Site Update Log

This LOG is a record of the changes and additions made to the site, in push down sequence with the most recent changes listed first.

All pages are subject to change.

Changes to the Home Page are not recorded in this log.
Spelling, grammar, and other minor changes are not recorded. Spelling is an unabashed mix of British & American English with Argentine Spanish (castellano) – having first learnt to write Argentine Spanish, then English in the British then American styles, the administrator makes no excuses and does not plan altering spelling for the sake of one style over another.
Abbreviations of family member names: Please see list at the foot of this page.

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Date	Page (Blue are linked)	Updates — 2016-2021
Nov'24	WB’s Contracts	Completed WBz’s page listing his court cases, real estate & mining contracts
Oct'24	Sale of Muniz Rancho	Added summary of William Bz’s disposition / sale of the Muniz Rancho & Fort Ross, 1860-1866.
Sep'24	El Rincón - fire & smoke	On Sep.22, 2024 “El Rincón” was threatened by fire - see the videos
Sep'24	Josephine K-Bz, 1830-1912	Brief biography of Josefa/Josephine/Josefina Kolmer/Benitz - founding member of this branch of the Bz family.
Jun'24	Polo - Malcolm & Gertie Bz	Malcolm & Gertie: Polo 1930s - 1970s, tournaments; Gertie: Official Referee (AAP)
Jun'24	La California: 1878-1887	Added links to chapters in Alfred’s Chronicles with quotes from missing La California Day-Books 1878-1887.
Jun'24	Alfred’s 1937 diary, Q1-Q2	Added the first 2 quarters of 1937, missing from the original transcription.
May'24	Alfred A. Bz - 1918 diary	Added account of Alfred & Olga’s trip to Campo Winter in May, 1918, quoted in Chronicles, chapter 45.
May'24	Alfred A. Bz - 1887 daybook	Added to AAB’s diaries annecdote quoted in Chronicles, chapter 35, from the Laguna Yacaré daybook of 1887.
Jun'24	AABz Diaries	Rewrote & reformated Alfred’s table of Diaries
May'24	Alfred A. Bz - 1887 daybook	Added bits & pieces of Alfred A.Bz’ 1887 daybook, will add more when found.
Apr'24	NewsPapers FMBz WW2	Newspaper articles re Malcolm collected by Eileen Bz (his step-mother) during WW2.
Apr'24	Telegrams re Malcolm, WW2	Telegrams from or about Malcolm Bz, received by his parents Willie & Eileen at Ea. “La California”.
Mar'24	Alfred A. Bz - 1888 day-book	Alfred’s 1888 log of activities at “Laguna Yacaré” (+ updates to Glossary).
Jan'24	Charley’s CDV album	Published Charley’s entire CDV album.
Oct'23	Alfred A. Bz - 1904 diary	Alfred’s 1902 daily log of activities at “Los Palmares” (+ updates to Glossary).
Sep'23	Josephine KBz - Calif.1899	Invitation to & group photo of a Fadango for Josephine KBz held at Fort Ross, 22 April, 1899
Aug'23	Willie & Eileen Photos 1930s	Eileen & daughter Moyra’s combined photos of the 1930s, at Ea. ‘La California’.
Aug'23	Willie & Eileen Photos 1920s	Eileen Frend/Bz’s photos of the 1920's at Ea. ‘La California’ & the Córdoba hills.
July'23	Moyra Bz/Le Bas Pages	Incorporated Moyra Bz & Mike Le Bas pages
July '23'	Malcolm Bz camping US, 1936	Added to Malcolm photos from Moyra’s photo album of him camping in the US ca.1936
Jul'23	Bryan Bz Album of JEBz photos	New page for Bryan Bz’s collection of John E. Bz photos (Thank James Bell for the copies).
Apr'23	Peter Bz - photo album	Photos 1961-1966: El Piquete, polo, Christmas in the Cba. hills, camping trips “down south”.
Mar'23	Malcolm & Gertie Bz - photos	Added family photos of the 1950s.
Mar'23	Malcolm & Gertie Bz - photos	Added family photos of the late 1940s, in Arg.
Jan'23	Alfred A. Bz - 1903 diary	Alfred’s 1903 daily log of activities at “Los Palmares”.
Nov'22	John E.Bz - Album-7	Completed John’s Album #7 (second half) + minor changes to his other albums.
Oct'22	Horner Ancestors	Photos & articles re Horner ancestors & their siblings.
Sep'22	Horner Ancestral Tree	Horner family: Ancestral tree of Olga (m. Alfred A. Bz)
Sep'22	Olga Horner Photos 1913	Created Olga B. Horner page of photos from the Douglas fly (trip to Pulmarí 1913).
Sep'22	Olga Horner/Bz	Added "Horner" buttons to Alfred & Olga pages - began her bio. line
Aug'22	Alfred A. Bz - 1902 diary	Alfred’s 1902 daily log of activities at “Los Palmares”.
Jul'22	Benitz Bull Icon	Fixed bug: the Benitz Bull icon had failed to appear in tab bars, etc.
Jun'22	Jimmy & Camucha Roberts	Created photos page
Jun'22	Spanglish Glossary	Several changes to improve finding references
May'22	Bernice Bz/Bell - Birth Cert.	Added her birth certificate, transcribed & translated.
May'22	Alfred A. Bz - 1874 diary	Added PDF file listing his expenses in Oakland, January-July.
Apr'22	Wilhelm Bz - Legends	Added page of the William & Josephine legends collected by Aphra Peard/Bz.
Mar'22	Wilhelm Bz - Gold	Gold prospector & investments in gold mining
Mar'22	Wilhelm Bz - Vital records	Created page of VITAL docs (birth/marriage/death) for him & Josephine
Mar'22	Wilhelm Bz - cattle brand	Added his acquisition of the livestock brand at Rancho de Muniz / Fort Ross.
Feb'22	Michael Kolmer	Modified & added to ALL KOLMER family pages: Michael, John, Caroline & Dutch Bill Howard.
Feb'22	Caroline K. & Dutch Bill Howard	Kolmer cont'd: Added Dutch Bill’s history, photos, and letters to family.
Feb'22	John Kolmer	Added newspaper accounts of John’s murder.
Feb'22	Ea La California	Added 2 maps: (a) of the area:, ca.1872-1875; (b) division in 1956.
Nov'21	La California photos, ca.1950s	Added photos of a remate (cattle auction) near/at La California, ca.1950
Sep'21	La California: Dipping cattle	Added collection of photos of dipping cattle at La California, probably taken by Moyra Bz, 1948.
Sep'21	Eileen’s Photos ca.1950	Photos of/by Eileen Frend/Benitz taken at La California & Greystone ca.1950
Sep'21	Eileen’s Photos 1920-1940	Photos of/by Eileen Frend/Benitz taken at La California & Greystone, 1920-1940.
Aug'21	May Watt & Jay Mohr-Bell	Added first pages for May & Jay Mohr-Bell (wedding pics) - under developemtn
Aug '21	Stanley & Katie Jeans	Reorganized Katie’s letters & added Stanley’ ancestral tree.
July '21	Mike & Moira Le Bas	Began first pages for Mike Le Bas & Moira Bz - subject to many changes.
June '21	Frank A. Watt	Created time line for Frank & Silvia; added photos from WW-II.
June '21	Alfred Bz - diary 1901	Added Alfred’s diary of life at his estancia “Los Palmares” in 1901. Thank you Mike!!!
Apr'21	Stanley & Katie Jeans	Corrected Stanley’s obit, updated Stanley & Katie’s timeline.
Apr'21	Frank A. Bz Letters -1917	Created new page with Frank’s letters to his sisters, 1917 (during training in England, WW-I).
Feb-May'21	Audrey Traill photo album #1	Added first 50 of 100 pages of Audrey’s first album of three: 1897 - 1921.
Jan'21	Photos at Greystone 1921	Added pool pic from Michael Mohr-Bell (with names from Audrey Traill)
Jan'21	John & Marjorie Wedding	Added John & Marjorie’s wedding certicates to their DOCS page.
Jan'21	Audrey Traill’s photos	Published photos of Joe & Audrey Traill, and began publishing photos from Audrey’s first (of 3) photo albums: 1895-1924.
Jan'21	TRAILL family	Created place-holder pages for Gertie’s TRAILL ancestors: father (Joe), grandfather (Edmund), & great-grandather (Rev. Robert).
Jan'21	John E. Bz	Added portraits to pages; letters, newspaper articles, marriage, & other docs to web. Off-line, copied material sent by John P. Bz.
Dec'20	Gertie Traill	Separated Gertie’s early bio from F. Malcolm Bz’s; placed her youth, marriage to George Hall, & WW-II experiences on her own pages within the TRAILL family pages.
Sep'20	Tragedy at Cruz Grande	Added the account and photos of the tragedy at Cruz Grande (20 March, 1916) when a large creciente (flash-flood) broke the retaining wall. It took the lives of John E. Benitz and five others.
Sep'20	Alfred Bz - diary 1900	Added Alfred’s diary of life at his estancia “Los Palmares” in 1900. Thank you Mike Mohr-Bell!!
Sep'20	SITE SECURED	We implemented HTTPS (secured HTTP) on all 350+ pages (note the padlock on the browser address bar). Browsers no longer flag the site as unsecured and a potential security risk (we do not exchange data with users anyway).
Aug'20	Malcolm & Gertie Bz: Album 1960s	Added their photo-album of the 1960s, with almost 150 photos: polo, El Piquete, trips.
Aug'20	Nany Benitz & Urban Mahrer	Recreated "Nany" Benitz’s (b.1819) & Urban Mahrer’s page, adding much material (discovered in the past 15 years).
Aug'20	Malcolm & Gertie Bz: Photos 1960s	Added photos of their first camping trip "down south", to Ea. Pulmarí (near Aluminé, Neuquen prov.).
Jul'20	Anton Bz Family Tree	Improved Anton Bz’s (William’s brother) descendants tree with more generations & detail.
Jul'20	Bz Family in Arg.1875-1900	The first 25 years in Argenina (1875-1900); beginning with William’s decision to Benitz Hermanos.
Jul'20	T.Gillyatt’s Tales of Los Algarrobos	Ted Gillyatt recounts his experiences as a 20-year old segundo at “Los Algarrobos”, 1928-1929.
Jul'20	Alfred Bz - Photo Album-2	Added Alfred Bz’s 40-page photo album, approx. 1895-1915. (173 photos on 42 pages)
Jun'20	Alfred Bz - Diary 1900	Loaded Alfred’s “Los Palmares” diary for the first half of 1900 - thank you Michael!! (Indians constantly stealing horses)
Jun'20	Elisa Bichsel	Frank J. Bz’s widow - added details about her life, provided by a great-grand-daughter.
Apr-May'20	Bz-2020 Reunion – La Cumbre	Created the Bz-2020 reunion pages. GREAT PHOTOS!! (Also replaced the HTML editing software.)
Mar'20	Malcolm & Gertie – Wedding	Added Bs.As. Herald articles & photos of Malcolm & Gertie’s wedding, Rosario, May 1946.
Feb'20	Willie A. Bz - Photos 1910	Added photos of Wilie as a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at the University of Illinois (1909-1910).
Jan'20	La California - 1907	Added the 1907 day-book, in PDF format. The last of 19 day-books recording the daily activities on the estancia. Written almost entirely in Spanish. It needs to be transcribed! Volunteers?
Jan'20	Tommy Sympson’s Ancestors	Created chart & trees of Tommy's ancestors, back to the 1600’s
Jan'20	Josie Webster/Lockwood	Created a full set of pages for her; all empty except for Agar Lockwood's family trees.
Jan'20	La California photos ca.1892	Added cabinet cards found by Andres von Buch at an estancia in Entre Rios.