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2020 Archives
Message Number: 354 - Monday, September 28, 2020 15:23:36 EST - United States
Name: Richard DiNardo
Surnames you are researching: Schäffer, Aschenbrenner
Villages of interest to you: Verteskozma (Kozma)
Comments: My great-grandfather, Josef Schäffer immigrated to New York in 1912 from Kozma (now Verteskozma) in Hungary, with his wife Theresia, my grandfather Stefan Schäffer & his brother Josef, Jr. Most of his extended family stayed in Hungary, until they were expropriated & expelled by the Communists in 1946. I was told they then emigrated mostly to Eschwege in Germany. I have had no contact with any Schaffer’s in Eschwege, but I have happily been informed about them by my distant cousin Peter Kindl, whose parents emigrated to Eschwege. I would love to know more about my cousins in Germany & whether any Schaffers remain in or near Verteskozma Hungary.
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Message Number: 353 - Tuesday, June 16, 2020 10:43:03 EST - United States
Name: Shelly Hoppe
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Online research thru Ancestry.com
Surnames you are researching: Antoni, Muller
Villages of interest to you: Sekitsch
Comments: Trying to find information on my husband's mother, grandfather and grandmother who were all from Sekitsch (Lovcenac, Serbia now) from what I have found so far. Hitting dead end on grandmother.
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Message Number: 352 - Sunday, April 26, 2020 15:58:45 EST - CANADA
Name: Helen O'Hara
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Searching for info about Futog and Indija
Comments/suggestions about the Project: Excellent source of info
Surnames you are researching: Wenzelbach
Villages of interest to you: Futog, Indija
Comments: My father was born in Alt-Futog in 1925. His father was born in Indija in 1890. I can't find parents for my grandfather. The surname used to be Weltzenbach, which records show were in Veszprem, Hungary. The name changes about 1860's to Velczenbach in Hungary. I have found records showing 3 other people with the surname Wenzelbach, each seemingly unrelated, all in the US. We are in Ontario, Canada. If anyone has some information that might help, please contact me.
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Message Number: 351 - Tuesday, April 14, 2020 11:15:21 EST – UNITED STATES
Name: GARY KLEIN
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Many years ago doing research online
Comments/suggestions about the Project: The DVHH is an excellent source of Genealogical Information.
Surnames you are researching: Klein, Kraemer, Buchholz from Hatzfeld and Orschowa, Keller from Bruchenau, Schawillie from Orzydorf
Villages of interest to you: Hatzfeld, Bruckenau, Orzydorf, Orschowa
Comments: Over the years, many of these fine DVHH volunteers have helped me along the way. I have participated both as a helper and a subscriber asking for help. I have helped occasionally with Hatzfeld lookups.
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Message Number: 350 - Sunday, March 29, 2020 10:21:54 EST - CANADA
Name: Joe McMaster
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Google
Surnames you are researching: Walter, Walther, Valther
Villages of interest to you: Backa Palanka, Serbia
Comments: My grandfather George Walter and his spouse Mary (nee Boss/Bossalso - found a Marie-Anna Baasz) moved to North America in 1901. George first through New York, proceeding to Detroit. Later they moved to Quinton, Saskatchewan, Canada. George was the son of Anton. Anton was a mill owner in Palanka. Anton's first wife was Katie, second wife (George's mother) was Mary Smalz. Name in Canada is Walter. Found records in Hungary/Serbia of Walther. Family stories say it was Valther.
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Message Number: 349 - Sunday, March 22, 2020 16:06:02 EST – UNITED STATES
Name: John N Kauten Jr.
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Facebook
Surnames you are researching: Kauten
Villages of interest to you: Gottlob, Banat, Hungary
Comments: Nicholas Kauten Gottlob, Banat, Hungary on 3 July 1875
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2019 Archives
Message Number: 343 - Friday, January 18, 2019 21:32:18 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Tom Stuhlreyer
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Web search
Surnames you are researching: Rammacher, Barbier
Villages of interest to you: Gertianosch, Torontal, Billed
Comments: Thank you for all the great information on this site. Any leads and advice are welcome. Many thanks!
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Message Number: 348 - Wednesday, December 4, 2019 12:03:46 PDT – UNITED STATES
Name: Maribeth Farrell
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Web
Surnames you are researching: Gruber
Villages of interest to you: Zsombolya, Hatzfeld
Comments:
Matyas Gruber born 1889
Father - Matyas Gruber
Mother - Borbala Schuld
Sisters - Anna and Eva Gruber
Last residence - Zsombolya
Immigration - 1907
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Message Number: 347 - Tuesday, October 29, 2019 22:05:43 PDT - CANADA
Name: Rosanne Haas
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Internet
Surnames you are researching: Helleis, Haas
Villages of interest to you: Parabutch Batchka, Molidorf, Banat
Comments: Looking for family info
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Message Number: 346 - Tuesday, August 27, 2019 11:48:27 PDT – UNITED STATES
Name: Rose Fisher
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Google
Villages of interest to you: Apatin
Comments: I really enjoy the DVHH and the familysearch websites for looking up information on my grandparents who were from Apatin. How do I find out more information about them? Do I need to become a subscriber to this site? Does DVHH have people who does family research? Thank you.
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Message Number: 345 - Monday, June 10, 2019 23:31:08 PDT - GERMANY
Name: Wanda Lenz
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: internet searching
Villages of interest to you: Udvari
Comments: This is an awesome website! I can spend hours at a time in it. In doing research for my Dad, Henry Lenz (born in Udvari 1934) I have found lots of great information for him. Thank you!
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Message Number: 344 - Thursday, May 30, 2019 08:53:52 PDT – UNITED STATES
Name: Manfred Kirchner
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Through my late brother Rudy Kirchner
Villages of interest to you: Rudolfsgnad
Comments: When my late brother Rudy had a stroke in 2005, he ended up partially paralyzed and suffered some memory loss. I promised him then that I would take over the administration of the www.Rudolfsgnad.net website. I have now done so for more than 14 years.
I have noticed that the traffic (visits) to the website is down more than 50% since a year ago and even more than that since the website was created. I am now looking to sell the domain name to someone who is interested in taking over the administration of the Rudolfsgnad.net website. Anyone interested in doing so can contact me using the Guestbook on the website.
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2018 Archives
Message Number: 342 - Monday, December 24, 2018 08:43:09 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: George F. Fischer
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Google
Comments/suggestions about the Project: interesting and informative
Surnames you are researching: Manz and Fischer
Villages of interest to you: Vukowar and Hodschag
Comments: Both of my parents were Donauschabian immigrants that met in Cleveland. They married in Dearborn Michigan and settled in the metro Detroit area. We grew up knowing as many ethnic-german relatives and friends as well as many polish american neighbors, so my values are deeply rooted in the hard working european culture. Hard work was just a way of life. Family and friends were of utmost importance.
Message Number: 341 - Saturday, October 13, 2018 18:53:10 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Patrick Baldwin
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Google
Surnames you are researching: Schramm and Mumbauer
Villages of interest to you: Neu-Siwatz
Comments: My great grandfather, Filipe Schramm, came from Neu-Siwatz to Chicago in 1920. My great-grandmother, Katarina Mumbauer, came later with my grandfather, Jacob and his sisters Katarina and Elisabeth’s. I’m always interested in learning more. I can be contacted at the email above.
Message Number: 340 - Saturday, May 5, 2018 03:43:39 PDT - UNITED KINGDOM
Name: Elizabeth Duff b. Bolz
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: web search
Surnames you are researching: Bolz
Villages of interest to you: nove sove
Comments: just happened upon this page whist looking for somewhere to go on holiday next year. My father Stefan Bolz) was born in june 1922 in Nove Sove. it is fascinating to read the web page. might have to visit
Message Number: 339 - Tuesday, February 13, 2018 11:30:22 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Raymond Basch
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Google
Comments/suggestions about the Project: Amazing resource, Thank you!
Surnames you are researching: Besch
Villages of interest to you: Perjamosch
Comments: I recently found a reference to who, it appears, is my 6th Great Grandfather Adam Besch who died in Perjamosch in 1755. He was from Hasborn in current-day Saarland (near St Wendel) and is listed in the Perjamosch Church's Totenbuch. I'm using the LDS online resources and am seeing references to other Besch family members in the Perjamosch Church records there. I hope to join your organization and get on the email list, and maybe get some questions answered about my family in the Banat. The link to the email list isn't working from your website for me. Also, who do I contact for the Lookups? Vielen Dank! Ray
Message Number: 338 - Sunday, January 21, 2018 11:43:44 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Robert Angeli
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Google search
Comments/suggestions about the Project: very, very helpful
Surnames you are researching: Angeli and Manner
Villages of interest to you: Iszimmer
Comments: I am amazed by the amount of information about Donauschwaben on this site. it has been very helpful in my putting together my family history for my children. I must do it before i start forgetting the stories of my grandparent, parents, aunts and uncles. Very impressive!
Message Number: 337 - Wednesday, January 3, 2018 09:42:40 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Brandi Smith
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: google search
Comments/suggestions about the Project: An index with hyperlinks to former residents
Surnames you are researching: Dohr, Tormuth, Dormuth, Lambing, Kafka, Kliffer
Villages of interest to you: Gross Jetscha
Comments: My Grandfather was from Gross Jetscha and I'm very happy to find information regarding his village here. I hope to find out more from this site regarding where they lived, what they did for a living, and to find remaining relations, or discovery where they went. Thank you for your efforts in providing this valuable information!
2017 Archives
Message Number: 336 - Sunday, December 17, 2017 14:09:55 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Richard Weber
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Internet search
Surnames you are researching: Weber, Schnieder
Villages of interest to you: Bogarosch
Comments: Wife and I visited Bogarosch in 2015. It was a pretty desolate place, the church in poor condition. We found many grave markers of my ancestors. My father Johann Weber was born in Bogarocsh in 1910 and left for Philadelphia in 1924-26.
Message Number: 335 - Wednesday, November 1, 2017 11:06:57 PDT - SWEDEN
Name: Rikard Gass
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Google
Comments/suggestions about the Project: Difficult
Surnames you are researching: Shaün
Villages of interest to you: Apatin
Comments: Hello
I am searching for people that know my father when he lived in Apatin.
His name is Toni Anton Gass
His parents name Josef Gass and Katarina Gass
Josef was a Miller and had a mill at Donau.
Today he live with his wife in Sweden.
Hope for answer
Rikard
Message Number: 334 - Friday, June 23, 2017 19:37:03 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Gary Gabrich
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: google search
Comments/suggestions about the Project: Great help in understanding lifes struggles brings life to names.
Surnames you are researching: Amrein (Amhrein)
Villages of interest to you: Lengyel, Zavod
Comments: Completed my mothers (Riba) Hungarian ancestry from the Fertoszentmiklos,Sopron,Hungary area back to 1701. Now I learned from this site and Family Search.Org website that my Croatian grandmother (Amrein)was descended from the Swabian Turkey area of Hungary and am now back to the 1750 with my Amreins from the villages memtioned above. Soon hoped to be back to Germany somewhere after further research. Been back to Hungary and Croatia several times, never to Tolna which will now be this fall. Gary - From Indiana, USA
Message Number: 333 - Monday, May 22, 2017 12:37:13 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Linda Schultz
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Phoenix Club
Surnames you are researching: Morawek and Csintalan
Villages of interest to you: Pancevo Banat and Kernei Backa
Comments: Planning a trip to Europe next summer and would love to find where my Grandmother (maternal) is buried. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Csintalan and married name Bauer.
Message Number: 332 - Wednesday, April 12, 2017 17:50:36 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Caroline Greulich Brandon
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Web search
Surnames you are researching: Sellinger, Kottak, Feisthammel
Villages of interest to you: D-Etschka
Comments: I'm so curious about where the family came from prior to D-Etschka... my Ancestry DNA did not link me to the Banat region but I have three great grandparents from there.
Message Number: 331 - Tuesday, March 14, 2017 12:10:05 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Jessica Weintz
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Google
Comments/suggestions about the Project: Message Boards
Surnames you are researching: Weinz
Villages of interest to you: Neu-Schowe
Comments: I am so grateful for everyone who has contributed to this website. I just started researching my family history and am absolutely thrilled this website exists. I can't tell you how much help it has been to me. Please keep up the good work!
Jessi
Message Number: 330 - Tuesday, March 14, 2017 06:27:01 PDT - BRAZIL
Name: Efraim de Carvalho Barboza
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Google
Surnames you are researching: Kauder, Marsi, Nagy, Stark, Balazs, Horvath, Schmidt
Villages of interest to you: Nova Pazova, Pancota, Donja (Yoguslavia)
Comments: I'm searching for these surnames. If anyone has information, please send me an e-mail!
Message Number: 329 - Tuesday, January 17, 2017 20:10:55 PDT - CANADA
Name: Anne Lyle
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: stumbled onto it
Surnames you are researching: Stefan, Simon, Brand(t)
Villages of interest to you: Bela Crkva (Weisskirchen), Vrsac, Panchevo
Comments: I'm looking for any relatives that may have survived WWII, from my mother's family. Particularly great- aunts or uncles and/or 2nd cousins etc.
My mother Margaret (Margit on her birth certificate) was born in Bela Crka in Apr 1925 to Janos and Katerina Simon. Her father Janos was born Nov 1898, died 1946. Katerina was born in Sept 1908, died 1937. Mom had a brother Johann born Apr 1927, died Oct 1987 in France and a sister Julianna 1932-1933.
I think Janos had a sister Marishka, and maybe a brother Ferenc and Katerina had a half-brother Nikola who died in 1944.
Janos' parents were Ferenc and Julianna Simon, and Katerina's mother was Theresia (Rezi) Brand.
Mom married Franz Gerhard Stefan in June 1941 and had 3 children, Franz 1940-1945, Jakob 1941-1942, and Erika 1943-1975. She was interned in a couple of different concentration camps after her husband disappeared in 1943 and she eventually escaped with my half-sister Erica to Austria. From there she emigrated to York, Alabama, USA, and later moved to Canada where I was born.
Thank you in advance for any information you may be able to share with me.
2016 Archives
Message Number: 328 - Tuesday, November 22, 2016 13:21:19 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: David Witte
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: found it
Surnames you are researching: Dekold, Potje, Furo, Valeri, Heh, Himmel
Villages of interest to you: Klek, Ernsthausen, Sartcha, Neusin, Sigmundfelf
Comments: I haved been researching my family for years. I have two copies of the history of Klek written in German that I would like to share. I can read some German but not all of it. Plus I have the first hand account of a family who lived in Klek and was able to flee in October of 1944. I also have a few cassette recordings that I made as a teen when I was interviewing my grandmother, her siblings, and cousin back in the late 1970's as they describe life in Klek.
I also have the Heimatbuch for Ernsthausen (the village of my grandfather and great grandfathers, hoping to find information on the village of Neusin.
Message Number: 327 - Tuesday, October 18, 2016 18:13:36 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Chris Hoff
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Genealogy searches
Comments/suggestions about the Project: Thank God for all of your efforts!
Surnames you are researching: Hoff, Dinger
Villages of interest to you: Franzfeld
Comments: Hello. My grandparents were born in Franzfeld, Yugoslavia in 1919/1920 and came to the U.S. in the early 1950's, eventually settling in Mansfield, Ohio. Unfortunately I have never been able to figure out which Hoff ancestor led the way from Ulm (presumably) to the Banat. I have a treasure trove of items inherited from my Opa, but unfortunately my German is not that great to be able to read most of it.
I came across this website several years ago when I was devoting more time to genealogy (it comes and goes). This is a fantastic site and I thank all of the contributors and hosts for taking the time to support our Donauschwaben community. Prost!
Chris Hoff
West Chester, Ohio, USA
Message Number: 326 - Thursday, October 13, 2016 15:59:35 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Susan Balnek Ballard
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: My grandson's research
Comments/suggestions about the Project: Exciting to know I might find help researching my father's ancestry.
Surnames you are researching: Balnek, Schatz, Freimeyer
Villages of interest to you:
Comments: My father, Fred Balnek, was born in Panschowa in 1913 to Mathias/Matyas Balnek and Christine Schatz. They emigrated to America in 1921. My father's older sister was Julia/Juliana Balnek; a younger sister, Christine Eleanor Balnek was born in Panschowa on a later trip from America. My grandmother wanted her youngest child also born in her native land.
Over the years I have tried without success to locate any information on my father's family; the name "Balnek" seems to be rare. Now I realize I am not alone in my search and others have had the same difficulties I faced. What a relief to know I may be able to trace my families' origins.
Message Number: 325 - Monday, May 9, 2016 01:17:02 PDT - AUSTRALIA
Name: Barbara Nicholson
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: searched for franzfeld recipes
Comments/suggestions about the Project: what a find!!!
Surnames you are researching: Schneebacher, Beringer
Villages of interest to you: Franzfeld, Titel
Comments: My father now lives in Australia but was born in Franzfeld, in 1928. We were wondering if there are any relatives anywhere. Also has any one heard about children being rescued by an old lady from Rudolfsgnad camps?
Message Number: 324 - Saturday, April 2, 2016 15:11:09 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Ed Ackermann
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: my cousin
Surnames you are researching: Ackermann and Legler
Villages of interest to you: Bac (Batsch)
Comments: I am curious to know if anyone has been reimbursed by the Serbian Government for all the lands and property that was taken during and after WWII? If so, how did you go about it? Do you have any contact information to share?
Message Number: 323 - Tuesday, March 8, 2016 19:57:16 PDT - CANADA
Name: Elisabeth Kolenko
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: google
Surnames you are researching: Wolf, Brucker
Villages of interest to you: Mohacs, Popovatz
Comments: Hi, Looking for information about my maternal great grandparents My mother was born near Mohacs, Hungary when it was Croatian. All of her immediate family are in Canada and Germany. Hopefully someone might have a suggestion where to start looking.
Message Number: 322 - Monday, December 24, 2018 08:43:09 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Loretta J. Cooke a/k/a Loretta J. Kish (Kiss)
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Started doing some family research via Ancestry.com
Comments/suggestions about the Project: Learned from my mother that my grandmother was "Swab"
Surnames you are researching: Anna Drexler or any variation thereof...
Villages of interest to you: Somogy megye (county)
Comments: Good afternoon:
I've recently become interested in tracing my family tree through many family stories. All my family is still in Hungary. My parents came to the US in 1956 and were the only ones from either side of both their immediate families who left Hungary. However, after hearing many family stories from my 87 year old mother, I've learned that my great grandmother was "Swab" but uncertain of the village of origin. My family roots are mostly from Somogy, placing the village in the Swabian Turkey area.
Any information that anyone may have would be greatly appreciated. My mother's maiden name is Hagyanek with a strong family connection to the Veszralek family (I apologize for misspelling). Great grandmother was Anna Drexler and great grandfather was Antol Veszralek.
Thank you in advance for any information.
Loretta Cooke
Viszont latasra!
Message Number: 321 - Friday, February 19, 2016 23:08:14 PDT - UNITED STATES
Name: Richard Germann
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: doing research on grandparents
Surnames you are researching: Abel and Tiefenbach
Villages of interest to you: Palanka
Comments: My grandparents passed when I was young. they both came to the USA after WWI. They were only in my life ten years but spoke broken English with strong German accents.
Your site solved and clarified so much for me. When I went through their old photos of Palanka I saw shop signs with Cyrillic writing. There was also an abundance of black and white post cards from Palanka. But when I tried to locate on a map I see Palanka is a town on the Danube in Serbia. Nothing seemed to fit, their USA Nautrualized Citizen papers indicated they came from Austria Hungary.
All of the pieces of the puzzle fell together when visiting your informative site. I had never known of the Donauschwaben, but it is now obvious to me this was their heritage and also mine.
2015 Archives
Message Number: 320 - Wednesday, October 21, 2015 14:02:35 PDT - CANADA
Name: Mark Schilling
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: google
Surnames you are researching: Schilling, Weber, Pendl
Villages of interest to you: Budaörs/Wudersch
Comments: I've been trying for years to find more information about my father's family. My father, Joseph Schilling, son of Anton and Theresa(nee Weber), was born in Budaörs in 1935 and his family was expelled in 1946. They settled in Baden-Württemberg after being in a displaced persons camp. My father came to Canada in 1954 and settled in Hamilton, Ontario.
I know a fair bit about what happened from my father but there's a great deal of information missing. My father is the only member of the family in Canada. the rest remained in Germany. We apparently have some family in Hungary who were not expelled. My father last visited them in 1977.
My connection to Donauschwaben culture is limited, all based on my father's memory. My mother was German and learned to cook some Donauschwaben food, again based on my father's recollections.
I've been trying to connect some of the dots with my family in Hungary but very little is available online.
Message Number: 319 - Tuesday, September 29, 2015 15:56:43 PDT - UNITED KINGDOM
Name: Arthur Grun
How did you learn about the DVHH site?: Google search
Comments/suggestions about the Project: Provide more means to register on DVHH
Surnames you are researching: Grun
Villages of interest to you: Deutsch Zerne
Comments: I am only just starting to trace my family history and the community in which my father's family came from. My father was Josef Grun who was born in Deutsch Zerne and came to England after World War 2. I would be grateful for any information and/or images of anything related to Deutsch Zerne, especially my family.
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Friday, September 18, 2015 17:09:12 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Syndia Marxer (Markser) |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Looking for family/geneology |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Thank you so much |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Markser, Marxer, Weissenberger, Steigerwald, Gerhardt |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Valpovo region and Mastort region |
Comments:
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| This is an addendum to my Message #316, I recently found out my Opa (Stephan Marxer) changed his name when they got to US. In Yugoslavia (and Bremahaven) the last name was Markser. Thank you. |
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Thursday, September 3, 2015 12:46:08 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Marci Tillery |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Newspaper Article |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Krutsch/Bechtold/Burprich/Arz |
Comments:
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| Just getting started. I only know vague information from US Census forms and family. |
| Message Number: 316 -
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 16:15:46 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Syndia Marxer |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Research |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
This is a humanitarian delight you are doing - thank you |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Marxer (perhaps Marcer), Steigerwald, Gerhardt |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Valpovo, Mastort |
Comments:
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| Hallo, My Mom was born in Mastort Sept 12, 1941. She was in a camp for 3 years then went to Linz Austria. My Dad was born in Valpovo. His name is william Marxer (Marcer) born May 5, 1941. His Mom, Rosalie was married to Stephan Marxer and had a Thresh machine. They fled and escaped camps. My Dad's Opa was shot in a mass grave and he and his Mom had to go ID his body to be dead or rescue. This is from Mom Gertrude Steigerwald-Marxer: my Omas name was Katharina Gerhardt my Moms name was Magdalena Gerhardt, my Uncles name was Nicholaus (Klaus) Gerhardt my Dads name was Johannes (Hans) Steigerwald and my uncle Adam Steigerwald he was the first priest in the new Church and he married my mom and dad, the first couple. ☺ |
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015 07:50:49 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Barb |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
google |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Vollweiter |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Banovci |
Comments:
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| My mother's father (Vollweiter) was born in what she describes as the Batschke. I think the village name is Banovci. |
| Message Number: 314 -
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 13:07:04 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
John Jung |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Facebook |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Mramorak |
Comments:
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| Always looking for Family, Grandmother maiden name was Lichtenberger. |
| Message Number: 313 -
Monday, June 1, 2015 18:08:17 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Phil Bushbacher |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
A friend |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Bushbacher |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Albrechtsflor |
Comments:
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| I'm looking for birth records for my grandfather, Peter Buschbacher, son of Joseph Buschbacher and Anna Mathes. |
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Saturday, May 16, 2015 05:32:08 PDT - GERMANY |
| Name: |
Heinz Kegler |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
google found your website, as i was looking for the surname Kegler |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Kegler |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Stanisic, Stanischitsch |
Comments:
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| I was looking for "Donauschwaben" with my name. I was born 1942 in Stanischitsch. Now i am living in Emden- Germany. |
| Message Number: 311 -
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 16:05:41 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Susan |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Ancestry research |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Brenner |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Rudolpsgnad |
Comments:
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| Looking for any information on any ancestors from Rudolpsgnad Romania and the history of the town.My grandfather was from there and immigrated in 1903 |
| Message Number: 310 -
Monday, January 19, 2015 17:16:29 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Ray |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
search |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
great info |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Rothgerber, Leibzeit |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Glogon |
Comments:
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| Great info ! was looking into family history & found this website - my mother was from Glogon & sent to Rudolphsgnad |
| Message Number: 309 -
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 21:53:16 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Magdalena Keller |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
websearch |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Keller, Quintus |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Filipova |
Comments:
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| I am a School Sister of Notre Dame (Arme Schulschwester v.ULF. My parents,Wendel Keller and Magdalena Quintus were both born in Filipova |
| Message Number: 308 -
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 21:45:03 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Frank P. MORATH |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
randon interest |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Morath, Muller |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Saderlach |
Comments:
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| My father was born in Saderlach, 1904 |
2014 Archives
| Message Number: 307 -
Sunday, December 21, 2014 09:53:21 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
William Schmidt |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Saw it on internet when researching for Biled, austria-hungary. |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Hoping to find my ancestors from Biled and any living relatives in Europe. |
| Surnames you are researching: |
SCHMIDT, GENGLER |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Biled |
Comments:
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| Peter Jacob Schmidt married Susanne Gengler in Biled about 1909. Susanne had siblings named Katherine, Elizabeth (died young), John and Conrad. Conrad attended military school in Vienna, served in the Austrian-Hungarian military against the Italians in WW1. Conrad died in Vienna in 1935. John had at least one child named Nick who was born in Biled in 1908. Susanne immigrated to the US about 1907 with her brother John and his wife. Susanne returned to Biled about 1909 to marry Peter Schmidt. Peter and Susanne then immigrated to the US about 1912. They had at least one child named Niklos Schmidt. There may have been other children named Katherine and Peter. I believe all three children died early in life. I believe Peter Schmidt had 2 brothers named Adam and Jacob. I hope and
will appreciate any information I may receive. Thank You, Sincerely, William Schmidt |
| Message Number: 306 -
Tuesday, November 25, 2014 21:26:13 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Ann White |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google Search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Brill, Kilzner, Yost, Loris |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Giarmata/Jarhmarkt |
Comments:
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| I am looking for information on a Peter Brill, son of Johann Brill and Marianna Kilzner, of Giarmata/Jahrmarkt. Peter Brill was born in 1875. Johann Brill died in an accident, and his wife remarried a man named Matthias Glassman. Peter Brill was drafted into WWI, and married Elizabeth Yost upon his return. They emigrated to the USA in 1920, and settled in Pittsburgh, PA. I am also looking for information on Michael Loris and Anna Yost, parents of Elizabeth Loris. I have birth dates, but would like to learn the parents of any of these people. Thank you for your consideration. |
| Message Number: 305 -
Thursday, November 20, 2014 09:42:44 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
David Peterson |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Research - have been a member now for some time |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Ebert |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Weisskirchen |
Comments:
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| My wife's grandfather, Anton Ebert, emigrated in 1887 from Weisskirchen. I have contributed a brochure to DVHH that documents a Gesellschafts Club in St. Louis that Anton apparently joined. He stayed there before moving to Southwest Missouri, where he farmed. I'm interested in the name Ebert, which may have been spelled differently before the family came to the US. The family was apparently involved in the growing of grapes and perhaps production of wine. Religion may have been Catholic, and the history of the region would certainly support that, although there was an immigrant in St. Louis who told my wife that she knew the family in Weisskirchen "when they were Jewish." The parties who could help clarify these name and religious questions are dead, unfortunately, so if anyone
researching this area, now in Serbia, has ideas about them, I would appreciate your input. |
| Message Number: 304 -
Monday, November 10, 2014 21:56:03 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Greg Beck |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Internet search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Beck, Mayer, Grumbach |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Bulkes. |
Comments:
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| My previous comment was a bit long and I have one more question. To finish, I was wondering if there is a list that exists showing all the occupants of each house in Bulkes(pre-WW2). All information is greatly appreciated. Greg |
| Message Number: 303 -
Monday, November 10, 2014 21:34:48 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Greg Beck |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Internet search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Beck, Mayer, Grumbach |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Bulkes |
Comments:
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| I am looking for some help to find any information I can on my father. His name was JOHANN BECK and was born in BULKES in 1911/1912. He died in Canada in 1984. He knew the Beck family was originally from Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz so he is most likely from the family of Johann Beck (1768-1831) who came from Wirschweiler bei Trier and settled at Bulkes about 1788. I do not know his father's first name but his mother's name was MARIA MAYER from Bulkes. His grandmother's last name(Maria's mother) was GRUMBACH. I found a photograph of Bulkes men reading books. There is a Johann Beck(HNr.156 *21.12.1911) who lived at dwelling house number 156 when the photograph was taken in 1938. Does the person who originally had this photo or anyone else have further information on this man. He may
very well be my father! The link to this photograph "BULKESER KAMERADEN 1938: Beim Lesen neuer Bücher für die Ortsbibliothek im Haus von Jakob WAGNER, HNr. 261. "is: http://www.bulkes.de/bilder.html Does a list(s) of all occupa |
| Message Number: 302 -
Saturday, July 5, 2014 09:41:17 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Cindy R |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
trying to research family |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Friedrich, Amrein, Schwirtlich,Kirchner |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Austria, Lanycsok |
Comments:
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| Hello,
I am in need of finding information. I keep hitting a brick wall. My great grand parents never shared information with their children. I do not know what happened to Jozsef Friedrich per baptismal record of my grandfather Adam which was done in Szabolcs, possible wife of Jozsef is Katalin Amrein came to USA as Katharine Kirchner. I do not know if she was married to Jozsef Friedrich or what happened to him and when did she become Kirchner. Katalin (Katharine is Buried in USA) . George Schwirtlich unknown spouse Anna Rudolph , anna is buried in USA. I know where my Great grandmothers are but do not know where my Great Grandfathers are. Please help if you can I have been searching for a couple of years now. Thank you for any help. |
| Message Number: 301 -
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 22:40:48 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Kathy (Hettig) Bailey |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
researching Donauschwaben towns |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
This is very nice and helpful. |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Jaksic, Jakschitsch, Klein, Theer, Drescher |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Apatin, Gakowa, Batschsentivan, Kruschevlje |
Comments:
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| My mother and her family were all interned in Gakowa and Kruschevlje. Maybe someone recognizes the above names. 5 of our relatives died in Kruschevlje and Gakowa. My great aunt died afterwards in Gratz, Austria and my grandfather George Jakschitsch died while working on a barge on the Danube River right before the Russians entered Apatin. If you have any information on the above people please contact me. I have been able to find many records online but none for Jakschitsch, Jaksic or Drescher. |
| Message Number: 300 -
Thursday, April 17, 2014 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Dick Lenhardt |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Lenhardt |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Molidorf |
Comments:
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| I am interested in finding information on Peter Lenhardt, 2x Grandfather who was born in Molidorf in 1841 and died in 1907. I would like to know if he is buried in the Molidorf cemetery and who his Mother and Father were. |
| Message Number: 299 -
Monday, March 31, 2014 18:59:39 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Pamela Byrne |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
German Genealogy Facebook page |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Bravo!! |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Kovac/Schmidt |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Slatinik |
Comments:
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| My Great Grandfather was born in Slatinik in 1886. He was Josef Kovac (surname had been Schmidt back in the Black Forest where they came from). He had a sister named Liza (elisabet), and his father's name was Janos. He left for the US in 1905, and his sister came later, to Passaic, NJ. I am trying to find both his parents' info so that I can continue to trace back until I find their village of origin in Germany (to which I believe they returned after WW2). I believe both my GGF and his sister traveled with the Stadl family to the US. Thank you for any help! |
| Message Number: 298 -
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 07:38:47 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
John Kauten |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
facebook |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
any information on the Mooss Family |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Mooss |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Brant |
Comments:
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| Hello My Name Is John Kauten,in seach of my grandmother family namr Mooss.
I do know that my grandmother Elizabeth Mooss had a sitter name Juile and a half brother name Jacob. Elizabeth and Julie Mooss had a different mother than their half brother Jacob.
Jacob arrived in in 1911. He arrived in Locust Point with his wife Annie, on 9/29/1912. Jacob was born on _______ and died on _________. Annie Mooss maiden name Wilhelm was born on ________. Both came from, St Andres. Annie died on 5/1/____ ? They were married in St Andres Hungary on ________. |
| Message Number: 297 -
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 05:09:13 PDT - ROMANIA |
| Name: |
Istvan Szucs |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
this is a great site |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Lukacsovits (in America Lukas) |
| Villages of interest to you: |
State Florida, State North Carolina or ...? |
Comments:
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| My name is Istvan. I have Donau Schwaben origin. Sorry, but my preferred languege is russian, and the old slavic (Church slavic).
I live in Kolozsvar (romanian Cluj Napoca, germain Klausenburg). My profession is librarian, and amateur family researcher.
In Romania living Donau Schwaben, in the Sathmar county (romanian judetul Satu Mare). The big city is Nagykároly (romanian Carei, germain Grosskarol). This city was the centre of the noble family of Károlyi.
Istvan |
| Message Number: 296 -
Monday, February 3, 2014 10:42:14 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Dan Michnay |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
researching the Banater Hall Company |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
None |
| Surnames you are researching: |
none |
| Villages of interest to you: |
none |
Comments:
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| My 101 year old sister recently passed away and among her effects was a share certificate in the "Banater Hall Company" dated Nov 7 1928. My first interest was in the unlikely residual value of the thing but as I went along I became aware of the Danube Swabian organization and was somewhat intrigued.
Anyway, I have this piece of history and am wondering if anyone would be interested in it for historic of archival purposes. I would be quite glad to post it to someone who has a reason to want it; no charge.
The origin of the certificate is in Cleveland OH where my family came from. I am aware that there seems to be a few related orgainizations and not sure who might most be interested if indeed,any.
So, there it is. I have it and will be glad to send it to anyone with an interest. If not your organization, perhaps you know of another that might have some interest
Cheers
Dan |
| Message Number: 295 -
Thursday, January 16, 2014 09:28:01 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Carol A. Cohen |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Researching Ancestors |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Very Interesting! |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Schneider, Huber or Huberth,Rieger, Vogel |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Bogarosch & Penzeskut |
Comments:
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| Hi,
These are my grandparents:
I know my grandfather Antal ( Anton) Schneider born Jan.1897,was from Bogarosch, Banat, which I think it is spelled Bogaros Hungary! His parents are Michael Schneider & Ann Huber, they had several children, some were from a previous marriage of Michaels, she died! I would love to find some living relatives that are still there!
My grandmother Terezia (Theresa) Rieger born Dec. 1894 was from Penzeskut, Veszprem! Her parents Ferencz(Frank) Rieger born1853 & Anna Vogel born 1862! Franks parents are Janos Rieger born 1820, wife Kata Katzer born 1826!
Like I said, I would love to find some living relatives, Carol |
| Message Number: 294 -
Friday, January 10, 2014 05:09:29 PDT - AUSTRALIA |
| Name: |
Maria |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
looking for ancestors from austro hungary |
| Surnames you are researching: |
kleiner maday |
| Villages of interest to you: |
temerin backa palanka subotica |
Comments:
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2013 Archives
| Message Number: 293 -
Friday, December 13, 2013 04:22:45 PDT - ROMANIA |
| Name: |
Mark Shipley |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
through family research |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Bleichner, Janson, Meiszl, Wilz, Tumele... |
| Villages of interest to you: |
BLivada (Fakert/Baumgarten), Horia (NeuPanat) |
Comments:
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| I am Mark from Chicago, Schwaben family names Meiszl and Tumele (through my maternal grandmother). I have been in Arad, Romania paging through state archives for about a month now, slowly piecing together my family tree from the villages of Glogovacz (now Vladimirescu), Fakert (now Livada, German- Baumgarten), and NeuPanat (now Horia). The archives have births, deaths, and marriages, but they do not have immigration records that are acceible to the public. Also, they are classified after about 1900/1910. My grandmother came over to Chicago in 1912 as an infant, but some of her aunts and uncles / stayed behind. I know about all the ones who came over, so I am looking for my second cousins who didn't, most of whom went to Germany. Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated. I
know that some of the cousins visited my grandma's sisters in the 90s, but since my grandma was the last one of the family she was not close and had little interest, and none of my aunts or uncles showed any interest so we do not know who they were!
Other than this, I am happy to know there are websites like this for keeping people together and traditions alive. |
| Message Number: 292 -
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:33:27 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Hilda Lindmayer |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Lindmayer, Linzner, Bendl, Frie |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Ruma |
Comments:
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| I am so happy to have found this site. I am new to researshing ancestry have recently become interested in tracing my family's origins. Both of my parents were born in Ruma, Yugoslavia - my father in 1911 and my mother in 1923. I have information going back to grandparents, but not much before that. Any advice on where to start?
Thank you, Hilda |
| Message Number: 291 -
Thursday, November 21, 2013 15:38:38 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
George Evalt |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google look up |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Exciting |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Many-Ehwald, Staub, Kauder, Kornfeind |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Ivanbattyan, Kiskassa, Vokany and Racz-Petre |
Comments:
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| Would like to get details on the original colonists, before 1750. Have Racz(now Uj)-Petre church records thanks to the LDS folks, but no village church records. Do they exist? Also, my grandparents left Baranya and had a farm near Rushevo in Milanlug, now in Croatia. Would like to find details as to when and why they moved. Also looking for birth records for Father and his siblings. Are church records available for Ivanbattyan, Rushevo and Milanlug? Birth years 1895 and forward; the civil records do not show their births. Thank you. |
| Message Number: 290 -
Monday, November 11, 2013 11:34:58 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
John Heil |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
stumbled on it |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
And there's recipes. |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Heil, Schwartz, Fischer |
| Villages of interest to you: |
I don't know how to spell it or pronounce it exactly right |
Comments:
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| Hi,
I made some good stew yesterday that was a bit like lesco and a bit like goulash, that always gets me thinking. I realized I had no idea from which area of Hungary that my paternal lineage came from. My Grandpa and his family had a farm near a village which I cannot spell or find. I believe it was pronounced like "etchy" as in etch (like etching a number on metal) with a Y (ie sound) at the end. I never know if its a German, Schwowisch, or Hungarian word.
If I ever go to Europe in my life (not that I'm that big on making a pilgramage there or something) I would at least like to be aware of the general locations of things. Rather than only being able to say which country; that's not very specific.
I don't think it was in the Banat region since it wasn't Romania when they lived there during WWII. Although, from the litle reading I've done, I gather my Grandma's family (Schwartz) did come from Banat quite a bit before the war. since I've heard assertions about how my Grandma's father didn't like being told he was now a Romanian after WWI. |
| Message Number: 289 -
Friday, October 25, 2013 09:59:19 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Bill Klem |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
looking for my family |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Klem, Gunto, Büch, Buchko, Neidthart,Eber,Katzenberged, |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Mözs, Tolna, Hungary |
Comments:
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| My grandfather came over to this country about 1900. His first born was born in Austria/Hungery. I the 1920 Census my grandfather put his native toung as Mygar. I have been trying to find and prove which town he came from. It is possable that we might go back 13 generations to Germany. Also my family was Roman Cathloic. |
| Message Number: 288 -
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 05:18:38 PDT - AUSTRALIA |
| Name: |
Petra Leschinkohl |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
family research |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
its great, the history should be remembered |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Leschinkohl and Jerger |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Bilje, Podravlje/Jenofalu/ Eugenfalu, NagylOlved/velke Ludince |
Comments:
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| I am researching the Leschinkohl/Leschenkohl/Leshenkol family. My father, Stephan, was born in Bilje, Croatia to Viktor Leschinkohl and Anna Jerger. I have been able to find records back to Tobias Leschenkohl born around 1774. My aim is to find out where Tobias's family came from and maybe where they started their trip down the Danube. |
| Message Number: 287 -
Thursday, October 3, 2013 13:38:05 PDT - SERBIA |
| Name: |
nikola lukic/
| |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
information |
| Surnames you are researching: |
barth justine |
| Villages of interest to you: |
usa |
Comments:
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| please contact ne may be I can help you with some informations |
| Message Number: 286 -
Friday, September 27, 2013 12:50:54 PDT - UNITED STATES
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| Name: |
Kathy Kern Harrington |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
surfing the web |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Truenter and Kern |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Orzidorf Neuarad and banat area in general |
Comments:
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| I think I have died and gone to heaven. I have been looking for information on the Banat area for ever it seems. Both my grandparents were from there and were married in the US in 1926. My grandfather, Joseph Kern, started the Banat Social Club in Buffalo, NY. My whole family had participated in the Kirchweih Fest which my grandmother started too. |
| Message Number: 285 -
Saturday, September 21, 2013 07:37:55 PDT - UNITED STATES
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| Name: |
Theresia Radl Eibel |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Great Job |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Gant, Hu |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Orzidorf Neuarad and banat area in general |
Comments:
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| I was born in Gant, Hungary and we were expelled to Germany. We emmigrated to the US and settled in Washington DC. The work of your organizatiion and others as well has taught me about and makes me proud of my heritage.
Thank you for all the good information and keeping our heritage alive.
Theresia Radl Eibel. |
| Message Number: 284 -
Thursday, September 12, 2013 05:26:27 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Elizabeth Jolivet |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
on line |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Great Job |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Hutflotz, Hedrich |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Birda, Liebling |
Comments:
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| I am looking for any information on my greatgrandfather, Georg Hutflotz born in Birda in 1860. He had a son also, named Georg who moved to Liebling. I am doing our family tree and cannot find anything further than that.
Thank you for any help,
Liz |
| Message Number: 283 -
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 10:27:59 PDT - UNITED STATES
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| Name: |
Karl-Heinz Joachim Becker |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
google |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Becker |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Neu Passua |
Comments:
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| Hi there, I'm looking for information about my family in Neu Passua.
Here is what I have so far about my direct line:
1.Becker, Andreas, born July 2, 1987 (my son)
2.Becker, Karl-Heinz, born March 22, 1958 (that's me)
3.Becker, Friedrich, born December 20, 1931 (my dad, was born in Neu Passua, WW2 headed to Germany in Muehlen bei Horb)
4.Becker, Adam, born December 12, 1909 (my grand-pa, born in Neu Passua, WW2 headed to Germany died in Muehlen bei Horb)
5.Becker, Andreas born February 8, 1871 (Neu Paasua)
6.Becker, Jakob, born November 16, 1844 (Neu Paasua)
7.Becker, Andreas, born May 13, 1810 (Neu Paasua)
8.Becker, Andreas, born in 1766 (Neu Paasua ????)
9.Becker, Johann ??????
When I reserached my family 35 years ago, I was told that I need to go to the Vienna War Ministry to sind out where my family came from in Germany. I was told that every new settler recieved new documents in Vienna and had to hand in their old "German" doscuments at the time. So I have no idae where my family came from in Germany... Can you help? |
| Message Number: 282 -
Friday, July 26, 2013 15:45:51 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
justine barth zentner |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
excellent. Love all the information |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Barth, Schwartz, Helleis, Bibisch, |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Indjija, Pozega, |
Comments:
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| My father Jakob Barth was born in Indjija, Syrmia 4/2/1919 and later emigrated to Pozega, Slavonia where he inherited his father's estate. His Father was Nicholas Barth born in Indjija in 1887 and his mother was Maria Schwartz born 8/17/1894. Grandparents were Michael Barth and Katerina Helleis; Joseph Schwartz and Marion Bibisch. My father had 4 uncles, one named Conrad. I think he was a Barth, but not sure. I would like to know what happened to his aunts and uncles after 1944 and if they survived Tito and the Russian death and labor camps. He thought his favorite aunt "Lanchey Basil" (not sure if spelled correctly), went to Brasil. |
| Message Number: 281 -
Friday, July 26, 2013 11:42:10 PDT - GERMANY |
| Name: |
Frances Rodgers |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Mundl, Ankner |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Balingen, Sigmaringen,Munsingen, Kreuznach-Kuhberg |
Comments:
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| I am looking for information or contacts of anyone that might have been in these DP camps from 1946-1950. My Mother and Grandmother came from Budapest at the end of the war and they were in various camps until they left for the US on the Battleship General Muir in 1951. |
| Message Number: 280 -
Friday, July 19, 2013 12:35:50 PDT - AUSTRIA |
| Name: |
Tina Kolocu |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Dobler, Gerstner, Schmoll, Naderer |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Semelcji, Indija |
Comments:
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| Hi
I am searching for my anchestors.
A son of my grandmothers cousin has written a book of his family, Dobler in Semelcji and found many names and birth/death dates. Family of my grandmothers father.
I am looking for my grandmothers mothers family.
Her name was Gerstner Veronika, born in Indjia, Srem, on 15th february 1902.
There is family in Graz-Austria and Cleveland-Ohio .anchestors of Sisters of my great-grandmother, named Schmoll and Naderer I think.
Would be nice if someone could help me. |
| Message Number: 279 -
July 13, 2013 05:41:55 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
joseph szollosy |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet search |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
new to site-need to learn how to use it |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Szolloeschy,Neumann,Heubsch |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Homolitz |
Comments:
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| My family were all from Homolitz-my parents came to US in 1952.I would like to know more of the history .They never talked much about it.Thank you, Joseph Szollosy |
| Message Number: 278 -
Thursday, July 11, 2013 17:56:13 PDT - AUSTRALIA |
| Name: |
mandy |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
browsing family history |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
fantastic site |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Haas Specht Kaiser Gangl |
| Villages of interest to you: |
kesinci, semeljci, grob-betschkerek,banat, wolfsegg, unterkienberg |
Comments:
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| Hi, I'm from Australia & I'm looking for my relatives as I am last surviving from my line since my dad passed away. I'm looking for dad's family. Dad came to Australia in 1954 with his parents and sister. Info I have
Magdelana (Gangl) & Nikolaus Kaiser Born in Grob-Betschkerek,Banat. Had 5 sons.
1. Franz Kaiser B:1.1.1923
Notes: Baptized in Austria, Godparents: Franz Gangl & wife (R.Cath) Witness: Magdalena Specht. Married Elisabeth Specht. Had 2 children 1. (my dad) Franz Josef Kaiser Born 5.5.1949 2.Elisabeth Kaiser Born 16.4.1951 Came to Australia in 1954.
2. Stefan Kaiser 3. unknown 4. Unknown 5. Unknown
Theresia (Haas) & Josef Specht
Josef Specht Born 26.10.1893 Vocklabruck
Theresia (Haas) Specht Born 4. March 1899 Kesinci
They had a few children boys and girls. Usure how many. Just remember my Oma had brothers & sisters in Germany. One owned a horse stud about 15 years ago
Child 1. Elisabeth Specht married Franz Kaiser and had 2 children 1. Franz (my dad), 2 Elisabeth
Franz Joesph Kaiser (my dad AKA Frank) was born in Wolfsegg, Unterkienberg 5.5.1949 at 19hr 45min
Any help in finding my family would be hugly appreciated as I don't have any family here. I feel lost and alone. Please email me if you have any info that can help. akaiser at gordontafe. edu.au
Thanks Mandy |
| Message Number: 277 -
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:48:39 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Erika Hutz |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
From a friend |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Hutz, Strauch |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Vukovar, Berak |
Comments:
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| What a wonderful site! I am a member of the Milwaukee Donauschwaben and I love reading as much information as I can about my ancestors! My Opa was born in Vukovar in 1913 and my Oma in Berak, Croatia in 1918. Thank you for creating this website!
Erika |
| Message Number: 276 -
Friday, May 24, 2013 01:25:22 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Eva Mills |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Stumbled on it |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Fritz and Leitinger |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Caransebes |
Comments:
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| I'm not sure when the Fritz family moved to Caransebes or from where. Since I just started my family tree I'm not sure where to look for all this information. I simply googled Banat and clicked on different links, and found this site.
If anybody has any information on a Stefan Fritz, born 1899 I believe, his parents, or his wife Katharina Leitinger, and her parents, I'd be very grateful.
This is a great site! |
| Message Number: 275 -
Thursday, May 9, 2013 04:07:16J PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Michael Schultz |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Researching Bukin / Mladenovo |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Just happy to see such a project! |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Brandt |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Bukin |
Comments:
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| My great grandparents were Danube Swabian immigrants from Bukin which was renamed as Mladenovo, Serbia. I was recently blessed with the great opportunity to personally visit Bukin last month. And again I was blessed to discover this website while researching my history. I can hardly believe my eyes to sudenly discover so much info!
Michael |
| Message Number: 274 -
Sunday, April 28, 2013 08:36:08 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Klaus Tabar |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Internet |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Wenzel, Schmidt, Tabar |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Banat, Chereck |
Comments:
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| Very helpful site. I am just beginning to do research on my family hstory. |
| Message Number: 273 -
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 09:47:21 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
MONIKA JAKOB |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
THE INTERNET |
| Surnames you are researching: |
JAKOB |
| Villages of interest to you: |
MOLIN |
Comments:
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| I HAVE BEEN USING YOUR SITE AND THE MOLIDORF WEBSITE TO RESEARCH MY FATHER'S FAMILY. HE WAS INTERNED IN MOLIDORF FROM 1946-48 THEN WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS SITE. |
| Message Number: 272 -
Friday, March 22, 2013 11:12:19 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Gerlinde Bernhardt-Davis |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
google search |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Apatin, Pivnizca |
Comments:
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| Great reding through the recipes and memories and histories. My Mother talked about her homeland constantly. My brother and I were born in a refugee camp in Austria and our family came to Canada in 1952. We had a strong grounding in our heritage trhrough all the family that also came to Canada. |
| Message Number: 271 -
Sunday, March 17, 2013 03:52:58 - ROMANIA |
| Name: |
Suzanne Mulvehill |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Lutz, Schneider, Schmidt, Theisz, Wagner, Weber, Meininger, Schang, Noel, Wagner Hummel |
Comments:
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| Hello,
I found a document from 1939 that my Great Aunt had created of our family history. The family roots go back to 1827 to Joseph Schneider to the town of Bulgarus - with his parents being Fillip Schneider and Susanna Schang. I have a number of other relatives listed in this family document and am very interested in researching the history. Other family members include:
Eva Schmidt, born in Bulgarus 11 Feber 1832 to Jacob Schmidt and Elisabeth Meininger
Eva Theisz, born in Bulgarus 30 January 1860 to Nikolaus Theisz and Anna Weber
Anna Weber, born in Bulgarus, 5 October 1836 to Johann Weber and Elisabetha Noel
Johann Lutz, born in Sacalaz, 2 November 1863 to Nololaus Lutz and Magdalena Muller
Magdelena Wagner, born in Sacalaz, 19 Marz 1865 to Andreas Wagner and Gertrud Hummel
Sincerely,
Suzanne Mulvehill |
| Message Number: 270 -
Friday, March 15, 2013 11:00:58 - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Stewart G. |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Internet search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
SEHI MINNICH FELDMANN |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Csatad/Lenauheim |
Comments:
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| Hello to all,
Although I have ancestors from several villages in the Banat region, the focus of my searching at this time is the village of Csatad/Lenauheim. I am specifically looking for the birth family of Michael Sehi, who was born abt 1860, most likely in Csatad. He married Barbara Herzog, 30 Jan 1883 in Csatad. They had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth, who married George Minnich.
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Stewart G. |
| Message Number: 269 -
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 12:16:03 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Elisabeth Bamberg (formerly Maichl) and Lore Bamberg |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
searching the internet |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Popovac (formerly in the Baranja region, now Croatia) |
Comments:
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| My name is Lore and I'm researching my mother's and grandmother's story about their expulsion from Popovac in 1945 and experiences in concentration camps including Gakowa. If anyone is interested speaking with me about their similar experiences, I would be grateful and will quickly respond to any emails sent. Thank you! |
| Message Number: 268 -
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:12:50 PDT - UNITED STATES
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| Name: |
sandi |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
google |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Getz |
| Villages of interest to you: |
satu-mare |
Comments:
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| My grandmother is from this area, I just found this great site!! |
2012 Archives
| Message Number: 267 -
Sunday, December 2, 2012 10:17:25 PDT - FRANCE |
| Name: |
Sarah Schumacher Page |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet research |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Gajdobra (Szepliget), Obrawatz (Borocz) |
Comments:
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| I am still reading the articles on your site. The picture of Joseph II signing the document does not belong in the 19th century. He died in 1790; his mother Maria-Theresa, who started the colonisation and whose portrait he is symbolically standing in front of, died in 1780; this document should then be dated between 1780-90.
I would be interested in helping with the site, to the best of my ability. |
| Message Number: 266 -
Sunday, December 2, 2012 09:38:40 PDT - FRANCE |
| Name: |
Sarah Schumacher Page |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet research |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Schumacher; Haszer; Liebling; Malman |
Comments:
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| Your article "Joseph platter's Petition" is surely 1000 years off base! He is clearly writing not to a Roman emperor (there weren't any in 786 anyway) but to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor of Germany, the monarch who encouraged the settling of the Batschka and other regions! It must be
1786--please check (& probably correct); |
| Message Number: 265 -
Monday, November 12, 2012 13:58:18 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Wayne Ortman |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet research |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Ortmann, Stumpf, Jung, Niessner, Kellner |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Zichydorf |
Comments:
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| I would appreciate any information relating to the listed surnames. Thank you in advance. |
| Message Number: 264 -
Friday, October 26, 2012 10:05:53 PDT - SERBIA |
| Name: |
Igor |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Scherer, Scheit, Polatschek, Berberich, Kripens, Dollak |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Kovin, Banat |
Comments:
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| I would like to get in contact with anyone who has relatives or friends who may have known my great-grandfather/mother from Kovin.
Scherer Tomas, born 1915, Father: Scherer Tomas, Mother: Scherer Rosalia(geb.Scheit),
Scherer Klara, born 1918, Father: Polatschek Tomas, Mother: Berberich Maria
also I would like to get in contact with anyone who is related to:
Kripens Ludwig from Kovin
Dollak Franz, from Kovin.
Thank you very much and best regards from Novi Sad, Serbia. |
| Message Number: 263 -
Friday, September 28, 2012 15:10:11 PDT - SERBIA |
| Name: |
Jovan |
Comments:
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| Das alles ist natürlich schön und spannend, aber was war loss mit Serben von Syrmia? Wie viele Tausende normale, ruhige, Serbische Bevolkerung sind durch Deutschen und Ustasche ermordet? Was passiert im Wukowar und was Mitrowitz im 1941? Das war ein Volksmord! Aber ihr müsst akzeptiren dass nur Serben und die Serbische Armee haben die Deutschen von Magyarisirung und kroatisirung gerettet!
Ihr Deutschen habt kein moralische Recht über Völkermord und Leidensweg zu sprechen! |
| Message Number: 262 -
Friday, September 28, 2012 08:21:08 PDT - SERBIA |
| Name: |
Jovan |
Comments:
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Für immer Serbien und nur Serbien!
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| Message Number: 261 -
Friday, September 21, 2012 08:54:50 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Linda Bucher-Rayburn |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Bucher, Ebner |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Zsombolya/Hatzfeld Gros Jetscha
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Comments:
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Just started researching my grandfathers family. My grandfather Peter Edward Bucher b.1892 Hatzfeld immigrated to the US in 1906 with his parents Peter b. 1859 Hatzfeld Karolina b.1859 Hatzfeld. They had 1 daughter Katharina b.1888 who married a Johann Ebner b.1887 Gros Jetscha. In St. Louis MO
Any information is appreciated. |
| Message Number: 260 -
Friday, August 31, 2012 08:48:50 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Joe Botscheller |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Very interesting and informative |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Botscheller |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Klienbetschkarek, Banat |
Comments:
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| Message Number: 259 -
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 20:11:35 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Diana Bertorelli |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Hermann |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Grossjetscha |
Comments:
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| Thank you so much for your efforts. I found this website last night and was quickly able to access my great-grandfather's baptism records. I would love to learn more and am anxious to see if anyone else is searching Hermann's. |
| Message Number: 258 -
Saturday, August 18, 2012 14:06:50 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Lorraine Carpita |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Internet search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Koscher, Mayer |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Kernei |
Comments:
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| Thank you very much for providing so much information pertinent to my family history. |
| Message Number: 257 -
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:47:14 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
dennis koch |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Internet |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Excellent |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Koch |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Franzfeld Banat |
Comments:
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| Looking for information on the Johanne Koch family (wife was Rosina) family who left Canstadt, Wurttemberg in 1790. They setted in Franzfeld, Banat, Austria in 1790/91. He and his decendents were Grenzers (border trrops)in the XIIth Deutsch Banater Infantry Regiment stationed at Panchowa. |
| Message Number: 256 -
Monday, June 25, 2012 09:58:19 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Robert Pappert |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
surfing |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Great Site |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Bappert,Moritz etc. |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Klein Betschkerek, Tschene etc. |
Comments:
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| Looking for homelands of Banat ancestors and living relatives around the world, would like to travel and visit these places and see them in person. |
| Message Number: 255 -
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 07:29:47 PDT; UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Rita Wachowe Kaurs |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Relative; Google |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Wachowe, Nothum, Weiss |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Banat Brestovac |
Comments:
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| Message Number: 254 -
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 15:50:43 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Katie Amundsen |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Pinterest |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
thank you! |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Blechschmidt, Heinz, Walbert, Mowius |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Liebling in Banat, Romania |
Comments:
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My entire family came from Liebling in Banat, Romania and left Liebling on September 22, 1945. I have found all of my family history from when the families first arrived in Liebling (1786, 1787 and 1838) using documents from the Lieblinger Lutheran Church. In 1786 and 1787, when families arrived in Liebling as original settlers, the families came from other Donauschwaben settlements in Hungary.
How difficult will it be to find the history of the original settlers from when they were in Hungary? Has anyone used databases from Ulm where the migration began? Is the information available in English?
I am interested to hear from Donauschwaben researchers, especially from Banat, and of course, from our beloved LIEBLING!
Thank you for you interest and your service. |
| Message Number: 253 -
Saturday, June 16, 2012 14:00:39 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Louis Wachowe |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Include links to Parish records of Donauschwab villages. |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Wachowe, Wagner, Leibgott, and Novak |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Brestovatz |
Comments:
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| Came across your site while researching my family tree. I know very little about my Father's family tree going back to their migration from Germany to Banat. Are there any Baptism/Marriage Parish records available from Brestovatz? |
| Message Number: 252 -
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 18:20:44 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Peter Pape |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
from the Donauschwaben Villages Facebook listing |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Pape, Kamp, Wagner, Linderer, Wilberth, Maurus |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Ujvar, Hatzfeld, Torontal |
Comments:
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My greatgrandfather, Joseph Pape, around 1840, lived in Hatzfeld and was buried there. He married Barbara Wagner, I think in Hungary. He had 5 children, Peter, Kate (Wilberth), Nickolas (my grandfather. b1871, came to the U.S. around 1907), Maria (Kamp) and Eva (Maurus). Maria Kamp's daughter Marie lived in Ujvar in 1974, married, with children Elizabeth, Reiner, Joseph and Matthias. They all lived in the Hatzfeld and Ujvar area.
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| Message Number: 251 -
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 14:30:07 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Melissa Harshman |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Fantastic site! Wish I had found it sooner |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Mayer, Keefer/Kiefer |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Neubeschenowa/Uj Bessenyo |
Comments:
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| Hoping to finally solve the mystery of my great grandfather's origins and possibly learn more about a "Josef Gimbel Band School" he supposedly attended.
Thank you for this site! I've already been able to understand more about the region he came from. |
| Message Number: 250 -
Sunday, April 29, 2012 20:35:39 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Anthony (Anton) Bodo |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Excellent site! |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Anton Schweiger (Svajger); Jurasimovic; Djuro Gubic |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Krcenik; |
Comments:
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| Gruess Gott, von heimatvertriebener (WW2DP). Trying to do some Genealogy on my paents/grandparents of german/croatian/hungarian heritage.
Thank you for your time & keep up the good work!
Ciao!
Tony |
| Message Number: 249 -
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 01:03:26 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Monica Wasser |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
research |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Remsing, Elses Lauraine, Monrath,Deschu,Ritter |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Serb Etaba, |
Comments:
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| My mother was a victim of this atrocity that occurred in Yugoslavia during WWII. We have recently started writing her book. She just wants these accounts in history. I am glad that through my research I have found that the Fogotten Genocide is not forgotten. |
| Message Number: 248 -
Sunday, April 8, 2012 19:57:02 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Thomas Klein |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
web search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Klein, Dreer |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Ruma |
Comments:
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| Both of my grandparents left Ruma around 1920 to settle in Cleveland, Ohio. I am interested in learning of their families and lives in Ruma, and perhaps where they originally came from in Germany. |
| Message Number: 247 -
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 19:03:56 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Nena Mathews |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
researching family and came on it |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
a wonderful weath of information that I hope to use. |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Mathias, Muller, Wingert |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Glogon, Borcsa |
Comments:
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| Traced back to an ancestor named Leonardus Klostermayer, born abt 1744 in Boursanheineis, I think that might be Germany, but can't find it on maps. Grandparents were both born in Glogon, Austria-Hungary in 1887. Grandfather, Mata Matyas, emigrated arriving 1905 in NY, USA, then on to to Winnipeg Canada, but left 2 sisters and possibly 2 brothers behind in Glogon. I want to find out what happened to them and their families. |
| Message Number: 246 -
Saturday, March 10, 2012 15:29:23 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Stephen Schultz |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Internet Research |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
A great resource and many dedicated volunteers! |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Schultz/Schulz. Hergat/Hergath Bauhof Bauhoffer/Baumhoff and variations |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Deutsch Zerne, Hatzfeld, Gros Gaj/Malenitzfalva, Zichydorf, Georgehausen |
Comments:
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| My grandparents and Greatgrand parents immigrated from Zichydorf/Georgehausen in the Banat in 1900 and 1902 to Saskatchewan, Canada. I have traced them back to Gros Gaj/Malentiz and then to Hatzfeld and Deutsch Zerne. At that point I lose track of most. I am trying to find the banat origins and hopefully the origins in the Reich. |
| Message Number: 245 -
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 13:58:40 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Sylvia Leenhouts |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
great site, a wealth of information. |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Karmedar, Fulop |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Kikinda, Haid, Rusko Selo |
Comments:
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| My mother had Alzheimers at a young age and has passed away. She did share a few stories. My mother, her siblings and my grandmother escaped and settled in Haid and lived in a camp there. I got to see the camp when we went to visit my Oma in 1975. She lived not too far from the camp. It was interesting to see and hear the stories of living there .My mother immigrated to Canada in the 1950's. I do not know anything about my great-grand parents. I only know where they were born. I am hoping to learn more about them and possibly find relatives. Your website brings back alot of memories of my childhood (cooking and customs). Thanks for keeping the memories alive. |
| Message Number: 244 -
Friday, February 24, 2012 21:50:09 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Joe Dressler |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Dressler, Belt |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Apatin, Sonta |
Comments:
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| Working on research with my aunt on my family history. My father was born in Apatin in '44, and their trials in the camps during the takeover. The taking of my grandfather, and the survial story of my grandmother and her three young children escaping into Hungary, to Germany and into the United States to settle near St. Louis. |
| Message Number: 243 -
Friday, February 24, 2012 19:03:27 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Kevin Josef Rickert |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Rickert, Tordy |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Sonta |
Comments:
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| Glad to have come across this site. My father, uncle and grandmother escaped from the death camp at Gakowa and my granfather was sent to slave labor in Russia after the war was over. I grew up listening to the stories my Oma shared with me about what happened and it is part of who I am today. This history needs to be shared not covered up.
God bless all those who suffered and died and those that have to live with those memories. |
| Message Number: 242 -
Saturday, February 18, 2012 10:13:22 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
heidi&maria albert |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
family |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
very well presented |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Kordelyos |
| Villages of interest to you: |
karawukowa |
Comments:
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| I want more information on how to look up family history in the village. My mother and her family were born there. They had to leave because of the war. |
| Message Number: 241 -
Friday, February 10, 2012 20:26:46 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
John Kauten |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
web |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Kauten / Mooss |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Mehala |
Comments:
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| Research KAUTEN family history I am looking for information on my grandfather Nikolas Kauten and his family. Not sure, Nicholas had any siblings. I believe he is from a village name either Mehala, Temmeshau or Demmeshau We were told that he came from a wealthy family. That there is a street name after his family -Kauten Street. My grandfather was 21 year old when his came to America, He was born July 15, 1890 in Hungary, and Germany Nicholas came to America in 1911 at the age of 21.Nicholas work as a paperhanger/painter. Died in Baltimore City, Maryland March 11, 1959. Thank You for any Help and information you can give Jkcoffee2@verizon.net John Kauten Jr. |
| Message Number: 240 -
Saturday, January 21, 2012 11:00:56 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Richard Noll |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
web search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Noll |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Hodschag |
Comments:
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| I am interested in furthering my research (again, after a few years hiatus) on the Noll family of Hodschag, Batschka.
This DVHH website is an enormously helpful resource. Thank you for the time and effort in maintaining it. |
| Message Number: 239 -
Monday, January 9, 2012 04:20:51 PST - HUNGARY |
| Name: |
Klara Burghardt |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
im Internet |
Comments
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Schönen Gruß!
Allererst wünsche ich Ihnen ein glückliches neues Jahr!
Hier schicke ich Ihnen daneben die Präsentation des Lehrbuchverlages /Budapest von meinem bald erscheinenden deutschen Kindergedichtband. Vielleicht interessieren Sie sich und die Kinder in Ihrem Bekanntenkreise dafür. Wenn Sie die Präsentation schon kennen, dann Entschuldigung für den wiederholten Brief.
Der Nationale Lehrbuchverlag/Budapest empfiehlt Ihnen Klara Burghardts deutschen Kindergedichtband: Das Häuschen und das Mäuschen.
Die Autorin aus Südungarn arbeitete fast 30 Jahre lang als Deutschlehrerin in deutschen Schulen Ungans. Seit ihrem 17.Lebensjahr schreibt sie Gedichte und Kurzgeschichten in deutscher Sprache.
Dieses Jahr stellte sie für Kinder von 3-bis 13 den Gedichtband:Das Häuschen und das Mäuschen
zusammen.
Ihre Kindergedichte kann man in den Deutschstunden, in den deutschen Kindergärten und privat gut verwenden.
Die Hauptthemen sind :Tiere, Pflanzen und die 4 Jahreszeiten
Klara Burghardts Gedichte sind spielerisch, musikalisch. Sie haben eine einfache Sprache, so ist das Erlernen der Gedichte leicht. Die Themen passen gut in die Lehrpläne ein. Zum Märchenbuch gehört auch einHörbuch, worauf die Gedichte des Märchenbuches durch den spielerischenVortrag der Schauspieler, Kata Lotz, Alice Müller und Gergely Kispál "lebendig" werden.
Zwischen den Gedichten hört man die schönsten deutschenKinderlieder.
Das Buch kostet mit dem Hörbuch zusammen - 1990 Ft/ ungf. 7,60 EU
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Dr. Takács Edittakacs.edit@ntk.hu
Hauptredakteurin für Fremdsprachen
Czermann-Hornyik Erzsébetczermannehornyik.erzsebet@ntk.hu
Deutsche Redakteurin
Oder bei der Autorin, Klara Burghardtklaraburghardt@gmail.com
Burghardt-Buch auf: http://www.klaraburghardt.com//
Facebook:Burghardt-Buch YouTube:Klara Burghardt 2007 Donauschwäbin I.II
Die erste Meinung vom Kinderbuch:
„Liebe Frau Burghardt,ich finde die Gedichte im "Huschen" sehr originell, frisch und lustig, auch zum nachdenken anregend und ganz anders - auf einer natürlichen Art und Weise und gar nicht künstlich bemüht - wie viele andere Kindersachen.
Mit Gruß,Anselm Roth
Schiller Verlag Bonn - Hermannstadt/Rumänien |
| Message Number: 238 -
Sunday, January 8, 2012 16:25:40 PST - CANADA |
| Name: |
John Loscher |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Internet search |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Obresch |
Comments:
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| My mother was born in Obresch in 1926 and was among those who were forced to flee to Austria in late 1944. I never understood her full story until I read it on your site. My mother now has Alzheimers and is unable to remember or understand very much so her story would have been completely lost if not for your research. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. |
| Message Number: 237 -
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 18:01:06 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Nancy Nolan |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
a friend |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Ihm,Fisher, Krebbs & Lenhardt |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Kreuzstaetlen |
Comments:
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| Does anyone have information for the town of Kreuzstaetlen. interested in surnames of Ihm, Krebbs, & Lenhardt. |
2011 Archives
| Message Number: 236 -
Friday, December 30, 2011 09:25:09 PST - GERMANY |
| Name: |
Viola Löffler |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Friends |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Beer, Bayer, Nebel |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Stanisic |
Comments:
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I am just shooting a documentary on my donauschwäbische roots and I am researching the escape-route of my grandmother. She is named Elisabeth Bayer (maiden-name: Beer) and comes from Stanisic in the North of the Vojvodina. She escaped in the beginning of 1946 and stayed in a refugee-camp in Budapest. But I cannot find out, where this refugee-camp used to be. My aunt said, it was situated in the middle of the city center, close to the train station. It seemed to her like a kind of sports-hall. Can anybody help me to find out, where that camp was? I am very gratefull for any suggestion.
Viola
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| Message Number: 235 -
Saturday, December 17, 2011 15:28:16 PST - ROMANIA |
| Name: |
habel geza |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
good for my |
| Surnames you are researching: |
habel |
| Villages of interest to you: |
triebswetter |
Comments:
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| I got to looking your great-grandmother. I learned from them that came through the 1800s when he settled in the village of Banat and more precisely triebswetter. I was there at the church we act but I could not learn as much as it was originally named Karol habel and lotaringiaAlsace. I would like to learn more about it. if possible. Thank you very much and aapreciez what you do. |
| Message Number: 234 -
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 05:24:16 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Paul Bednarchik |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Web search |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Nice to read about family history |
Comments:
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Could you tell me how to purchase the Mushkazone cookie cutter from Adrea Hussli?
Thanks,
Paul Bednarchik
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| Message Number: 233 -
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 06:18:19 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Ben Speeth |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
google |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Dauster |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Torza |
Comments:
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| Hi! I enjoy your website very much and look forward to becoming a member! |
| Message Number: 232 -
Friday, October 28, 2011 06:28:00 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
William Tines |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Given to me years ago while researching family history online. |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Very happy with information, maps and assistance I have been given while visiting this site. |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Tines, Hessman |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Tschalma/ Calma and Hodschag/ Odzaci |
Comments:
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| I am glad I found your site, it has been very helpful in gathering more information regarding my family history.
Thank you. |
| Message Number: 231 -
Sunday, October 23, 2011 11:40:18 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Barbara Wambach Nienow |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
FTM & Alex Leeb site |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Wonderful Help! |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Wambach & Klein |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Knees |
Comments:
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| I have been working on our family history for more than 20 years. I really appreciate the new maps and all the help from Alex and everyone involved. |
| Message Number: 230 -
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:08:22 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Linda Wheeler |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Genealogy Wise |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Orban, Varju, Smutko |
Comments:
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| I was told my grandma, Susie Orban b. 1898, was born in Budapest, Hungary. I'm hoping this site will give me some clues to further my search. |
Message Number: 229 -
Sunday, October 9, 2011 05:56:46 PDT - UNITED STATES
| Name: |
Sylvia Hoffmann (Cohen) |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
A relative forwarded it |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
My parents were amoung the families evacuted |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Schidski Bonovski (sp?) |
Comments:
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| My parents were amoung the families evacuted. |
| Message Number: 228 -
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 13:49:37 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Barb Wolgast |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
I have known about it for years. |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Beer, Rittchen, Kolzer, Schmidt, Beiler and more |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Werschetz (Vrsac); Karlsdorf (Banatski Karlovac) |
Comments:
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| This is a wonderful and informative website which has enhanced my studies of the Banat and the background of my Donauschwaben ancestry. I should have joined a long time ago! As family genealogist, I have found that an ancestor was the second mayor (schultheiss) of Werschetz - from 1740 - 1750. Would this mean he was part of the "Caroline Colonization" (Karolinsche Ansiedlung) from 1717 to 1740? Where can I find records telling where he migrated from in Western Europe?
Keep up the good work on this great website! Thank you, volunteers! |
| Message Number: 227 -
Saturday, September 17, 2011 11:22:08 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Patricia Buhrman |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Looked up the village of Neubeschenowa |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Looking for Siebold Knapp Petz |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Neubeschenowa and San Andreas |
Comments:
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| My maternal grandmother immigrated from Neubeschenowa. Her father was Heinrich Siebold, her mother was Barbara Knapp Siebold. My grandmother was Anna Siebold Betz. She married Franz Petz of Skt. Andreas. They later changed the name to Betz. I would love to find out more about my grandfather Petz's family. |
| Message Number: 226 -
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 09:18:24 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Helmut Zuschlag |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
google search based on my monthers memory |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Zuschlag, Freund |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Sekitsch |
Comments:
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| Would like copy of settlement map - tried to print it but was told to contact the web master |
| Message Number: 225 -
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 18:32:30 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
ROXANNE SERUCSAK |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
FOUND ON GOOGLE WHILE SEARCHING |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
GLAD TO HAVE FOUND YOU! |
| Surnames you are researching: |
SERUCSAK(SZERICSEK, SZERUCZSEK) NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW IT IS SPELLED |
| Villages of interest to you: |
NAGYSZREDISTYE AND BELA CRKVA |
Comments:
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| I have been searching nearly 30 years for info on my family and am so hoping someone in your organization will be familar with what I'm looking for. My family came to the USA in 1903 and 1905 settled in Pennsylvania. I would really like help with finding their recirds from the 'old' country. So glad you are out there.
Joseph and Anna Serucsak
Children: Joseph Jr, Josephia, Anatal, Thomas, Anna and Martin.
Daughter Anna married Franz Kunig and returned before 1910.
Thank you. |
| Message Number: 224 -
Saturday, July 23, 2011 20:20:10 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Marie Primus |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
My father |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Feuerer, Eisili, Fornetran, Heupt, Scheffer |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Gara, Rem, Csonopla (sp?), Bacsboked |
Comments:
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| My grandfather Josef Feuerer was born in Gara on November 6, 1903 the son of Vendel Feuerer who was 31 years old at the time so he must have been born circa 1872 and Terez Eisili who was 28 so her birth year would have been circa 1875. They were all Roman Catholic. I am looking for birth records for Vendel and Terez. My grandmother Erzsibet Fornetran was born in Rem on November 3, 1903 the daughter of Vendal Fornetran who was 34 year old at the time born circa 1869 and Julianna Heupt (Heipt) who was 28 years old born circa 1875. They were also Roman Catholic. I am also looking for birth records for Vendal and Julianna. She had a sister Gertrud Fornedran (sp?)born February 3, 1905 in Rem who married a Ferenc Scheffer of Bacsboked. If anyone can help me with any of this, it would
be much appreciated. |
| Message Number: 223 -
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 14:01:03 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Peter Anton |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google search for Banat and Batschka |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Schäffer |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Setchan, Tschesterec, Beocin |
Comments:
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| I was at your club a few month ago for a Stamperl Schnapps. I liked it and am planning on being there Sep2-4 2011 to meet as many Schwoba as i can and for the Food/entertainment. Looking forward to it!Grüsse Peter |
| Message Number: 222 -
Saturday, July 2, 2011 15:56:52 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Robert Pappert |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
surfing |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Tschene family book? |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Bappert, Moritz |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Tschene, Klein-Betschkerek |
Comments:
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| I am looking for history of my great grandparents Mattias Bappert and Klara Moritz. |
| Message Number: 221 -
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 07:58:16 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
carol s connelly |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
previous sites and june myers cookbook |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
am a little lost now |
| Surnames you are researching: |
kaiser heiberger |
| Villages of interest to you: |
glogowicz |
Comments:
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| had been using the glogowicz web site now i am not sure where to find the info i had researched |
| Message Number: 220 -
Friday, May 27, 2011 23:12:11 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Edward G.Schrader Jr. |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
from my brother Tom |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Urso, Wolfram |
Comments:
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| From St.Louis, Missouri Currently residing in Dallas Fort Worth,Texas surnames are of my mothers parents |
| Message Number: 219 -
Friday, May 27, 2011 02:15:44 PDT - AUSTRALIA |
| Name: |
Thomas Schrader |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
From another Daunubeswabian that I met today in Sydney Australia! |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Wolfram |
Comments:
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| I am from St.Louis Mo now living in Sydney Australia. Today I met my 1st Danubeswabian outside my extended family here in Sydney and thanks to her I found DVHH! |
| Message Number: 218 -
Tuesday, April 19, 2011 11:38:45 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Catherine Davis |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Came to it while trying to do research on the hometown of my ancestors. |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Bauer, Lauff |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Podelin |
Comments:
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I am seeking to contact Mr. Duncan B. Gardiner regarding reproducing a map that was included in one of his books. The map is of Podelin - a town of my ancestors.
His book was titled German Towns in Slovakia & Upper Hungary A Genealogical Gazetteer. I am been attempting to get permission to reproduce this map for some time now. I would like to include it in a book my husband is writing on family roots. The book will not be sold publicly but will be distributed to family members and research facilities where we did work on the project.
I really would like to include a map of Podelin (Pudlin, Podelinec) if at all possible. Your website is my last hope to accomplish my goal. I would appreciate any guidance you can give regarding my request.
Thank you,
Catherine Davis
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| Message Number: 217 -
Sunday, April 17, 2011 13:41:32 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Judy Schmitt |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Ancestry.com message board |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Dormuth, Brauner, Reitz, Orsan |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Gottlob, Lenauheim, Kleinbetschkerek, Sackelhausen |
Comments:
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I just came across your site today, and it's been very helpful! I was able to fill in a few blanks for my maternal grandfather's family (Reitz/Orsan). I hope to find more info on my maternal grandmother's family (Dormuth/Brauner), who emigrated to St. Louis from the Gottlob area.
Thanks for the great resource!
Judy Schmitt
St. Louis, Missouri
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| Message Number: 216 -
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 06:22:38 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Elisabeth Dvorachek OReilly |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet research |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Dworatschek, Muller, Bauer |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Kernei, former Yugoslavia |
Comments:
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Hello,
I am interested in finding out more about my family tree. My parents are Donauschwaben born in Kernei, Yugoslavia.
I am planning to visit their village in 2012 to see the town, streets, church and cemetery.
I have grown up with German culture and history.
I am currently a member of the Schwaben Club in Kitchener, Ontario.
I am hoping to find the history of Theresia and Josef Dworatschek's emigration to St. John, NB via boat from Hamburg, Germany.
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| Message Number: 215 -
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 18:28:52 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Pamela Wilfing |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
I posted a request for information on Genealogy.com and was directed to this site |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Wilfing, Kappel, Tremmel |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Not sure, but I think Oldenburg or Sopron |
Comments:
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I posted a request on Genealogy.com for anyone with information on the name of Kappel from Sopron, Hungary. My husband's Great-Grandfather, Rudolf Wilfing, married a woman named Elizabeth Kappel. I have some information of the Wilfing family from records in Sopron. But I have none of Elizabeth Kappel. She was born in that region in 1880, married, had four children there and then emigrated to the US in 1921. Her husband emigrated in 1913. She remained with four children for 8 years. Amazing. She died in 1951 and her obituary mentioned two living sisters still in Hungary. This interested me to find more information about who Elizabeth was and if any of her family is still in that area. I have read some of the history from this web site and I am so intrigued that I want to find
out more. I will sign up for your newsletters.
Thank you. |
| Message Number: 214 -
Saturday, March 12, 2011 09:43:02 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Ted Schork |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Research |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Excellent Site |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Merle' and Schork |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Nakovo, Gros St. Nik |
Comments:
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| Hello,
My mother - Helena (Hely) Merle' was born in Nakovo (Banat Region). She, her mother (Anna) and brother (Franz) as well as many other relatives were placed in the Rudolfsnad concentration camp. Her mother and brother died in this camp. She was taken to a communist orphanage in Yugoslavia. Her father was transcripted by the German army and was later shot by Tito's partisan army. I am looking for any information to further my research. |
| Message Number: 213 -
Friday, March 11, 2011 19:30:25 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Gary Klein |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Klein, Keller, Kraemer, Bucholtz, Schavillie, Kandler |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Hatzfeld, Bruchenea, Orzydorf, Doroszlofalva |
Comments:
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| This is a great site with info that is not easy to come by. The people that I have encountered here have been very helpful. Is it possible to have the various Village Famileinbuchs online? |
| Message Number: 212 -
Thursday, March 10, 2011 14:50:43 PST CANADA |
| Name: |
Fred Minty |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
searching on Cyndi's List |
| Surnames you are researching: |
THOMAS, ZEY, BECKER |
| Villages of interest to you: |
NEUVERBASS |
Comments:
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| My wife's paternal grandfather Georg THOMAS, b. 19 May 1876, son of Georg THOMAS, member of the reformed church in Neuverbass in 1909 and married to Elizabetha BECKER. At least 5 other children: Johannes 1871, Theresia 1873, Paul 1878, Maria 1883, Heinrich 1887. He married Agnetha ZEY, daughter of Michael ZEY in Austria/Hungary. He sailed to the Port of Baltimore in 1905 from Brennen on the ship Hanover headed to Chicago and he was married then. She arrived in the Port of New York in 1907 and they had a child in Chicago in 1907. In 1910, they lived in Cleveland, Ohio, with a John ZEY, age 27, whom I believe may be Agnetha's brother. Any information on the Austria/Hungarian roots would be appreciated. |
| Message Number: 211 -
Sunday, March 6, 2011 09:34:48 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Anna Gottmann |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Balbierer, Meininger |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Gertianosch |
Comments:
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| If anyone has information on the Balbierer or Meininger/Minninger family from Gertianosch. My great grandma is Magdalena Balbierer her father is Josef, brother Peter and mom Barbara. My grandfather is Josef Henry Minninger.
Thank you! |
| Message Number: 210 -
Monday, February 28, 2011 00:34:12 PST - UNITED KINGDOM |
| Name: |
Katarina balderson |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
google |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
general history of the area |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Willwohl, Rack, Mullion and Kani |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Lovas, Slankaman, Batchka palanka |
Comments:
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| Hu just found this site today and i would like to research my family as most members are now dead. My Mother's family are from Lovas whilst my father's were based in Batchka Palanka. As my parents split up soon after my birth I know nothing about my father's family. |
| Message Number: 209 -
Sunday, February 20, 2011 20:03:00 PST - AUSTRALIA |
| Name: |
Michelle Linder Astbury |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Internet search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Willig, Linder |
Comments:
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| Hello,
My name is Michelle Linder Astbury. I live in Melbourne Australia.
My grand mother is Elizabeth Willing Linder (As listed in your Senzius Genealogy) presently lives at Altersheim, Bad Strasse in Frankenburg.
I am trying to find any information about my dad's family. My dad's (Melchior Linder) father (Andreas Linder) died in the war before he was born and has no information about his father. We think he was born in 1916? died in 1940?.
He married Elizabeth Willig and they had two children Adam & Melchior (my dad)
If you have any information or can lead me in a direction to help find information about my grand father that would be great.
Thankyou, kind regards Michelle.
email shel68@bigpond.com
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| Message Number: 208 -
Sunday, February 20, 2011 09:08:26 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Ingrid Gebavi |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
It is gratifying to know this work is being done to preserve the history of the Donauscwaben people. |
Comments:
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| I am trying to put together a trip back to the old country with my father, who is now 81, and emigrated to the U.S. in the 1950's. He is not terribly excited by the prospect, but is willing to go with my three brothers and I to share his story.
Any suggestions from others who have traveled back would be helpful. Specifically, I am looking for a private tour guide who is knowledgeable about the German history in the areas of Vukovar, Banater Hof, and Betschgerek.
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| Message Number: 207 -
Saturday, February 19, 2011 08:58:43 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Angelique Ouellette-Tower |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
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| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
WONDERFUL!!! I am so thankful for all your work! An answer to my genealogy prayers (ha ha). |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Scherer, Sehne, Flohr, Ritzmann, Masson, Ilg, Simon, Will, Wenz, Lang, Hoffmann, Brodt, Klauser |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Kucora (Kucura), Buljkes, Torzsa, Altker (Oker), Kischker, Petrovopolje (Schoenborn), Franzjosefsfeld |
Comments:
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| Thank you so much for all your work!! I've been working on my family tree (on ancestry.com) & my mother's family line has been almost empty. Both my maternal grandmother & my maternal grandfather were from the towns listed on your website. I am so looking forward to finding some answers!
Thanks again!! |
| Message Number: 206 -
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 09:16:49 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Patti Hale |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Found it through research |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Werth, Martin, |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Knicanin, Banat region, Ecka |
Comments:
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| I have been working on my geneology for several years now and after many months of going nowhere, discovered my family was from Rudolfsgnad. I had no knowledge of this area and have been trying to find all the info and pictures I can. My grandfather Lorenze Werth and brother arrived 14 May 1906 was from Rudolfsgnad on the ship Slavonia.Since I cannot find any other family members that came over, I fear they were caught later in the camps. I would love to here from anyone who that may have information. My grandmother, Eva Martin and brother Anton, was from Ecka, arrived in New York in 1905. I am now so proud to know that there are so many trying preserve out heritage. |
| Message Number: 205 -
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 16:09:02 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Joe Kurzweil |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
web search |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Very helpful and enlightening resource |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Kurzweil; Feigelbohrer |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Temeswar, Segenthau, Engelsbrunn |
Comments:
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My father's name is Joseph Kurzweil, born 1908 in Segenthau. My mother's name is Katharina Kurzweil, born 1910 in Engelsbrunn. They were married in the US after immigrating as teenagers to New York City via Canada in 1927 and 1928. We don't think they knew one another in Romania. Joseph's father is Sebastian and his mother is Elizabeth and grandmother is Anna Maria. Katharins's father is Michael and her mother is Anna. Joseph has three brothers; Andrew, Anton and Nicholas. Katharina has one sister Anna, and a brother Joseph (maybe Hans) who died young of diptheria. Katharina's father Michael was a Hungarian Hussar in WWI and died 3 days after the war ended in battle as they did not get the word of the surrender.
Any leads to documented information about them and their lineage would be much appreciated. I suspect lineage goes back to Bavaria but I'm not certain.
Are there village coordinators for Segenthau, Engelsbrunn or Temeswar?
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| Message Number: 204 -
Tuesday, January 25, 2011 21:16:56 PST - CANADA |
| Name: |
Heather |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
web search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Szebele, Segedin |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Bajka Jarak |
Comments:
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| I really appreciated the historical information. I am searching for information on my great-great grandfather and family. Konrad Szebele |
| Message Number: 203 -
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:08:19 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Elisa |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
have been a member for a while |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Meyer,Muschkat,Bischof,Geber, Kaltner, Karbach |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Ridjica, Kunbaja, Nadudvar and Csatalja |
Comments:
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| Does anyone have any information about the Karbach family from Kunbaja? My great great great grandparents were Franz Karbach and Eva Kammerer. My great great grandmother- Justina/Susanah Karbach was born in Kunbaja on Feb.1, 1854- she was the second wife of Anton Kaltner- they lived in Ridjica. Any information would be greatly appreciated. |
| Message Number: 202 -
Sunday, January 9, 2011 10:47:38 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Elisa Ayers |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
I have been a member of the site for a few years |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Muschkat, Bischof, Meyer, Kaltner |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Ridjica |
Comments:
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| This message is to Helga Kiely, I have sent you an email . Helga Soares is my mother. I have told her of your post, she currently does not have a viable email address. You can email me at
elisa.ayers@gmail.com
. My mother and I are researching our family together. I also have the Familienbuch Ridjica- so if you need look ups from there, I would be more than happy to do them for you! Please email me, I look forward to finding out what information you have. And we are more than happy to share what we know! |
| Message Number: 201 -
Friday, January 7, 2011 17:48:08 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Michelle Presley |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
google |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Nemeth, Eichinger, Pilter, Ertl |
Comments:
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| Looking for any information on Josef Nemeth 04 October 1879, Elizabeth Ertl Nemeth 21 April 1886, Lorincz Ertli (Eichinger) 6 August 1836- 28 March 1909, Anna Pilter (died in 1905). Tosok-Berend |
| Message Number: 200 -
Friday, January 7, 2011 15:32:36 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Marc Froemelt |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Googled it |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
I love to research my roots |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Thuro, Frenk, Kanzler |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Zsablia, NoviSad |
Comments:
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| My mother was born in Zsablia as part of the German community. My mother's family was forced to flee to Germany and lived for 5 years in a settlement camp outside Munich. Her brother emigrated to the USA in 1956 and I emigrated in 1976. I've visited our old house in 1965 and now live in Atlanta. I'm proud of my heritage and hope to preserve the memories of my mother and her sacrifices. -MF |
| Message Number: 199 -
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 20:53:04 - AUSTRALIA |
| Name: |
Erika Johnson |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
google |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Morath, Zipfl, Selinger |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Saderlach, periamosch, neu-arad |
Comments:
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| Hello- am interested in finding out about my family members who came from these towns, but am having great difficulty here in Australia accessing any information or sites to go to. Can anyone help? |
2010 Archives
| Message Number: 198 -
Thursday, December 23, 2010 20:24:30 PST - CANADA |
| Name: |
Helga Kiely |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Web search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Muskath |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Ridjica |
Comments:
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| This is in response to Helga Soare's email searching for family members from Ridjica. She did not provide her email so I cannot contact her. If she happens to be reading this, I could perhaps provide some information as two of the names she is searching Muskath and Bishoff are in my tree as well. I was also born in Ridjica in 1942 and coincidentally, my name is Helga. |
| Message Number: 197 -
Thursday, December 16, 2010 19:59:32 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Ursula Perko |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
surfing |
| Surnames you are researching: |
waltenspiel, taubel, hornung, zoller, gyarmati, ulrich |
| Villages of interest to you: |
franztal, zemun, filipowa, indija,brestowacz |
Comments:
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| My mother was born Anna Waltenspiel in Franztal in 1926 and fled in October 1944 to Mondsee, Austria. In 1956 she immigrated to the United States and currently resides in Colorado. |
| Message Number: 196 -
Tuesday, December 14, 2010 18:39:19 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Carl E. Rennhack |
Comments:
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| Dear People, On 12/14/10 I was thinking about a friend, Susanne Glock Eisner, whom I have not seen in a long time. I put her name into Google and came up with the obituary of her father Konrad. Could you please pass on my e-mail address
carlcer2004@yahoo.com
to her? Thanx! Respectfully, Carl E. Rennhack |
| Message Number: 195 -
Monday, December 6, 2010 15:35:33 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Helga Muschkat Soares |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Searching for relatives |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Very informative site |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Muschkat, Bischoff, Mayer, Kaltner |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Ridjica |
Comments:
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| I was born in Ridjica in 1942. I, my brother, a cousin and our grandmother were all sent to Gakowa. My mother was taken to work for the soldiers. She ran away and found us and we escaped and made it to Germany.91 |
| Message Number: 194 -
Monday, December 6, 2010 14:37:57 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Joseph H Schwendt |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Schwendt |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Palanka, Austria-Hungary |
Comments:
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| I am trying to trace my family's background. I know that my grandfather was born in Palanka in 1879. Any help you can give me will be most appreciated. |
| Message Number: 193 -
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 11:07:36 PST - CANADA |
| Name: |
Franz Mönnich |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Searching for a Juwetsch recipe. |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Setchanfeld |
Comments:
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I stumbled on this site looking for a Juwetsch recipe on the internet. My father comes from Setchanfeld and my mother came from the Laudan near Werschetzt. I grew up in a Danubeschwäbian household and I try to duplicate my mother and Grandmother's Donauschwäbisches cooking. I was surprised when I found this site and happy to be able to research more of my Danubeschwäbian heritage. I grew up hearing fond stories from my parents and relatives about life in the Danubeswabian times before the war. Unfortunately there were also memories of the bad times while being enslaved in the communist internment camps after the war.
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| Message Number: 192 -
Saturday, November 27, 2010 08:57:09 PST - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Katharina Rosmanitz nee Bergmann |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google Search |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Great Project I am also Donauschwabian |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Krusevlje & Gakovo |
Comments:
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| I was born in Krusevlje and was in the camp in the same town. |
| Message Number: 191 -
Thursday, November 4, 2010 15:26:12 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Nicholas Schmdit |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Random internet search |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Stefansfeld (Kreshnik now) |
Comments:
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I found this site searching the internet randomly one day on a whim. My father's parents both hail from Stefansfeld in Banat and he spoke the Danube Swabian dialect at home growing up even though he has never traveled there. I've long been fascinated by my heritage and love to study it. It warms my heart to know that there are people dedicated to keeping this beautiful culture alive. I would be happy to help out however I can.
-Klos Schmidt
Detroit, MI
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| Message Number: 190 -
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 15:46:52 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
todd jack |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
family tree |
| Surnames you are researching: |
jack and bovesek |
| Villages of interest to you: |
filipovo |
Comments:
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| i am hoping someone out there can help me. my great grand parents josef (b1887 d 1965) and rosalia (bovesek)(b1889 d1975) JACK along with there children maria (b1914), josef (my grandfather)( b1917) franz (b1919) and johann (b1929) lived in filipovo. my great grandfather came to canada in 1929 and my great grandmother and the boys came in 1932. the address of my great grandfathers parents johannes and eva (thiel) was filipovo 270. the address of my great grandmothers parents josip and catherine (schantz) was filipovo 383. my great grand parents lived at filipovo 659 and emigrated from there to lyndsay ontario canada then to paris ontario were they are buried along with josef (2001), franz (2003) johann is still living. i know that my grandfather had cousins in buffalo by the
name of GAUS and cousins in philidelphia. he also had a 1st cousin in california named steve DEUTCH. I am trying to put together a family tree for years and cannot get beyond my great grand parents. i know my great-great grand parents names but i have no dates or any other info and also getting info on the JACK family is like finding a needle in a hay stack. i also know my great grand father had brothers and sisters but still i can find no info. i read about the DICKMANN family going to filipovo and one of them is married to a richard JACK. he has to be related some how. other family names that are related are KELLER, DETTLING,SCHAFER AND LEIDL. i have baptism and marrage certificates but all are in SERBIAN. if there is any one out there that can provide me with information on the
JACK family i would be forever grateful, thank you for your help....todd jack |
| Message Number: 189 -
Thursday, October 21, 2010 09:42:22 PDT - SERBIA |
| Name: |
Gegenbauer |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Internet |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Gegenbauer |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Peterwardein |
Comments:
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| I just wont to congratulation for your efforts and very nice web site. I also researching my family history.Since I`m from Serbia and live in town Novi Sad, I could only regret that Germans minority who live here are mostly very isolated from any cultural events or information.I am spending here years in Archives, Parish registers all alone,but I found many interesting very old documents about life in Peterwardein (now is together with Novi Sad).I would be very happy if I could contribute to your work.Anyway I wish you all the best.Dragan Gegenbauer |
| Message Number: 188 -
Friday, October 15, 2010 19:43:36 PDT - BRAZIL |
| Name: |
Sergio Umlauf |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Very interesting |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Umlauf |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Sakule |
Comments:
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| My father was born in 1929 in Sakule, son of Ludwig Umlauf. I'm looking for relatives in Serbia, Austria or maybe Germany. |
| Message Number: 187 -
Sunday, October 10, 2010 18:36:08 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Matthew Jackson |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
surfing the web |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Welsch, Prunk, Oberdin, Seeberger |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Wiesenhaid, Lippa or Lipova |
Comments:
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| I am searching for the Ancestors and descendants of Franz and Anna (Prunk) Welsch who lived in Wiesenhaid, Hungary (Romania). Franz and Anna lived in Wiesenhaid in the late 1800`s and the early 1900`s as did many generations before them. I also have the names of their children Heinrich, Peter, Franz, Jacob, Johann, Nicholaus, Michael, Anton, Wendal, and Eva Welsch. I also have the names of their wives and children. If anyone has any more information about this family or any stories about the village of Wiesenhaid I would really appreciate your imput.. I am really interested in figuring out who might be the siblings of Franz Sr and what his parents names are. I am also really interested in the Catholic Church records in Austria being translated from the original Latin that were
recorded for the village of Wiesenhaid.
I just recieved a book in the mail from Germany called "Friedhof Wiesenhaid" from the author Manfred Bruckler. He went to Wiesenhaid and photographed all of the remaining graves and preserved this valuable information about who is buried there.. In it I found the names of many family members and I also found the names of many whom I dont know how they are related yet, but I am sure they are...
Thanks, Matt |
| Message Number: 186 -
Sunday, September 19, 2010 08:30:26 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Brigitte Albert |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
very interesting site |
| Surnames you are researching: |
ZAPF, ALBERT, MUELLER, ZIEL |
| Villages of interest to you: |
GARA, JURITSCH, KATYMAR, HERZEGZSANTO |
Comments:
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Very interesting site.
I am looking into my family history.
Father's side:
Anton Albert, now living in Canada, lived in Juritsch. His father, Antal Albert, was born in Katymar. His mother was Katherina Merkler.
Mother's side:
Elisabeth Albert (nee Mueller) born in Gara.
Matthias Mueller from Gara. Theresia Mueller (nee Zapf) from Gara.
I am interested in finding out any information about my family's origins and relations who might still be living in Hungary.
Thanks,
Brigitte Albert
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| Message Number: 185 -
Sunday, August 29, 2010 22:31:02 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Peter Horwath |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
found it through a search in google |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
looks interesting |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Witzl, Hergenrother, Hornung, Ott, Hahn, Seiler |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Nyomja, Apatin, Bergesd |
Comments:
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| Just discovered the Site. Mother was from Nyomja (Surgetin) in Baranya and Father from Apatin in Batschka <Voivodina> |
| Message Number: 184 -
Monday, August 23, 2010 09:53:14 PDT - SERBIA |
| Name: |
Bogdan |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
google |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Djuricic |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Kupinovo |
Comments:
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| Hi ,
i'm looking for any document or pfotografy about Kupinovo!!! |
| Message Number: 183 -
Saturday, August 21, 2010 17:26:06 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Loretta Ives |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Googling for Billed |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
I am humbled by the volunteer's efforts and all the wonderful information provided. |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Hartmann, Eck, Becker |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Billed, Knees, Neusina |
Comments:
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I have just started working on the my family tree which has been very difficult since I do not have any living relatives who were born before 1940. My mother's parents immigrated from Hungary separately in about 1903. I am trying to piece things together based on what my older siblings remember hearing over half a century ago and a few letters that were in my mother's possessions.
Mr. Leeb has been so very helpful in providing information from Billed on my grandfather's ancestors. I am so very thankful for all his efforts.
Reading about the persecutions that followed WWII is very disturbing, but still necessary reading. The courage of all those providing their stories is very humbling.
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| Message Number: 182 -
Saturday, August 7, 2010 18:47:51 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Richard Rintye |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Rintye |
| Villages of interest to you: |
peszak |
Comments:
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| Just wantd to know what my heritage is n what my last name means cuz its rare n not a lot of people have it |
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| Message Number: 181 -
Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:55:05 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Susan Seifert |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Herb Good |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Guth Gitz |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Alsace-Lorraine, New York City |
Comments:
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| Thank you for having this web site. Someone recommended it to me today. I am researching for my Guth ancestors who came from Alsace-Lorraine to NYC in the 1850s. |
| Message Number: 180 -
Friday, July 16, 2010 09:39:54 PDT - GERMANY |
| Name: |
Goettler |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Facebook |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Goettler, Werni. Schlotter Beiler, Haumann, |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Brestowaz, Filipowa,Doroselo,Novoselo |
Comments:
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| I am still searching fellow researchers, specifically as I plow through the Backa since longer time, but always different, or more often inaccurate or undifferentiated find information, it is sometimes easy to despair! Since the dips Spitzahn with marriage and mortali...ty - in Brestovac data more frequently to settle down and was as well justified area Göttler the root there, But as so often or to many of us is the birth, place of origin, Auswanderungsort "inaccurate or suspects or appear different. In the case of Stefan Göttler I have to offer * probably Doroslo 1769, Sybilla BEILER * probably in 1771 where?, Maria Schlotter * Doroslo probably 1770, I have taken over this data including the Internet or researched from the OSB from Brestovac Werni / Schmidt or out of the
rectory of Altheim / Horb or in archives in Sindelfingen. Hi, there is a family book of the village Doroslo, or researching any of you about this village? I Spitzahnen in Doroslo Region: STEPHAN / Stephanus Göttler / Gettler / GetLen / KETTLER / Gottl * Probably 12.1770 Doroslo?, 13.10.1833 Brestovac as emigrants / Hike embarked, probably in Ulm? oo: 15/12/1799 Brestovac (very first entry in Brestovac) oo: SYBILLA / E BEILER / BAILE / Beyle / Baille, Daughter, presumably by JACOB and CATHERINE N. BEILER, from 1764 in APATIN?, SYBILLA * c.1770, Horb-Altheim od Fuerstenberg-Hüfingen at Donaueschingen, "OR" in Doroslo?, 24.08.1803 Brestovac Stephanus Göttler to: verm son of ANTON / ANTONIUS Göttler / GetLen and CATHARINA SCHMIDERIN / SCHMIDIN probable PARENTS?, but BUSY is
inconclusive, He could also, however, somewhere in the Backa "OR" Banat be born? STEPHAN Göttler 13.10.1833 Brestovac / Backa, 2nd oo: 17/04/1804 Brestovac, MARIA SCHLOTT * 11.01769 in Doroslo or "BUT" Horb-Untertalheim, 09.12.1839 Brestovac, Ciao, Helmut G. |
| Message Number: 179 -
Thursday, June 17, 2010 11:27:03 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
stella |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
browsing for info |
| Surnames you are researching: |
grill, bolen (variations possible polen, polin, poling, paulin) |
| Villages of interest to you: |
lazarfeld, zichydorf respectively |
Comments:
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Hello:
I was happy to come across what looks to be a well planned site.
I have information on ancestors for both surnames. In both cases I would be interested in lifestyle and departure to Canada, both of which would have been between 1885 to l921.
I would also very much appreciate learning what their place of origin was prior to moving to Lazarfeld and Zichydorf, as well as the year the arrived in Banat. If you can provide any information or guidance in this regard it would be hugely appreciated.
Appreciatively,
Stella
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| Message Number: 178 -
Sunday, May 30, 2010 03:27:42 PDT - GERMANY |
| Name: |
Donald MacFarlane |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Very fine pages! |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Litzenberger, Giess |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Pantschowa, Franzfeld, Jabuka |
Comments:
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| My mother was born Luise Litzenberger in Franzfeld, Yugoslavia in 1926 and grew up in Pantschowa. She left, fortunately, with her parents in 1944, before the horrors took place, and went to Germany. In 1951, she went to England and married my father. I would be very interested in hearing from anybody who could tell me about daily life in Pantschowa and Franzfeld. My mother is old now and cannot remember so much being away from there so long and not having much contact with people from home. (When I was growing up in England people were rather anti-German and so I didn't want to know. Sad and stupid. Now I am very interested! )
I have relatives in Mansfield, Ohio called Giess; the family of my mother's sister Anna.
I speak, read and write German.
Do you know of any Germans still in Pantschowa? |
| Message Number: 177 -
Saturday, May 29, 2010 20:11:28 PDT - BRAZIL |
| Name: |
elke kauder |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
internet |
| Surnames you are researching: |
johann kauder and emil anton kauder |
| Villages of interest to you: |
neu pasua |
Comments:
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| We are tying to get our german documents and need the birt and marriage document of johann kauder born 1899 and of his son Emil Anton Kauder born 1923(?) in neu pasua.
Thank you so much,
Elke Kauder |
| Message Number: 176 -
Friday, May 28, 2010 09:09:19 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
John Braunsar |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Braunsar |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Sarwasch-Hirschfeld; Essegg/Osijek |
Comments:
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| New contact info. Signed back in 2005. That email is not valid anyomre. |
| Message Number: 175-
Saturday, May 8, 2010 09:23:56 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Angela Wylie |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Internet search/Geneology search |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Matheis, Ternay |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Krcedin |
Comments:
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| I'm searching for any information on Jacob Matheis, Zsuzanna Maria Ternay, Sofia Michalenko. My Mother was Sofia, she had a brother George and a sister Emma Hilda. I'm trying to search as far back as I can to find who my family is and where they came from. She lived in the village of Krcedin as a child and I believe her Mother remarried after her Father Jacob died when she was 12 or 13. Any information would be appreciated. Thanks - Angela |
| Message Number: 174 -
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 04:39:43 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Donna rossmann Kluba |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
by accident, looking for German genealogy |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
It is great! I have a little trouble with the village names |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Manyet, Rossmann(Rozsmann) Munddloch, Haas, Herzog |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Tisza Smentmicklos, Potisi Sveti Nikola |
Comments:
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| There is no one left in the generation to give me information. I have a crewell picture of a home on a river, which my Grandmother said her mother made to remember their homeland. She told me it was on the Tissa River (Tisza) and she always said it was Tissent Miklos. Wne put together I believe it was Tisza Szmentmicklos. She has a picture of a grave (her Grandmother. Name Maria Haas) who was married to Anton Klemm. She also had a picture of a beautiful church with the name Tissasent Micklos on the back. We believe it might have been a Catholic Church.She made me promise to always keep it. I have become interested in learning more of their background. It is very difficult. My Grandmother never told us much. She and her parents and 2 children came to the USA in 1921 for good.
Except for her parents. They went back in the 2nd WW to try to save their land. They were taken and put in the camps because they were German and as far as we know they died there. Josef Manyet (her father) was in the Austrian Army and was once sent to a concentration camp in Siberia. After getting out they came to America. She said he was gone 5 years. Any help or ideas I would appreciate it. |
| Message Number: 173 -
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:45:42 PDT - CANADA |
| Name: |
Craig Sobering |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
web link |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
Great site. More genealogical information, more cultural information would be great. |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Rieger |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Zycchydorf |
Comments:
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| Thanks for creating this site. My great grandfather fell in love with a Banat Schwabian woman, married her, and then immigrated to Canada with her in the late 1800's. My father told me She was Schwopes (phonetic spelling) so today is the first I've learned of my Banat Schawian background. I'd be interested in learning more about the cultural practices of the Banat Schawians - dress, dance, art, literature, etc.if possible. |
| Message Number: 172 -
Saturday, April 17, 2010 19:36:39 PDT = CANADA |
| Name: |
Jane Liebzeit |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
just be accident, while doing research on the internet |
| Comments/suggestions about the Project: |
You have very good information, and it is great to have a site like this one. |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Liebzeit; Büchler; Willy; Reiser; Trollmann, Blossmann (Blassmann); Nessel; Czindritsch; Lohran |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Glogon, Starchowa, Kubin, areas surrounding |
Comments:
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| Hi Again,
<>I tried sending a message, but it didn't seem to go through, so I must have done something wrong. I enjoyed looking at this site. I hope that I can find some more information about my relatives from Glogon, many didn't leave and died there in the second War, and some did escape the camps, and went to Germany. My grandparents (Franz Liebzeit, Caroline Büchler) came to Winnipeg, Canada in 1912, after one son died as a baby in Glogon. They had 3 children here, one son, my father, who was baptized "Franz" but called Frank. He died in 1987. I don't have nearly enough information on my family from Glogon, and my grandfather was the only one of his family to leave there. One brother and two sisters stayed. One sister was still living in Yugoslavia when he died in December 1971, I
believe she was married to a Serbian man, and lived in Starchowa, but am not sure.
I was contacted (through my aunt, my father's sister) in 1969 by a Peter Liebzeit in Banja Luka, who is a cousin, and we wrote a couple of times, although I had to get my letters translated because I don't know German. My father didn't marry a German wife, my mother has Irish and Scots ancestry. However, I never heard from Peter Liebzeit again, and I know he had two sons, one Martin born about 1949 in Russia (where Peter was sent for hard labour), and one born about 1965 in Banja Luka, after he returned from Russia, and by a second wife. I would love to find that family.
I have had some contact with a cousin in Germany, but he doesn't know English, and I don't know German, so it's really difficult communicating. I try writing short notes in German, and I have to find somebody to translate his notes and the letter he wrote in January. I know a lot about my mother's family, but not about my father's family.
Hope there are others researching Glogon. I know there's a website about it, but it is not complete, and not accurate about my family. I was in touch with the person who did the website, but it hasn't helped me at all.
Thanks,
Jane Liebzeit
Winnipeg |
| Message Number: 171 -
Friday, April 2, 2010 21:31:46 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Deborah Roszler |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
by accident searching |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Roszler, Rossler |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Moldavia, Austria-Hungary |
Comments:
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| I was taken to this site by searching for my great-grandparents. To my surprise someone was looking for information for them also.
I hope that I might be able to further my information for my dad and the rest of my family.
Thanks for this site. |
| Message Number: 170 -
Saturday, March 20, 2010 13:08:35 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Loretta Leable |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Researching family- web search for Scheindorf, Romania |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Holzli, Moor, Maroschan, Schimpf, Gotlieb, Kerekes, Majer, Seiber |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Scheindorf, Romania |
Comments:
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| My parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were evicted from this village by the Russian Army because they were of German descent. They were sent to Austria and stayed in a lumber camp (Reindlmuhl?) then were sent to Germany to be taken in by German households. Later they immigrated to Canada and the United States. Some family died and is buried in Germany. |
| Message Number: 169 -
Saturday, March 13, 2010 16:51:04 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Don Heller |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Just plain luck |
| Comments/suggestions about the project: |
I am a beginner tracing my mother's family |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Seifert and Quint |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Hatzfeld in the Banat |
Comments:
|
| I am a beginner at this task in trying to locate any information about my maternal grandfather (Matthias [Matypas] Seifert and both of my maternal great grandfathers (Joseph Quint and Anton Seifert). All were Catholic German-speaking Hungarians and settled in St Elizabeth of Hungary Parish in Norwood, a city surrounded by Cincinnati, OH. Matypas Seifert was a "rough" carpenter, while Joseph Quint was a furniture/finish carpenter. |
| Message Number: 168 -Tuesday, February 23, 2010 20:15:22 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Ron Rozsa |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Google search of father took me to Rose Mary Keller Hughes page at rootsweb |
| Comments/suggestions about the project: |
Great for rediscovering roots |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Rozsa |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Semlac |
Comments:
|
| From time to time I have searched for information on my father's (Alexander/Sandor Rozsa) lineage on the web but struck gold this week when I discovered Rose Mary's hard work on her family genealogy - for our family genealogy cross with my great, great grandfather Gyorgy Rozsa of Semlac. According to Rose Mary's note under my grandfather Adam Rozsa, my grand parents were witnesses at her (grand?) parents wedding in Harrisburg, PA in 1914. Small world? According to the passage records of Ellis Island, dad was only 10 months old upon arrival in the US in 1912. Thought dad had returned to Semlac and then returned to US as a teenager. Cannot find any passenger records of such. Did he stay behind with family? Never would have uncovered the Donauschwaben Community had I not made this
breakthrough to Semlac. Keep up the great work. |
| Message Number: 167 -
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 19:56:38 PDT - UNITED STATES |
| Name: |
Susan Baumgaertner-Fentz |
| How did you learn about the DVHH site?: |
Searching for family history |
| Comments/suggestions about the project: |
I am so grateful that this part of history is reported |
| Surnames you are researching: |
Baumgärtner, Steininger, Habarmuller |
| Villages of interest to you: |
Werschetz, Karlsdorf |
Comments:
|
All my life, 48 years, I have heard the stories from my grandmother, father and god-mother. I was frustrated that history in school never taught of their plight.
My father is still alive, Richard Baumgärtner (Baumgaertner). I was afraid the stories would end when he is gone.
My father lived in Werschetz with my widowed grandmother, his widowed aunt and my widowed great-grandmother. His paternal grandparents lived in Karlsdorf. They owned a farm there. His grandfather's name was Josef "Rafel Hans" Baumgärtner.
When my father was about 10 or 11, my grandmother agonized on whether or not to send him to Hitler Youth. He wanted to go and they knew what was coming. My father boarded the last train with other boys to go to military school. After reading here what happened to
the children of Werschetz, I know she really did make the best decision for him.
Shortly after, Russian soldiers came to empty the village, My great-grandmother (Steininger), grandmother (Maria Baumgärtner), Anna Habarmuller and her daughter Gertrude were taken to a work camp. Much later, they escaped the camp when my grandmother drugged the guards with poppies. She cooked for them and she put the drug in their food.
My grandfather Baumgärtner was sickly so he was starved to death in a camp,
His wife, Francisca did survive the camp.
My god-mother did return to Werschetz a few years ago. The graveyard where my ancestors were buried has been dug up and their remain were put in a mass grave.
There are so many stories. I was discouraged when I started to do my family
tree and could not find any information on my ancestors. I am so grateful to have this site. Many of the things I read here match the stories I was told all my life.
I went to a mostly Jewish school when I was growing up. Many German children were taunted and called "Nazi". I held my tongue, knowing my grandparents experienced similar circumstances in concentration camps.
I am so grateful to have this site. I am so thankful to have found it while my father is still alive. I am printing up so much to show him.
Thank you,
Susan Baumgärtner-Fentz |
|
2009
Archives
|
Message Number: 166 - Thursday,
December 31, 2009 04:36:46 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
John
Pfuhl |
|
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?: |
Browsing the
internet |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Yesensky,
Pfuhl |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Ratkovo
(Parabuc) |
Comments:
Grandfather Anton Pfuhl was born in
Budapest but the family was from Sarajevo. Do not
know much more as he was deceased before my birth
and grandmother and he were divorced. I believe he
lived in Reading, PA when he died. Grandmother was
from the area around Parabuc. Her parents are
buried there. Grandmother lived in Philadelphia,
Pa, but never said much about her life in
Croatia (now Serbia). We are going to visit next
May (2010) and hope to find out more. Any
information or suggestions most
welcome.
Message Number: 165 - Sunday,
November 8, 2009 03:18:12 PDT - France
|
Name: |
GRIFFATON |
|
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?: |
hazard |
|
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: |
très interressant pour
moi |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Griffaton -
Krifaton |
|
Villages of interest to
you: |
tous |
Comments:
je connais
notre généalogie Griffaton de Lorraine. trois
complices Griffaton sont allés au Banat en 1770
plus 17 enfants. je cherche des descendants de ses
ancêtres et je voudrais faire la liaison entre eux
et ce que nous avons comme documents. Bon courage
à vous. CORDIALEMENT GERARD GRIFFATON
LORRAINE FRANCE
Message Number: 164 - Wednesday,
November 4, 2009 23:46:17 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
James
F Kahles |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
Google |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Kahles/Quint |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Nakovo/Bocar |
Comments:
I am interested in maps, both
current and past, that show the street names and
major landmarks in Bocar and Nakovo.
Also, I would
welcome hearing from relatives of my grandparents
who immigrated to the U.S. and eventually settled
in Chicago, Illinois: Franz Kahles (Nakovo) in
1911 and Anna Quint (Bocar) in
1909.
-
Jim Kahles (Cincinnati, OH).
Message Number: 163 - Friday,
October 9, 2009 14:07:28 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Sandy
Boeshart |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
Google
Search |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Szubin, Rubas, Pruv,
Groza |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Banat |
Comments:
I am looking for information on my
grandparents and my great grandmother and
husband's family. My grandfather Jyorgy
Szubin, he lived in Jabuka and married Maria Rubas
from the Transylvania. My grandfather was
born on July 2, 1887, my grandmother was born on
September 29, 1894. I can find all sort of
information on them from the time they arrived at
Ellis Island in November 1920. Once my
grandparents got to Ellis Island the Z was dropped
in our last name, it was apparently and error on
Ellis Island side. No one really knows why
but my grandmother's name changed to Mary from
Maria. Mary was more American.
My Great Grandmother's name was
Katalin Pruv and she married Larza Groza in
September of 1920.
Sandy Subin Boeshart
Message Number: 162 - Saturday,
August 8, 2009 16:31:46 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Angela |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
Research |
|
Comments/suggestions
about the
Project: |
Pictures, articles,
books |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Lorbert |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Alibunar -
Banat |
Comments:
I am adding
the Village name of Alibunar in addition to my
last post.
Message Number: 161 - Saturday,
August 8, 2009 16:14:17 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Angela |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
Banat
Research |
|
Comments/suggestions
about the
Project: |
More information,
pictures, books, articles on Banat
1943 |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Lorbert |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Banat |
Comments:
My grandfather
was Anton Lorbert, who I found through this
website, was murdered in 1943 in a death
camp. The last surviving daughters, Rosalia
and Anna, are looking for survivors of that
town. They were taken by wagon by a teacher
and her husband along with 9 or 10 kids because
the Serbs were advancing followed by the
Russians. They escaped within hours of the
village being taken over. Is there anyone
out there who remembers this? Pictures,
stories, books, articles? I believe it was
October, 1943 when my mother and aunt
escaped. Looking for neighbors of the
Lorberts, children that remember Rosie and Anna
- their sisters were Teresa and and
Barbara. Anyone know how to reclaim the
family land? Any information would be
helpful. Thank you.
Message Number: 160 - Monday,
August 3, 2009 13:23:42 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Mark
Hura |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
googled
donauschwaben |
|
Comments/suggestions
about the
Project: |
thank
you |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Abt,
Becker |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Ilok, Backa Palanka,
Tovarisevo |
Comments:
I am trying to
find out about my grandmother, Anna Abt (Hura) who
was born in Ilok in 1905. She came to
Youngstown, Ohio in 1909 with her aunt, Eva (Abt)
Becker and her uncle, Peter Becker. She left
behind her mother and two brothers.
Message Number: 159 - Friday, July
24, 2009 10:50:49 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Sonia
|
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
googled it because my
grandfather is Donauschwabe (
d.2009) |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Glock |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Tscherwenka
(Crvenka) |
Comments:
I already knew
what village my grandfather came from but just
wanted to learn more. He settled in NYC in the
1960s and the rest of his remaining family is in
Munich/other parts of Bavaria.
Message Number: 158 - Friday, July
17, 2009 19:55:04 PDT - Canada
|
Name: |
Robert
Horvath |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
Came across it through
an archived list mail |
|
Comments/suggestions
about the
Project: |
Wonderful!!! Time to get
back into my family tree |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Horvath, Wendling,
Harfmann |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Tschalma, Apatin,
Indjija, Vinkovci, Mitrovica, Schidski
Banovci.... |
Comments:
I just came
across this website tonight. I plan on
showing it to my 82 year old father who grew up in
Indjija (my mother was born in Vinkovci). I
also plan on rekindling my interest in my family
tree. Thanks!
Message Number: 157 - Friday, July
17, 2009 15:22:20 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Dennis
Tates |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
Thru a
friend |
|
Comments/suggestions
about the
Project: |
Good to find more
information about Hungary the home of my
maternal grandparents. |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Tempfli, Botlinger,
Lancros, and Matesz |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Any village where my
maternal grandparents came
from. |
Comments:
I am trying to
find information on my maternal grandparents who
left Hungary for the USA in the early 1900s.
Message Number: 156 - Sunday, July
12, 2009 09:27:02 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Dennis
Halusker |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
Surfing |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Barbeck |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Gzorgyhaza Banat
Hungary |
Comments:
I recently
began adding relations through marriage to my
genealogy project and came across this wonderful
site while researching Joseph
Barbeck.
I am looking
forward to exploring this website further......
beginning now!
Dennis
Halusker
Inman,
S.C.
Message Number: 155 - Sunday, May
24, 2009 11:19:06 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Erich
Eisenloffel |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
Googled
Beschka |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Beschka |
Comments:
Is the translation
of the Beschka book, written by Peter Lang,
translated into English by Brad Schwebler,
available in book form? If yes, where can I
buy it?
Erich
Eisenloffel
Message Number: 154 - Friday, May
22, 2009 12:50:01 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Dennis
J. Bauer |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
DVHH
member |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Palanka |
Comments:
I invite all to visit the Obituary
page in the "Community" section and contribute if
you want, Dennis
Message Number: 153 - Monday,
April 20, 2009 13:33:55 PDT - Canada
|
Name: |
Chris
Rivait |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
Post on
Rootsweb.com |
|
Comments/suggestions
about the
Project: |
Great Information. Nice
to learn about my heritage. |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Klingler,
Morgenthaler |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Batschki
Jarak |
Comments:
I have
recently found out that my grandmother (Katarina
Klingler) was born in Batschka Jarak in 1920 as
well as her father, Georg Klingler (b. 1885) and
mother Katarina Morgenthaler (b. 1895). The
family immigrated to Canada in 1930.
All
the resources on the site have been great and it
has been very exciting learning more about my
family's heritage.
Thanks,
Chris
Message Number: 152 - Wednesday,
April 15, 2009 21:55:30 PDT - Venezuela
|
Name: |
Anita
Rozic |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
surfing Hrastovac web
pages |
|
Comments/suggestions
about the
Project: |
Inspiring and great
idea |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Kehl,
Kilgus |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Hrastovac |
Comments:
Hello, my name
is Anita Rozic, I live in Caracas, Venezuela, and
was looking for information about my maternal
family Kehl - Kilgus in Hrastovac,
Croatia. I was delighted to find
infornmation about them in the hrastovac
net , and from there got here. I would
like to thank Mr. Mike Teicher for including
in this site the personal recollection from
Konrad Kehl, and that after reading it , just have
found out that he was the brother of Michael
Kehl, my great grandfather, father of my
grandmother Katharina Kehl Kilkus who emigrated to
Venezuela in the WWII years.
My grandparents are
all dead, and this might be the only way I can
find out more about their lives, towns, families.,
and pass it down to my children. Thank you
very much.
And if you have more
information from the Kehl family from Hrastovac,
please contact me.
Message Number: 151 - Monday,
March 2, 2009 19:34:06 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Erik
Bewley |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
Surfing the
Web |
|
Comments/suggestions
about the
Project: |
Very Nice. Thank you for
the abundant information. |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
BERNHARDT,
BISCHOF |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Ridjica (Legin),
Stanischitsch,
Herzogsanto |
Comments:
My ancestors came to
the USA after WWII. Mainly settling in the
Cleveland, Ohio area. The main family lines
are BERNHARDT and BISCHOF; however, I also have
MELLAM, NUSPL, GRUBER, HABERBUSCH, ENGLANDER,
STEINBECK, GEBER, MAGYAR, PUHL, BERGER, STOCKL,
NIEDERMAYER, WEISS (spelling could be off a
bit on some of the surnames).
Anyone wishing to
correspond?
Message Number: 150 - Sunday,
March 1, 2009 04:47:18 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Georgene
Barger |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
found it by clicking
links - started at
Wikipedia |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Muller,
Schneck |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Muller family from
village of Szava(?), Schneck family from
Bosnia |
Comments:
Looks interesting! I
haven't had a chance to become totally familiar
with your site, but found it
interesting.
Message Number: 149 - Friday,
February 20, 2009 08:58:57 PDT - Canada
|
Name: |
herbert
fodor |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
by
prousing |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
hetzel |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
bulkes |
Comments:
My ancesters
came from Bulkes and moved to Stara Pasua.
The Hetzel family and the Schreiners all orginated
from Bulkes. I am surprised to find this website
and will in the near future contact you. I
have an extendet family tree from both sides with
many names and information on it.
Message Number: 148 - Monday,
January 26, 2009 21:34:04 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Rhonda
(Friedl) Staudt |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
While googling for my
Mercydorf ancestors |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Friedl |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Mercydorf |
Comments:
I am very interested in my
great -grandfather, Josef Friedl (B. 1869,
Mercydorf) came to America in 1911 and settled in
College Point. He was married to Elisabeth
(possibly Ott, Olt, Alt, Aldt). I can only
find his passenger records and I need to find his
parents and I am at a loss. Any help would
be appreciated.
Message Number: 147 - Saturday,
January 17, 2009 08:54:00 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Martin
Teufel (Jung) |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
researched the
internet |
|
Comments/suggestions
about the
Project: |
your site is the
best |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
TEUFEL |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
Filipowa |
Comments:
I would be
thankful for any information about Filipowa.
Martin Teufel, Jr. MT15172@ATT.NET
Message Number: 146 - Friday,
January 9, 2009 10:11:47 PDT - Canada
|
Name: |
Frank
Vormittag |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
google |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
paulin specht
|
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
schondorf
glogowatz |
Comments:
Looking for any info on a Julia Specht
from Schondorf. She was married to a Johannes
Paulin just before 1889. She might be born around
the 1860's. Any info on Johannes Paulin as well.
Trying to complete family tree.
Message Number: 145 - Friday,
January 2, 2009 16:00:57 PDT - United States
|
Name: |
Eric
Hess |
|
How did you learn
about the DVHH
site?: |
google |
|
Comments/suggestions
about the
Project: |
Very detailed
information |
|
Surnames you are
researching: |
Hess |
|
Villages of interest
to you: |
All |
Comments:
Looking for information about my great
grandfather, Nikolaus Hess. Hess wrote one of the
early histories on the banat.
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2008
Archives
| |
Friday,
December 12, 2008 18:34:12 PDT - United States
Name: Michael
Schweighardt
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: google / yahoo
search
Surnames
you are
researching: Schweighardt
Villages
of interest to you: Budapest
area
Comments:
Hello, I was searching for my family history.
When did they leave Germany or Austria?
Sunday, November 23,
2008 04:53:07 PDT
Name: Lilly
How did you learn about the
DVHH site?: www
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Fantastic and most
helpful
Comments:
Dear all, planning a trip to Banat/Romania
and would like to be greeted by a friendly face?
Visit "Deutsches Forum" Billed run by the Csonti
family. They also have a soup kitchen and are
building a guest house. Don't forget to take a
donation (clothes, meds, eyeglasses etc.) with you
when you. HAPPY TRAILS!
For more
info or a donation to take over: lillyanddave@msn.com
Wednesday,
November 12, 2008 17:27:22 PDT
Name: John
Huber Jr.
How did you learn about
the DVHH site?: Franzfeld Yugoslavia google
search
Surnames you are
researching: Peter Binder,
Elisabeth (Kurle) Binder
Villages of interest to
you: Franzfeld
Yugoslavia
Comments: Regina
Binder was my grandmother from my mother's side,
she died before I could get any info on her
parents (my great grandparents) If anyone has any
info please let me know. It will be greatly
appreciated.
Monday, November 10, 2008 23:49:09
PDT
Name: Jann
Flatinger
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: found it by accident on the
Internet
Surnames
you are researching: Osichan or
Osischan
Villages
of interest to you: Bukeen
Batschka
Comments:
My Grandmother used to say she was from Bukeen
Botshka in Hungary but would never discuss or
share anything with her family because when she
immigrated she left the past behind. I would
like to find the town of Bukeen Botshka--spelling
unknown--so anyone out there in cyberspace who may
know of a town close to the photetic
spelling--feeling free to let me know. I
would love to visit Hungary to pay tribute to my
Grandma. She immigrated to America around
1913.
Thursday,
November 6, 2008 11:30:26 PDT
Name: Julie
Prescott
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: Rootsweb archive
messages
Surnames
you are researching: Beierlein,
Gerger, Henz, Matern, Schneider, Wickedi, Wisner,
Ambrosy
Villages
of interest to you: Stefansfeld,
Setschan, Bogarosch, Sanktgeorgenanderbega
Comments:
I visited the websites of some of the villages
I have listed, but almost all of the material is
written in German :( which I cannot read. I
am particularly interested in information on
the village St. George and particularly the
surname Beierlein (my maiden name), of which there
are apparently very few of us! Does anyone
know if there are village lists for St.
George. Thanks, Julie
Monday,
October 27, 2008 16:43:59 PDT
Name: Philip
Weiss
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?: on
Google
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Happy to see your data re
our homeland
Surnames
you are researching: Weisz
Villages
of interest to
you: Kathreinfeld
Comments:
I have verified ancestors on the Weisz line
back to almost the 1800, but am very
interested in finding out where most of the
settlers in Kathreinfeld came from after the Turks
were expelled from Hungary. Marie Theresa must
have had a list of the immigrants and where they
came from, who answered her call to come to
Hungary!! would also have some more clear
data on Births and marriages in our village going
back to the founding. Look forward to
enjoying more of your web site in the
future.
Friday,
October 10, 2008 21:46:21 PDT
Name: Nancy
S
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: friend
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Very helpful
Surnames
you are
researching: tempfli,freund,binder,erni,
mayer,wolniewicz
Villages
of interest to
you: csanalos,szathmar,magyar,hungary
Comments:
I am researching my grandmother,
Julia Binder from
Csanalos, Szathmar,
Magyar Her mother was
Theresa
Tempfli and fathers last
name was Erni. My
grandfathers name was Gyorgy Freund.
I have no information on him yet. I
would appreciate any info shared.
Thank
you:)
Wednesday,
October 8, 2008 05:29:38 PDT
Name: Josef
Dara
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: random hit using
Metacrawler
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Helpful and
interesting
Surnames
you are researching: Lauer,
Kessler
Villages
of interest to you: Erdosmecske
(Racsmecske) Baranya Megye
Comments:
I am
English born, living in Malta. My mother was born
in Erdosmecske, Hungary to Stefan and Elisabeth
Kessler nee Lauer in 1924.My mother's family
included her 2 sisters fled from Hungary into
Austria in 1945 after escaping Soviet selection
for deportation to Siberia. My father was
Hungarian hailing from Nagykaniza. I know nothing
of my grandparents ancestry. I visited Erdosmecske
last year after 25 years and oh how it has changed
after 50 plus years of Soviet
occupation.
It irks me that Volks Deutsch
expelled from all over Europe during and after WW2
received no restitution from the German gov't or
any gov't for that matter for everything that was
taken from them though not for the lack of
trying('Czech' Germans). Unlike some, it seems as
though Germans still pay the
price.
Sunday,
September 14, 2008 23:27:26 PDT
Name: Richard
Banks
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: Google
Surnames
you are researching: Sehne
Villages
of interest to you: Backo Dobro
Polje, Yugoslavia
Comments:
My grandparents were from a village called
Backo Dobro Polje where they were both born in the
early 1900's. I am trying to learn more
about my ancestry and where the Sehne family
originates from. My grandparents came to the
U.S. back in 1956 with their children and six
years later I was born. Any information
would be helpful since my grandparents did not
share much information to me as a child that I
could remember. Thank you.
Monday,
September 8, 2008 18:59:40 PDT
Name: Mary
F. Self
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: looking through anything
Donauschwaban
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Very enlightening
Surnames
you are
researching: Augustin
Villages
of interest to you: Lunga and
Sellesch
Comments:
I was in Romania in June of 2008. I went
to Lunga which is next to the Serbian border. My
Grandma and Great Grandparents are from there.
Last name Augustin. My Great Grandparents,
Peter Augustin and Margaret Theil were married in
St. Joseph Church in Selish. That name could be
spelled Sellesch. On the records I have, though,
it is spelled Selish. I'd like to know if Sellesch
(Selish) is now Nakova, Serbia. My Dad said that
Lunga and Selish were next to each other.
Thursday,
September 4, 2008 17:23:25 PDT
Name: Marilyn
Schmidt
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: from Janos Bogardi/Radix
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Can I search Church
records? If so how?
Surnames
you are
researching: SCHMIDT/BRUECKER/HAMM
Villages
of interest to you: Ujsove
Comments:
Any information on George Schmidt/Magdalena
Bruecker/Magdalena Hamm/Henry Bruecker/Elizabeth
Schmidt from Neu-Schowe [Ujsove], Hungary.
Magdalena
Bruecker born May 21, 1882 in Neu-Schowe
[Ujsove], Hungary to Henry Bruecker, father;
Magdalena Hamm Bruecker, mother. Wife of
George Schmidt in 1901 and gave birth to
Elizabeth Schmidt on February 10 or 11th,
1903. George Schmidt, Jr. born Oct. 16,
1879 in Neu-Schowe [Ujsove], Hungary his
father George Schmidt, Sr.. mother Magdalena
Schmidt both born in Neu-Schowe [Ujsove],
Hungary. George Schmidt, Jr. immigranted to
the United States in 1905 settling in Peoria,
Illinois. Magdalena Bruecker Schmidt with
daughter Elizabeth Schmidt followed him in
1907. I believe they immigranted sometime
nine months from May 1, 1908, the date of my
fathers birth. Housle George Schmidt born May 1,
1908 in Peoria County, Peoria, Illinois.
I know my
grandmother had a brother John Bruecker, he too
settled in Peoria, Illinois. The family was
Lutheran and some relatives settled in Ohio, I
believe Cleveland. Any information I can
find regarding the history of my family
Wednesday,
August 27, 2008 13:45:07 PDT
Name: David
A. Benchoff
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: Gerhard Banzhaf
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: "Vielen Dank" for keeping
alive the Donauschwaben cultural heritage
Comments:
this is a wonderful (wunderbar) forum for
providing information for researching genealogy
and heritage. Moreover, in the future this
will be a valuable tool for historical
researchers.
Saturday, August 9, 2008 15:15:43
PDT
Name: Schmitz
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: google
Surnames
you are researching: Giesswein,
Schweighardt
Villages
of interest to you: Budapest, Gant,
Balinka, Frejer
Comments:
Hello I am looking for relatives of Maria
Schweighardt and Josef Gießwein. Both lived in
Budapest during the second world war. Maria
Schweighardt passed away during the second world
war (during a bombing). Then he stayed for a short
time in Gant by relatives. The only thing he has
is a foto of his mum . he has no birth
certification.
My father his name is also
Josef Gießwein (at this time 10 years old) took
refuge to Germany (Eschwege, Langenhain) were many
hungarians went. He never heard anything of his
relatives in Gant and Budapest.
Maybe someone
can help me
thanks alot!
:-)
Friday,
August 8, 2008 22:55:25 PDT
Name: abby
grissler
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: internet search
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: grandfathers
heritage
Surnames
you are
researching: Grissler
Comments: I always
thought I was part German, because as a child
that's what I was told but in researching my last
name I have not found any Grissler's of German
descent how ever when I found your website I
struck gold. There was my last name on the
very first page . if you can help me in figuring
out what village or providence my family came from
i would appreciate it a lot . i should have all
the names and dates that you may require thanks so
much
Monday, July
28, 2008 09:17:08 PDT
Name: Patricia
Holleran
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: friend
Surnames
you are researching: Mesaros,
Reiter
Villages
of interest to
you: Palona(Plavna);Selenca
(Backa)
Comments:
John Mesaros, father Steve (Istvan), mother
Anna Trucina Mesaros Reiter,
John born
12/22/1897 in Palona. Died 8/30, 1935 in Detroit,
Mi.
Anna born
10/26, 1878 in Selenca. Died 11/08/1962 in
Saginaw,
Mi.
Wednesday,
July 23, 2008 00:54:20 PDT
Name: julie
bender
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: accidentally
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: great
Surnames
you are researching: Bender
Braun
Villages
of interest to you: Almas Kamaras,
Elek, Arad, Bekes
Comments:
I was interested in M. Schneider and his
family coming from the same area.
Tuesday, July
8, 2008 15:10:17 PDT
Name: Willy
Istvan
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: from other
genealogists
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Great website
Surnames
you are researching: Istvan,
Schreiner, Horvath, Lenhart, Gruber, Tosenberger,
Merli, Jen, Kovacs
Villages
of interest to you: Satnica,
Krndija, Budrovci, Pisac, Filipowa, Stanischitz,
Kula.
Comments:
I am trying to find any information on the
above-mentioned surnames. Also, I am looking for
books pertaining to above-mentioned villages.
Thursday,
June 26, 2008 16:13:02 PDT
Name: mary
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: Google
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: very interesting
Surnames
you are researching: Bischak,
Schenk
Villages
of interest to you: Gertianosch,
Hatsfeld
Comments:
If any one knows anything about either
of these families I would be interested in hearing
from you.
Tuesday, June
24, 2008 22:50:21 PDT
Name: JIMMY
L. GOCKEL
Surnames
you are researching: HUBER
Comments:
Greetings, My name is Jimmy L. Gockel. My
Mother Gisela Militz was born in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia in 1928. Her Father was Alexander
Militz who was an architect. She and her
brother were placed in a Foster home at age
five. Mom was taken in by Philipp Huber
and Elisabeth (Vollweiter) Huber. They
moved to Siwatz in 1940 and fled in 1944 due to
the advance of the Russians. Would like some more
info on the village around the 1940-1944 time
frame.
Thanks.
Thursday,
June 12, 2008 22:58:18 PDT
Name: Karlheinz
A. Halter
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?: By
Accident
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Great
Surnames
you are researching: Halter,
Dibisch
Villages
of interest to you: Indjija,
Kernei, Graz
Comments: Hello,
Donauschwaben: By coincidence I found your
inviting place. Very informative, and so
encouraging.
Mit
freundlichen Grüßen,
Karlheinz
Monday, June
2, 2008 11:57:21 PDT
Name: Susan
Stone
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: from the Banat
website
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: I did not see Grabovci
listed as a village in Syrmia/Srem
Surnames
you are researching: Bucher
Villages
of interest to you: Grabovci (also
spelled Grabowci sometimes on records)
Comments:
I have been researching my ancestors from my
mother's side of the family for a few years.
It has been hard, and I can't seem to go back any
further than 1675. I would not have gotten
very far without research websites such as this
one, and the Banat site at rootsweb. I was
wondering if anyone has a book or more personal
information on any DS living in Grabovci? My
ancestors moved to Grabovci, Syrmien in the 1800's
after having already been in Cstalija,
Batschka. ? This branch of the family
had moved from Wellendingen, Rottweil, Germany to
Banat/Batschka c. 1740-1745. My grandparents
had more information about having originally come
from Alsace-Lorraine before being in Wellendingen,
but I can't find any info on that.
The surname
is: Bucher and the names I have coming from
Syrmien to USA are Matthias & Anna Bucher, and
Jacob Bucher (their son). It is a bit
muddled, but I have found records that appear to
show that Jacob may have gone back to get bring
other family members over and left from
Hamburg? I do know that there were family
Monday, May 12, 2008 18:17:25 PDT
Name: Dennis
Bauer
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: Member
Comments:
Congratulations to the new DVHH Board of
Directors and "Vielen Dank" to those that served
in 2007.
Dennis
Friday, May
9, 2008 22:21:19 PDT
Name: Carol
Kretovich
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: google
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: terrific
Surnames
you are researching: Noel,
Weber
Villages
of interest to you: Temesvar
Comments:
I loved this site. I have many recipes
from my grandmother and the ink had worn off of
some ingredients. I was able to find the
missing data on this site. My grandmother's
name was Margarete Noel, and her parents were
Johann and Barbara Noel (Weber). Barbara's
mother's name was Apolonia. Johann was
married before my great-grandmother and his wife
died before he came to America. Johann and
Barbara had children that died and were buried in
this town. I am trying to find out what I
can about the family and the town they were from.
Friday, May
2, 2008 13:30:57 PDT
Name: Mary
(Abel) Price
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: Google
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Wonderful!
Surnames
you are researching: Abel / Feil /
Gaug
Villages
of interest to you: Gajdobra /
Wekerlefalva / Dreispitz
Comments:
I have been trying to find my lost relative
for years. This morning I found the sad news that
I was trying to document. They perished in Jarek.
I am still looking for more information about them
and if there is any marker for their burial. My
heart is broken right now but I will keep pursuing
as much as I can. Thank you all for the hard work
that went in to this site. I will light a candle
for all the people I just read about.
Wednesday,
April 30, 2008 09:56:20 PDT
Name: Christine
Betts
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: Internet search
Surnames
you are researching: Palmy, Wegler,
Merszi
Villages
of interest to you: Blumenthal
(Maslak), Bentschek
Comments:
I have been researching my Grandfather's
history Sebastian George Palmy, but
couldn't find any information on his dad
who is Sebastian Palmy Sr. I did find
through ship records where Seb. Palmy Sr. lived in
Bentschek so it was great reading the information
on the village. I was also able to read about the
other villages that my ancestors came from. Would
love to visit, but this is wonderful. Thank
you
Monday, April
21, 2008 08:14:58 PDT
Name: Kenneth
J. Schwebach
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: Gerhard Pfaff of Steinheim
Germany
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Very hopeful
Surnames
you are researching: Schwebach,
Apt, Haus, Stehle
Villages
of interest to you: Sotting,
Novoselo, Bukin
Comments:
My Grandfather, Paul Schwebach and my
Grandmother Barbara Haus came to America around
1905 from Novoselo and Bukin. From Gerhard Pfaff I
have info. about the Schwebach's of Novoselo and
back to a village of Sotting (1779. Before that is
a ?. I would like to find out before that time and
forward to now. My great Grandmother was Adelheid
Apt. I found a letter from a Karl Stehle, after my
parents passed, dated 1953 stating he was my
Grandfathers 1st. cousin. His mother was a
Schwebach. My Grandfather would never talk about
his past or family. I have been searching for
years. Any info I had ,before finding Gerhard
Pfaff a few months ago, was from the Haus family
near my home in Salem,
Ohio
Wednesday,
March 19, 2008 10:21:15 PDT
Name: Frederick
R Steidl Jr.
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: google
Surnames
you are researching: Steidl
Comments:
I am a Swab
Sunday, March
16, 2008 16:20:02 PDT
Name: maria
Surnames
you are researching: Keniesel,
Stefiel
Villages
of interest to you: Beschka
Comments:
I am searching for information on the Keniesel
family whom I am told lived in Beschka. The names
I was given are Peter Heinrich Keniesel born
8/24/1840 (married a woman with the last name of
Fekitsch) and his son Peter Keniesel born
8/2/1864 and who I am told dies in a concentration
camp in 1964. Peter (the son) had a daughter Maria
whom I am named for (born 7/27/1901). I am told
the family owned a vinyard? Any information would
be appreciated, thank you!!
email: stroudmaria@yahoo.com
Maria
Sunday, March
9, 2008 21:35:51 PDT
Name: Louis
HR Muller
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?: My
brother finally figured out the correct spelling
of Feketic. The Muller family came to the US in
the early 1900's.
Surnames
you are researching: Muller,
Herman(n)
Villages
of interest to you: Fekedek and
Sekedek (if that is the correct spelling)
Comments:
The Muller family came to the US in the early
1900's. My father was the first born in the
US. His older sisters were born in
Feketisch. My "Uncle" John Herman (actually
my grandfather's brother's son came here after
WWII. He had been drafted into the
Yugoslavian army. When he and another German
were sent to surrender the 20,000 Yugoslavian
troops he was put in the Hungarian army. At
some point he was placed in the German SS since he
was multilingual (Slavic, Hungarian &
German). He surrendered in Berlin.
While in a POW camp he contacted my great-aunt, as
had his wife. Upon release he went to an
Austrian refugee camp to be reunited with his wife
& three children and then came to the US and
settled near much of the family on Long Island,
NY. His brother died on the Eastern Front
and his brother's second wife was seized by the
Russians and never seen again. His friend's
son, Richard Wolf, attends the same Lutheran
Church as I do. My brother and I are trying
to fill in the details. My Uncle John went
back for a visit in the 1980's. His and his
father's farms were overgrown. His
non-German friends were still afraid
Monday, March
3, 2008 13:05:50 PDT
Name: Alex
Woodle
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: Jody McKim
Surnames
you are researching: Vudl, Wudl,
Wudel
Villages
of interest to you: Csenei,
Giulvaz,Oravita, Sannicolau Mare and Lugoj
Comments:
Any one who may have information on above
surnames or villages or Jewish records, please
contact me.
Thank you,
Alex
Woodle
Thursday,
February 28, 2008 20:48:12 PDT
Name: Adrian
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?: a
friend
Surnames
you are researching: Will,
Guska
Villages
of interest to you: Neu Pasua (Nova
Pazova)
Comments:
I'm trying to find out more about family from
Neu Pasua (and if possible track down some living
relatives).
My direct
line is Friedrich Will and Katherine Guska -
immigrated to Sharon, PA
Michael Will
(10/18/1852) Elisabetha Popp born
(8/30/1853)
Fridericus
(2/13/1830) and Maria Elisabetha Lederer born
(8/17/1830)
Petrus Will
(1799) and Rosina
Ellenberger
Philippus
Will (a. 1764) and Maria Elisabetha Heintz
Hofman (a
1767)
Monday, February 25, 2008 04:50:53
PDT
Name: owoh
Surnames
you are researching: bulo
Comments:
ok is cool site
Friday,
February 15, 2008 14:12:17 PDT
Name: Heidi
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: yahoo
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: it's great
Surnames
you are researching: Hoff
Villages
of interest to
you: Franzfeld
Comments:
My Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother
were Jacob and Barbara Hoff from Franzfeld.
Their youngest son at the time of arrival in the
US was Michael Hoff, my grandfather.
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| Thursday, December 20,
2007 07:57:28 PDT
Name: Carolyn
Hoelzle How
did you learn about the DVHH
site?: Surfing
the Web
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: I am so impressed with the
generosity of spirit of all who are
helping us find our families. Thank
you. Surnames
you are researching: Zimmerman, Goetz,
Buchholz, Pikar, Tojnko
Villages of
interest to
you: Sackelhausen,
Kisorosz, Brestovec Comments:
I would welcome any
information on my great grandfather,
Joseph Zimmerman from Sackelhausen.
He was married to Annamarie Goetz and
died mysteriously. She then
remarried Matthias Kunst and they moved
to America with the children.
I am also
looking on any information on my
grandmother's sister, Rosa Tojnko, from
Brestovec Jugoslavie. She was the
on one of the three sisters who stayed in
Europe.
Thank
you. |
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Thur - November 29, 2007 01:03:31
PDT
Name: Maga
Enugu Becroft
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: surfing the Web
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Good but can be
better
Surnames
you are
researching: Karstad
Villages
of interest to you: rad,
bapstad
Comments: Great to be
here. I will be back for an extensive research
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Saturday,
November 17, 2007 09:28:07 PDT
Name: Mauricio
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: google
Surnames
you are researching: Dipold;
Kratochwill, Dardin, Till
Villages
of interest to you: Ploschitz
(Yugoslavia) Konigsgriad (Romania)
Comments: Hello My
name is Mauricio Dipold and I live in Brazil.
I've been looking for records about my ancestors,
who lived in Konigsgriad, Romania( Josif
Dipold, grandpa) and Ploschitz, Yugoslavia (Rosina
Kratochwill, grandma).It's been very hard to find
any kind of info about their home cities or
personal records. Would you help me? Do you have
any info about this surnames and
cities?
Thanks for
your
assistance |
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| Thursday, November 8, 2007
17:29:05 PDT
Name: Lora
Surnames
you are
researching: kester/keszter
Villages
of interest to you: nagy
kikinda
Comments: I was
thrilled to find this site. i have been
doing family history for years and are
trying to find the exact town in Germany
that the Kester family came from before
going to Nagy Kikinda. |
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| Message Number:
97 |
November 17,
2007
Name: Laurie How did you learn about the
DVHH site?: internet
google search
Comments/suggestions
about the Project: Wow....
you have collected a lot of
information! Surnames you are
researching: Lotz,
Altheim, Fischer, Gabert, Mohr,
Nonnenmacher
Villages of
interest to you:
Tscherwenka, Schajkasch-Sentiwan, Jarek,
Titel Comments: My
ancestors were one of the first settlers
in Tscherwenka (Hungary?) in 1785 Georg
Nikolaus Lotz (b. 1758) and Elisabeth
Weberling (b, 1760) from Kaiserslautern
(Bensheim), Germany.
They
had 4 children Christian (1782 in
Kaiserslautern), Mar. Salome (1785 in
Kaiserslautern), Leopold Georg (1791 in
Tscherwenka) and Johann Phillip Heinrich
(1794 in Tscherwenka?).
My family
are descendants of Johann Phillip Heinrich
Lotz (B. 1794). However, I found no
reference to him in the Unswer
Tscherwenka book by Angela Hefner.
Is it possible that he was not part of
this family or were there records missing
from 1794?
I am a bit confused
because my grandfather (Filip Lotz b.
1898) was born in Schajasch-Sentiwan as was
his father (Kristian or Christian Lotz b.
1875) but the others were born in
Tscherwenka Johannes Lotz b. 1849,
Kristian Lotz B. 1824, Johann Philip Heinrich
Lotz b. 1794, and George Nikolaus Lotz b.
1758 in Bensheim, Germany.
Did Tscherwenka become Schajasch-Sentiwan
or are they different towns? Are
they close to one another?
Also does anyone know where I can get
information (Heimatbuch) on
Sentiwan?
I would GREATLY
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How did you learn
about the DVHH site?:
Internet
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: it is a great website to help
novices start
Surnames
you are researching: Till, Frisch, Fuchs,
Wagner
Villages
of interest to you:
Kathreinfeld/St
Georgen an der
Bega/Ernsthausen
Comments:
I am trying to establish where my Till
ancestors came from before Kathreinfeld
and my Frisch relatives background - they
lived in St Georgen.
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| Message Number:
94 |
Monday, October 29, 2007 10:27:21
PDT
Name: Larry
Schmoll
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?:
GRHS/ Peter Haas
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: New to site and I'm
finding it very interesting.
Surnames you are researching:
Schmoll
Villages of interest to
you: Torschau
Comments: My Great-Great
Grandfather Heinrich Schmoll(b.1814) was
from Gluckstal, Russia and I'm searching
for his parents Heinrich Schmoll who may have
settled in Hunguary before traveling on.?
on age(abt.1763) and originally from Frei
Laubersheim Alzey, Rheinland. Family says
he could speak Hungarian. |
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Thursday, October 25,
2007 05:59:31 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
internet
Surnames
you are researching: Pikar, Goetz,
Buccholz, Zimmerman
Villages
of interest to you: Sacalaz,
Kisorosz
Comments: My
great grandmother was Anna Goetz, married first
to a Zimmerman, then to Matthias
Kunzt. I would give anything to
spend an hour with these passed relatives
to ask the questions that I now seek
answers to. |
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| Message Number:
92 |
Wednesday, October 24,
2007 18:15:39 PDT
Name:
Eva
Just
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
through the Hrastovac website by
Rosina Scmidt
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: What a great way to make
contact with lost relatives
Surnames
you are researching:
Just, Kehl, Muench,
Ochs
Villages
of interest to you:
Hrastovac,
Tolna
Comments: My Grandfather
Jakob Just was born in Hrastovac he
married Magdelaine Muench, after WW2 the
family had to go back to Germany. They
settled in Riebensdorf. My father also
Jakob Just emmigrated to Canada in 1964
to Harrow Ontario, we followed shortly
after.
I understand that after the war
many of the Hrastovac people relocated to
the United States and Canada. I would be
interested in hearing from some of you
who may know more of my family background or
may be related.
Eva
Just
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| Friday, October 5, 2007 18:05:41
PDT
Name: Mathilda
DeLorenzo How did you learn about the
DVHH site?: I found this site while
exploring on the internet.
Comments/suggestions
about the Project: I think this
is a wonderful project. I am living in New
Jersey. Surnames
you are researching: Napholcz and
Heil
Villages of
interest to you: Sagas,
Josefhausen, Turterebesch Comments:
I think this is a wonderful project. I am
living in New Jersey. |
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Sunday,
September 30, 2007 16:06:53 PDT
Name: Josef
Dara
How did
you learn about the DVHH
site?: random hit using
Metacrawler
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Helpful and
interesting
Surnames
you are researching: Lauer,
Kessler
Villages
of interest to
you: Erdosmecske(Racsmecske)
Comments:
I
am English born, living in Malta. My mother was
born in Erdosmecske, Hungary to Stefan and
Elisabeth Kessler nee Lauer in 1924.My mother's
family included her 2 sisters fled from Hungary
into Austria in 1945 after escaping Soviet
selection for deportation to Siberia. My father
was Hungarian hailing from Nagykaniza.I know
nothing of my grandparents ancestry. I visited
Erdosmecske last year after25 years and oh how it
has changed after 50 plus years of Soviet
occupation.
It
irks me that Volksdeutsche expelled from all over
Europe during and after WW2 received no
restitution from the German gov't or any gov't
for that matter for everything that was taken from
them though not for the lack of trying ('Czech'
Germans). Unlike some, it seems as though Germans
still pay the
price. |
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| Message Number:
87 |
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
18:56:37 PDT
Name:
Andrea K.
Zimmermann
How did you learn about
the DVHH site?: A DonauSchwabian Club
Member
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: I would love to become
involved. Please contact
me.
Surnames you are
researching: Holl, Schank, and
Zimmermann
Villages of interest to
you: Siwatz,
Yugoslavia
Comments: I am an
historian conducting family/community/European
history of Siwatz, Yugoslavia. My ancetsry
is DS - German of course but also Hungarian.
My father's family is from Pecs, Hungary. In
October 1944, my mother's family, the
Zimmermanns, fled Siwatz, and escaped into
Hungary, and eventually settled in the
village of Boly, Hungary and the city of Pecs. My
mother and father settled in New York City
in 1959 from Germany. If anybody is
interested, please visit my website at: ww
w.angelfire.com/planet/andreakzimmermann. I
live in the German neighborhood of Yorkville in
Manhattan, New York. |
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| Message Number:
86 |
Thursday, September 13, 2007
20:07:44 PDT
Name:
Gary
Muncy
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: Mara
Henderson
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Very nice site.
Surnames you are researching:
Matye, Rausch, Bauer
Villages
of interest to you: Mollidorf,
Kistozseg, Deutsch Zerne, nearby smaller
villages/estates??
Comments:
Have limited information to share re Banat
history...that is my current desire, to
develop that information and back track that to
origins in Western Germany. Have information
to share on Turtle Lake/Almena, Wisconsin;
Athens, Wisconsin and can refer to source re
Kansas.
Limited information re Nicklaus
Matye b. 1829-1833 unknown village; left
Deutsch Czerny in 1909 as a widower (wife's
name unknown) He moved to Wisconsin to be
with son, Nicklos Matye b. 1862 and his wife, Anna
Bauer b. 1867 and Johann Matye b. 1860? and
his wife Margaret b.1862. Nick and Johann
and families had earlier emmigrated from
unknown village in Hungary 1890's.
Other generous source has Matye's as
witnesses to baptisms/weddings in Mollidorf
area in 1870's and 80's ( Josephus, Susanna,
Petri, Petrus, Anna, Maria, Borbala)
This has been a very enjoyable experience and my
family had no knowledge about the Banat
history in the family....very, very
interesting! I would appreciate any
advice or assistance. |
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| Message Number:
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Wednesday, September
12, 2007 22:33:29 PDT
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: Link from
Feldenzer's pages
Comments/suggestions about the
Project:
Fantastic Resource, but need more villages
in Syrmia
Surnames
you are researching:
Ruttinger, Kellner, Weiser, Mayer, Wajand,
Tiefenbach
Villages
of interest to you:
Mitrovica (Mitrowitz), Erdevik, Morovic,
Palanka, Gajdobra
Comments:
Have been an email list member
for quite awhile now, but haven't posted
any requests for help. I'll post one
soon with my "Roll Call". Thanks to everyone
who contributes and provides research
assistance.
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| Message Number:
84 |
Tuesday, September
11, 2007 12:38:58 PDT
Name: Bonnie
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: Elsa
Walter
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Excellent
resource
Surnames
you are researching:
Schmnidtegg/Dernetz/Bohn
Villages
of interest to you:
Schalding/Veliko
Srediste/Molidorf/Gakowa/Gudritz
Comments:
My mom and grandma were born in
Veliko Srediste. Taken to three camps during
ethnic cleansing 1944-47 -- Gakowa,
Molidorf and Gudritz. Escaped and went to Hungrary
and then Austria. Trying to get information
on Schalding, the refugee camp they were at
after escape. Mom's name Hilda Kathryn Bohn
Dernetz Olsen (died last month),
grandmother is Anna Dernetz and Great grandma was
Anna Schmidtegg. Grandfather was Franz
Bohn. Also born in Veliko Srediste but
can't locate any specifics about him other
than my mom learning he lived in
Switzerland up to his death in the last 10 years.
I know Molidorf doesn't exist. But does
Schalding???
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| Message Number:
83 |
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How did you learn
about the DVHH site?:
Surfing
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Excellent
Surnames
you are researching:
Maruna
Comments:
"Gegrüsset seid mir, edle
Herrn, gegrüsst ihr, schöne Damen! ...
"
Mit diesen, von Goethe geborgten
Worten, möchte ich alle bisherigen, sowie
künftigen Besucher dieser hervorragend gelungenen
Seite grüssen.
Falls Sie noch einige
Minuten Ihrer sicherlich kostbaren Zeit aufbringen
können, dann vielleicht besuchen Sie meine
seit 2003 bestehenden
Internet-Präsenz: READ ALL ABOUT IT
--- The California Based German-American
Website For The Informed
Es gibt da
nicht nur tägliche Nachrichten, die ganz sicher
nicht in Ihrer Zeitung auffindbar sind,
sondern eine ganze Reihe von Themen, die
Sie interessieren könnten! Warum also noch
mehr aufzählen, wenn Sie blitzschnell mit
einem Klick auf Ihre Maus sich selbst davon
überzeugen können.
Homepage:
http://www.read-all-about-it.org/
Viele Grüsse aus Kalifornien
Erwin E. Maruna
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| Message Number:
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| Message Number:
81 |
Friday, July 27, 2007 13:44:52
PDT
Name: Frank
Hambalek
How did you learn about
the DVHH site?: surfing
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Great project
Surnames you are researching:
Hambalek
Villages of interest to
you: Kernei
Comments: Would love to exchange and
discover information about my ancestors and
the village they came from prior subsequent to the
Tito era. |
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| Message Number:
80 |
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 16:35:15
PDT
Name: Virginia
Robbins
How did you learn about
the DVHH site?: surfing the internet
Surnames you are researching:
Ebner
Villages of interest to
you: Gross Jetscha
Comments: My
grandfather was Josef Ebner who left Gross Jetscha
at the age of 18 in the early 1900's and
sailed to Philadelphia. His father was
Phillipus Ebner and his mother was
Margarethe Schmidt. If anyone has any
information on the history of this family in
Gross Jetscha I would enjoy hearing from
you. I would like to know the names of
Phillipus's parents and Margarethe's parents
and any other info. I believe they lived in
house #138 in Gross Jetscha. |
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| Message Number:
79 |
Monday, July 23, 2007 07:00:59 PDT
Name: Karen
Gray
How did you learn about the
DVHH site?: surfing through internet
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Great site!
Surnames
you are researching: Haupt, Becker,
Thierjung, Kratochwill, Jager, Kreider
Villages of interest to you: Families
from Bogarosch, Perjamosch, Billed,
Triebswetter
Comments: My Haupt
family is mostly from Bogarosch. I'm hoping to
find any Haupts that came from there. My
grandfather's second wife comes from
Perjamosch, her name was Barbara Kreider,
searching for any members of her
family...also interested in the Bohn
family from Triebswetter for my friend.
Looking to find any Jagers related to this
family.
Hope to find anyone else
interested in these places, and or families.
Thanks, Karen |
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| Message Number:
78 |
Friday, July 6, 2007 21:20:53
PDT
Name: Claire
Birkenheuer
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: Internet
Search
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: I appreciate this site, it is very
helpful.
Surnames you are
researching: Birkenheuer
Villages of interest to you:
Buzias
Comments: Buzias is the city
of my ancestors, who immigrated to the United
States around 1923. I know very little
about this part of my ancestry and was
hoping to gain some information. |
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| Message Number:
77 |
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Thursday, July 5, 2007
09:57:58 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Internet
Search
Surnames you
are researching: Engl
Villages of
interest to you: Gakowa
Comments: I'm
Daniel Engl, from Argentina, Son of Freddy Engl
and Cristina and my Grandfathers was
Ronimus Engl and Maria Heger, who left
Gakowa in 1927-1928
How I start
my tribute to my Grandfathers: My Father gave me a
book (in Deutsche) called "Gakowa", was
edited in 1974 for German's immigrant who
left Yugoslavia. The book was sent to
Elsa Müler from Germany (I dont know when)
but, someone named Joset Homann (Blaubeuren, in
Baden-Württemberg ) sent it to Frau Elsa
Müler (know by me as "Tante Mary"). Tante
Mary later on sent the book to my aunt Irma. This
book has the story, dates and names and
lists the people like our grandfather, or
my Tante Elisabeth Jilly (Tante Lissi), who
left Gakowa searching a better (safe) place
for live. Tante Lissi (Elisabeth Engl live in
schaumbug, IL USA actually) I took some
pics, I found my opa registry... and Anton
Engl, Nikolas Engl (who live in Ensingen
Vaihingen).... and there were some maps
with incredible precision... This Tribute are
available on my web site ALA
OWERRI
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| Message Number:
76 |
| 76 - July , 2007
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?:
friend
Comments/suggestions about
the Project: GOOD
Surnames you are
researching: MILTON
Villages of interest to
you: OREGON
Comments: THIS IS AN
INTERESTING SITE THAT HAVE HELPED ME SOLVE
MY NEED.. |
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| Message Number:
75 |
| Private Message
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| Message Number:
74 |
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Monday, July 2, 2007
08:45:24 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: surfing
Surnames you
are researching: traum, gebhart, wiseman,
wolf
Villages of
interest to you: ketfel
Comments:
During my research into the village of Ketfel, I
stumbled upon this wonderful web
site! I am looking forward to sending
in my post cards for translation. I
am researching my grandmother Barbara Traum,
born in Ketfel in 1890-1889. Her name
was actually Franziska but went by the name
of Barbara. Her brother Jacob stayed in
Ketfel, while brother Peter came to
America. The mother of the children was
named Barbara. She was married twice,
I believe. The grandmothers maiden
name was Gebhart. I am looking forward to
learning more about the family, and learn
about the village. I hope some day to come
and visit.
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| Message Number:
73 |
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
17:46:31 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: surfing the
net
Surnames you are
researching: Schoen, Brenner , Miller
George
Villages of
interest to you: Semlin,
Franztal
Comments: I
live in New York and I am the first generation in
this country. It is of great interest
to me to be able to have my ancestry come
alive on these sites. It would be of great joy to
me to be able to put some of my history on
these sites as well. Thank you so much to
the DVHH for making so much of this
possible.
Regards
Betty
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| Message Number:
72 |
Monday, June 25, 2007
02:27:56 PDT
Name: Kim
Kuhn
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: on-line
research
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Thank you for such a wonderful
project! This has helped so much in the
research of my family history.
Surnames you
are researching: Muller, Thomas
Villages of
interest to you: Sekic
Comments:
Thank you for this wonderful project! I just
visited the Ridgewood Cemetery in New York
where some of my family is buried and until
now, I didn't realize what they had
escaped/survived. In fact, there is a
memorial at the cemetery for the Danube
Swabians. This has been great
information for my family history research.
Thank you, Kim
Kuhn |
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| Message Number:
71 |
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
14:24:37 PDT
Surnames you
are researching: schumacher
Villages of
interest to you: staro
petrovoselo
Comments:
congratulations for the site. I found it while
searching information's about my
great-grandfather, Samuel Schumacher. Greetings
from Brazil.
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| Message Number:
70 |
|
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: SURFING
WEB
Surnames you
are researching: MICHELS, PLETZ
Villages of
interest to you: ST. HUBERT, SVETI
HUBERT
Comments:
CURIOUS WHETHER THERE IS ANY ONE OUT THERE IN THE
US THAT IS FAMILIAR WITH TOWN, IT'S HISTORY
AND IT'S ANCESTORS??
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| Message Number:
69 |
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Monday, May 28, 2007
14:21:50 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Rose Mary K.
Hughes
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Wonderful
Surnames you
are researching: Wolf, Brucher,
Hoffman
Villages of
interest to you: Semlak
Comments: We have an extensive FTM file on
the Wolf family of Semlak. Generation 1 is
Mihaly Wolf and Ersi Hoffman. Their son Adam was
born Feb. 19, 1845 and married Katharina
Brucher Nov. 9, 1869 in Semlak. Lorna's
grandmother Magdalena was born of this union on
May 20, 1883 in Semlak. Magdalena
immigrated to Canada in 1904.
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| Message Number:
68 |
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
15:14:33 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Web
serfing
Surnames you
are researching: Thiel, Ihm
Villages of
interest to you: Futog, Temeswar
Comments: I am looking for information of
the Thiel migration from, I believe Alsace,
to Futog which may have occurred in the late
1700s. My grandmother Thiel (Ihm) was
raised in a convent in Temeswar. I am
unable to find any family history or
immigration records for her. She
arrive in the USA approximately 1904
according to the 1910 census.
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| Message Number:
67 |
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Wednesday, April 18,
2007 07:51:12 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Searching
Donauschwaben
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Excellent
Surnames you
are researching: Reiter, Rack,
Rollshauser
Villages of
interest to you: Parabutsch
Comments: My grandmother Magdalena
Rollshauser was born in Parabutsch and came
to the USA in 1905, sometime between 1905 and 1909
she married my grandfather Jakob Reiter in
New York. I have very little info. on my
grandfather, do not know when or what
village he came from, only know he was a
Donauschwaben to.
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| Message Number:
66 |
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Monday, April 9, 2007
23:28:32 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Searching for
Surname
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Encouraging to find so much
information about a region and a peoples
history
Surnames you
are researching: Pister, Antoni,
Burger
Villages of
interest to you: Sekitsch
Comments: My paternal grandfather served
and died during WWII. My father,
grandmother and other family were interned, I
believe in Sekitsch, escaped from the
partisans and made their way back to Germany.
From their they moved to Ridgewood, Queens
in NYC. I am interested in their history
and those that lived among them. This site
provides much of that history and is
invaluable to me. Thanks.
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| Message Number:
65 |
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Monday, April 9, 2007
21:08:34 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Researching the
net in advance of a trip to Germany
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Very exciting - a wealth of
information - a valuable way to keep
history alive for descendents of Danube
Schwabians
Surnames you
are researching: Eichinger,
Milla
Villages of
interest to you: Filipowa,
Gakowa
Comments:
Very interested in this website and
initiative. My father and
his family is from Filipowa - they lost their
father in Filipowa in the massacre in 1944
- their family then was interned in Gakowa and
lost their young sister to starvation in
the camp. They eventually escaped into
Hungary - made their way to Villach until they
emigrated to Kitchener, Ontario Canada in
the early 1950's. I had the
opportunity to visit to Backi Gracac
(Filipowa) in 1989 while still
Yugoslavia. My
family has a number of hardcover books written
about Filipowa (in German) about its
history and culture. Fantastic
initiative - I will certainly spread its
existence throughout my family.
Peter
Eichinger
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| Message Number:
64 |
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
08:19:17 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: searching the
web
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: great idea!!!
Surnames you
are researching: Braunsar,
Lamnek
Villages of
interest to you: Sarwasch
(Osijek)
Comments: I
am very pleased that I have found this
homepage!!! My mother's ancestors
were Germans living in the Draudelta (today
Croatia). As I couldn't find too much about
them until now, I have many questions: were
do their surnames come from? Who were their
ancestors? (I can only go back a few
generations) Are my Braunsar ancestors related to
the Schwaninger Braunsar family? ... If you
know more about the subject, please contact
me in German, English or French!
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| Message Number:
63 |
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Monday, April 2, 2007
10:56:02 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
Google
Surnames you
are researching: Garber, Stollar, Hörl,
Honarik
Villages of
interest to you: Balinka
Comments: Hi,
My 5 times great grandfather was a fruit merchant
from Styria who settled in Balinka, Fejer
County and raised sheep. His family name
was Garber. I'm guessing he was in the second wave
of migration in the mid 1700's. I'm trying
to find out exactly where in Styria he came
from and will be visiting Balinka this
summer. If anybody is interested I will be
posting pictures on my Webshots page when I return
in August.
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| Message Number:
62 |
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Wednesday, March 21,
2007 13:29:39 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: internet
surfing
Surnames you
are researching: Schuller
Villages of
interest to you: Kreuzstatten, Firiteaz,
Arad
Comments: I
am researching the Schuller name. My
great-grandfather was Nikolaus Schuller and
he was married to Eva Lehmann. They moved to
Firiteaz in 1909. Do anyone have any
suggestions as I can get church
records?
I did find out
that there was a Vogel family in
Kreuzstatten. Cliff, please contact
me, telling me a name, and I will be more than
happy to look it up.
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| Message Number:
61 |
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Wednesday, March 21,
2007 12:05:09 PDT
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
luck
Surnames you
are researching: jung
Villages of
interest to you: mramorak
Comments: im
always searching for family, and news about men
from prinz eugen division.
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| Message Number:
60 |
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Wednesday,
March 21, 2007 11:50:41 PDT
Name:
Dave Tiefenbach
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?:
Family Tree Magazine
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: I am very excited
to have this project
available
Surnames
you are researching:
Tiefenbach
Villages
of interest to you:
Gajdobra, Novi Sad
Comments:
I have been looking for a site where I
may be able to get help in locating my
family from the Batschka
region. |
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| Message Number:
59 |
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Wednesday,
February 28, 2007 08:06:34
PDT
Name:
ivana
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?:
find on google
Surnames
you are researching:
legler
Villages
of interest to you:
bapska,
tovarnik |
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| Message Number:
58 |
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Sunday,
February 25, 2007 14:29:14
PDT
Name:
Marko
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: surfing
the web about Apatin
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: good stuff
Surnames you
are researching: Kunert
Villages of
interest to you:
Apatin,Sentiwan,Sonta,Szilagy(Svilojevo)
Comments:
Looking for any information about Kunert
family who presumably resided in, eiher
Apatin or Sentiwan or Szilagy(now
Swilojewo), possibly also Sonta.As far
as the story goes, certain Herr Josef
Kunert,to avoid being deported,married a
hungarian lady fom Swilojewo village and
took her name Koletar. His
grandson/greatgrandson is searching for
his possible relatives who survived.
Thank you for any info.
Selbstverstaendlich
koennen saemtliche Informationen auch in
Deutscher Sprache gerne gesendet
werden.Viellen Dank im
Voraus! |
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| Message Number:
57 |
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Friday,
February 16, 2007 14:43:43 PDT
Name:
Veronica
Godfrey
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
Google
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Very
enlightening.
Surnames you
are researching: Mueller
Villages of
interest to you: Resita
Comments: My
mother's family lived in Resita, in Str
Oituzului or Str cel Mare. Moriz
and Katharine were my grandparents, of
Austrian descent. Their children
were Leah, Erika, Walter and Herta, my
mother. I know little of my
grandparents except that both died
during WW2, my grandmother killed by
Russian soldiers.
I often
wonder if I have family still in the
area. My first cousins now live in
Austria or Germany. I believe that
there are more distant relations still
living in Romania.
I also
wonder if anyone remembers my
mother. She's still alive, living
in England as she has done since
1946. |
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| Message Number:
56 |
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Friday,
February 16, 2007 14:43:43 PDT
Name:
Veronica
Godfrey
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
Google
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Very
enlightening.
Surnames you
are researching: Mueller
Villages of
interest to you: Resita
Comments: My
mother's family lived in Resita, in Str
Oituzului or Str cel Mare. Moriz
and Katharine were my grandparents, of
Austrian descent. Their children
were Leah, Erika, Walter and Herta, my
mother. I know little of my
grandparents except that both died
during WW2, my grandmother killed by
Russian soldiers.
I often
wonder if I have family still in the
area. My first cousins now live in
Austria or Germany. I believe that
there are more distant relations still
living in Romania.
I also
wonder if anyone remembers my
mother. She's still alive, living
in England as she has done since
1946. |
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| Message Number:
55 |
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Wednesday,
February 14, 2007 20:13:57 PDT
Name:
Hans
Martini
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Dennis
Bauer
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: great resource
for all Donauschwaben. Thanks to all
involved.
Surnames you
are researching: Martini,
Mayer, Wagner, Lang, Helmlinger,
Haag, and others
Villages of
interest to you: Bukin,
Palanka, and Obrawatz
primarily
Comments:
Absolutely delighted with this website
and with the DVHH.
Thanks to
all who make it possible.
Prosit
from Trenton! |
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| Message Number:
54 |
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Thursday,
February 8, 2007 03:35:39 PDT
Name:
Darko
Brucker
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
google
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: all best
,congratulations
Surnames you
are researching:
Zwipp,Wolfardt,Milla,Findrich
and Brucker
Villages of
interest to you: Vrpolje ,Brod
, Slawonien Croatian
Comments: I
am from croatia and i looking to
find any information about family
Wolfardt from Vrpolje-Strizivojna near
Djakovo or Gjakovo in Slawonien, two
brothers Hans and Jakob ,family have
brick-field faktory before WWII ,and
they leave ex. Yugoslavia about 1950 or
1952.
txc a
lott |
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| Message Number:
53 |
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Sunday,
February 4, 2007 09:06:54 PDT
Name:
Rosemarie
(Schneider) Ramirez
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: via
banat-request@rootsweb.com
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Was pleased to
find another source to research my
family.
Surnames you
are researching: Schneider,
Bayer, Bach, Bear, Roth,Eben,
Raiser, Petsch
Villages of
interest to you: Bobda,
Gertianosch
Comments: May
parents (Anna Marie Bayer Schneider and
Frank Schneider) came to the U.S. in
1923. Mother was from Gertianosch
and father was from Bobda.
Mother's parents were Johan Bayer (1861
- 194?) and Elizabeth Roth (1861- 194?).
Elizabeth's parents were Peter and
Marion (Ebin) Roth. Peter's
parents were Jacob and Elizabeth
(Raiser) Roth. Johan's parents were
Simon and Eva (Petsch) Bayer.
Frank
Schneider's parents were Michael and
Katrina (Bach)
Schneider. |
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| Message Number:
52 |
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Friday,
February 2, 2007 19:58:12 PDT
Name:
Evelyn
Stein
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
Google
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Great site just
needs more Signees
Surnames you
are researching: Stein,
Anton
Villages of
interest to you: St. Hubert,
Ostern
Comments:
Looking for info on My Husbands
Grandparents Johann Stein(St. Hubert
Anna Anton Ostern( Siblings?
Parents?)Possible Cousins also
researching Steins & Antons
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| Message Number:
51 |
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Tuesday,
January 30, 2007 07:54:47 PDT
Name:
Nikola
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: surfing
the web
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: you should be
proud
Surnames you
are researching: none
Villages of
interest to you: vojvoda
stepa, crnja
Comments:
hello. I'd like to ask
you to share informations with me about
persons from vojvoda stepa and crnja who
took part in postwar acts in this area,
names and surnames, nationality, ww2 or
ww1 clonists. thanx! I'm conducting a
project within students group at
Belgrade
University.
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| Message Number:
50 |
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Thursday,
January 11, 2007 04:59:27 PDT
Name:
Lilly
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
Internet
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Fantastic
Villages of
interest to you: Orzydorf
Comments:
Dear Orzydorf descendants
please
help me create a group of do-gooders for
our village
Thank
you! Lilly |
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| Message Number:
49 |
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Tuesday,
January 2, 2007 06:09:00 PDT
Name:
Karen M.
Lessing
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: I think it's a
great site for research.
Surnames you
are researching: Manes,
Mannes
Villages of
interest to you: Klenak,
Irig, Apatin
Comments:
I'm a novice researcher trying to
find information about my father's
family who left Klenak, Yugoslavia
during WW II. The surnames are
Mannes or Manes. My grandmother's
maiden name was Fellinger.
I don't
know where to go to find information
about Klenak or the town
of Irig where my grandmother was
born. Apatin and Ruma are also
places where there may be information
about the family. In
addition, I am looking
for information about the camp
my father's family lived in after being
forced to leave Klenak. The
camp was in Austria and was
called Gradig (or something like
it)
Any
information or suggestions will be
greatly appreciated. |
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Monday,
January 1, 2007 18:14:06 PDT
Name: Kathy
Kircher English How did you learn about
the DVHH site?: surfing the web in
2005
Comments/suggestions
about the Project: I love
it, and everyone who gives their free
time to it Surnames
you are researching:
Kircher, Tobias, Blum,
Rothenberger
Villages
of interest to you:
Billed
Comments:
I started looking for my family history
having little to go on back in 2005, and
within a 2 week span-Thanks to Alex and
Jody I had it all done back to the
1700's. I tell a lot of people about the
DVHH and the great info to be found. But
best of all the great friends and
family I found and made.
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Thur - Nov
9, 2006 10:01:36 PDT
Name: Sylvia
Weimar
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?: research
google
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
good
Surnames you are researching:
Herbert, Herwerth,
Kindtner
Villages of interest to you:
Budaörs/Wudersch
Comments:
It is a great pleasure to see that
there are lots of others like me who are
interested in their donauschwäbischen
Ancestors. I do hope that the area around
Budapest finds more researchers at dvhh.
Greetings from the south of
Germany. |
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Thur - Nov 9, 2006
10:01:36 PDT
Name: Franciska
How did you learn about the DVHH site?:
Donauschwaben research exchange
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: good
Surnames you are researching: Heorik
& Repnik
Villages of interest to you:
Gakovoi
Comments:
I wonder if you can help me?
I am an orphan born to German man
and Austrian /German women after
the 2nd world war. Do you know of a
German organization that can help me
find information on how to get
dokuments that relate to my mother
Marija Repnik ,who was detained in
prison camp around Vojvodina, Novi
Sad. She was held there from 1945 to
1949 with a child and she was also
pregnant with me .Yours sincerely
Mrs. Franciska Payne
[Repnik] |
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Mon
- Nov 6, 2006 17:03:27 PDT
Name: Laura
Jahn
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?: connection
from www.feldenzer.com
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
very informative!
Surnames you are researching:
Gerber
Villages of interest to
you: Batsch, Plavna
Comments:
Very informative site for someone just
discovering her Donauschwaben
roots! |
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Mon
- Oct 30, 2006 11:08:27 PDT
Name: Mary
Chisman
How did you learn about the DVHH site?:
Stumbled upon it
Surnames you are researching:
Hess, Junger
Villages of interest to you:
Hatzfeld, Serb St. Peter
(Newsanktpeter)
Comments:
I'm hoping someone can help me with the
families of my grandparents.
Leopold
Hess, Hatzfeld, before 1906, parents:
Johann Hess, Francesca
Neiderbach;
Terez Junger, Gross (or
Serb) Sankt Peter, before 1906, parents:
Johann (?) Junger, Elizabeth
Niedenhofer |
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
09:45:47 PDT
Name: Elek
Schneider
How did you learn about the DVHH site?:
Internet Surfing/Searching
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
I'm impressed by the effort and
enthusiasm.
Surnames you are researching:
Schneider, Bender, Zimmermann,
Brandt
Villages of interest to you: Elek,
Almaskamaras, St. Anna, Arad
Comments:
I'm fortunate to know quite a lot about
my family history, both in Elek and in our
original home town of Amrichshausen.
The latter is located in what is today
Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany in an area called
the Hohenloherland, which is about an hour
and a half northeast of Stuttgart. The local
dialect sounds very similar to that of the
Elekers, which itself is a mixture of
Frankish and Swabian. I was very
pleased to be able to take part in this
year's (2006) Weltfreundschaftstreffen der Eleker
(world reunion of Elekers) and get to know
several distant relatives. This was my
fourth trip to Elek and I feel like a know
the area pretty well by now. I've been
in contact with Matt Tremmel, who has been doing
his own genealogical research on the Tremmel
family. It turns out that both of our
grandmothers were from Almaskamaras and
married men from Elek. Almas
(shortened form) was actually settled by
several families from Elek, so everyone in
the two towns is somehow related. I should
mention that I grew up near Stuttgart and,
consequently, speak German fluently. This
has been a tremendous help in getting
information and being able to read it in its
original German.
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Thur - October 19, 2006
12:11:09 PDT
Name:
Lara
Hess
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?:
Rudolfsgnad.net
Surnames you are researching:
Hess, Anwender
Villages of interest to you:
Seultour
Comments:
In response to the email regarding the
Nikolaus Hess book on Seultour, Sankt Hubert
and Charleville. Nikolaus is my great-grandfather.
We would be interested to know as
well if there is an English translation of
the book. There was an updated version
and forward by Michael Gross in 1980 but was
also in
German. |
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Tue
- October 17, 2006 20:45:19 PDT
Name: Elizabeth
Heil Shell
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?: Google
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: This is wonderful!!!
Surnames you are researching:
Heil, Erdmann, Schaaf,
Hartenstern, Trautmann
Villages of interest to you:
Gyonk, Jink, Varsad, Kalaz,
Felsonana
Comments:
My family and I immigrated to the US in
1955. I was born in Gyonk, but left
there during the war. We lived in East
Germany until 1949 and then in West Germany
until 1955. I have used the LDS church
records as much as possible, but have run
into some dead ends. Any help would be
appreciated. |
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Tue
- October 17, 2006 14:28:13 PDT
Name:
Hans
Kopp
How did you learn about the DVHH site?:
From you
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
One more helping hand, that is
great
Surnames you are researching:
Kopp
Villages of interest to you:
Batschsentiwan
Comments: So far I find it
wonderful and I hope I can help you with
additional material you may be able to use.
I do love your enthusiasm and creativity for
the sake of our culture and people and especially
for all those we had to leave behind and for
those yet to come.
With
this website you too have become an
emissary for the Donauschwaben.
With
best wishes.
Hans
Kopp |
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Tue
- Oct 17, 2006 14:06:24 PDT
Name: Cherie
Ellis
How
did you learn about the DVHH site?:
genealogy site
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: I'm getting closer
Surnames you are researching:
Walaschin/Markul
Villages of interest to you:
Setschan
Comments: I believe I am getting
closer to finding my elusive
grandfather, Vincent
Walaschin. A great site.
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Sun
- Sep 24, 2006 00:22:28 PDT
Name: Cliff
Vogel
How did you learn about the DVHH site?:
Link from Banat List
Surnames you are researching:
Vogel, Gilde,
Eichof
Villages of interest to you:
Setschan, Weisenheit,
Kreuzstatten
Comments: My father's
family immigrated to Mansfield, Ohio
from the Banat. Many of them came
from Setschan and I have found the
excellent web site of the
Setschan. The Vogel side of the
family came from Kreuzstatten and
Wiesenheit. I have not been able
to find out much about the people from
those small villages. Are there
any family lists for
them?
Regards,
Cliff
Vogel
Mogadore, Ohio |
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Mon -
Sep 18, 2006 16:59:01 PDT
Name:
Harold
Tabar
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?:
Banat-L
Surnames
you are researching: Stein, Tabar,
Retzler, Kollner &
Welther
Villages
of interest to you: Hatzfeld &
Mergeln
Comments: Any
information will be greatly
appreciated.
Thank you in
advance,
Harold
Tabar |
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Mon -
Sep 18, 2006 13:55:28 PDT
Name:
Johann Jung
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?:
LUCK
Comments/suggestions about
the Project: JUST BRINGS BACK OLD
MEMORIES.
Surnames
you are researching: JUNG
Villages
of interest to you: MRAMORAK
Comments:
GREAT SITE, MY FAMILY IS FROM
MRAMORAK |
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Sun - Sep 10,
2006 19:58:30 PDT
Name:
Judith
Coates
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?: Internet
search
Comments/suggestions about
the Project: I think it is
great
Surnames
you are researching: Kieffer,
Shandor
Comments: On a 1920
Census, my great grandparents were listed
as from Serbia. I don't have much
information on them. Great grandmother's
maiden name was Kieffer. She was called
Lena (or Lina). Other names could have
been Carline or Caroline, and Elizabeth.
She was born around 1860. My great
grandfather was Hungarian, Shandor (not
sure of spelling) was his last name, first
name John. He was born around 1858. He had
been married previously and had at least
one child from his marriage, a daughter
named Rose. Rose was born before 1892.
They possibly immigrated to the United
States @ 1892. If anyone could give me any
help in this matter it would be
appreciated.
Thank you.
Judith
Coates |
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Wed - Sep 6,
2006 17:05:24 PDT
Name:
Aue,
Christina
Villages
of interest to you:
Grabic
Comments: Hallo,
I'm interesting for Donauschwaben, I will
find the family from Richard Ellenbruch,
he lived in Grabic, near by Donau . Can
you help me? He has a wife and 4 children.
In the 2. world war he was in Sibirien, we
has no found the family later.
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Mon - Sep 4,
2006 17:23:24 PDT
Name:
DJ
Bauer
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?:
Member
Surnames
you are researching: Bauer, Helleis,
Maldacher, Blank, Bohnert
Villages
of interest to you: Palanka, Batsch,
Parabutsch, Filipowa, Hodschag, Weprowatz,
Gajdobra
Comments: To all
that have contributed to this site, GREAT
JOB, Dennis Bauer of the Trenton
Donauschwaben. |
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Thur - Aug
17, 2006 22:51:12 PDT
Name:
Robert
Davids
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?:
surfing for Varjas
Comments/suggestions about
the Project: looks pretty extensive;
will take some study
Surnames
you are researching: Backhaus and
Lambert
Villages
of interest to you:
Varjas
Comments:
I am interested in the region/people
as a result of tracing my maternal
grandparents, Adam Backhaus and Barbara
Lambert as well as a great aunt, Barbara
Backhaus. Varjas was cited on their
manifests for sailings to New York from
1903 and 1906. Adam was a good
man and sponsored several people to this
country, before and after both World
Wars. |
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Wed - Aug 9,
2006 22:10:58 PDT
Name:
John
Koch
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?: surf the
net
Surnames
you are researching: Koch
Villages
of interest to you: Gross
Jetscha
Comments: Looking
for information on a Johann Koch. Born
November 4, 1885 in Gross Jetscha,
Hungry. Father's name John J
Koch, Mother's name Catharina Racher.
He left for America in February, 1904 at
the age of 18. He sailed on the SS Moltke
out of Hamburg, GR. Any help on
Johann Koch would be great. |
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Mon - Jul 17,
2006 12:18:29 PDT
Name:
Mike
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?: Dave
Dryers Database
Surnames
you are researching:
Miller/Muller/Mueller, Hart, Koch, Russ,
Peters, Frye, Tschudy
Villages
of interest to you: Panscova,
Weisskirchen, Mramorak
Comments: Hello!
Greetings from a descendant of a
Donauschwaben! I have been conducting
family research for years and would like
to continue to learn about the
Donauschwaben heritage. My family settled
in Mansfield, Ohio after departing from
Pancevo near the turn of the 20th century.
Feel free to write! |
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Fri - Jun 23,
2006 15:57:00 PDT
Name:
Louise
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?:
Google
Surnames
you are researching:
Battin
Villages
of interest to you: Apatin
Comments: I want
everyone to know a new Book came out from
Mr. Jakob
Shuy,-Familienbuch Apatin 1750-1825
$80.00
Breslauer St. 12 T 0631/77609
67659
Kaiserlautern, Germany.
It is very
good Book.
Mrs. Louise
Battin |
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Tue - March
7, 2006 09:42:07 PST
Name:
M
Mendell
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?:
Reading about Adam Martini
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Well-organized,
easy to track subjects
Surnames
you are researching: Just
perusing
Villages
of interest to you: None
specific
Comments:
I bumped into this web site while
researching Adam Martini, the
cabinet-maker. Pleasantly surprised
at the wealth of interesting information
about not only Adam, but also many other
interesting people and subjects, I will go
back and read everything I missed.
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Fri - Feb 17,
2006 10:30:05 PST
Name:
Tim
Reiter
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?:
exploring the web
Surnames
you are researching: Reiter,
Rolzhauser, Rack, Held
Villages
of interest to you:
Parabutsch
Comments:
My Oma was Magdalena Rolzhauser born
in Parabutsch and came to the US in 1905
sponsored by her cousin Georg Rach also
from Parabutsch, She married Jakob
Reiter( who I am still trying to find out
what town he was from ) and had six sons,
the first two were born in New York or
Jersey and the others were born in
Detroit, Mi Jakob, Franz, Josef, Hans,
Karl, and Georg. Karl is my father and the
only one still living. We still live in
Michigan and are members of the Carpathia
Club. I f anyone has any info. on the
family I would love to talk to them.
Vielen Dank, Tim Reiter |
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Fri - Jan 20, 2006 15:51:16 PST
Name:
Nancy
Fisher
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?:
searching the net
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Its wonderful
Surnames
you are researching: Horvath,
Anisics, Gubanyi
Villages
of interest to you: Bacsalmas,
Bajmok
Comments:
I have been researching my family
history for just over a year now. This
site has been an invaluable tool in that
search. I have found cousins from my
Anisics side of the family that still live
in Bajmok as farmers. Unfortunately, I
have yet to find any Horvaths that I am
related to. I do not believe that any of
my Horvath relatives left the area beside
my great grandfather Janos. I hope to make
more connections in 2006.
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Thur - Jan
19, 2006 20:13:09 PST
Name:
Arnold
Reiter
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?:
Google
Villages
of interest to you:
Lenauheim
Comments: Viele Grüsse aud
Deutschland. Super Seite, super Photos. Macht
weiter so. Schaut mal bei uns vorbei
www.lenauheim.ro und schreibt uns was ins
Gästebuch.wir würden uns
freuen. |
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Mon - Jan 2,
2006 16:21:00 PST
Name:
KATHY
How did
you learn about the DVHH site?: BY
SEARING THE INTERNET
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: IT HAS BEEN THE
BEST. I LOVE IT AND THE PEOPLE
ASSOCIATED WITH IT TOO. I AM BASICALLY
DONE WITH THE HELP OF ALEX &
JODY
Surnames
you are researching:
KIRCHER/TOBIAS
Villages
of interest to you:
BILLED
Comments: MY GREAT
GRANDFATHER IS MICHAEL KIRCHER AND HE CAME
OVER FROM BILLED IN 1904 AND HE IS THE SON
OF PHILLIP AND CATHERINE (TOBIAS)
KIRCHER. I HAVE ALL INFO IF ANYONE
HAS A INTEREST FOR IT
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Sat - Dec 31,
2005 17:01:20 PST
Name:
Helen
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: online search
for Donauschwaben information
Comments/suggestions about the Project: It
has been a great help in my
search
Surnames you
are researching: Rauch, Pumple (Bomble),
Schmidt, Rebl, Rat(Rath), Kern
Villages of
interest to you: Lazarfeld,
Sigmundfeld
Comments: I
have met, read about, and heard about many
Rauch families, but other than my Father's
family (parents & siblings), none are
related. Through this research, I hope to find
out if we might actually be related to some
of the other Rauch families here - probably
several generations back! I have also
learned more about my heritage, and found
some of my grandmother here - her recipes,
her stories, her history. Thank you!
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Sat - Dec 31,
2005 11:50:32 PST
Name:
George
Adam(s)
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Fran
Matkovich
Comments/suggestions about the Project: Very
Very Good
Surnames you
are researching: ADAM-KAMPF-LUDWIG
Schaeffer
Villages of
interest to you: Deutsch Zerne-St. Hubert
-Mastort
Comments:
Would like to share
information |
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Fri - Dec 30,
2005 20:44:52 PST
Name:
Larry
Hale
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Web
Search
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Great Site
Surnames you
are researching: Dietrich,
Schmidt
Villages of
interest to you: Katsch
Comments:
This is a great site with a great bunch of
people. Everyone is more than willing to
help. The diversity of the topics is what
makes this group so interesting. There is more
to this group than just name and
village look-ups. I have learned so much
about the food, customs and lifestyles of my
ancestors.
I'm looking
forward to 2006 and learning even more about
the Batschka and the Banat. |
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Thur -
December 29, 2005 13:29:47 PST
Name:
Charles
Sehner
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: I am now a
member
Comments/suggestions about the Project: very
good exchange of information
Surnames you
are researching: SZEHNER &
REITLER
Villages of
interest to you: BUZIAS now
Romania
Comments: I
have enjoyed reading the posts on DVHH and
have learned much about my ancesters customs
and lifestyle of the old days. My father
Karl SZEHNER, (also called Charles) was born
1895 in the town of BUZIAS, Hungary, now Romania.
My goal is to find his church
records. The family were devout Catholics,
but I don't know the name of their church
or how to obtain these records. I must
be the only member with an interest in this
town, as I never hear mention of it.
Maybe someone will read this and offer
a suggestion.
Many thanks
to all,
Charles Sehner St
Petersburg Florida |
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Thur - Dec
29, 2005 09:34:20 PST
Name:
Mike
Polsinelli
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Betty
Mauro
Surnames you
are researching: Schadi, Kunszt, Schaag,
Schultz
Villages of
interest to you: Keglewitshhausen,
Triebswetter, Bogarosch
Comments:
Great site. I am new to researching
this side of my family and find it
fascinating. |
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Wed - Dec 28,
2005 21:12:01 PST
Name:
Chris Hoff
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
Google
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Excellent job so far
Surnames you
are researching: Hoff, Dinger
Villages of
interest to you: Franzfeld
Comments:
Have been searching for Hoff relatives from
Franzfeld. Two particular relatives
are eluding me. I have ship manifest
records for Jacob and Barbara Hoff (1921) as
these two going to Mansfield, but can find
no death records. So many puzzle
pieces, so few solutions! This is a
great site that is very much appreciated.
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Wed - Nov 30,
2005 19:20:04 PST
Name:
Vicky
Shilzony
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: call from Jody
McKim
Comments/suggestions about the Project: keep
in touch, please!
Surnames you
are researching: Shilzony, Schilzonyi,
Szilzony, Shilzong...
Villages of
interest to you: Billed, Temisvar
Comments:
Thank you for contacting me, Jody! We
have been wanting to find more about
our elusive great grandfather Miklos
Shilzony since he disappeared in 1927.
This site is great - please keep up the hard
work. |
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Sun - Nov 6,
2005 14:24:50 PST
Name:
Nick
Rintye
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
Google
Surnames you
are researching: Rintye, Rintche, Marx,
Puljer
Villages of
interest to you: Peszak, Uihei
Comments:
Just beginning research on this part of my
family. Any info. would be
appreciated. |
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Thur - Oct
27, 2005 21:40:46 PDT
Name:
Patricia
Klugesherz
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: search
engine
Surnames you
are researching: Klugesherz
Villages of
interest to you: Werschetz,
Pardan
Comments:
After a 6 year hiatus I have returned to my
genealogical research. I am fortunate that
the family name is rare enough that there
aren’t too many branches to follow. I have the
Mercydorf and Temeswar information, but
cannot seem to locate anything on the branch
from Werschetz. If anyone out there has any
resources from this village I am interested
in finding new information on the name
KLUGESHERZ. |
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Sun - Oct 23,
2005 10:57:29 PDT
Name:
Peter
Kraushaar
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Search
Engine
Comments/suggestions about the Project: Very
worthwhile
Surnames you
are researching: Kraushaar
Villages of
interest to you: Hatzfeld
(Jimbolia)
Comments:
Feel free to contact me via e-mail to share
village and family information.
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Fri - Sep 30,
2005 - 11:19:23 GMT
Name:
Erica
Horwath Doing
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: from brother,
Tony in California
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Treasure chest of our heritage !
Surnames you
are researching: Horwath, Woelbl, Milla,
Wesinger
Villages of
interest to you: Brestowatz
Comments: My
family is from Batchka, Brestowatz. My
father is Anton Horwath and my mother is Eva
Woelbl Horwath. My parents, brother
Joseph and I (Erica) came to America in 1950
to Dayton, Ohio. My father was a barber and
my Grandfather, by the same name, was a
"Schnapps brenner" in Brestowatz. My
parents are happily retired in Deerfield
Beach, Florida at the ages of 90 (PoP) and
84 (Mom) and in relatively good
health! |
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Wed - Sep 14,
2005 - 18:33:43 GMT
Name:
Ricardo
S. Quinonez
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Internet
search
Surnames you
are researching: Herscha, Frey.
Villages of
interest to you: Gross Betschkerek,
Frauendorf, Kruschevlje
Comments: I
am investigating about the WWII on
Yugoslavia around Gross Bestschkerek
(Zrenjanin), Frauendorf and Kruschevlje
Consentration camp for Germand descendants.
Any information you may have will be very
valuable to my work. I can read English,
Spanish and German.
Thank you
very much, I will be waiting for your
answer
Ricardo S. Quinonez
rsqa77@yahoo.com
rsqlo60@hotmail.com |
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Thu - Aug 11,
2005 - 18:34:53 GMT
Name:
John
Braunsar
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Searching for
Donauschwaben on the web
Surnames you
are researching: Braunsar,
Schmieder
Villages of
interest to you: Sarwasch, Essegg
(Osjek)
Comments: I
am interested in my Donauschwaben
heritage. My father is from a small
dorf Sarwasch (HIrschfeld) and my mother was
from a lager town called Essegg. Both towns
were located in Slavonia. I believe
between the Drava and Danube rivers.
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Thu - Jun 23,
2005 - 12:46:27 GMT
Name:
Jacob
Ginder
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
Friend
Surnames you
are researching: Ginder, Schreiner, Witzman,
Pack
Villages of
interest to you: Tschonopel,
Apatin
Comments:
Great web site! I have just obtained
information that allows me to look deeper
into my families past. Hope to learn much
and share it with you all. |
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Sat - Jun 11,
2005 - 06:53:48 GMT
Name:
Hegyes,Thomasine
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: while
researching surnames/origin
Comments/suggestions about the Project: Very
Informative, Helpful, &
Interesting
Surnames you
are researching: Hegyes
Villages of
interest to you: uncertain, but found one
named Hegyes!!!
Comments:
Thank-you so much for this incredible
web-site! And I can't believe it is free
with such enlightening information. My
father, soon to be age 91 years of age, will
appreciate knowing he has an older
village in Hungary with his surname -
Hegyes! That is great info to pass on to his
grandchildren & great-grandchildren. Much time
has been invested in your project, and I
applaud your work. Wonderful!
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Sun - Jun 05,
2005 - 20:53:10 GMT
Name:
Eleanor
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
Comments/suggestions about the Project: This
seems to be an excellent source of
information! Thank you.
Surnames you
are researching: Marx, Heimbach,
Mueller
Villages of
interest to you: Grossentniklaus
(Nagysantmiklous), Obeba,
Keglovitsch
Comments: I
have reached dead ends in searching for Marx
in Obeba, Keglevitsch and Nagyszentmiklous,
now Sannicolau Mare. The basic problem
is that I can't determine the exact Marx
family before 1884. Too many (60) Marx
families came from the Rhineland Basin when
the Banat was first settled and guessing is
useless.
My
grandmother was born in Obeba as Dorotya
Heimbach,1887, and my grandfather was born
in Keglevitsch as Peter Marx, 1884. I
would also love to see pictures of any of the
above villages. Jodi's photographs are
wonderful, give me an idea at least of those
towns which must be similar.
Thank you to
all
~Eleanor |
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Fri - Jun 03,
2005 - 19:17:21 GMT
Name:
Cathy
Ott
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: Google
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: Great site
Surnames you
are researching: Kircher; Blum
Villages of
interest to you: Billed
Comments:
Looking for any info on Kircher or Blum who
emigrated to the US in 1906 from Billed,
Hungary |
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Fri - May 27,
2005 - 21:21:16 GMT
Name:
Debbie
Burns
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?: On the main
exchange of the DVHH
Comments/suggestions about the Project: This
is most helpful, most informative and
friendly site I have came across
Surnames you
are researching: Katzler, Bodri/Bodre,
Szende/Szentye, Gyurics, Kail, Sándor,
Binder
Villages of
interest to you: Temesvar; Josefstadt,
Wiesenhaid, Aradsanktmartin, Neufriedorf
Toba, Novoszello (Torontal Co)
Comments: I
want to thank all the people associated with
the DVHH site. You are the people
who truly believe in free genealogy.
Thank you for all for your
kindness and your time. I am
learning so much from
DVHH Volunteers and I just want to
Thank you all.
Debbie | |
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