Shelagh will no longer be working on her research. We will no longer provide look ups and chronologies. The entire collection of her research has been donated to the Pietermaritzburg Archives. Anyone whose family was not covered in the published volumes may be able to find material in the archives collection, or on this site, if a chronology was produced.

We are about to auction old copies of the books. I found these articles inside them:

MCARTHUR Alexander – 1822-1884 . Mayor of Durban, businessman, shipping agent, farmer. Photo in Ingram SAS Henderson: Durban, p50 For an alphabetical list of sources, click here. From Dunbarton (BSN p190). Member of the first Durban Club (SDC p17). Living in Durban in 1852. In partnership with .. Hunter (RoD 153). Pioneered the small ships plying between Durban and the...

Born c.1816, Scotland. Died 12 April 1893, Richmond, Natal. Schoolmaster, agriculturist. 1816.00.00c.   Born. Date calculated from age at death. (RGR) 1841.00.00      Family of a William McKenzie and his wife Elizabeth Stevens listed. Included is their daughter Jane (Jean)**.   With them is William McKenzie, Schoolmaster. (1841 census return for Instack, Dunnet, Caithness, via S.J.) 1843.01.14      William McKenzie, teacher in Staxigoe...