BLOOD OF THE HUGUENOT – Part 1: The Beginning
One faith. One name. One man.This is the Huguenot path—from the fires of France to the light of the Cape….
History
THE DORSLAND TREK – Part 5: Into the Wild
The camp was quiet, the wagons huddled close together in a rough circle. Night had fallen, and the fire flickered…
THE DORSLAND TREK – Part 4: Trails of Sorrow
The fires in Ghanzi were dying out. For a few short weeks, the limestone wells had given us rest. Our…
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…
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 – Part 1: Whispers of the North
In the second half of the nineteenth century, many Boer families in the South African Republic (Transvaal) stood at a…
Shadows in the Family
As I looked through the few records documented for Jan Vorster, I suddenly noticed that he disappeared from records again…