Hello,
I hope someone can steer me in a new direction as I am scratching my head over my family tree. I have consulted NAAIRS, ordered information from eGSSA (not arrived yet), and searched every surname list I can get ahold. I have also been in touch with the Germans from SA webmaster and feel like I am getting nowhere fast.
The relatives I am searching for information on:
Friederich Ferdinand Gotlieb JOCKS (I've seen surname spelled JOCH, JOCHS, or JACKS)--came to SA from Germany (when and where I don't know). Married to a GUTGAR (also sometimes spelled GUTJAR, GUTJAHR) and had several children.
Friederich had one son (my direct ancestor) Wilhelm Schalk Jacobus JOCKS. He married a Magdalena Isabella RADEMEYER approx. late 1890's. I have lots of informaton for Wilhelma but little for his wife. Both of them were supposedly born in South Africa.
I do know that Wilhelm left SA to prospect in Central Africa where he died in 1935 in Tanganyika. (He and his brothers found a small claim in Northern Rhodesia around 1907). I do know his wife also died in Belgian Congo in 1919.
Can anyone help?
And also can anyone tell me how I go about finding records for places like the Belgian Congo, Northern Rhodesia and Tanganyika? (I know today they are the modern countries of Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Tanzania.)
Thanks very much in advance for any ideas..
Stephanie