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Last modified: 22 May 1997 ..................................... FEEFHS Web Site Version

Regions included: Submit entries/corrections to: Norbert Bambach at 72730.633@compuserve.com

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Please note this SERL is now posted in separate files to speed downloading.

One favor I ask of all submitters: I'm getting a lot of email from people who see this SERL page and then send me questions about their families, not indicating whether or not the mail is directed solely at me or whether it is meant to be posted on the SERL web page. Please put this phrase in your message's subject header: "Please Post on the SERL"
Thanks,

Norbert


NAGY, VIKTORIA
eMail address: wmv@cam.org

NAGY, Illes, Becse or O-Becse, possibly Hegyes, near the Tisza River.
BLAZSANYIK, Etel, Becse, Bacska
FERENCY, Adam, Verbasz, in the Bacska
KRATZ, Katharina, Verbasz, in the Bacska
KINGL, Borbala Hegyes, Bacska
HEIDT, Margareta, Bacska


OBERACKER, JAMES
eMail address: JOberacker@aol.com

-- Southeastern European locations --

Region: BANAT
Village: Ulmbach, Torontal (today Peciu Nou, Romania)
Surnames: NOVALSKIN, WESSELY
Years: 1806 - ?
Notes: Regarding Anton WESSELY, Militarmatriken des Dragonerregiments Nr. 3 (Regimentsinhaber von 1809 bis 1832: General der Cavallerie Vincenz Freiherr KNESEVICH von St. Helena; spater rangierte das Regiment unter der Nr. 11). Information from Osterreichisches Staatsarchiv Kriegsarchiv, Wien.

Region: BATSCHKA
Village: Maria-Theresiopel (today Subotica, Serbia)
Surnames: NOVALSKIN, WESSELY
Years: ? - 1804
Notes: Family moved with military circa 1805 to Ulmbach, Torontal, Banat.

Region: BUKOWINA
Villages: Radautz (today Radauti, Suceava, Romania), Badeutz, Fratautz, Karlsberg, Milleschoeutz, Schwarzthal
Surnames: BAJERLE *, ETTENHOFFER *, HARTINGER, HIRTREITER *, HOFFMANN *, JOACHIMSTHALER *, KRUECKEL *, MAJERHOFFER *, MILNER or MUELLER, MOLDOVAN, POKOJ, ROBEL *, SCHREINER *, WISNJOWSKI,
Years: c1800 - 1940
Notes: * The origin of most of these families has been traced to the Sudetenland (Bohemia) primarily to the region around the village of Rehberg (today Srni, Czech Republic).
Resources: Numerous books, maps, contacts, Bukowina Society membership.

--Related families in German lands--:

Region: BADEN
Villages: Liedolsheim, Kürnbach
Surnames: GEISS, GÖBELBECKER / GOEBELBECKER, HEINZ, HÜMMEL / HUEMMEL, METZ, OBERACKER, SATTLER, SEITZ, TERENTHER, WÄCHTER / WAECHTER
Years: circa 1700-1900

Region: WUERTTEMBERG
Villages: Bad Cannstatt, Bietigheim, Freudental, Hangendeinbach, (Klein)-Ingersheim, Klingenberg, Leonberg, Löchgau, Mürr, Oberstenfeld, Pleidelsheim
Surnames: BLUME, FUNCK, GREINER, GRILL, HAGENLOCHER, HESS, KALLENBERGER, KELLER, KLINCK, KLOZBÜCHER / KLOZBUECHER, KOLB, KRIN, LÜZ / LUEZ, MORLOCK, NARR, REBER, RICKERT, RIEGER, RÖSSLAR / ROESSLAR, RUFF, SCHOLKOPF, SCHÜLTZ / SCHUELTZ, SPRECHER, WACKER, WOLF


PINTER, KIMBERLY
eMail Address: nanook@marsweb.com

Does anyone have info regarding the surname PINTER ? My father's family immigrated to Ohio from Vukovar around the turn of the century. Any leads would help. Thanks.


POROPAT, ?
eMail address: MIPoropat@aol.com

My father Bruno POROPAT was born in Sebenik, Jugosalvia 1925. His Father was from a village near Lubjana that is full of POROPATs. Since WWII a lot of POROPATs are in Trieste / Rijeka. Any information at all on the POROPAT name would be very helpful!


PRIHODA, BEATRICE STEHLE
eMail address: Beapbeap@aol.com

Town:Mramorak, Austria-Hungary
Surnames: BAUER, BOHLAND, GAUBATZ, HEIL, METTING, POLICHNAI, SASSMANSHAUSEN, STEHLE, THEUSEN, WEHE


QUINT, FRANZ
eMail address: quint@ipf.bau-verm.uni-karlsruhe.de
Germany

Towns and respective surnames (German spellings of towns):
Hatzfeld, Romanian Banat: QUINT, NEIDENBACH, MARTIN
Heufeld, Yugosl. Banat: LINDENMAYER

The QUINT line is almost complete back to about 1750. I should take time and have a look at the church registers, which are on microfilm in the library of Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen Stuttgart. I also have in my database the HEPP and the KOLBUS family from Hatzfeld, to whom I am related. The data for these families are originally from the ancestor trees made by Johann HEPP (died a few years ago, Santa Ana, California).


REAMY, BILL and MARTHA eMail address: 71271.2042@compuserve.com

region: Kikinda and Modosch, Yugoslavia (formerly Hungary)
surnames: WASILJOV and ADAM
So far limited luck with LDS microfilmed church records.


ROUSH, BARBARA
eMail address: c/o MikeMc8125@aol.com

Towns and respective surnames:
Hatzfeld, Romania (a.k.a. Jimbolia / Tsombolya): MUELLER, JUNG, NICHTMIL?
Gertianosch, Romania (a.k.a. Carpinis): MUELLER, ZEHR, WINANDI, SCMIDT, HAFER
Marienfeld: FEISTHAMMEL, ERNZT, BRAUN

Ludwig MUELLER came to USA in 1905. He came again with his second wife Mary Anna Lang and second family: Gertrude, Nick, Louis, Frank, and Henry. They left Cuxhaven, Germany on January 22, 1910 and arrived February 2 1910 in New York aboard the "S.S. Amerika". He was to meet his brother-in-law, Janos (John) JUNG of Cincinnati.

The 1910 passenger record-person in Europe was Ludwig's brother Heinrich of Nagybecskerek, Austria-Hungary (a.k.a. Gross-Becskerek / Sibija / Zrenjanin). Anna JUNG was killed as a young wife when the arm of a windmill struck her.

Joseph MUELLER sailed from Bremen, Germany, February 4, 1905 on the ship "Barbarossa". He arrived in New York February 16, 1905 at the age of 18. He traveled with his sister, Anna (20), his uncle Janos (John) JUNG, his aunt Susanna (26) and Margit KRAUSAR (18). He was to meet a friend in Cincinnati: Martin NOWAG (NOVAK).

Magdalena Schmidt WINANDI sailed from Fiume, June 14, 1906 on the ship "Slovenia" and arrived at the port of New York on July 3 1906 at the age of 25-26. Occupation listed as wife. She wa straveling with her son, Peter, age 3. She was to meet brother-in-law John BAYER of Cincinnati.

Resources:
book - 'Hatzfeld in Wort und Bild'
list - families in Gertianosch around 1935.


ROZICH, TERESA M.
eMail address: URKK02F@mail.prodigy.com
Alternate eMail location: WTHR1@aol.com

Research: Croatia (Vrbanska Draga Croatia)
Surnames: ROZIC, ROZICH, MATELJAN


ROZINA, WILLIAM J.
eMail address: budr@spectra.net

Slovenia: I am interested in locating the towns of Gradisce 9 and lazi Jablaniski 9 or (Jablanica) Smartno Pri Litiji. The names associated with these towns are ROZINA, COS, LAUTER, and KASTELIC.


SADORF, RICHARD J.
eMail adress: 76400.2032@compuserve.com

The Banat areas of particular interest to me are in the pre-WWI counties of Torontal and Temes - now in Romania. The following towns (Hungarian version) and surnames apply:

Torontal County - Sandorhaza, Bogaros, Csatad, and Hatzfeld - SADORF, SCHANEN, SCHWEBERGER.

Temes County - Mehala, Triebswetter, Kistelep, Ketfel, and Temesvar - MICHEL, WAGNER, HORRA, SADORF.


SCHARF, FRANK
eMail address: dogdok@pacbell.net

Region: Batschka
Village:Cservenka
Surnames: SCHARF, ROTH
Looking for any info on KARL SCHARF married to ELISABETH BURKE. Children: PETER born 28 AUG 1892, MARGARET, KARL

Region: Batschka
Surnames: ROTH, ZIMMERMAN, KLEIN, MILLER
Village: Gakowa
Any info on PETER ROTH married HELEN ZIMMERMAN, CHILD FRANZ ROTH father of HELEN ROTH. FRANZ KLEIN marrried JULIA MILLER, child EVA KLEIN mother of HELEN ROTH. HELEN ROTH born 1 April 1897.


SCHLEIS, PAULA
eMail address: yntd28a@prodigy.com

Names and towns:
SCHLEISS (towns of Csavoly and Gorjani),
SEIGFRIED and SCHNITZLER (both names from Karavukova),
ZENGRAF (from Arad),
GIRICZ (from Temerin)


SCHUETZ / SCHÜTZ , KURT LUDWIG eMail address: cadcam@micro-net.com

Looking for information on Schuetz / Schütz family in Hatzfeld Family had large tailor business in Hatzfeld run by brothers, Nickolas and Ludwig Schuetz / Schütz (early 1900's) Made uniforms for the local castles. Also: Bockmueller / Bockmüller, Mai, Funk, Janner, Klein, Matee, Westhoff, all from Hatzfeld (.


SCHULTZ, STEPHEN
eMail address: s.schultz@dlcwest.com

My great grandfather was Mathias SCHULTZ, 1844 - 1928 and my great grandmother was Mairiana WEIST. Both came from Georgehausen, Torontal County, Banat in 1902? to McTaggart, Saskatchewan, Canada. Anyone know of any siblings to these two or possibly their parents?


SCHWARTZ, GLENN
eMail address: schwartc@meena.cc.uregina.ca

SEARCHING:
Zichydorf (also known as Zichyfalva, Mariolana, and Plandiste), Banat, Austria-Hungary for
SCHWARTZ, KLECKNER, KECK, FLEISCHHACKER, PILLMAN. Also any other Zichydorf names for the Zichydorf Village Association.

Kudritz (also known as Guderica and Temes Kutas), Banat, Austria-Hungary for
SCHUSSLER, MILLEKER, BASTIUS, LENHART, GUTJOR, HIRTH, SPECHT, SAGSTATTER, GOTTESGRABER, LEER.

Baginsberg, Kolomea, Galicia, Austria-Hungary for
BARDUA, HEUCHERT, THOMAS, DECH.

Neudorf (also known as Nowy Wies), Tlumacz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary for
KANDEL.

Strassburg (and Neu-Schloessel), Kutschurgan colonies, Odessa, Russia for
HOLZER, KRAFT, MITZEL, GEIGER.

Micheltal?/Vesely Kut?, Kutschurgan colonies?, Odessa, Russia for
KUNTZ, WOLFE.

Baden and Selz, Kutschurgan colonies, Odessa, Russia for
FOLK, Jacob.

Russia (Volga or Black Sea Germans) for
MACHT.

RESOURCES:
Geschichte der Gemeinde Zichydorf by Johann Achtzener.
Several Saskatchewan local histories with pioneers from Zichydorf and the Black Sea region of Russia.

MEMBER - Zichydorf Village Association (ZVA) http://feefhs.org/zva/frg-zva.html


SCHWEINSBERG, ALLEN
email address: aschwein@bucknell.edu

region: Neppendorf (now Turnisou) in Romania, just outside Hermanstadt (now Sibiu).

Names include: HUBER, REISENAUER, LEDERER, SCHNELL, LEONBACHER, LICHTENECKER, LIEBHART, RASTEL, THIEL, BEER, BEERENKOPF (most of these are "Landler" names as opposed to "Saxon" names).

Resources: LDS microfilm of Neppendorf records.


SIMPSON, LUCY
eMail: lsimpson@wyoming.com

Researching:
STARCEVICH m. CECULICH
STARCEVICH m. YAKOVIC
CECULICH m. CRYNIC

They were from Mrkopalj, Hrvatska, Yugoslavia

They came to the U.S. in the late 1800's.


SPECKERT, GENE K.
eMail address: geneks@i1.net

In the 60s my father, Wendell P. KUNDERMANN, wrote about the life of his family in Varoslod, (Vesprem county) Hungary, living a while in Sao Paula, Brazil, back to Varoslod, then to Akron, Ohio and later to St. Louis, Missouri, where he married and had me as an only child. We made these several pages into an illustrated booklet, and that is probably what gave me the genealogy virus. He corresponded regularly with his cousin in Hungary and visited her a number of times, the last being in 1979 when I went along.

There I met a number of relatives and continued frequent written contact with a distant cousin who spoke and wrote English. His letters were surprisingly candid and profound and thorough. He was very knowledgeable about life in Hungary historically and after 1979, including the influence of the communists, events leading to the changes in government and the ongoing transition, with its many facets. I have since visited him twice, the last time being in July, 1994. He died in Dec., 1995, and I greatly mourn him as a person and as an aid in knowing about life in Hungary.

In addition, my son living in Germany (for 20+ years) and I have done some supplementary things in genealogical research. In 1992-3 we hired Sigmital / Magyar-Olasz Kft. / Budapest, Hungary to research the family (Sigma Famila Ltd.). They sent copies of the appropriate records, church and civil. I have found at least one or two of them in FHC microfilm also.

For general historical background my son and I have accumulated a large number of books about the history of Germany, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, and Hungary. Many of these were purchased on our visits there. In 1994 I went to Hungary (also Warsaw and Prague) on an Elderhostel. Among the places we went was an outdoor historical museum reproducing the life in many areas and time periods in Hungary. I particularly like the explanatory booklet from there. Also, we went to the Ethnographic Museum in Budapest, and I greatly enjoyed videotaping things there as well. I also take many, many slide photos on trips.

OK-now for some exact names and dates: Although my son and I have traced many, many family roots from Germany as far back as the 1400s I will only include the Germans to Hungary. If you are interested any of the others, let me know. Some are from southern Germany, others from further north.

My father:
KUNDERMANN, Wendell Peter...Born 5 Aug. 1895, Varoslod (Vesprem) Aus.-Hung. Died 29 May, 1986, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.

The other KUNDERMANNs:
Vendel...Born 12 Mar 1871, Ajkarendek, (near or in Vesprem), Aus.-Hung. Died 19 Feb 1898, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Mihaly...Born 27 Apr 1836, Tosokberend, (near or in Vesprem, I think) A-H. Died 8 Feb 1866, Ajkarendek, Aus.-Hung.
Janos...Born 10 Jun 1795, Tosokberend, Aus.-Hung. Died 1866
Michael....Born 1770. Died 6 Feb 1826

KUNDERMANN Spouse names; more info available if you want it. Also information available about siblings in many families noted AMENT, Cecilia; TOLTL, Katalin; KLAZERN,Theresia; BAUER, Maria (and usually their parents)

Vendel KUNDERMANN married Borbala (Barbara) CZIMMERMANN / ZIMMERMANN 15 Jan 1895.

CZIMMERMANNS / ZIMMERMANNS:
Barbara Born 19 Oct 1872, Varoslod, (Vesprem), Aus.-Hun.Died 6 Apr 1960, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.
Gyorgy (her father) Born 5 Oct 1832, Varoslod. Died, unknown date, Varoslod.
Michael Born, Died, unknown date. His records show the Z spelling rather than CZ, leading us to think he might be the generation coming to (present) Hungary from (present) Germany.

Spouses: ALICH, Susanna; GAJER, Katalin; FREUND, Dorottya

ZIMMERMANN, Johann (Hans) Georg, came from Essleben, now southern Germany, in 1725 to Pille, the town which preceded the present Varoslod, Veszprem County, Hungary.

Spouse names of the several Zimmermanns were SCHENDER / SAUER, SCHELL, HUFFGARTH, GEYER (GAJER) and ALICH. The ALICH line includes FREUND. Spouse names of Zimmermann lines which were not directly related to me: DUNKEL, HOCHHAUS, KELLER.


STAMM, MICHAEL D.
eMail address: stamm@texas.net

Surnames:
BANYART; BARBANKIE; BERENG; BLIESZ; BLOCHART; BOTHGARBER; BRENNER; DELB; HÖH / HOEH; KELNER; LAFLE or LAFLEUR; LIEBLANG or LE BLANC; NUBER; SCHÖN / SCHOEN; SCHWARTZ; STEFHAN or STEFAN

Villages (current country):
Heufeld, Yugoslavia
Kolut, Yugoslavia
Marienfeld Romania
Masztort, Yugoslavia
Molidorf, Yugoslavia
St. Hubert, Yugoslavia
probably also: Charleville, Soltur, and Henriettenhof, all in Yugoslavia, and Dugoszella, Romania

Generation 5:

5) Johann NUBER (1879, Molidorf, Hungary --- 1950, Detroit, Michigan, USA)
6) m. Anna SCHWARTZ (1880, Molidorf, Hungary --- 1948, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

7) Franz LIEBLANG (1872, Molidorf, Hungary --- 1948, Detroit, Michigan, USA) (spelling later changed to LEBLANG) 8) m. Maria BLIESZ (1873, Molidorf, Hungary --- 1935, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Generation 6:

10) Wilhelm NUBER (died Molidorf, Hungary, pre-1914) 11) m. Susanna BERENG (1853, est. Masztort, Hungary---1923, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

12) Johann SCHWARTZ (? --- ?)
13) m. Catharina BOTHGARBER (could also have been ROTHGERBER)
14) Georg LIEBLANG (1846, Molidorf, Hungary --- ?) 15) m.Barbara BERENG (? --- ?)

16) Johann BLIESZ (1841, St. Hubert, Hungary --- ?) 17) m. Anna Maria BARBANKIE (1849, Molidorf, Hungary --- ?)

Generation 7:

20) Nicolaus NUBER (1820, Marienfeld, Hungary --- 1883, Molidorf, Hungary)
21) m. Catharina BANYART (? --- ?)

22) Peter BERENG (1827, St. Hubert, Hungary --- ?) 23) m.Marianna STEFHAN (1829, Heufeld, Hungary)
28) Casparus LIEBLANG (1801, St. Hubert, Hungary) 29) m. Catharina BRENNER (? --- ?)

30) Josephus BERENG (probably a brother of Peter BERENG, #22, above) 31) m. Madalena KELNER (could also have been KELNAR)
32) Joannes BLIESZ
33) m. Marianne LAFLE (could also have been LAFLEUR)
34) Johannes BARBANKIE
35) m. Maria BLOCHART

Generation 8:

40) Joannes NUBER (1784, Marienfeld, Hungary --- ?) 41) m. Catharina SCHWARTZ (1783, Marienfeld, Hungary --- ?)
56) Mathias LEBLANG (1779, Masztort, Hungary --- 1863, St. Hubert, Hungary)
57) m. Anna Maria HÖH / HOEH

Generation 9:

80) Johann NUBER (1746 --- 1828, Marienfeld, Hungary) 81) m. Catharina DELB (1756 --- 1816, Marienfled, Hungary)
82) Jacobus SCHWARTZ (? --- ?)
83) m. Anna HÖH / HOEH (? --- 1783, Marienfeld, Hungary)
112) Mathias LE BLANC (1745 --- 1806, Masztort, Hungary) (he or one of his wives were from Forsbach, Lorraine) 113) m. Anna Maria SCHÖN / SCHOEN (1750, Marienthal, Luxembourg --- 1788, Masztort, Hungary)

114) Jacobus HÖH / HOEH (? --- ?)
115) m. ???

Generation 10:

160) Peter NUBER (in Kolut, Hungary in 1764, Marienfeld, Hungary by 1770)
162) Mathias DELB (1718 --- 1793, Marienfeld, Hungary)
164) Jacobus SCHWARTZ (1741 --- 1771, Marienfeld, Hungary) 165) m. ???

224) Georg LE BLANC (probably a brother, could be a father of #112)


STROTMAN, TERRI B.
eMail address: pstrotman@earthlink.net

BISCHOF, BREYER, GEIST, HUNSDORFER / HUNFALVY, LESCH, SCHARF, WEBER
Phillip SCHARF married Elisabetha WEBER in Tscherwenka, (Czervenka) in the Batschka region of what became Yugoslavia. He died circa 1895-96. She died in 1926. Both in this town. Their children were:
These are the names as I was provided by one of my mother-in-law's cousins. Philip SCHARF, Sr. was a tailor. He was killed in a threshing machine accident. Karl SCHARF died of gassing in WW I. He had a daughter Eleanor who married Peter SCHMIDT and lived in Göppingen / Goeppingen, Germany. Phillip Jr. married a woman named Sophie. Rose SCHARF married a Nicholas LESCH who was from Banat. They lived in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

I'm also interested in the surname: GEIST and the surname: BISCHOF. Karl BISCHOF married the daughter of Christina SCHARF, Katherine, here in the U.S., but he was also from near Tscherwenka; he is believed to be from Werbass. He died when his children were young and their mother never talked much about her hometown or relatives.

I am also looking for information about the HUNSDORFER and/or BREYER families. My husband's grandfather was Samuel HUNSDORFER, b. 1 Mar 1886 in what was then Neuwaldorf, Austria-Hungary, and is now called Nova Lesna, Spis County, Slovakia. ( I think) His father's name was Johann HUNSDORFER. His mother's name was Maria Susana BREYER. (d. 1903, Neuwaldorf.) Samuel emigrated to the United States in 1902.

The surname, HUNSDORFER, was also spelled HUNFALVY. I believe there was at least one well-know academic by that name in the mid-1800s. Samuel had two brothers, one who died as an infant and one who died in WW II; and one sister who was expatriated to what became East Germany post WW II.

We have been told that these families were in this town in the Tatra / Carpathian Mts. for several generations. This was a German settlement until after World War II. There was a mountain named Hunsdorfer Spitze, near Lomnitzer Spitze, according to a hiking book written in German in the 1880's. The men in the family were well - known for their skill as hiking guides. The town was near a place called "Stary Smokovec". The largest town nearby was Poprad.

I'd appreciate any information that would add to what I have (all of which is included here) or would direct me to useful sources here in the U.S.


STROUD, VERONICA BEINSTINGEL
eMail address: strd@alaska.net

Surnames: BEINSTINGEL, BARDON, HARFMAN, BLUM
Locations: Backa Palanka; Nijemci, Yugoslavia; Vienna, Austria; Passau, Germany and USA.

I am currently trying to locate any and all information on the BEINSTINGEL surname. Following is a brief on what I know to date and a list of associated surnames and locations. My father; Carl BEINSTINGEL born 25 June 1938 Nijemci, Yugoslavia; came to the USA with his parents Josef BEINSTINGEL (born 20 August 1909 Nijemci, Yugoslavia, married in Nijemci, died Burlington, New Jersey) and Magdalena HARFMAN BEINSTINGEL (born 8 February 1909 Yugoslavia, died 4 April 1994 Burlington, New Jersey) on 17 November 1951 via Hamburg, Germany. They settled in Burlington, New Jersey at 10 Center Avenue where they built a Homestead.

My father is the youngest of 3 children and the only son. Eva BEINSTINGEL Wallenta is the eldest and Anna BEINSTINGEL Nigl is the middle child. The information that I have at this point is all handed down from family. Following is a list of the BEINSTINGEL lineage as best as I know it:

Josef BEINSTINGEL (father of: Duro BEINSTINGEL; Josef was born 11 September 1882 Backa Palanka, married in Nijemci, crushed to death by a mill stone) married
Magdalena BARDON (born in Nijemci) parents of
- Josef BEINSTINGEL (born 20 August 1909 Yugoslavia) married Magdalena HARFMAN (parents were Christina BLUM (from Bonovce, died 1942) and Jakob HARFMAN; Magdalena was born 8 February 1909, died 4 April 1994) They were parents of Carl BEINSTINGEL born 25 June 1938 Nijemci, Yugoslavia

I can supply a gedcom file for the siblings and other information that might be needed. I have been contacted by an Austrian-Hungary research group that says they have a record of a Philipp BEINSTINGEL being married in Vienna, Austria in 1740. I am awaiting more information on those records. My grandfather Josef BEINSTINGEL was in WW II, I am told as a soldier out of Yugoslavia. He went to Poland and later the family lost contact with him. He was located by the Red Cross in 1948 in a POW camp in Italy. In 1944 the family was taken to Vienna where they stayed till 1945 at which time they were then moved by train to Passau, Germany. They stayed in Passau until they came to the USA in 1951.


STUKENBORG, RICHARD
eMail address: stuknbrg@gis.net
Also: rstukenborg@draper.com

Searching: KAUSCH, STRAUS, WILD
in:-------- Setschan, Sartscha, Stefansfeld, Yugoslavia
----------- Uivar, Romania


SWIHART, DON
eMail address: charm@EriNet.com

Hungarian surnames KATONA and LORENZ.


TALBOT, W. PAUL
eMail address: ptalbot@srvr.third-wave.com

I am searching for the following names: LAUSENDAUFER, Fabian and Mary Louise MERRINGER, Lutelis and Amanda BASINGER, Frank and Rebecca BARNDT. These are people in my ancestry from Austria/Hungary. I have had little luck finding out where they lived. All I know is that they emigrated to the USA in the approximate year of 1918. They came by ship, and landed in New York. Any information would be greatly appreciated.


THIELE, WILLIAM
eMail address: wmthiele@freenet.mb.ca

John THIELE (1874-1916) and spouse Gertrude NESTMAN came to Canada from Czernowitz in 1905. I am looking for contacts to build onto.

Bazel PERCZAK (Perchak) (1880-1911) and wife Appolinia ZBOJNOWICZ came to Canada from Galicia. I am looking for contacts to expand on this tree too.


VAN DUSEN, JUDY
eMail Address: jvandusen@aol.com
Also: 70511.3623@compuserve.com

454 Enterprise Street
Elgin, Il 60120-3825
(708) 695-0537 home
(708) 990-6475 work 7:30-3:45 CST

Regions: Banat and later on perhaps Alsace Lorraine

Surnames: WERKMANN, WANSUNG (Changed to Wansong in US), BRUCH, DARDE, RECKTENWALDT

Another interested person would be my cousin, KARL WERKMANN, but at this time, I'll represent him on this list, if that's OK.


WALDNER, ROBERT
eMail address: waldner@oasys.dt.navy.mil

Villages: Gertianosch, Grossjetscha, Perjamosch, Gottlob, Lowrin

Surnames: WALDNER, KAUTEN, MAJER, KELS, ENGELMAN, KNOPF, TREICHEL, DIESLER, KROGLOTH, SCHNEIDER

resources: Regional Branch National Archives


WARACK, CHRISTOPHER
eMail address: cwarack@cs.usafa.af.mil

REGION: Banat, near Temesoara, the town of Ghizela and perhaps others. It's now Western Romania.

SURNAMES: WARACK, HORRASZ, SCHNEIDER

My grandfather emigrated from the Banat during WW I. I'm pretty ignorant of how to proceed (since he died in 1938 and my grandmother died in 1968) in learning ANYTHING about the area. My living aunts and uncles were all born in the US. I'd love to just tune into what other people are doing or have done.


WENSON, PETER
eMail Address: Peter1015@aol.com

Towns and corresponding surnames:
Kikinda:
WENSON, REFF, STRECKFUSS, REB, GEBHARDT, KASTORI, and SENDEF
Despot Sv. Ivan, Novi Schove, Novi Vrbas,Pivnice, Buljkes, and Torza:
WENZ, SCHICK, HUBER, FISCHER, FRANK, KITZER, KONRAD, BINDER, LANG, and WEISENBACH.

The only searching I've done is talk to relatives and construct a family tree as accurate and as detailed as possible, going back about 150 years.


WHITE, ANN BRILL
eMail address: anniebw@bellatlantic.net

I am looking for information on the the following surnames: BRILL, GLOSSMANN, and FORBAGER. My grandfather, Peter BRILL, was a Transylvania Saxon who came from the area of Timisoara, Romania. His father was killed in a threshing machine accident when he was an infant, and his mother remarried. Peter BRILL came to America after WWI and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and married Elizabeth GLOSSMANN. Peter's half sister is
Margaret FORBAGER of St. Petersburg, FL. Any information would be helpful. Thanks!


WIESE, KATHLEEN
eMail address: Pauljustin@aol.com

Location: Batschka - town of Apatin

Names: IMHOF, LORCH, and FLESS

According to family tradition, Georg IMHOF and Elizabeth LORCH, my maternal great-grandparents, left Apatin about 1903. They brought with them their three young daughters, Maria, Rozina, and Elizabeth. They first went to Saginaw, Michgan, where they worked on a farm for a few years; next, they went to St. Louis, where Georg worked in a factory, and where other IMHOFS already lived.

Another daughter, Helen, was born there in 1910; next, they moved to Loomis, Wisconsin, where they farmed, following an IMHOF brother and sister (who married a CHA-JA, later changed to SHIER); and finally, back to St. Louis, around 1919. By this time, my grandmother, Maria IMHOF, had married August C. FRIEHS, who left Silesia, with his parents, also around 1903.

Elizabeth LORCH, left behind a large family in Apatin, including her parents Ferdinand LORCH, and Rozina FLESS. Her youngest sister, Maria LORCH, however, also went to St. Louis and was married to Joseph KRIX. The oldest sister, Anna LORCH, married Frantz KOENIG. There were 10 other siblings.

I will be looking at microfilms at the local FHL, and already know the names IMHOF, LORCH, and FLESZ can be found in the 1828 Land Census of Hungary


WRAY, BETTY
eMail address: 73733.351@compuserve.com

Dora LANYI born 15 Aug 1874, Golnitzbanya, Hungary. (father: Joseph LANYI). To my knowledge, this is present day Gelnica Spiaska Nova Ves. I checked LDS microfilms for both Catholic and Lutheran church and did find some LANYI name entries, but could not find any Joseph or Dora. The LANYI entries in film were earlier than I could connect into.

She married Anton REGNIER (later changed name to Renye upon arriving in USA). They were married in Philadelphia 8 Oct 1904. Regnier came originally from Alsace Lorraine but came to the Triebswetter (Torontal) area around 1650. Some of the family married into TOUTTENUITS family (of which I have very little info).


WUCHITECH, MICHAEL
eMail Address: MikeW127@aol.com

I am interested in the following towns:
- Brinje, Croatia
- Carpinis, Romania
- Cenei, Romania
- Dalmatia, Croatia
- Krajina, Croatia
- Soltur, Yugoslavia
I am interested in the following names:
- KÜPPER / KUEPPER (Soltur)
- MESZICH (Cenei)
- POSOJEVICH (Cenei)
- ROSILIER (Soltur)
- VUCETIC (Cenei, Dalmatia, Krajina)
- (VON) VUCHETICH (Brinje, Cenei, Carpinis, Dalmatia)

I have found an excellent reference book series on the Medieval Balkans from the University of Michigan Press by John V. A. Fine:
The Early Medieval Balkans, A Critical Survey from the Sixth to Late Twelfth Century and
The Late Medieval Balkans A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. As of yet, there are only these two volumes in the series. I am eagerly awaiting any future volumes. These volumes can be found at Borders Books. I have yet to find a more thorough and scholarly history of this region. I am also joining the Croatian Genealogical Society.


WUERTHNER, GEORGE
eMail Address: wurthner@pbfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us

Surnames: DANIUS, LUKHAUP, HUSZ

Town: Guttenbrunn in present day Romania, Perjamosch, Varjas

Sources: Catholic church registers for Guttenbrunn, Perjamosch, and Varjas
Family Book - Catholic Church Records for Guttenbrunn (1729-1852)
Familienbuch der katholischen Pfarrgemeinde Guttenbrunn 1729 - 1852 by Anton Neff
Also a book called Guttenbrunn by Hans Herschaft


ZITZKA, RONALD
eMAIL address: RZITZKA@AOL.COM

I am researching surnames: ZITZKA, BAUMGARTNER, KORNACKER from Glogovatz or Schondorf (Schoendorf) Austria-Hungary (both are near Arad) My grandparents Wendal J. ZITZKA and Barbara BAUMGARTNER and my great grandparents Anton BAUMGARTNER and Anna KORNACKER immigrated to Tonawanda, New York 1911 and 1912 from Glogovatz. I believe that there are family still remaining in those two towns which are now in Romania. I would appreciate any information.


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