Robert du Plooy
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1) Birth certificate
2) Did DNA test with National Geographic's Genographic Project on a 12 Loci in 2005.
3). In 2008 ordered DEEP SNP-R1b test on 30 April 2008.
4)...upgraded to a Y-DNA67 kit on 9 Dec 2015...
5)..For my ancestry, I have dates of Church christenings...rather than D.o.B. as these records are in archives with the churches...and dates of birth were entered in family bibles.Christening is usually done within 2-4 weeks of birth. Sometimes up to 6 months after birth..
Please note Surname spelling:
The first ancestor from Krommenie, Holland , arrived in 1699 from Holland on the V.O.C. ship "SION" he was a farmer and he settled near Stellenbosch, Cape Province in 1714, on the farm "Kromme Rhee" ( Still in existence), his name was written in the Cape Resolutions books ( records of Cape activities and new arrivals, change of farm sizes,etc...known as "Kaapse Resolusies"...since arrival of Jan van Riebeeck...kept in cape Town archives) as "Simon Plooij"...sometimes written as Simon de Plooij...in later years the "ij" became a "y "as...in Plooy. The "de" eventually, today , written as "Robert du Plooy"..as in my fathers and great-great- grandfathers names. As reflected in Death Notices.
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