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Welcome to Ancestry24
Welcome to Ancestry24 Welcome to Ancestry24, South Africa's most comprehensive ancestral and genealogical service. You will find great data and software resources to help you kick-start your journey of self-discovery! You can access a unique Family Tree Builder to capture all your family members going back hundreds of years. The more names you fill in, the more records we will be able to find for you! Simply type in the Name and Surname of the Ancestor you are looking for. Please register to access the Family Tree builder and begin building your family tree.

Finally, we want to entrench Ancestry24 as the pre-eminent and most comprehensive online ancestry site in the world for African families.

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Ancestry24 on the Move...
Ancestry24 is getting a feature-rich make-over After months of hard work Ancestry24 will be launching its new website next week. That will be the start of exciting new things, additional features and continuous improvements over the next few months. Please note on that all new registrations have been disabled and new users will be redirected to the new site. Existing registered and subscribed users will of course still be able to access the current site. The Tree Builder will be unavailable for a few days, but comes back in a state-of-the-art upgrade. This is to ensure that, during the move, your ancestors don’t fall out of the tree! I can assure you that the wait will be worth it.
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WHAT'S NEW
1966 Who's Who
First published in 1907 it is only now in it's 1966 edition that it has overcome weightier problems it encountered during two World Wars which have now lapsed. From the form of a Social Register on which its earlier editions were based Who's Who has, with the years, evolved into an important reference work concerning men and... over 6 000 biographies
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IN THE MEDIA
Who do you think you Are?
Join SABC2 on a voyage of discovery as we track the ancestry of some of South Africa's most influential celebrities. Who Do You Think You Are? is a brand new six-part documentary series commencing on SABC2 from Sunday, 05 July at 21:00. Be captivated as well-known personalities such as Dawn Matthews, Colin Moss, Dion Chang, Patricia Glyn, Vusi Mahlasela + Zapiro go in search of their family history..
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BIOGRAPHIES
Barend van Tonder
Van Tonder, Barend Matheus, born 26th August 1905 in Bloemfontein, son of late C.J.H. Van Tonder. He married Jacomina Scheepers in 1929 and she was the daughter of F.J. Scheepers. They have 2 sons and 1 daughter. Barend is a printer and the Deputy Mayor of Pretoria; Mayor 1957-58; and Mayor 1965-1966; Vice-Chair. Management Comm., Pta. City Councillor; Comm. for Dingaan's Day Celebrations 1952; Dir. and Chair. Aurora Printing Works Ltd.; educated at Pretoriaa. Technical College; Recreation.: Bowling. Add.: 401 Thirty-third Ave Villiera, and P.O. Box 572. Pretoria. Source: 1966 Who's Who
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British Families in South Africa
British Families is one of the first publications documented on South African surnames of British origin. This work lists more than 1100 surnames, their meanings and origins. It also includes many different coats of arms. This is product is a real must for all family historians in South Africa.
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READERS STORIES
Coenraad Muller 1893 - 1972
Regoor Witsand se ‘pastorie’ wat deur ds. O. Daneel gebou is, het Oom Koen, Witsand se bobaas-legendariese-visserman gebly. Hy was een van die ware karakters van die Suid-Kaap. ‘n Man met ‘n passie vir die see en vir sy mense. Hy kon nooit opgehou gesels het nie. Mense het home van heinde en verre geken. Daar was gedurig mense by sy skuithuis. Dit was ‘n klein sink geboutjie wat bokant die hoogwatermerk langs die rivier tussen die bosse op die sand gestaan het. Dis waar hy sy nette en visgoed gebere het. Oom Koen het...
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BEGINNERS GUIDE
Beginners Guide
7 Steps to Researching your Family History. For centuries, people have been compelled to record their lineage. Genealogy (the study of ancestry) used to be a pursuit of ruling families all around the world..
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KEEPING RECORDS
How To Keep Records
Keeping records of your information while researching is vital to the success of your Family Tree. Initially – if you are a beginner or unsure how genealogy works - all records should be kept in paper format...
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RECORDS
Who's Who
In 1907 the first South African Who's Who was published by The South African Who's Who Publishing Company in Durban. This amazing publishing company belonged to Ken Donaldson who was also the editor as well as the proprietor. By 1909 the 3rd issue of Who's Who...
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Ancestry new look !!
Did you know that Ancestry24 is having a complete make over ? - with a fantastic new look and feel. Brand new features, tools, search options, blogs, gedcom importer, new tree builder forums, social networking tools and of course lots of new data as well as images from our data collection. Dont forget to keep coming back.
WHERE DID THEY LIVE?
Potchefstroom
POTCHEFSTROOM, Tvl. Town. Principal town of the magisterial district of Potchefstroom, situated on the banks of the Mooi River in Western Gauteng and on the railway line and the national road between Johannesburg and Cape Town, 142 km by rail and m6 km by road south-west of Johannesburg. It is also the junction for the main road and the...
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Would you like to volunteer to become part of our “Friends of the Crypt” and help transcribe the Maitland Cemetery Registers 1916 - 1924. These registers are fading fast and contain vital information in finding those missing relatives. Email us at info@ancestry24.co.za
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Government Gazettes
The legal sections of the Government Gazette is added each week - a great place to find details of recently deceased people. If you have any Old Government Gazettes prior to 1992 - please email us at info@ancestry24.co.za
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