DIASPORA OF THE DE BEER FAMILY

In 1994, the undermentioned numbers could still be traced of the De Beer family in South Africa and other countries. However , after the new political dispenstaion, in 1994, White South African families started to emigrate to greener pastures. Subsequently, a vast number of De Beers are to be found all over the world. My third eldest brother's first born child, who carries the family first names Barend Petrus De Beer, emigrated to England where he joined the British Army. He was awarded as the best recruit for a special forces unit in 2005. And so we can continue to research the diaspora of the De Beers after the governmental transition when afirmative action became government policy to speed up the transformation stage. Unfortunately mostly White South African males were targeted, irrespective whether they were English- or Afrikaans speaking. The irony is that English speaking De Beers were more liberal in their political views than the Afrikaansspeaking section of the De Beer family who were more on the neutral Nationalist side or even to the extreme right. Ironically, the De Beers who sided with the liberal Progressive Party or the old United pro British party, are just as part of the rest of White males to be wiped out by the current government's Affirmative and Equity laws altogether ! In this sense the Equity and Affirmative action instegated Whites and subsequently some De Beers for that matter, into global dispersement. Globalization forced the Afrikaans section of De Beers to speak English, German, Dutch and other languages in the Global job market.

Altough my first language (mother tongue) is Afrikaans, I decided to publish my Blog in English only to be relevant in the Global market. The following numbers of De Beers in other parts of the world in 1994 are published with a view to update the new statistics as De Beers are starting to read my Blog and submit new demographic statistics. The idea of this exercise is to establish a virtual archive for all South Africans at the Voortrekker Monument's Heritage Foundation (Erfenistigting) in collaboration with the Freedom Park for Black South Africans. As a joint venture, all De Beers for example, can create their own Blogs, update it with their individual family history with photographs and even sound for I-pod's and video clippings in detail, submit it to one huge data base at the Voortrekker/Freedom Park for reference and research. Black people with the De Beer name as well as De Beers in Italy, Germany, USA, Canada and other nationalities can be compiled. Cross references could be linked to trace back the diaspora of all the De Beers, Beers, Behrns, Ursus or Ursanius... This project is not only for interesting sake of the De Beer family name, no, there are multiple advantages in compiling such a family archive, e.g for medical puposes. Their DNA's could be researched and recorded. International travel and accommodation, tourism, heritage foundations, clubs, consortia, family trusts, sharing financial resources like families do in Italy, Greece, Israel, India, Portugal and other cultures, testaments for inherritence, names, logos, icons and for many many more advantages.

The following effort of the Halberts's Family Heritage (circa 191/93) ,South Africa, Afrikaans version (MCMXCVIII) to compile the names of all the De Beers around the world, is a good example to design an electronic format for future research:

Totale Geraamde Huishoudings (possible households)
Totale Huishoudings in Register (household register)
Totale Geraamde Bevolking (average demographics)
Getal Graafskappe, State, Gebiede, of Provinsies Waar Huishouldings Woon (regions)
Graafskap, Staat, Gel Kanton, of Provinsie die Digste Bevolking (most prominent regions)

Verenigde State (USA)
179
128
394
33
Minnesota
Kanada (CANADA)
101
72
222
5
Ontario
Australia
85
61
187
6
New South Wales
Nieu-Seeland
17
12
37
2
South Island
Groot Brittanje (England)
76
54
190
23
London
Noord-Ierland (Northern Ireland)
1
3
1
Co Antrim
Ierland
3
2
8
1
Kerry
Oostenryk (Austria)
1
1
3
1
Wien
Duitsland (Germany)
7
5
18
4
Bayern
Switserland (Switzerland)

8
6
20
2
Zurich
Frankryk (France)
67
48
168
16
Nord
Nederland (Holland)
0
0
0
0

Suid-Afrika (SOUTH AFRICA)
10,108
7,220
28,302
4
Transvaal (Gauteng)
Spanje (Spain)
0
0
0
0

Italie (Italy)
1
1
3
1
Firenze