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Newsletter January 2013

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Newsletter 2013 01 

Wesrand Courant/The West Rand Journal (1)

Leave a legacy behind – record your family history

PETRO MEYER

On Saturday, 2 February 2013 from 09:00 – 15:00 the Roodepoort Museum in partnership with the West - Gauteng Branch and the Northern Transvaal Branch of  The Genealogical Society of South Africa is hosting a family fun day to promote and facilitate interest and research in genealogy and family history.

Exhibitors will be available to guide you with your family history research and a series of talks covering various topics relating to genealogy will be hosted in the Promusica Theatre. See the programme below for more details.

You may not be a descendant from a well known family but that does not mean you do not have an interesting family history. Your ancestors have survived plague, war, famine, illness, migration, political unrest, economic recession and dozens of other traumas. All this makes for interesting and exciting history and if you get to know something about your ancestors, you also gain knowledge about yourself.. Even more so if your surname is Barkhuizen, Human or Fourie, as the Barkhuizen, Human and Fourie Family Bonds will be among the exhibitors.

Roodepoort Museum is situated in the Civic Centre, 100 Christiaan de Wet Road, Florida Park. (Entrance to the museum is right next to the Joburg ProMusica Theatre).

Contact Tel. No. 011/761-0226 for more information.

Ons praat Afrikaans en Engels.

PROGRAM

SATERDAG, 2 Februarie 2013 vanaf 09:00 – 15:00, 

DIE VOLGENDE PRAATJIES SAL GELEWER WORD IN DIE PRO MUSICA-TEATER:

• 10h30 Genealogy for Dummies (Dommies) by Bob Saunders, chairman of the West-Gauteng branch of the Genealogical Society of South Africa. Bob will be giving an introduction to genealogy, where to start and where to find information.

• 11h00 “LEAVE A LEGACY BEHIND- Record your family history” deur Isabel Groesbeek. Isabel, a professionele genealogiese navorser, sal verskillende maniere bespreek om die familie se geskiedenis te bewaar en ook die belangrikheid uitlig van mondelinge vertellings om sodoende interessante stories vir die nageslag te bewaar.

• 12h00 Careers in Museums by Carolina Geldenhuys. Carolina, will be giving an insightful talk on the career opportunities, academic requirements and study fields available in the world of museums.

The following exhibitors will be available to guide you with your family history research:

• The WEST GAUTENG BRANCH of The Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA)
The GSSA was founded in 1964 as a national non-profit organisation of people engaged in the study of genealogy, family trees and family history. It is funded by members who pay an annual membership subscription, and through the sale of products (some of which will also be on sale on this day). The WEST GAUTENG BRANCH of the GSSA was founded in 2001 to serve the area between Johannesburg and Krugersdorp and surroundings. Lucas Rinken, past chairperson of the West-Gauteng branch of the GSSA, will be available to assist you and has a personal database of about 650 000 will also be accessible to the public.

• NOORD TRANSVAALTAK van die Genealogiese Genootskap van Suid-Afrika.
Die tak is gedurende 1966 gestig. Die administrasie word vanuit Pretoria bestuur en die grense van die tak is wyd en strek oos, wes, noord en suid van Pretoria. Die tak bied ook oop dae en opleiding sessies aan om genealogie aan nuwe en potensiële lede bekend te stel.

• Isabel Groesbeek, honoury member of the GSSA, has 25 years experience in genealogical research and regularly presents workshops on genealogy. Isabel will be presenting a talk at 11:00 and be available to offer assistance to all who wish to research their ancestors till 15:00.

• Barkhuizen-Familiebond onder leiding van Johan Barkhuizen

• Fourie-familiebond onder leiding van Danie Fourie

• Human-familiebond onder leiding van Frans (Kipies) Human

• Archival Quality Stationary and Storage: Genuine archival quality stationary is not commercially easily available. Stanwood CC has been the sole supplier of Archival Preservation Products to the Roodepoort Museum since the 1970s and will have some archival quality photo and document storage boxes, folders and markers for sale.

• Free guided tour of the Roodepoort Museum
If you want to come on another day, you need to make an appointment to view the museum and an admission fee of R20 for adults and R10 for children is payable. Tours are tailored to your needs and interests and on average last about one hour. BUT on Saturday 2 February 2013 from 10:00-15:00 tours are for free and no appointment is needed.

--- Verversings sal te koop angebied word ---

Notice of Annual General Meeting, 2013

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the

WEST GAUTENG BRANCH 

OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA

will be held at the Ned. Geref. Kerk, Ontdekkerskruin, 

17 Philips Avenue, Discovery, Roodepoort

on 16 February 2013, commencing at 14:00.

AGENDA

1. Jaarverslag – Voorsitter
2. Goedkeuring van notule van die AJV van 18 Februarie 2012
3. Finansiële State vir die jaar geëindig 31 Desember 2012
4. Committee Members reports:

• i. Treasurer;
• ii. e-Sagi/Legacy;
• iii. Secretary (Membership);
• iv. Librarian;
• v. Secretary (Events);
• vi. Editor News Letter;
• vii. Publicity and Blog Coordinator;
• viii. Coordinator Cemetery Project;
• ix. Coordinator Product Sales;
• x. Secretary (Minutes).

5. Aanstelling van ouditeur

6. Election of Committee members for the commencing year

• A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting may appoint a proxy to vote and attend on his/her behalf. A proxy need not be a member of the society.
• Members who have not received supporting documents may obtain them from Petro Meyer, secretary, meetings.  Her email address is:  petro.meyer@hotmail.co.za.

Newsletter: December 2012

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End of year function: 2012

By Penny Evans

The end of year function was held on 17th November 2012 at the NG Kerk, Ontdekkerskruin, Discovery. This was a very special function organized by Petro Meyer and Lynette Swanepoel. Members paid a small sum towards this meal and also brought salads.
 

The tables were set with new tablecloths and Christmas overlays. There were menus on the tables, showing the three course meal. The starter was tuna mousse with crispy French bread. Main course was BBQ ribs, chicken drums, meat balls, green salad, rice salad, coleslaw, curry bean salad, potato salad, watermelon salad and homemade mini bread. Desert followed which was chocolate mousse baskets and apple tart with cream.

Lynette’s daughter and her friend acted as waitresses.

Lucas' gift of attendance.

During the function full attendance awards were given to Lucas Rinken, Richard Wolfaardt and Robyn Templeton.

Frans Viljoen and twin brother.

A fun item followed-photos of members as a young child were projected onto the screen. Each group at a table had a chance to identify the person in the photo. Those with the most correct answers received prizes of ‘gold’ medals made of chocolate. Losers received Christmas crackers.

Each member had been asked to bring a R20 gift. Each gift had to have a photo of the giver. These photos will be placed into a scrapbook album. It is hoped that members will assist with the scrapbooking. Numbers were placed on the Christmas tree and each member received a gift according to the number he had drawn.

The clearing up and washing of the dishes followed.

Donna Viljoen, Giel Nel and Graham Southey.

The ideas, making of the tablecloths, buying extra crockery, bringing additional cutlery, organizing and co-ordinating the menu, awards, power point presentation of the photos and all the additional features were due to the efforts of Petro and Lynette. This function required a great deal of preparation and hard work. We would like to extend a very big thank you to these two enthusiastic committee members for this wonderful surprise. We all really enjoyed ourselves.

•  We were distressed as we were leaving, to discover that Herman and Anna Esterhuizen’s vehicle had been stolen from the car park within the church grounds. Exactly when this happened was not clear. However, the gates had been closed during the function. This was very upsetting for everyone. 

Petro Meyer

The gifts

Newsletter: November 2012

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West Gauteng Branch GSSA Nov 2012

Sterfberigte in koerante, wêreldgebeure, tegnologie in Suid-Afrika

Deur Lucas Rinken

Ons, as genaloeë, besef nie altyd die waardevolle werk wat deur toegewyde mense gedoen word nie. Hoeveel ure se werk moet dit nie neem vir iemand soos Rita Quebbemann en ander nie. Hulle voer doodsberige, ens. in koerante in e-poste aan ons genealogiese poslyste en so word die data aan ons bekende gemaak waar ons dit andersins nie sou raakgesien het nie, want ons lees nie daardie koerante nie.

Ek koop nie koerante nie – het net nie tyd daarvoor nie, maar in hierdie data stel ek, as genealoog, intens belang en kry dikwels kosbare inligting wat ek tot my databasis kan voeg. Vandag weer ‘n berig oor die afsterwe van ‘n DE WET, dié van waarin ek intens belang stel, gekry. Persoonlik stel ek hierdie berigte baie hoog op prys!

A Cape Town tour and tracing the biological mother of an adopted child

Christa Roberts

By Penny Evans

On the 20th October Christa Roberts spoke about the tour to Cape Town with the N-Tvl branch. The tour took place on 12-17 August 2012. She was part of a group of 15 members.

Their tour was excellently organised by Ellen Harmse, who planned everything down to the last detail and gave plenty of information in advance. Christa was able to prepare her research before departure and knew what to expect at the different research centres.

Exhibition of 16 September 2012

Penny Evans

A smaller than normal group of members attended the exhibition on 16th September 2012. This was a cold and overcast day.

Kriek Fourie 

He gave a five minute talk on the CDs available in our library. Kriek encouraged members to spend time looking at what information was available on the CDs. We have the omnibus CDs and a list of the surnames on each of these CDs. CDs are available for sale.

The exhibition was held in the hall. The exhibitors were Richard Wolfaardt, Graham Southey, Marie van Aswegen, Hennie van Aswegen and Richard Ford. Richard Wolfaardt Richard has researched the following surnames: Harper, Copeland, Smith, Goosen, Neethling and Immelman.

West Gauteng branch meeting 18th August 2012

 Penny Evans

Neels Coertse

Neels Coertse spoke about how to interview someone in order to obtain information about family history. He emphasized the importance of preparing for the interview and knowing exactly what you wanted to get from the interview.

Questions should be written down and should aim at obtaining answers to the” who, what, why and when”. This preparation will allow you to structure the interview.