North West Branch - About Us
| Management Committee 2025 |
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| Chairman | Elmarie du Preez |
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| Vice Chairman | Vacant |
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| Secretary | Wilna Venter | |
| Famnea Editor |
Pending |
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| Treasurer |
Elmarie du Preez
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North West Branch - 2025 Programme
According to our annual program, branch meetings take place at 10h00 on the 2nd Saturday of each month at the Potchefstroom library
(44 Sol Plaatjie Avenue). Members and interested parties are welcome.
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SPEAKER | DATE |
| FEB | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
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AGM and branch committee election and guest speaker
Early republican pioneers and folk architecture in the Potchefstroom area |
Johan Wolfaardt | 2025-02-08 | |
| MAR | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Early republican interior - inside of the house, layout etc. | Johan Wolfaardt | 2025-03-08 | |
| Apr | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| English families from Potchefstroom, when Church Street became King Edward and the king visited Potchefstroom in 1925 | Miems Lamprecht |
2025-04-12 | |
| May | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Trip to Rustenburg for a talk and visit to local monuments | Outing | 2025-05-10 | |
| June | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Informal gathering around genealogy – where you can talk about your research or ask for advice. | In-house | 2025-06-14 | |
| Jul | No Branch Meeting | ||
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| Aug | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Tswana architecture and how it plays a role in other cultures and genealogy | Anton Pelser | 2025-08-09 | |
| Sept | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Socio-ethnic architecture and the role it plays for genealogy | Prof. Johan Botha | 2025-09-13 | |
| Oct | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Potch safari - an excursion to view old buildings in Potch. | Outing | 2025-10-11 | |
| Nov | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Yearend Function | TBA | 2025-11-08 | |
| Dec | No Branch Meeting |
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North West Branch - About Us
| Management Committee 2024 |
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| Chairman | Elmarie du Preez |
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| Vice Chairman | Selouna Visser |
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| Secretary | Miems Lampbrecht | |
| Famnea Editor |
Pending |
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| Treasurer |
Elmarie du Preez
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North West Branch - 2024 Programme
According to our annual program, branch meetings take place at 10h00 on the 1st Saturday of each month at the Potchefstroom library
(44 Sol Plaatjie Avenue). Members and interested parties are welcome.
| MONTH | DESCRIPTION |
SPEAKER | DATE |
| FEB | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
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AGM and branch committee election and guest speaker
Not everything is what is pretends to be
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Johan Wolfaardt | 2024-02-03 | |
| MAR | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| DNA and Genealogy | Annamarie Dreyer | 2024-03-02 | |
| Apr | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Preservation of heirlooms and photographs |
Miems Lamprecht |
2024-04-06 | |
| May | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Genealogy Workshop |
Germaine Smith & Naomi Keyter |
2024-05-04 | |
| June | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Stitches and patches (POW objects) |
Franci Greyling |
2024-03-02 | |
| Jul | No Branch Meeting | ||
| Aug | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| The importance of image processsing in and for genealogy | Gunther Drevin | 2024-08-03 | |
| Sept | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| The history of data capturing methods in genealogy | Selouna Visser | 2024-09-07 | |
| Oct | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Genealogy Workshop | 2024-10-05 | ||
| Nov | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
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| Dec | No Branch Meeting |
- Hits: 1017
North West Branch - 2022 Programme
According to our annual program, branch meetings take place at 10h00 on the 1st Saturday of each month at the Potchefstroom library (44 Sol Plaatjie Avenue). Members and interested parties are welcome.
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SPEAKER | DATE |
| JUL | No Branch Meeting | ||
| AUG | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| ABO oorlog (war) museum in Bloemfontein | Johan van Zyl | 2022-08-06 | |
| SEP | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Lecturer in History at Freestate University | Dr Lindie Koorts | 2022-09-03 |
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| OCT | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Compiler of the “Pleknaam woordeboek” | Peter Raper | 2022-10-01 | |
| NOV | Monthly Branch Meeting | ||
| Year en function and informal discussion on “Waar was jy toe …” |
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2022-11-05 |
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| DEC | No Branch Meeting | ||
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North West Branch - Contact Us
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For enquiries or comments contact us in one of the following ways:
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North West Branch - About Us
| Management Committee 2022 |
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| Chairman | Simon du Plooy | |
| Vice Chairman | Danie Meintjes | |
| Secretary | Miems Lampbrecht | |
| Famnea Editor |
Esther Visser-Stieger |
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| Treasurer |
Dirk Bloem
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