Just wanted to say hello to everyone on the group! My name is Ann, and I've been researching my family for about 5 years now. I have found many long lost...
Dear Dr Schulenburg I have an interest in the prisoners of the Boer War and intend visiting South Africa in October with a trip to St Helena from the 6th to...
Hello everyone I am trying to establish if Teavil Leeson/Leason was on the island of St Helena around the 1812-14 time frame. My reference to him suggests he...
Dear Robin, I don't know if this is of interest, but my relative, Herbert Baumann, was a POW on St. Helena during the Boer War. He returned to South Africa...
Hi, I just wanted to post an update on my search for info about my gg-grandfather, Pantaleon Guerra. The info I had initially located on familysearch.org did...
Thank you Amanda,I assume the family still lives in SA. It is always interesting to hear from relatives especially if they have any documented history,...
Dear Robin, I myself live in the USA, although I was born in South Africa. I don't know whether Herbert Baumann's descendants are still in SA. He lived in Port...
I am new to this list and hope I might get some answers. This concerns my husband's family. His great-grandmother's name was Eliza Anderson. According to the...
Hello Alexander, forum members and chance readers of this forum. My connection to St. Helena is through my grandfather, Daniel Brooks, born in Port Elizabeth...
Hello Alexander, forum members and chance readers of this forum. My connection to St. Helena is through my grandfather, Daniel Brooks, born in Port Elizabeth...
James The Census taken 30 Sept 1814 shows a THOMAS RICHARDS with (1 woman, 3 boys, 3 girls). I have no other information but think that this family is related...
Hi Everett, Yes, I had read on this forum about your great-grandmother leaving the island for the US. It is, of course, not impossible that Sophia Richards was...
I sent my message while back, explaining that some of my husband's ancestry comes from St. Helena. Eliza Anderson married Albert Edward Ward in Woolwich,...
I seem to have misplaced your message and am replying by memory. First of all, your question about my Elizabeth being black creates another quandry for my...
Hi Everett, I didn't suggest that your Elizabeth was not white, I merely stated that my great-grandmother was not. I think it is probably a fairly safe bet...
Hi James, I am glad that you brought up the question of race for it had me thinking. I contacted one of the few cousins that is still alive and has a good...
Hi Everett, Is it just you and me who read this forum? Not a single post in the best part of three weeks! Anyway, hello, too, to any other forum readers out...
James, I am reading the forum whenever a new posting comes up. Unfortunately, I've not received any help in regards to my husband's family. I do have a distant...
Looking for any information on william Andrews and Cahrlotte Walker. William was a soldier stationed in St Helena and had a son Thomas born Aug 30, 1831 in St...
Hello Everyone I am researching a Yorkshire connection with St Helena and I hope you may be able to help with information about the Island end of the link ...
NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice
which can be viewed at http://www.doj.gov.za/2004dojsite/ab_web/disclaimer.htm
If you...
Hello James. I was going over some old correspondence last weekend and came across the name of: Grund, Rainer E-mail Address(es): rainer.grund@... It has...
Hello Everett, Adele and all other forum readers, There was a brief flurry of activity a while back, which was nice. I understand that it is easy to get...
Hello James, After reading your latest message, I noticed you may have misunderstood my lineage (especially on the male side). It was my great grandmother that...
Julie: dont' know if there is any connection but a patrick (johnny) andrews married into the Ward Family if that is any help. the Wards are in my family tree...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
