BlankIt is with great pleasure that we announce the dawning of a new era in South African genealogy. After much discussion which involved a few people interested in promoting South African genealogy, ideas and plans came together to make it possible for the Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA) to open a virtual branch. This branch is known as eGSSA. For many years there have been people who, for various reasons, could not join a regular GSSA branch. Some of these reasons include living too far from a branch or living outside South Africa. These people still have a need to belong to a branch and to enjoy the benefits of GSSA membership, such as receiving GSSA's flagship journal, Familia. eGSSA has been established to meet these needs. We plan for members of eGSSA to be able to hold virtual meetings in the future, either via streaming technology or in a chat room a-la-MSN. . It is also planned that eGSSA will make some of the GSSA products available electronically, and that some databases could be placed on the Internet for search purposes. This all depends on the availability of storage capacity. eGSSA's website is hosted at http://www.ggsa.info/eggsa The management eGSSA team is as follows: Branch Chairperson: Colin Pretorius (based in Australia) Secretary: Anne Lehmkuhl (based in Canada) Marketing: Andre van Rensburg (based in Australia) Technical adviser: Richard Ball (based in the UK) Ex Officio: Martin Zollner (based in South Africa) Regional representatives: Australia/NZ/Oceania/Asia: Andre van Rensburg (based in Australia) North & South America: Anne Lehmkuhl (based in Canada) Europe & the UK: Richard Ball (based in the UK) Africa & the Middle East: Daan Hamman (based in South Africa) The membership fees are as follows: South Africa R115 ( R90 per annum GSSA fee & R25 eGSSA fee) . Rest of Africa and Middle East : US $ 22 North and South America US $22 United Kingdom GBP 10 Europe Euro 18 Aus/NZ/Oceania/Asia Aus $ 25 The abovementioned fees include an electronic copy of Familia. Other benefits include discounts on some CD products. We also publish our own quarterly newsletter called genesis, and this will be available to eGSSA members free of charge. Payments for residents IN South Africa can be done via bank transfer to Nedbank, while payment for residents OUTSIDE South Africa will be done via Paypal or in certain instances via bank transfer Please make use of this opportunity to become part of GSSA and to step into this exciting era. Regards Colin Pretorius Heather's South African Genealogy Help List www.genealogy.co.za The 1902 Municipal Voters Roll of Cape Town - Districts 1 to 6 The 1878 Voters Roll for the Cape is now available with tens of thousands on names !!! 1805, 1829, 1835 and 1849 Cape Almanacs now on CD The Juta's Directory of 1900 which lists residents of Cape Town from the City Bowl until Simonstown. To view our catalogue go to www.genealogy.co.za/scribes.html Cape Town Family History Society www.genealogy.co.za/socweb.html