Alta (Botha) du Plessis

Be aware that many / most of the 18th and certainly nearly all of the pre-1700 South African genealogical lines and profiles (and earlier) have already been made.

First of all a few handy links to get you started:

1. Getting Started
2. Adding to WikiTree.
3. Pre-1700 Quiz (self-certifying in order to understand better how to de pre-1700 genealogical work on WikiTree)
4. What are duplicates? Why should and how can they be avoided?
5. G2G Help - for any questions you may have ....

Perhaps you would like to join the South African Roots Project first to learn a bit how everything works here at WikiTree? We are working on help pages for everyone can learn more about WikiTree and how everything works around here.

WikiTree se doel is om slegs een profiel per persoon te hê. Dit beteken dat daar gekyk moet word of ’n profiel al reeds bestaan, voordat ’n nuwe een geskep mag word. Vir instruksies hoe om nie duplikate te skep nie: Duplicates. 1 wenk om maklik te sien of 'n profile al bestaan, is om alleen die van te soek, en dan vervolgens te sorteer op jaar van geboorte, oudste boaan ("dense" versie). Wanneer jy naamlik met voorname ook soek, word alleen die eerste honderd getoon terwyl daar miskien 500 of 'n duisend name sal wees. Let viral op variaties in vanne - miskien het bestaan 'n profiel al met 'n ander variasie in die spelling.

Dit is WikiTree beleid om die vanne (LastNameAtBaptism) presies so te spel soos op dit in die dooprekords staan.

Hi Alta, a warm welcome to WikiTree. Before you proceed any further you might want to change the spelling of the suffix of your married name to one with a lower case spelled du Plessis ... South Africa has as many other European languages different spelling conventions than the United States.

In Suid-Afrika, Nederland en elders word die tussenvoegsel in vanne met klein letters gespel, tensy dit anders op die primêre rekords gespel word, byvoorbeeld van der Merwe, van der Walt, van den Berg, du Preez, de Villiers ens. Ek sien jy het baie van die vanne al aangemaak met tussenvoegsels almal in hoofletters. Jy kan dit regmaak deur in “edit” mode die van met klein tussenvoegsels te spel (met as rede aangee dat dit die konvensie is vir Afrikaanse vanne), en dan weer te “save”.

Hi Alta,

You’ve been here about a week now so I thought I’d check in with you to see how it’s going. We have a condensed How-Tos or all things Wikitree to help you moving forward.

Give me a shout if I can help in any way.

Susie - WikiMessenger :-)

Hi Alta,

Thanks for joining us! I’m David, a WikiTree Mentor. Hope you're enjoying our site.

Did you have fun learning your way around WikiTree yesterday?

I just wanted to check in and see how things are going. Do you have any questions I can answer?

David ~ Wiki Mentor

Thanks for volunteering.

You are now a confirmed member, and you can get started adding your family members. As we've said, WikiTree is quite different from other genealogy sites. So, we've put together a guided tour to help you learn how to use it. Your first stop is How to Start Climbing Our Tree. Tomorrow, you'll hear from a Mentor who will check in to see how you're doing and answer any questions you might have.

Next week, you'll get another message with your next stop on the guided tour.

You can also meet some of our members by joining in the fun with our Question of the Week in the G2G forum:Have you attended a family reunion this summer?

Welcome!

Michael F. Harris, Volunteer Greeter

Welcome to WikiTree!

WikiTree is different because our goal is to have one profile per person, and that means we all work together as a BIG collaborative team!

You'll get an email from us that has helpful links to get you started on WikiTree, which is not like any other genealogy site out there.

When you confirm your email address, you’ll have an opportunity to volunteer and tell us about your genealogical interests.

What brings you to WikiTree? Do you have research you’d like to share? Are you interested in how your family fits into the big tree? Fill in the tags and comments on your profile to show what you're researching? and click the "Save Tag(s) and Volunteer" button, and one of our Greeters will be happy to confirm your membership, and you’ll be on your way!

Michael F. Harris, Volunteer Greeter