This page lists surnames and/or areas of interest to particular researchers working on descendents of German immigrants to South Africa. The idea is that the contact details will allow others with similar interests to contact these (mostly non-professional) researchers. If you would like to have your details added to this page, please send me an email.

Also consult similar but less specific contact lists and scan the relevant forums/mailing lists/news groups related to South African genealogy.

Now for the contacts for German Genealogy in South Africa:

1. Western Cape (Cape Province)
   • ACKERMANN, Wilhelm; Jaroslaw Nalepa, DE
   • ANHÄUSER / ANHUYSER / ANHAUSER, BARCHFELD / BERGFELD / von BARCHFELD, HARTZ / HART, HAUPT, KRAMER; Gary Hart, ZA
   • BARNARD / BERNARDT (Cologne); Simon du Plooy, ZA
   • BAUMGARTEN, ROHRICH, NOTHLING; Tatchell Venn, ZA
   • BAUMGARTEN / BOOMGAARDT from Breslau; Rob Baumgardt, NL
   • BELLING; Tara Smith, AU
   • BERTRAM / BERTRUM, BOLD, KOCK, SCHIMPER; John George, UK
   • BISCHOFF, FOCKE, KOHLING; Mark Bischoff
   • BLOM; Thys Blom, ZA
   • BOMBAL (Ziesar, Saxony); Rudi Bombal, ZA
   • BRESLER (Kassel); Avida Bresler, ZA
   • BROEKMAN / BROEKMANN / BRUCKMANN (Hannover); Steve Broekmann, ZA
   • BROODRYK / BRODTRÜCK; Ivan Broodryk, ZA
   • BURCHERDT; Karin Pieterse, ZA
   • BURMESTER; Robin M Pelteret, ZA
   • CARSTENS; Dean Carstens, NZ
   • DETLEFS; Gary Deetlefs, ZA
   • EHMKE / EHMCKE; Ronel Eckard, ZA
   • FOLKUS / FOLKENS / VOLKENS / VOLKES / VOLKERS; Annamarie Folkus, ZA
   • FREDERIK / FREDERICK; Theuns Frederik, ZA
   • GEBHARDT, HAMMEKEN; Matteo Giunti, IT
   • von GERSDORFF; Tatiana Savelieva, DK
   • GROTELÜSCHEN, Hinrich (Oldenburg); Dierk Feye, DE; Oldenburgische Gesellschaft für Familienkunde
   • HAACK, HAUSCHILD, BORCHERS, HARTNIET; Diane Rilley, ZA; Familie ABENDROTH und HAACK, Hauschild und Richter
   • HAHN (Ebenezer, Stellenbosch); Andre J. Davids, ZA
   • HARTWIG, HELBIG (Philippi); Lynda Cookson, ZA
   • HAUPT; Fredericht Haupt, ZA
   • HAUPT, BAKEBERG; Wilhelm Haupt, ZA
   • HERRINGER / HEERINGER; Philip Herringer, AU
   • HESSE from Bergen, Celle; Bernie Hesse, ZA
   • HOFFMANN from Schweinfurt; Andreas Jahrow, DE
   • HURSCHELE; Noreen Rozwadowski, NZ
   • HUSSELMANN; David Husselmann, NZ
   • KISTNER (Simonstown); Margaret Constant, ZA
   • KOCK / KOK / COK (Sachsenhausen in Waldeck); Gideon J Kok, ZA
   • LANGER; Ken Royston, CA
   • LANGERMANN; Melissa Langerman, AU
   • LEITZ; Peter Leitz, CA
   • LITKIE; Grant Litkie, ZA
   • MANGELSDORFF; Volker Mangelsdorff, DE
   • MEESER (Hesse-Cassel); Gavin Meeser
   • MEYER, Gerrit Heindrik; Hillie Meyer, ZA
   • MOCKE; Ernest Mocke, ZA
   • MOLENDORF; Anne Erikson, UK / ZA
   • NOTHLING / NEETHLING; Barbara Richardson, UK
   • OTTEN (Holland, Oldenburg); Hans-H. Büsselmann, DE
   • PETERSEN; Bernadette Petersen, AU
   • REHR, Heinrich; Ulla Irmer, DE
   • REINBACH, SCHOENINGER, SCHREIBER, JUNKER; Joan Ridgeway, ?
   • von SCHADE; Stephen du Toit, UK
   • SCHELLER; Hanspeter Scheller, CH
   • SCHIESZ / SCHIESS; Karen Dean, ?
   • SCHLIEFERT, SCHAFER / SCHÄFER; Cheri Marshall, AU
   • SCHMITZDORF; Guy Wood, USA
   • SCHUBERT (Philippi); Ullrich Schubert, UK
   • SCHULTZ; Adrian Schultz, UK
   • SETZKORN (Wynberg); Audrey Tinling, UK
   • SPREET / SPREETH / SPRUYT; Pieter Spreeth, ZA
   • STEUDLE / STEYDLE / STEYTLER; William Steytler, ZA
   • TEUBES; Leon Teubes, CA
   • TISCHENDORF, FOOT; Marius du Plessis, ZA
   • VOGEL (Braunschweig); Ulrike Bekker, DE
   • WALDECK (Immenhausen, Hesse-Cassel); Deirdre Waldeck, ZA
   • WALLENDORF; Erwin Wallendorf, ZA
   • WARNECKE / WARNEKE; Rod Warneke, ZA
   • WASSERMANN; Hannes Wasserman, ZA
   • WASSUNG; John Wassung, ZA
   • WEGEWARTH / WEGSWART; Marshall Jerome, UK
   • WILBRANDT; Bernd Wilbrandt, DE; Home page of the families Wilbrandt
   • WILSENACH; Craig Wilsenach, ZA
   • WOHLFAHRT; Richard Wolfaardt, ZA
2. Eastern Cape (Border, Kaffraria)
   • All surnames; Stephanie Victor, ZA, Curator of History, Amathole Museum, P.O. Box 1434, King William's Town, 5600, South Africa, Tel. +27 (043) 642 4506, Fax: +27 (043) 642 1569
   • ALT; Andrew Alt, ZA
   • BAUER / BOUWER; Paul Bouwer, ZA
   • BESSINGER / BESSENGER, PETZER (East London, King Williams Town, Queenstown, Stutterheim, Komgha, Umtata); Yvonne Nieuwoudt, ZA; Nieuwoudt & Scheepers Genealogy
   • BISCHOFF, John Christian; Jan Christian Bischoff, ZA
   • BLESKE, SCHAFFLI; Liz Marson, ZA
   • BOTTGER / BÖTTGER / BÖTTCHER / BOTTCHER, FEYE; Mike Browne, ZA
   • BUCHHOLZ (E. Cape and Free State); Charmaine Buchholz, ZA
   • BUSS, Focke Tholen aus Großefehn; Andreas Faust, DE; Genealogie Faust / Hövel
   • GERBER; Alan Heathcote, AU
   • GOLLER, HARMS, WILHELM / WILHJELM (Potsdam, Stutterheim); Gillian Strachan, AU
   • GRATZ / GRÄTZ; Laure Gratz, ZA
   • HIBBERS / HUEBER from Enzweihingen, Württemberg; Philip & Sonja Hibbers , ZA
   • KARG, KUMM, UNSER, WILL, FOOTE, JANTKE, SCHLOMES, LOTZ, NASS, MOUNTJOY; Alastair Honeybun, AU; The Honeybuns of Africa
   • KORTE, PLESSOW, LAHNER, SCHRODER; Sandi Ferreira, ZA
   • LEHMKUHL (Port Elizabeth); Anne Lehmkuhl, CA; Lehmkuhl Home Page
   • LORENTZ; George Lorentz
   • MAASKE from Barnimskunow, Pomerania; Ray Lecolle-Brown, ZA
   • MAIDORN; Damiata Fallows, NL
   • MARTIN (Königsberg -> Cradock); Linzi Meryl, AU
   • MATTUSHEK, WEBER (Queenstown); Duncan Mattushek, NZ
   • MEIER (Uckermark, Brandenburg, Prussia -> Macleantown); Andre Meier
   • MENNE; David Menne, AU
   • MOLL, RAASCH, LINDEMANN, HEYDTKE, HEIDTKE, RISTOW, ZIETLOW; Peter Moll; Genealogy of the Moll family of the Eastern Cape
   • MÖLLER, Jakob Francois; Yvonne Nieuwoudt, US; Nieuwoudt & Scheepers Genealogie
   • MULLER, ROSS; Rowena Wat, ZA; Boer War Records
   • OEHLEY; Robin Griffiths, ZA
   • OERTEL; Gaye Grieve, NZ
   • OETTLE, SPÜHLER (Unterurbach, Württemberg; Lausanne, Switzerland -> Port Elizabeth); Mike Oettle, ZA
   • PAUTZ, SCHMIDT; Mark Pautz, UK; Mark Pautz's photos of the Eastern Cape
   • POHLMANN; Debbie Nel, ZA
   • REHNISCH, ORDEMANN; Rob Thomson, ZA
   • REITZ; Christine Reitz, ZA
   • RICHTER, KRULL; Cheryl Richter, ZA
   • ROSE, COHRS (King Williams Town); Charlotte Webber, ZA
   • SCHIMPER (Graaff-Reinet); Percy Murray, ZA
   • SCHLEY from Groß Benz, Pomerania; Glen Collingwood, ZA
   • SCHLODDER; Grant Böttcher
   • SCHMIDT (Graaff Reinet and Rhodesia); Michele Farmer, UK
   • SCHREIBER, ZIETSMAN (East London area, Macleantown, Port Elizabeth); Sarah Fulguirinas, NZ
   • SCHULTZ; Roberto Confessore
   • SCHULTZ, Wilhelm & Dorothea aus Woddow, Pr.; Lynette Schultz, ZA
   • SCHWARTZEL (Stutterheim); John Dickson, ZA
   • SICHELSCHMIDT, BUCHHOLZ; Heather Walker, ZA
   • SPANNENBERG; William Bramley, ZA
   • STAFFEN (STAFFEL); Lawrence Parker-Nance, ZA
   • URBASCH; Charmaine Unwin, ZA
   • WEISS; Brendan Weiss, ZA
   • WERNER / VERNER, DÜRING / DÖRING / DEERING, LUTGE, BAEHR / BAER, LEIH, SCHROEDER, SCHENK, ROSKOSCH, BURDACK (Peddie, Woolridge, Bell, Bodiam, Hamburg, Fort Beaufort, East London, King Williams Town, Queenstown); Bruce Werner, ZA
   • WILMS; Wilfred Wilms, ZA
   • WITTICH; Syd Buxton, ZA
   • WITTSTOCK (Yellowwoods Farms, Bisho); Peter Wittstock, ZA; 8 Babiana Str. Brackenhurst, ALBERTON, 1449
   • ZIEMANN; Corinne Harwood
   • ZIMMERMANN; Gail Hermanson, USA
3. KwaZulu-Natal (Natal, Zululand)
   • All surnames; Walter Volker, ZA
   • AULFES, BÖHMER / BOUMER, RACHMANN, SCHWEGMANN; Gareth Parkes, UK
   • BEHRENS, STOPPEL; Robert Behrens
   • BLOMEYER; Kim Blomeyer, NZ
   • BUNGE, DEHRMANN; Elizabeth How, UK
   • DOLD (Kokstad); James Ashforth, ZA
   • GEVERS / GEBERS - Descendants of Johann Christoph Heinrich G. (1847-1932), (Reimerdingen, Schneverdingen); Susan Malushaga
   • HAAPE; Melanie Sergeant-Haape
   • HANSEN; Eldred Hansen, USA
   • HEINE, Caspar Heinrich; Dorri Roughley, UK
   • HOLZ; Gavin Holz, ZA
   • KEPPLER; Sheila Peacock, ZA
   • MEHNERT; Heidi & Jochen Mehnert, ZA
   • MEYER, BERGHOFF, NIPPER, DRIEMEYER; Peter E Meyer, USA
   • ROTTCHER / RÖTTCHER; Karl Rottcher, ZA
   • SCHAFER / SCHÄFER, SCHEFERMANN; Owen Keen, UK
   • SCHIERING; Rüdiger Sperling, DE
   • SCHUHMANN; Neill Schuhmann, NZ
   • SCHWENN; Charmaine Schwenn, ZA
   • STOPPEL; Gavin Stoppel, UK
   • ZUNCKEL; Bianca Zunckel, ZA
4. Free State (Orange Free State)
   • JURGENS, ECKSTEIN, von LEITAS; Grace Jurgens, ZA
   • POTTAS / POTAS / POTHAS / POTHARST (Johann Simon), HEYMANN (Franz Gustav Johannes & Helena Lydia Johanna & Pauline Luise Adelheid), KÜHL (Robert Theodor Friedrich), PROZESKY (Johann Carl), NIEMANN (Maria), SCHMIDT (Ferdinand August); Johan J. Pottas, ZA
5. Transvaal (Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Northwest and Limpopo)
   • BAULING (Lydenburg), BEHRENS; Andreas Schneider, DE
   • FICK (Paderborn -> Volksrust, Amersfoort, Wakkerstroom); Barry Fick, NZ
   • MIESSNER (Groblersdal), GARENTHOLZ; Retha Jooste, ZA
   • MOCKE (Polokwane); Ernst Mocke, ZA
   • PAULI, HALLGREEN; Jonathan Hallgreen-Pauli, ZA
6. General - entire South Africa
   • ADOLPH; Rosemary Cullen, NZ
   • BAARD; Andre Baard
   • BAARD, BARK; Carol Bradford, AU
   • BASEL, LIEBENBERG; Helga Liebenberg, AU; Basel-Liebenberg Page at Genopro
   • BEHNKE; Harro Lange, CA
   • BENJAMIN, PAUCKENPOOL / POGENPOOL; Rene Benjamin, ZA
   • BERGEMANN, MÜLLER; Lauren Muller, ZA
   • BEUST; Jürgen Beust, DE
   • BINEDEL / BIENEDELL, REIB; Robin Bienedell, ZA
   • BREDENKAMP / BREDEKAMP / BREITENKAMP / BREDENKAMPF / BREEDENKAMP; Marthie Bredenkamp, ZA; Bredenkamp Genealogy
   • BRILL; Carol Pieters, ZA
   • von BÜLOW; Jobst von Bülow, DE
   • BUYS, Barend; Fanie Buys, ZA
   • CLOETE, NISSEN, de GROOT, SCHULTZ, RADEROTJES, TAUKEN / TOUWKEN; Marjorie King, AU
   • van COLLER / von CÖLLER; Malcolm van Coller, ZA
   • DETTMAR, Wilhelm oo Charlotte MODEL; Gert Esterhuizen, ZA
   • van DEVENTER, VENTER, von DEMPTER; Maja Westhoff, ZA
   • DEYSSEL / DEITZEL; Marilyn Adler, ZA
   • FICK; Paula Fick, AU
   • FICK, WILTON; Allan Wilton, ZA
   • FOGELMAN; Les Coleman, CA
   • FREDERICK; Theuns Frederick, ZA
   • FREIBOTT / FREIBOTH / FREYBOTT / FREYBOTH; Freybott, DE; Familie Freybott
   • GERMERSHAUSEN / GERMISHUIZEN; Johannes Germishuizen, DE
   • GREIPEL; Gerd Greipel, DE
   • GROEPE / GRUPE, Heinrich Christian Albrecht; Leilani Fortuin, ZA and Leone Sauls, ZA
   • HAUSHAMER / HAUSSAMER / HUISAMEN / HUYSAMEN / HUYSAMER; Kobus Huisamen, KR
   • HEYMANN; Rudi Heymann, ZA
   • HEFER / HOEFFER / HEVER / HOEVER; Johan Hefer, ZA
   • HEYNEKE; Bart Heyneke, ZA
   • HEYNEKE / HEYNIKE; Francois Heynike, DE
   • HOLM, GRUNOW; Erica Loubser, ZA
   • HOLTZHUISEN; Martie Holtzhuizen, ZA
   • HOLZHAUSEN; Marie-Anna Marais, ZA
   • HOLZHAUSEN / HOLSHAUSEN / HOLSHAUZEN / HOLTHAUSEN / HOLTSHAUSEN / HOLTSHAUZEN / HOLTSHUISEN / HOLTSHUIZEN / HOLTZHAUSEN / HOLTZHAUZEN / HOLTZHUIZEN; Helgard Holtzhausen, ZA
   • HUISAMEN; Andrew Huisamen, ZA
   • JANKOWITZ; Dederick Jankowitz, NA
   • JANSEN; Ferdie Jansen, ZA
   • JOCH / JOCKS / JOECKS / JOCHS (in ZA, ZW and ZM); Stephanie Boshoff, US
   • JONKER / JUNKER; Marius Jonker, ZA
   • JONKHOFF; Peter Jonkhoff, ZA
   • KAHL; Vivian van Rooyen, ZA
   • KEESE from Rostock, UHLICH, MAESSEN; Winnie Steenkamp, ZA
   • KERKHOFF / KIRCHHOFF / KERCHHOFF; Pauline Wilson, ZA
   • KIRSTEIN (Berlin, Prussia); Johan J. Kirstein, NZ
   • von KLUCKOW; Diana Auer, NZ; The Kluckow Family
   • KNOTHE (Fürchtegott Johannes Carl); Kevin Fraser, ZA
   • KOCH (Dr Johann August); Gerard Grobler, ZA
   • KOEKEMOER / KUKEMUR; Patricia Koekemoer, NZ
   • KRAUKHAMER / GRAUKAMER / KRAUKAMP / CROUKAMP; Carmel Croukamp, UK
   • KROG / KROGH; Louis Krog, ZA
   • KUMST; Adel Kumst, ZA
   • LATEGAN; Gary Lategan, ZA
   • LAUFF / LAUFFS / LOOFF; Lisette Cousins, ZA
   • LERM; Karl Lerm, SE
   • LEY, SCHOENEMANN / SCHUENEMANN; Edward Ley, NZ
   • MAASCH, ROWE, SCHONFELDT (Penkun, Pomerania, Prussia); John Maasch, NZ
   • MASAKOWITZ, Carl Eduard & Johanna; Rosalie Hofman, AU
   • MOHR / MÖHR (Holstein); Colin Möhr, ZA
   • MÖLLER, CURT; Sandra Fröhlingsdorf, DE
   • von MOLTKE; Leon von Moltke, ZA
   • MOSHAGEN; Lissa Moshagen, DE
   • MUHL; Dale Leppard, US
   • MÜLLER, Johann Heinrich; Petrus van der Westhuizen, UK
   • NEFDT; Robyn Nefdt, ZA
   • OBERHOLZER, PIEK, HEFER; Christopher Fitchet, ZA
   • OESCHGER; Ryan Oeschger, ZA
   • OTTO, 1714 - present (Chemnitz, Saxony (1400-1700); Vince Otto, CA; Otto Genealogy
   • PAHLKE, GRUSSENDORF / GRUßENDORF; Sharleen Nell, ZA
   • PLAGE, Wilhelm; Terry Plage, ZA
   • POHL, Heinrich; Emmanuel Pohl, AU
   • PÖHLS / POEHLS, SCHLÖTTERLEIN; Peter Poehls, CA
   • RABE, CREYDT; Heike Sanford, US
   • RADLOFF, PEHMÖLLER / PEHMOLLER; Marcus Lampard, ZA
   • REYNEKE / REINECKE; Albie Reyneke, ZA
   • RICHTER; David Richter, ZA
   • RICKLEFS / RIKLEFS; Ron Ricklefs, ?
   • RIEBOW / REABOW; Lynden Reabow, ZA
   • RODELDonna Rodel Melcher
   • ROTHNER, STROHMENGER; Bertus Ferreira, ZA
   • SCHAFER (brothers Gottlieb Wilhelm / William oo Edith BOYCE, Frederick, Alf); Graham Schafer, ZA
   • SCHERMANN / SCHERMAN; André & Marianne Sherman, ZA
   • SCHICKERLING; Henry Schickerling, US
   • SCHMITZDORFF / SMITSDORFF / SMITSDORF / SMITHDORFF; Annaretha Smitsdorff, ZA
   • SCHOEMAN / SCHUMANN; Eben Schoeman, ZA
   • SCHONFELDT / SCHÖNFELDT; Andre Schonfeldt, AU
   • SCHULTZ, HELBERG / HELLBERG; Deirdre Snook, UK
   • SIEGERT; Narelle Griffin, AU
   • SMOOK / SMOOG; Etienne Smoog, ZA
   • STIEME / STIMIE; Johann Stimie, ZA
   • STRAMPE; Hendrik Strampe, ZA; The Strampe Website
   • STREICHER; John L. Streicher, ZA
   • STRÖH / STROH; Michelé Dutton, ZA
   • STRUWIG, BRITZ, BRILL; Andrié Labuschagne, CA
   • THIART / THEART, TISHAAR; Leslie Thiart, ZA
   • THIELEMANN; Amanda Whitrod, AU
   • THURNAU / THURNOW / THURNAN / THURNEAU / THURMANN; Karel Marais, AT
   • TITTLE, FRIEBUS from Russia; Marina, RU
   • VELDSMAN / VELTSMAN / VELDMANN / FELDMANN / FELTSMANN; Veldsman,Walter, UK
   • VLOK; Riaan Vlok, ZA; The Vlok Family History
   • VOGES / VOGUS; William Voges, UK
   • VOIGT (Hamburg), MAAG; Roelof de Haan, NZ
   • WAGNER; Etienne Wagner, ZA;
   • WELLMANN; Rowena Welman, ZA
   • von WERLINGHOF / WERLINGHOFF; Rudi Werlingshoff, NL
   • WIESE / von WIESE; Japie Wiese, NA
   • WILHELM; Hein Wilhelm, ZA
   • WILSENACH; Leilani de Bod, ZA
   • WORTHMANN; Shaun Worthmann, ZA
7. Namibia
   • BROCKMANN, HOLLERBAUM, PETER, HAK; Sigrid Alpers, DE
   • DIEKMANN; Rudolph Diesel, UK
   • GERTZE / GERTSE; Jonthan Wentzel, UK
   • PABST, Heinrich; Wolfgang Tuschmann, NA
8. Beyond Africa
   • RIEKE in USA; Judy Rieke, US