Website last updated 6th August 2023
If you are new to genealogy my articles will be useful guides to getting you started on your own research. Mostly they are based on my own family history research. If you are a member of my extended family you will also find stories about some of our shared ancestors.
Introducing my families
My most comprehensive research has been on the Norden family some of whose members became early British settlers in South Africa – unusal as such as they were Jewish.
- Chapman of Padstow, Swansea and Liverpool and Pennell of Swansea and Liverpool – maternal grandmother.
- Heimann of Luegde and South Africa and Norden of London and South Africa – maternal grandfather. Arnholz, Broude, Huth, Jacobs & Michaelis(-Jena) are linked with the Heimanns. Nussbaum from Nieder Aula in Germany, Simon/Simmon(d)s/ Symmonds and Posener of London are linked with Norden.
- Norden of Amsterdam is a family with which the London Nordens may be linked. If you know something about this please contact me.
- Bargebur, Bargebuhr and Bargeber are probably different spellings of the same names. I have fragments of trees for people of these names – not on this website. Are they linked with Norden? If you recognise the name please contact me.
- Gold of Zgeirz and Lodz in Poland and Najding – paternal grandmother. Birnbaum of Zgeirz and Lodz in Poland – paternal grandfather. Tomchinsky is linked with Birnbaum.