Tag Archives: information

S.A. Genealogy Resources.

Posted on 14/10/2018 by

South African Genealogy Resources. (Free unless otherwise noted.) Note: Some websites like Ancestry.com, Find My Past, etc. have free searches on holidays, like Veteran’s (Memorial) day, Labourday, Family Day, Easter, etc.

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Pen Pals.

Posted on 25/02/2018 by

I created one 12″ x 12″ scrapbook page using a photo of my dad and one of he’s pen-pals. He had many pen-pals with which he exchanged letters, postage stamps, postcards, etc. You can see more of he’s postcards here. My inspiration was … Continue reading →

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Mirra.

Posted on 08/01/2018 by

I Scrapbooked two 12″x 12″ pages using a photo of my mother and one of her paintings. The tags have more information.

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More of Grandmother’s Cards.

Posted on 21/05/2017 by

My Grandmother  kept a lot of photos, documents, negatives and mementos, which my Dad passed onto me. Many of the postcards have handwriting on the back. Please contact me here, if you have any additional information or if you would like to use this content. … Continue reading →

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Organizing Family Photos.

Posted on 17/04/2017 by

My interest in Genealogy started with my Father, who interviewed my Grandmother in the old age home, before she passed away, about her family. My Grandmother  had an incredible memory and kept a lot of photos, documents, negatives and mementos, which my Dad passed onto me. I scan … Continue reading →

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Namesake.

Posted on 18/03/2017 by

I scrap-booked two 12″x 12″ pages using photos of my aunt as a baby, my great-aunt, Dad, grandmother and grandfather. Dad’s sister was named after her grandmother Christina Philippina Margaretha Truter (20.10.1861 -8.12.1945) I have scrap-booked my great-grandmother and you can see the … Continue reading →

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Tree Squirrels.

Posted on 20/09/2016 by

Sunbathing. “If a gray squirrel’s tail has stripes it means that the squirrel is still adolescent, adult gray squirrels don’t have stripes.” – Black mouth cur “Sciurus carolinensis, common name eastern gray squirrel or grey squirrel depending on region, is … Continue reading →

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Crows.

Posted on 19/09/2016 by

Crows in our Crab-apple tree, on our lawn, in the street and on the roofs. They moved down the street, from one crab apple tree to the next, damaging the crop, stripping the tree almost bare. These guys got way … Continue reading →

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Old Fashioned Portraits Revealed.

Posted on 05/09/2016 by

We recently took some color photos of me dressed up in some of my vintage looking clothes, to recreate old-fashioned portraits, which you can see here. This is how we did it. We hung a white sheet against a door as … Continue reading →

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Recreating Old Fashioned Portraits.

Posted on 02/09/2016 by

My husband took some color photos of me dressed up in some of my vintage looking clothes. I posed looking very serious as our ancestors did in Circa 1900 photos. I then added special effects in Adobe Photoshop, like sepia, … Continue reading →

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