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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	Douglas	Report	11 Jun 2007 14:53
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 3 Send Message	I'm trying to establish whether my gGrandfather, JOSEPH NEWEY, born 1846 in Dudley, was knighted by Queen Victoria either side of 1900. He was a famous engineer in South Africa, building most of the Bridges in the old Cape Colony between 1874 and 1904 (approx.) Rose up the ladder to head the Works Dept of the Cape Colony and retired to farm sheep in the Eastern Cape Colony on a farm he bought upon retirement. Died 1907.

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