Project: Voortrekkers

Die Groot Trek 1838

Voortrekkers	Chronologie	Bloukrans/Weenen	Retief	Bloedrivier	Trichard	Van Rensburg
Liebenberg	Vegkop	Erasmus Jagparty	Veglaer	Stamouers	Ithaleni	Wit Umfolozi

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1 Welcome
2 Mission
3 How to Join
4 Goals
5 Project Scope
6 To-Do
7 Templates
8 Related Projects and Groups
9 Prefered Projects
10 Project Sub-Pages
11 Categories
12 Project Tag
13 Research Resources
14 What Links Here

Welcome

Welcome to our small community of researchers on the those hardy and determined Boer men and woman, later to be known as the Voortrekkers, who braved the unknown dangers of Africa and many of whom who gave their lives in search of a better future for their people and descendants.

Mission

The mission of the Voortrekkers project is to identify, add and improve profiles of the Voortrekkers.

How to Join

Are you interested in the Voortrekkers Project?

Top Level Project: South Africa
Project Leaders: Led by the sub-project coordinator
Coordinators: Louis Heyman
Add Voortrekkers to your followed tags.
We use G2G for communication.
Check out our maintenance categories for our project needs, then jump in and start helping!

To join,

Become a member of the South African Roots project. See How to join and
Add your name to our members list here. See Voortrekkers
Follow the tag Voortrekkers for upcomming discussions in G2G. See Tags to follow
Join the Google group WikiTree's Voortrekkers Project

Goals

Linking events where possible to profiles on WikiTree.

Project Scope

Generally the main body of Voortrekkers migrated from 1835-1845

To-Do

Categorise and link identified profiles. You can then view all linked profiles on the What Links Here link at the bottom of each Event page.
add a sticker etc. when available.

Templates

... ... ... traveled by wagon train from the Cape Colony, seeking independence of British rule.
Join: Voortrekkers Project
Discuss: Voortrekkers

Project box: Template Docs: {{Voortrekkers}}

Default Category [[Category:Voortrekker]]

... ... ... traveled by wagon train from the Cape Colony, seeking independence of British rule.

Stickers: Template Docs: {{Voortrekkers Sticker}}

Default Category [[Category:Voortrekker]]

... ... ... is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Boer Kommando's 1838-1838
Slag van Bloedrivier /Battle of Blood River

Example: Veteran Recognition Template to copy to profiles. Please adjust as needed.

{{Veteran Recognition

| badge-image =African_Flags-63.png

| nationality = Boer

| branch = Kommando's

| start-year = 1838

| end-year = 1838

| text = Slag van Bloedrivier /Battle of Blood River

|[[Category:Battle of Blood River]]

}}

Related Projects and Groups

We are a Sub-Project of the South African Roots project

Prefered Projects

We collaborate with other projects and sometimes a profile can be assigned to more than one project. The preferred project becomes co-manager or manager and the project box gets added to the profile. The other project goes on the trusted list and may add categories and a sticker.

Project: Cape of Good Hope - Kaap de Goede Hoop (1652-1806) and Project: Voortrekkers

Preferred project: Project: Voortrekkers

Project: Cape of Good Hope Stamouer-Progenitor 1652-1805 and Project: Voortrekkers

Preferred project: Project: Cape of Good Hope Stamouer-Progenitor 1652-1805

Project: South Africa and Project: Voortrekkers

Preferred project: Project: Voortrekkers