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The Cape Town Family History Society’s  first meeting of the year will be held on Sat 19 th January 2013  at St John’s Church, Wynberg Time: 14.15 for  14:30pm sharp Member Richard Wood  will speak on his Jones/Twentyman/Arderne families and the progress and fate of the Zimbabwean branch of the family from 1896 to 2008 For further information contact David Slingsby   021- 7155104 or Ann Smythe   021-7946225 Entrance for non members  R20.00 per person including tea & [...]

Join the Whale of Heritage Route in the Historical Hunt from the Old Muizenberg Village to Kalk Bay. Discover the nooks and crannies of this historical piece of coastline in a race against time. Families and individuals are invited to join A Whale Of A Heritage Route on Monday 17 December 2012 for a historical hunt on [...]

Archaeologist Jessica Radcliffe arrives in Cape Town for holiday and, almost immediately she is caught in a web of intrigue and misdirection, as she struggles to escape the unknown enemies who threaten her. This is the beginning of a dangerous journey which will transport her back to the baffling past events of South Africa. What [...]

Search the 1823 Census of the Slave Lodge in Cape Town.   The lodge was situated at the top of Adderley Street almost at the entrance to the Company Gardens and opposite the hospital. Although the slaves were sometimes better educated than local populous their daily chores were not attractive. Whilst the men were made to carry [...]

Jeppe High School for Boys is the oldest known school in Johannesburg. The school was founded originally as Saint Michael’s School in 1890 in Johannesburg, four years after the gold rush that founded that city. Start searching now for your Jeppe Old Boy ancestors or family members. In 1896 it was bought by the Witwatersrand Council for Education, which was [...]

Author Willem Steenkamp with be giving an interesting talk at the Cape Town Family History Society’s last meeting of the year on his new book called Assegais, Drums and Dragoons . When: 17 November 2012 Where: St. John’s Anglican Church Hall, Wynberg Time: 2:15 for 2:30 For more information contact David Slingsby on 021-7155104 or Ann Smythe 021-7946225 ‘This book is about [...]

Maritzburg College celebrates their 150th Anniversary in 2013 and we are helping them by transcribing the entire school admission registers. The school was founded in 1863 and is the oldest boys high school in Kwazulu Natal.  In these registers you will find out when they were born, parent’s names, when they entered the school and when [...]

In 1833 a Barolong tribe settled near the mountain of Thaba Nchu and in 1836 their chief, Moroka, assisted the Voortrekkers when their cattle were driven off by the Matabele, after the Battle of Vechtkop. After Moroka’s death his successors quarreled and in 1884 the district of Moroka, as it was then called, was annexed. to [...]

Ancestry24 has had the privilege of digitising the St. Andrew Bloemfontein School Magazines from 1906 until 2008. These year books provide wonderful insight to where you ancestors were educated, what sports they participated in and if they excelled at anything.Even more interesting is that we found Brett Kebble and the infamous Glenn Agliotti who both matriculated the [...]