Newsletter: May 2011

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Wes-Gauteng-nuusbrief 2011-05

A visit to the Parktown Family History Centre

Report and photographs by Penny Evans

Gwyneth Thomas gives her talk.

A visit to Parktown Family History Centre on 14 May 2011 was well attended by members of the West Gauteng branch of the GSSA. Members were made to feel welcome by the directors Elder Lewin and Sister Pat Daubney, who gave of their time and expertise to assist members.

Members were able to use all the facilities to research their family history. The directors allowed our branch to use their kitchen so that we could have a break for refreshments, which were provided by Margaret Humphries and her team.

Doing research.

Christa Roberts.

Gwyneth Thomas, a branch member, gave a short but interesting talk on the resources available in the centre. Gwyneth assists at the centre when they have staff shortages.

Parktown Family History Centre is well equipped with facilities for research.

• Free use of computers and the familysearch website
• Free use of microfilm readers;
• Over 20,000 microfilms;

Elsabé Calitz.

• On line websites for other countries;

Robin Templeton.

• Church records with reference to microfilms—all denominations;
• Civil registrations for the four main provinces;
• British census records;
• South African voters rolls;
• General reference books, individual South African genealogy books, 1820 settlers and old atlases.

The LDS Church is in the process of indexing and digitizing all the church records which are available to them.

This centre is closed on Mondays. It is open from 9.30am to 2.30pm Tuesdays to Fridays. It opens 7am to 2.30pm on Saturdays.

We are very fortunate to be able to use this centre which has such a vast storehouse of records. A big thank you to the staff who welcomed and assisted us.

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Lucas Rinken se Toekenning van Uitnemendheid

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Lucas Rinken

Lucas Rinken, jarelange voorsitter van die Wes-Gautengtak van die GGSA, het vroeër vanjaar die gesogte Toekenning van Uitnemendheid van die Genootskap ontvang vir sy waardevolle genealogiese bydrae, in die besonder vir sy werk aan e-SAGI.  (Klik HIER om meer daarvan te lees.)

Hieronder volg sy tipiese, beskeie Rinken-dankbetuiging wat hy in 'n e-pos aan sy vriende gestuur het:

Graag wil ek julle almal bedank vir die nominasie en die pragtige motivering daaraan verbonde.

Soos ek aan julle toe genoem het, het ek geweet dat my beskeie aandeel nie Genealoog van die Jaar verdien nie en ek is dankbaar dat hierdie spogtoekenning aan 'n meer verdienstelike paar gegee is vir die tweede uitgawe van hul prag werk oor die De Beer-familie. My hartelike gelukwensing aan Diwwie en Jaleen.

Dit was nogatans 'n eer om genomineer te gewees het en dat dit uitgeloop het op die toekenning wat wel aan my gemaak is, het my onverwags betrap. Ek het dit nooit verwag nie en dink steeds dat ek dit nie verdien nie.

Ek sien die toekenning egter as nie net vir my nie, want die bietjie wat ek gedoen het was nooit alleen nie.  Daar was altyd vele helpers wat my op hul hande gedra het en my taak ligter gemaak het. Ek kan nie name noem nie, daar is net te veel en dit sal moeilik wees om dit in enige volgorde te rangskik.

My hartelike en dankbare gelukwense dus aan julle almal asook aan baie ander wie nie hierdie e-pos sal ontvang nie.

Dis 'n eer om saam met julle te kan werk. Ek vertrou en bid dat my gesondheid dit vir my sal toelaat om nog lank saam met julle te werk en ons tak verder uit te bou.

Lucas, jy verdien dit deur en deur na soveel jare se ywer en geduld. Geluk daarmee. Die tak is dankbaar om jou in ons midde te hê. -- Die takbestuur.

Ons lede se navorsing

John Stephens, sekretaris van die tak, het die volgende lys gestuur van die vanne wat tak-lede navors.

Barbara Bouwer: Van Niekerk; Pienaar; Smit; Kruger; Bouwer; Du Plessis; Van Wyk; Viljoen; Van der Merwe; Strydom
Elsie Calitz: Calitz
Neels Coertse: Coertse
Louise Dick: Dick; Van der Westhuizen; Clack; Dignon; Veloen; Greyling; Greyvenstein
Louw du Plessis: Du Plessis Dorsland Trekker; Diedericks
Herman Esterhuizen: Esterhuizen
Penny Evans: Gass
Richard Ford: Bester; Ford; Marais; Meyer; Nel; Schoon; Dunaiski; Reichelt
Don Hodgkinson: Hodgkinson
Ruth Jobson: Jobson
Kriek Fourie: Fourie; Van Daalen; Knoetze; Gerber; Westphall
Margaret Humphries: Humphries; Bennett; Freshwater; Quirk; Currin; Marais; Mare; Van der Nest; Vosloo; Freemantle
Andre Janse van Rensburg: Janse van Rensburg
Gerard Marloth: Marloth
Petro Meyer: Meyer
Milford Juniper: Juniper
Giel Nel: Nel
Pieter Oosthuizen: Oosthuizen
Ds. Hennie le Roux: Peiker
Ben Leach: Leach; Du Preez; Nel; Higginson; Scholtz; Grimes; Du Plessis
Dennis Pretorius: Pretorius; Boshoff; Nienaber; Scott; Lamprecht; Schoeman; Gerber; Mc Donald; Graaf; Herbst; Kemp; Van Niekerk; Sabdbrink; Sluiter; Buitendach
Lucas Rinken: Rinken; Renke; Renneke ens.; De Wet; Koch; Rall; Brooks; Adendorff
Christa Roberts: Roberts
Bob Saunders: Saunders; Jones; Lester; Rampling; Lawson; Landman; Lester
Graham Southey: Southey
John Stephens: Stephens; Campher; Vermeulen; Nelson; Roberts; Wallis
Colin Steyn: Steyn
Robyn Templeton: Templeton
Gwyneth Thomas: Thomas
Ilse van Zyl: Steyn; Van Zyl
Frans en Donna Viljoen: Marx; Grobler
John Schwartz: Schwartz; Janse van Rensburg; Perkins; Moore; Thorndyke