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South African Researcher
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Professional genealogist & writer of little remembered history. I’ve been tracing my roots, & those of clients, for over 40 years. I uncover the past, one ancestor at a time. https://southafricanresearcher.com/
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 7h
Tombstone tourism: Meet the travelling taphophiles obsessed with graveyards - www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...
Tombstone tourism: Why visiting graveyards is becoming so popular
A growing number of tourists are “rebelling against tick-box travel” by ditching the popular sights for a trip to the graveyard.
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 11h
If I had R10 or $1 for every person who read this article and learnt new things about #Johannesburg, I would be rich.
This took a lot of research, done over a few years in archives, books, and newspapers:
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Here you'll learn a lot of things about early Johannesburg: https://southafricanresearcher.com/discover-johannesburgs-early-days-people-and-buildings/ You might find a family connection, if you're...
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 3d
For retired Bay pastor, Terry Brinded, and his wife Eileen, who celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last month, it was love at first sight. They met as teenagers in #Lincolnshire, England. The couple immigrated to South Africa more than 65 years ago: novanews.co.za/couple-celeb...
Couple celebrates lasting love after seven decades together
Celebrate 70 years of love with Terry Brinded and Eileen, reflecting on their delightful journey together since 1953.
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 6d
St Peter’s Rainbow Village, newly inaugurated in South End, Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), overlooks the harbour on the site of St Peter's Anglican Church. The church history dates back to its founding in 1871: www.facebook.com/SouthAfrican...
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St Peter’s Rainbow Village, newly inaugurated in South End, Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), overlooks the harbour on the site of St Peter's Anglican Church. The church history dates back to its...
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 6d
Also down over here.
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 10d
Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image. The picture taken in today’s Ukraine was long known, mistakenly, as The Last Jew in Vinnitsa, and was for decades shrouded in mystery: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image
Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 11d
Human remains taken from South Africa by explorers in the 19th century and left with the University of Glasgow are to be returned. The university's Hunterian museum held partial remains of 6 individuals: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Glasgow university returns human remains to South Africa
All of the remains had been unethically exhumed between 1868 and 1924 and left to Glasgow - as items to study - by university alumni and other donors.
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 12d
The colourful #Muizenberg beach huts are a well-known Cape Town landmark. What is their story? In the 1800s, Muizenberg was already a popular holiday spot for the wealthy. Victorian morality governed public swimming, which is where these huts have their roots.
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The colourful Muizenberg beach huts are a well-known Cape Town landmark. What is their story? In the 1800s, Muizenberg was already a popular holiday spot for the wealthy. By the early 1900s, surfing....
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 13d
#Hermanus’ Iconic Hotels and the #Luyt family’s history: southafricanresearcher.com/hermanus-ico...
Hermanus’ Iconic Hotels and Landmarks
The present-day Hermanus area was originally a summer grazing area for livestock in the early 19th century. It was frequented by shepherds, who could live off the fish caught at Walker Bay. By mid-cen...
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 14d
Ruth Weiss, Who Chronicled Apartheid After Fleeing the Nazis, Dies at 101: theconversation.com/ruth-weiss-r...
Ruth Weiss remembered: journalist who fled Nazi Germany and fought apartheid in South Africa
Weiss witnessed atrocities in Germany and South Africa and railed against them, becoming a towering figure as a writer and poet.
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 14d
We have them at Muizenberg Beach in Cape Town
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 15d
A grim chapter in Namibia's history: iol.co.za/sunday-tribu...
A grim chapter in Namibia's history
This grimmest of periods is examined in the re-issue of the book, A History of Namibia by Marian Wallace (Hurst, 2025). First published in 2011, it remains an insightful survey of Namibia, providing t...
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 16d
Johannesburg’s historic Bezuidenhout Valley farmhouse falls into ruin. The historic farmhouse, built in 1863, has become a symbol of Johannesburg’s failed heritage preservation efforts.
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Joburg's historic Bezuidenhout Valley farmhouse falls into ruin | The Citizen
The historic farmhouse, built in 1863, has become a symbol of Johannesburg’s failed heritage preservation efforts.
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 19d
The bride was born in 1870 in Fredericton, #NewBrunswick. She graduated from #WellesleyCollege. In Pretoria, in 1902, she married a military man born in New Brighton, #Cheshire. southafricanresearcher.com/the-wedding-...
The Wedding of John Marriott and Cordelia Nevers in 1902
08 October 1902 - Captain John MARRIOTT, D.S.O., of the 2nd Norfolk Regiment, and Cordelia Caroline NEVERS were married at St Andrews Presbyterian Church in Pretoria. At the time, John was stationed i...
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 20d
08 October 1902 - Louis Peter VAN BROEMBSEN of Ermelo and Grace ZEEDERBURG of Pretoria were married at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Pretoria. He was the manager of National Bank in Ermelo.
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08 October 1902 - Louis Peter VAN BROEMBSEN of Ermelo and Grace ZEEDERBURG of Pretoria were married at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Pretoria. He was the manager of National Bank in Ermelo. The....
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 20d
08 October 1902 - Norman Davies SPENCER married Mary Laura TURNER at St Mary's-the-Less Anglican Church in Jeppestown, Johannesburg.
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08 October 1902 - Norman Davies SPENCER married Mary Laura TURNER at St Mary's-the-Less Anglican Church in Jeppestown, Johannesburg. At the time, Norman worked at Beckett & Co. in Pretoria. Mary...
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 22d
The WHEELWRIGHT - CRANE wedding on 07 October 1902 in Doornfontein, Johannesburg. The bride was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England.
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07 October 1902 - Guy Dudley WHEELWRIGHT married Maude Lilian Whittaker CRANE at St Augustine's Anglican Church in Height Street, Doornfontein. He was in the civil service. She was known as Lilian...
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 24d
Museum in a box: on the road with #SouthAfrica’s #heritage - theconversation.com/museum-in-a-...
Museum in a box: on the road with South Africa’s heritage
Heritage is a public good and people should be able to engage with their past.
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 27d
Historic Africana Research Library seeks help for garden restoration. The Kimberley Africana Research Library is a historical destination where researchers from all over the world, tourists, & local residents alike visit: novanews.co.za/historic-afr...
Historic Africana Research Library seeks help for garden restoration
The Kimberley Africana Research Library, a historical gem, seeks to restore its once-lush garden to enhance visitor experience and preserve its rich heritage.
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · 29d
The Origins of Monkey Gland Sauce in South Africa
Visitors to South Africa are usually shocked to find monkey gland steak or sauce on some menus. Fortunately, it doesn’t contain any parts of a monkey. But where and how did this sauce originate? southafricanresearcher.com/the-origins-...
The Origins of Monkey Gland Sauce in South Africa - South African Researcher
Visitors to South Africa are usually shocked to find monkey gland steak or sauce on some menus. Fortunately, it doesn't contain any parts of a monkey. It is a mixture of chutney, tomato sauce, sugar, ...
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · Sep 25
She's the last surviving subject of King Edward VII, the present King’s great-great grandfather. She’s also the only living person who was recorded on the 1911 Census: www.bbc.com/news/article...
King Charles III visits 116-year-old Ethel Caterham in Lightwater
Ethel Caterham tells the monarch "all the girls were in love with you and wanted to marry you".
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · Sep 24
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Hitler’s typewriter in a South African bank vault
The Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre (JHGC) has an odd item on display: Adolf Hitler's typewriter, which he had before becoming chancellor of Germany in 1933. In the early 1930s, he used it ...
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · Sep 24
Today's the perfect day to ask your family about your heritage. Get their stories before it's too late. 24 September. #HeritageDay
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · Sep 23
As my background research into a lost South African WWII pilot, for another researcher in Europe, gets finalised for publication, I'm tracing another WWII pilot's background.
This type of research work is "bringing them home" work, so that they aren't forgotten. It's "leave no one behind" work.
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South African Researcher @saresearcher.bsky.social · Sep 15
Generations of Rebecca KAOA’s family – her great-grandmothers, grandparents, parents and siblings – are all buried on a hillside in Riversands, north of Johannesburg.