Who am I. I am Paul Tanner-Tremaine, a fifty-something, software consultant and developer, been married to Janet for thirty-something years, have 2 grown up sons who have both left home, and currently we have 3 cats.  We used to live in Westville, 10 miles inland from Durban on the Natal Coast, South Africa, but since November 2001 have moved to Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

Interests and hobbies. You guessed it, Genealogy, as well as Philately and Photography. (I started collecting stamps when I was 8, taking photos at 10, and writing down family tree information when I was 14).  In my youth I used to climb mountains ( Outward Bound - Kilimanjaro; Natal Drakensberg), and I also used to play field Hockey and Squash.

Other interests. I hate to say it, computer stuff!   Flight Simulations on my PC. TV -watching Rugby Union, Cricket, Motor Racing, and some good sitcoms like ER, Friends, Dharma and Greg, 3rd Rock, etc. Used to help out with the Boy Scouts Organisation, and help run a Radio Controlled Car Club - my son used to race!

Why did I make a Web Site.  Simple. I wanted and needed to know how to do it from a work point of view, and it would be a good logical place to put all the information on genealogy that I had gathered off the net.  Give something back as it were.  So, I loaded Frontpage 98 onto my PC, opened up "Frontpage 98 for Dummies", had some fun for about a week in the evenings, and this is the result!  Now upgraded to FP 2000 and learning more about DHTML, javascript and all that geek stuff...

Current Genealogy Quests.  I am trying to find details of my grand-father,  his siblings and ancestry.  I am also searching for info on my maternal grandmother's ancestry;  Irish and David surnames.  

Latest News.  During 2002 we found a whole new branch of the family in England, another second cousin on the Penn side who is currently in Norway, plus a whole lot of pre 1900 photographs to sort out!  Sometime soon I will re-publish my tree with all the new info - the db is now over 5300 people!  I've also just done a major update to the Fynn & Southey sections.  I am also in the process assembling a database with 1820 Settlers to South Africa, and one on the Webbers, when time permits.

Please e-mail me at if you can help. Thanks.