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Northern Transvaal Branch - Monthly Presentations 2021

One of the benefits of GSSA membership is the opportunity to attend a monthly talk by a knowledgeable speaker. The Northern Transvaal branch is renowned for the quality, professionalism, and relevance of its presentations on a myriad of genealogy related topics. Navigate to the presentation video, text or slide set. Each presentation is in the language of the topic. For a summary of each presentation, see below.

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DATE	SPEAKER	TOPIC	VIDEO	TEXT	SLIDES	CV
2021-02-13	Carol Delaney	My 1820 Settler's Story of James and Rebecca Randall	✔	✘	✔	✔
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My 1820 Settler's Story of James and Rebecca Randall

Carol Delaney, 13 February 2021

Carol Delaney researched her ancestors, James and Rebecca Randal, who were part of the 1820 British Settlers.

There was opposition to the move to South Africa but an information pamphlet was distributed that set out the benefits of moving.

In light of conditions in England, one can understand that people have seized the opportunity for a new, better life. The church in Westbury, Witshire, helped pay for the Settlers' passage.

James and Rebecca Randal left Portsmouth on board the HM Store Ship Weymouth in January. The Settlers set foot ashore after five months at sea. They could not imagine what awaited them.

An interesting piece of information was that Rebecca's father gave her a rose and she planted it in her new home. The Settlers brought a lot of rose plants and in later years an effort was made to create a rose garden with some of the old roses that were found in gardens and even in cemeteries.

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