Geveg van Bloedrivier / Battle of Blood river Project
I've added the names of those at the battle of Bloodriver to the project.
http://www.geni.com/projects/Battle-of-Bloodriver-Geveg-van-Bloedri...
Things to do:
*Help search the tree for them. Link their profiles and edit the Project page so that one can also drill down from the list to their profiles.
Interestingly enough the De Villiers numberscome in very handy here as many of the list items have them. How accurate they are, I don't know, but we will find out shortly ;-).. Simply type the surname an number into search .. eg Uys b1c5d2e12
*I think we can do with more of an Edit the concise summary to be an easy and interesting read and also reflect accurately a very brief overview. Just the basics as the linked internet sites are very good and detailed I think.
*Add any unlinked profiles as you come accross them in your tree building. It may be nice to note the most interesting thing we may know about someone. Look at Cowie as an example..
*Specialists in a particular surname, may want to help find and build the missing links.
There are a number of interesting aspects to this. From a tree perspective we have a good structure in place up to about 1800. This event is part of the tree which is at the edge of where the biggest growth in the tree is taking place and it will be interesting because the project will indicate how the tree is maturing up to 1838.
We have a better chance than most to find the missing information. There are still many who have not been specifically verified or defined. I've spent some time for instance on: 318.Robbertse I - Fun
For me personally this is very very interesting project as many of my ggggrandparents were on this Trek.
I share a name with Pieter Mauritz Retief.. a Preller family name - and this relation shows one of these Potgieter, Preller, Pretorius family links:
Gustav Schoeman Preller
