Liz Uys

Hi Liz, I am so very grateful for the info that you posted on wiki Tree. This morning I did not even know my grandfather's (Philipus Jacobus Kotze) name or when my father was born. This afternoon I can trace my family back to 1506 on father side. This means the world to me!! Many thanx.

I am really struggling to collect data on my family on Mother side. Maybe you can help? I have the following data.

My grandfather was Alfred Vernon Castle Born 8/10/1926 in New Castle. He got married to Doreen Gammon on 26 February 1959 in Pietermaritzburg. Alfred was 32 and Doreen 35. It was her second husband. She was married to John Glaister who passed away. Doreen had 3 daughters with John and 1 daughter Wendy May (my mother) with Alfred.

Alfred's Father was Edward Alfred Castle born in 1903 if I am correct. He was 23 when my grandfather was born. Edward was a plate layer for the South African Railroads. He was in the Royal Natal Carbineers SA Forces Service number 232864V. He passed away 25 August 1944 during World War 2 and was berried in Florence Tuscany Italy. He married Natalie May Abrahams born 1907 in Pinetown, she was 19 when my grandfather was born. They lived in Charlestown.

Can you help me, this is unfortunately the only info I have.

Hi Liz, there are lots of Peter John Gibsons in the world. I am another one.

Hi Liz,

Thank you so much for merging our Adrian Izak Odendaal's! If you'd like to team up and collaborate on researching the Odendaal's I'm more than keen.

Kindest regards Pam

Hi Liz,

Thanks for taking the Pre-1700 Quiz!

Because pre-1700 ancestors are shared by many descendants, working within the projects which coordinate them is essential. You can learn more about joining the community in How To #3 and in the Project FAQ.

Use the Pre-1700 Projects list to find one which best fits your research focus, whether time period, location, or special event. Read the goals and tasks of the project and join if it is a good fit.

Let me know if you have trouble finding projects which fit your focus. Click my name, then ask in the comment section of my page.

Natalie ~ Pre-1700 Greeter

I restored the disconnected parents of Odendaal-588. I then validated the parents by uploading and transcribing a baptism record proving that the parents you had removed, were indeed the correct ones.

Also - if you take a look at the bio of Odendaal-65, the father you replaced the correct one with, the secondary sources cited there makes no mention of this child as being one of his children.

Please please take care with the genealogical lines of 'others'. We are all cousins in this project, with communal profiles!

Please explain these changes Liz … Remember they are also our communal genealogical lines and if you do not provide sources you can get into big problems, though I do not believe you are intentionally sabotaging here …

Liz. Stop disconnecting profiles of others: - here you disconnected the parents without explaining why …

Now we have to discuss some issues. You edited the profile of Uys-41.

1) In this project we Always sign our edits / contributions with our WikiTree names and the dates of edit. 2) In being bold enough to edit, we take care to respect the dates of and the data of others. You changed the exact date of death of Uys-41 from 1746-05-27 to after 1748. Now although this might be correct (there was an issue [error data base] with her dying too early to have been a parent to another son, you have to explain changes such as these). Now you have been very helpful in this case, providing us with the baptism image of the son (at this moment in time still needs to be transcribed). Many thanks for that!

See how I edited the bio now: Uys-41.

Hi Liz, I thought I had welcomed you to WikiTree, but apparently not. Hereby - a warm welcome to WikiTree! Many / most of the South African genealogical lines and profiles of the eigtheenth and seventeenth periods (and earlier) have already been made. Many have also been validated with primary sources.

A few handy links to get you started:

1. Getting Started
2. Adding to WikiTree.
3. Pre-1700 Quiz (self-certifying in order to understand better how to de pre-1700 genealogical work on WikiTree)
4. What are duplicates? Why should and how can they be avoided?
5. G2G Help - for any questions you may have ....

Perhaps you would like to join the South African Roots Project ? Besides links to sources, there help pages that are also useful.

Please do not remove this text as it contains useful information.

Hi Liz, I restored the middle name on Loúbster-6. As you can see the name was spelled exactly Albartha and not Albertha. You have signed an Honour Code stating that you will not tamper with the data of others. Please be more careful in future.

Hi Liz

As you have been a member of WikiTree for a few weeks now I thought I would check in to see how you are getting on with the site.

Has the New Member How-To been helpful or left you with any questions?

I am here to help with any problems or queries you may have. Just click my name, then ask in the comment section of my page or send me a private message.

Sometimes links don't work in emails.  If that's happened to you, check the public comments on your profile. The links will work from there.

Karen ~ WikiTree Messenger

Hi there, Elizabeth!

We are delighted to welcome you as a full member of the WikiTree community!

Please start with our New Member How-To pages. They will save you time and energy as you add profiles.

If the links in emails don't work correctly, check the public comments on your profile as the links will work from there.

If you have any questions, please ask as I am always happy to help!

Deb ~ WikiGreeter

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