Family history and genealogy
May 31, 2026
Vida HEARD, recognised as South Africa’s first female editor, passed away in Cornwall, England, in November 2001 at the age of 96. Born on 05 August 1904, in Dulwich, Surrey, she was the daughter of William Norman STODDEN, a lace Read more…
August 24, 2025
A newspaper article with South African origins circulated widely around the world in the early 1900s. The first one I found was in January 1911. It was a popular story because the subject was a much-married woman who was “mother Read more…