THE DORSLAND TREK – Part 3: Die Dors
The Sixth Dorsland Trek In January 1893, Pieter Jacobus Vorster and his wife, Cecilia Johanna Steyn, left their home in…
Ancestors
THE DORSLAND TREK – Part 2: Farewell at Bethal
Since Pieter Jacobus (1868) had made his decision to join the Steyn family on the Dorsland Trek, fewer words had…
The Dorsland Trek – New Discoveries
For our family, there was no living memory left to guide us. There were no grandparents or great-aunts who could…
The Missing Branch
I was born as Susan Vorster, but many might not know that my birth name should have actually been Du…
Shadows in the Family
As I looked through the few records documented for Jan Vorster, I suddenly noticed that he disappeared from records again…
The Mystery of Jan Vorster
Before he became known as Jan Vorster, the founding father of the South African Vorster family, he was someone else….
Called by a Daughter of Time
For months now, my mother and I have been researching our family history. We spend hours looking through old papers,…