I consider myself a family historian rather than a novice genealogist. The genealogy links and material on my blog are solely for personal, educational, and general purposes. To the best of my knowledge, the information on my site is true, although there may be omissions, errors, or mistakes. The information is not meant to be a replacement for genealogical research. I apologize for any broken links or errors, and I would appreciate being informed about them. Click on each image to get to its source. Use your browser's back button to return to this page. 

My father first piqued my interest in genealogy by interviewing my grandma about her family in the old age home where she lived before her death.

My dad handed me a vast collection of photographs, documents, negatives, and souvenirs that my grandma had maintained, along with her amazing memory. He kept meticulous notes which I copied.

My belangstelling in Genealogie het begin met my Pa, wat onderhoude met my ouma in die ouetehuis oor haar familie gevoer het, voordat sy oorlede is.  My ouma het ‘n ongelooflike geheue gehad en het baie fotos, dokumente, negatiewe en aandenkings bewaar wat my Pa vir my gegee het. Hy het noukeurige notas gehou wat ek gekopieer het.

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My 6 Generation fan chart.
Displaying 32 Great Great Grandparents.
The inner 5 generations were made in WikiTree.
The outer Ancestor Graph was made (Using History link and Geni.com)

Genealogy Document Tracking Template.
To open the image in Google Sheets, move your cursor over it and click in the upper right corner.
To view more columns, move the grey slider located at the bottom to the right.
You can download a copy of the template here to edit or print for personnel use only.  
More information Genealogy do-over

My family tree.

Ancestry Fan Chart 

"In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we came from."

Author: Alex Haley

Surnames/Vanne

"I don't have a family tree I have a forest"- Author: Chere Nordstrand

"It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors."- Author: - Plutarch

"How will our children know who they are if they do not know where they came from." - Author: unknown

"Old genealogists never die, they just lose their census." - Author: Unknown

Smit.

Wolfaardt.

The strangers in a box.

Disclaimer.

Vrywaring

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