Family get-together

Val’s sister Elaine Machin came to visit, with her son Greg, daughter Lesley, and granddaughter Abby (Greg’s daughter, aged 2)
Val Hayes, Greg, Lesley, Abby & Elaine Machin, Jethro & Simon Hayes

Growden family in Canada

I recently discovered that there were a number of Growden families living in Ontario, Canada, and that a James Growden from our branch of the Growden family went there some time in the 1860s, so I began writing to them to see if they were related.
James Growden married a Harriet Baldwin, and they were living [...]

Vause, Harris & Ellis families

While I was in KZN a couple of weeks ago I managed to get quite a lot of additional information on the Vause, Harris and Ellis families in the Durban and Pietermaritzburg archives, and within a few days of getting back I had a phone call from Don McArthur who had been researching the same [...]

Henry Green

More on Henry Green, British Resident of the Orange River Sovereignty.
Ione Evans of New Zealand told me about a book Some dreams come true, which had a picture of Henry Green, and now that we have replaced our stolen car I was able to find a copy in the University library, and I’ve been reading [...]