Northern Transvaal Branch
All e-mail messages should be addressed to ntvl@ggsa.info, from where they will be redirected to the committee member concerned for the necessary attention. Our postal address is:
Posbus 75292
Lynnwood Ridge
0040
The Northern Transvaal branch is located in Pretoria en it serves the surrounding areas, as indicated on the map below.
Branch Committee Members
- Chairperson: Dr. MJ (Thys) van Wyk
Tel. (012) 991-4475, (083) 966-9057 - Vice-Chairman & Newsletter: Prof Joubert Botha
Tel. (012) 361-4098, (012) 361-4098 (fax - ask) - Secretary: Margaret Lodder
tel. (012) 361-6615, 083-701 2509 (cel) - Treasury: Wilma de Bruyn
tel. (082) 859-7074 - Public Relations & Marketing: Petro Naudé
tel (011) 570-3813, (082) 339-7054 (cell) - Cemetery Project: Vacant
- Technology: Vacant
- Research & Training: Ellen Harmse
(011) 391-2146 - Branch Library: Anna Martin
(012) 345-4428, (082) 676-4182
Branch Library
Click here for a list of all the books in the branch library, arranged by topic.
The Peter Holden library is currently housed with the Northern Transvaal library at the Voortrekker Monument.
Branch Meetings for 2006
Meetings are held at the Art gallery at the Voortrekker Monument, 14:00, except for the morning of 20 August 2005. For any questions about the programme, please contact Margaret Lodder at ntvl@ggsa.info or (012) 361 6615 or Petro Naudé at (082) 339 7054. The following Branch meetings have been scheduled as indicated on the calendar below:
| DATE | ACTIVITY |
| 4 February | Branch Annual General Meeting |
| 26 February | GSSA National AGM Cape Town |
| 11 March | Genealogy Workshop – A panel of experts answers members’ questions on their family history research. Facilitated by Isabel Groesbeek |
| 8 Apri | The GSSA and its Activities – Speakers: Richard Ford on Familia, and Daan Hamman on GSSA Products. |
| 13 May | Celebration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Branch. Lunch, with Dr G Dominy, National Archivist, as guest speaker. |
| 10 June | How to set about preparing Genealogy Research Work for Publication. Speaker: Hendrik Louw. |
| 8 July | Exchange of Research Experience: Members tell us of strokes of fortune, surprises and set-backs experienced in their research. Organiser: Ellen Harmse. |
| 12 August | Visit to the LDS Family History
Centre, Parktown, Johannesburg. Organiser: Margaret Lodder. (Morning & Afternoon). |
| 9 September | How to design and register a Family
Coat of Arms. Speaker: Ronnie Beyl. Arranging a Family Association and a Family Festival. Speaker: Dr Müller Pretorius. |
| 7 October | Question and Answer Workshop on the
use of Computers and the Internet in Family Research. Leader: Dr Andrew
Kok. (Note the date - the FIRST Saturday in October). |
| 11 November | Year-end Function. Theme and speaker still to be finalised. |
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