.
Klein Boetsap see Reivilo
Knysna 1851 George
Koeberg see
Philadelphia
Komga 1859 People in Kaffraria were visited by
ministers from Glen
Lynden,
Albany and Stockenström.
Kruisvallei 1843 Tulbagh (as a result of a schism).
Reunited with Tulbagh
in
1935.
Ladismith 1851 Swellendam/Riversdale
Lady Grey 1861 Aliwal North
Laingsburg 1883 Worcester/Sutherland/Prince Albert
Loxton 1899 Beaufort West/Carnarvon/Victoria West
Maclean (Macleantown) see Komga
Mafeking 1892 Vryburg
Malmesbury see
Swartland
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On Graham and Rona Bode’s recent trip to Australia they purchased a book entitled ‘A Guide to Ancestral Research in London’ written and compiled by Phillip B.Dunn (1987) which they have kindly donated to our library.
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This is a short note on recording your own favourite web site links and how to activate them. Also a short list of some of my own favourites which include sites that are themselves packed with links to other pages. I have written this note for MS Windows 98 and MS Internet Explorer 6 users so users of other configurations might have difficulty following which is unavoidable.
1. First you must be connected to the site for which you want to create a favourite link. If you are receiving this newsletter by e-mail you will be able to use the links listed below by simply clicking on them one at a time. Otherwise you will have to connect to the Internet and then type in the http:// address in the address bar which is usually the bottom line of the top section on your screen. Press Go and wait for the page to load. If you aren’t receiving this by e-mail but have an e-mail address then you can e-mail me at jaq.b@mweb.co.za and I will send you a zip file that contains these links so that you can then simply unzip them and transfer them into the favourites folder with Windows Explorer.
2. Once the page has appeared on your screen the next step is to save that page’s address as a favourite for future use. Click on the ‘Favourite’ icon which should be visible somewhere above the address bar. Your main screen will split in two and your interest now lies with the left hand section.
3. Click on ADD which will open another window where you will have the choice to save your link to the site you are at. You might have to click on ‘Create In’ to expand this window to its full size. I have personally chosen to first open a folder called ‘Genealogy’ within which I save all my genealogy links. I also have other folders for my other interests which makes for a nice order.
4. Your next step is to choose the folder within which to save this link by simply clicking once on the folders of your choice.
5. You must also give this link a name. You call simply accept the name that is placed in the Name Box or you can rename it to your choice which is often better because the name placed there is often to long or not really descriptive. Changing the name in this Name Box does not impact on the link address so it entirely safe to invent a name that will remind you best. Press OK and after this window has closed also close the left hand side of your screen.
6. In future you can revisit this site by clicking on your Start button at the bottom left of your screen, scroll up to Favourites and move sideways into the folder of your choice.
7. It is better to save and re-use your links in the manner described above rather than using the scroll-down option available in the address bar of your browser because that is by design only a short term option.
Some of my own
favourite links are these (but not in any order);
e-Family : http://www.e-family.co.za/
Research in South-Africa :
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/golden/researching_in_south_africa.htm
Search Engines :
Free Downloads from
Hopefully you will now be able to create a list of favourites of your own liking.
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Primary Research Sources – England (Cont. from Vol 18 Issue 4)
(This will apply to most countries)
10.VISITATIONS: VISITATIONS, HERALDIC
These records include coats of arms and visitation pedigrees. Including names, dates, places and relationships.
11. LAND RECORDS: LAND AND PROPERTY
These records will show land ownership and transfers, and you may also find dates addresses, occupations, names of heirs, relatives and neighbours
11.NEWSPAPERS
The obvious birth, death, marriage etc. as well as news items.
13.COURT RECORDS
Government records concerning civil matters of people who were defendants, plaintiffs,or witnesses. One could also find residence, occupation, physical description, family relationships, name of spouse and some death and marriage information.
14. FAMILY HISTORY – GENEALOGY
Records containing personal and family information gathered by researchers, societies or archives.They can also include published family histories, pedigree charts, family group records, correspondence, ancestor lists, collections of original or copies documents.
15. TAX RECORDS
These records may contain names and residences, and can give clues to where to look for other records
16. INQUISITIONS POSTMORTEM: LAND AND PROPERTY
A record of the estate of a deceased person who held land directly from the king. One may find names and dates of the heir and a description of the property.
17. SCHOOL AND ALUMNI RECORDS: SCHOOLS
One may find names, ages, dates and place of birth, residence, father’s name and occupation and marriage information
18. DEATH CERTIFICATE
Can contain death date and place of death, age at death and relationships.
19. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
These you may find names, ages, marital status, fathers’ names and occupations. Occupations and residences of the bride and groom, and names of witnesses.
20. BIRTH CERTIFICATE
One will find child’s name, birth date and place, names of one or both parents. Sometimes father’s occupation and those present at the birth.
11 May Personal
Research
14 June Trip
to Killie Campbell Library
12 July Personal
Research
9 August Visit
to Pietermaritzburg Archives.
13 September Personal Research
11 October Speaker/Activity
8 November Personal
Research
13 December Ancestral
Tea.
18 January AGM
We originally informed you that the
PMB Archives visit was on the 16th August because of the Public
Holiday, so please note that the correct date is the 9th August as confirmed by the Archives.
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Nigel McFerran, 22 Edgbaston Drive, Westville 3629
Joan Rachmann, 31 Adrienne Ave. Glenashley 4051
Phone: (031) 572-3184.
Cynthia McFerran, 22 Edgbaston Drive, Westville 3629
Jaq Benadie - Information Technology. Ph: (031) 708-3746
Graham Bode - Ph: (031) 916-6779
Rona Bode - Activities Ph: (031) 916-6779
Paul du Plessis - Preservations/Archives. Ph: (031) 767-2676
Anne O’Brien - Librarian. Ph: (031) 309-1771
Annelise Peters - Ph: (031) 208-2910
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Our meetings are held at 2.30 on the 2nd Saturday of every month except in August when we have an arrangement to go to the Pietermaritzburg Archives between 8.30am and 12.00pm. Our AGM is held on the 3rd Saturday in January.
For the record, the F.H.C. is also open at the following times:
Wednesday 1pm – 4pm
Thursday 9am – 12pm and 6.30pm – 9pm
1st
Saturday of every month 10am-
4pm
or by appointment with Jenny Harries, the Director of the Family History Centre. Ph.083-661-4457
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