Do you have South African Roots? Join our South African Roots Project !

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Do you have South African Roots or maybe an extended family line in South Africa?

Join the South African Roots Project. We do not just accept experienced members, but our membership is open to new members on WikiTree as well.

The requirements are simple. After you volunteered on WikiTree:
Sign the Honor Code
Become a WikiTree Genealogist
These two requirements will enable you to work on your own family line.
We recommend that you do the Pre-1700 Certification as well because this will enable you to contribute to all open profiles on WikiTree.

After you have done that, just add an answer (not a comment) and tell us a little about yourself and what you are researching.  

Do not forget to add the tag south_african_roots to your followed tags.

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If your project can assist me in getting connected to more details on our families then please let me join your SA Roots Project.

Thanks Elize Taylor

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Hi Elize

Welcome to SA Roots project

Here s the link to our Home Page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:South_African_Roots

Lots of information on sources as well. Links to Sources https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:South_African_Roots/Sources

Looking forward to work with you in connecting our Global family with South African Roots

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Thanks Ronel and welcome to the South African Roots Project Elize !

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Good day

I would like to join the SA Roots project.

My family is linked to the van der Westhuizen and Herholdt family

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Just reply, not comment please

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I would like to join the South African project.

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Hi there - I'm passionate about the early history of Southern Africa and would like to contribute to this project as I travel through my genealogy journey.  I also am direct descendant of stamouer Johann Georg Lingenfelder.

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I'd like to join the South African Roots project

Answer 1

I have done some research on the Wepener family name, all on my WikiTree profile but would like to get more detail and information on the Wepener tree before the 1700's.

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Welcome Hannes, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 2

Hi :)

I am new to WikiTree, but have a lot of information mapped already (mostly in MyHeritage, Ancestry and a few local documents) which I am systematically adding to WikiTree now that I have finally found it.

Would be awesome to form part of this project, but I will naturally collaborate and add all the accurate information I have as I go either way.

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Welcome Stefanus, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 3

I would like to join this project as I have ancestors on my and my husbands side in South Africa.

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Welcome Lindsey, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 4

Yes I have South African roots, please add me to the project.

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Welcome Stuart, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 5

Born in Johannesburg, 1980's and currently reside in Centurion. I am researching family history related to my van der Merwe and Theron ancestors. I am also interested in learning more about genealogy, historic documents and the methods and techniques of research in the field.

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Welcome Kobus, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 6

I would love to be part of the South African Roots project. I am particularly interested in the Jonker, Els, Jones and Cronje families' roots. I already discovered so many interesting leads and would love to help add more.

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Welcome Elmarié, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 7

Yes, I have South African roots but I would like to find out when my ancestors arrived in South Africa. I know they came from Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands but who and when is unclear.

The names I am interested in are Coetzee, Esterhuyse, Olivier, Dillon, Bougard and Mccleary.

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Welcome Lindsay, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 8

Hi, I'm Tertius van Zyl born in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. (05 April 1955) I'm trying to locate the van Zyl family line on my father's side. On my mother's side I could go back quite far. (also a van Zyl) My father was Gideon Hendrik van Zyl, born 25 Mei 1908 (I think Ashton distrikt) passed away 21 November 1972 in Stellenbosch (Karl Bremmer Hospital) His father was Hendrik Johannes van Zyl and mother Magrieta (don't have more info on them) I would love to join this group.

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Welcome Tertius, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 9

Hi, I would like to join this project please. My paternal line is South African so I am interested in this project. Thanks

Liam Langeveld

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Welcome Liam, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 10

I am part of a small family, but we are all communicating with each other to date and keep family ties. Our main ancestor born 1836 migrated to South Africa and we are trying connect the maternal side of our heritage, that are from South African origin.

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Welcome George, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 11

Hi

I am doing some research on the Tome and Rademeyer family in South Africa and hope that you can maybe help us with it?  There is not a lot of information available about the Tome family.

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Welcome Forika, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Try this link for Tome

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=75&q.recordCountry=South%20Africa&q.surname=tome&q.surname.exact=on&query=%2Bsurname%3Aheyman~%20%2Brecord_country%3A%22South%20Africa%22

There are more links on the project pages.

Answer 12

I am a South African with interest in finding my herritage, I have done work on ancestry.com. I have many roadblocks because one of my parents and one grandparent were adopted in the 1920's.

Thank you for the consideration.

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Welcome Lawrence, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 13

Hi - I'd like to joint this project - a large portion of my ancestry is in South Africa. Including a few adoptions in the last 4 generations which makes my search harder so am very keen break through those brick walls!

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Welcome Tamlyn, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 14

Hello! I was adopted in Rhodesia and my bio family descend from the Ford family 1820 settlers. I am looking forward to learning more about my roots.

I also have an interest in the Herero uprising of 1904 as my GGG grandfather Herman Lange was killed on the first day. There is quite the family story to go with that incident!

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Welcome Kirsten, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

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Thanks, Louis! I'm very much looking forward to working with you all.

Answer 15

My name is Evert Klopper. I am here to build my own family tree and see how far back it goes

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Welcome Evert, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 16

Yes I do, and so does my wife thereby my children

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Hi Graeme, you should consider following the instructions given in the question above first.

Answer 17

Hi all, I'm of South African descent. Pool(e), and Metzler with "voormals slaven" in my tree. Hit me up if you like.

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Welcome Paul, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

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Cheers Louis! Not enough hours in the day for work, family and then stalking dead relatives after dark!

Answer 18

Good day

I would like to join the SA Roots project.

My family is linked to the Knoetzen, Oosthuijzen, Pretorius and van der Merwe families, as well as many other dutch-origin families. I work on family research almost every day

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Welcome Bruce, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

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Answer 19

My name is Jannie de Goede (Johannes Jacobus) and I have been researching the De Goede family tree since 1993.  My father also compiled a book telling stories about our ancestors. I added all my research  - which was verified - to this book called "DE GOEDE KRONIEKE: (Chronicles). I spend hours doing research and are also in contact with a genealogist in the Netherlands. Looking forward in working together.

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Welcome Jannie, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

Answer 20

I am Petrus Roets. All of my roots have come through South Africa for at least five generations.

I am attempting to trace all of my ancestors back to at least 10 generations. My starting point surnames are Roets, van Huyssteen, Pretorius, Boshoff, Nelson, Smit, Gauché and Yzelle (my great grandparents).

I have had descent success so far and plan to improve and add WikiTree profiles as I go.

Currently I am trying to find the parents of David Benjamin Naude (c.22/11/1855 - 18/09/1930). He was apparently first cousin to his wive Martha Magdalena Maria Naude (Daughter of Naude-1598). The strange thing is I can find her ancestry, but I am struggling to find his connections.

I think my biggest challenges later on will be finding connections in Europe, i.e. Rütz in Germany and Johnson, Prior, Squire and McKenzie in the UK.

I am excited to find out more about my ancestry and to help build the global tree.

Kind Regards

Petrus

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Welcome Petrus, it might take some time to get your badge to you, but we are looking forward to working with you.

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