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- ZVA NEWS Volume 1, Number 1,
April 1996 -
© copyright 1996, 1997 by ZVA and FEEFHS; all rights
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Latest Update: 11 April 1997 (New URL, Links updated)
- ZVA NEWS Volume 1, Number 1, April 1996
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First Posted: 26 April 1996
Welcome to the first edition of the ZVA (Zichydorf Village
Association) News.
The ZVA was formed on the Internet (WWW) by Barry Anwender, Laura
Grzyb, and Glenn
Schwartz with the assistance of John Movius (of FEEFHS) and Bob
Madler (Banat
Majordomo group) in February, 1996. Barry, Laura, and Glenn are
all descended from
Zichydorfers who settled near Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada around
the turn of the
century. All three are researching their Zichydorf roots. We
hope to update ZVA progress
once per month in future.
ZICHYDORFERS AROUND THE WORLD We know that Zichydorfers
emigrated
all over the world from the late 1890s until the recent past. In
particular, we know that there
are Zichydorfers in Canda, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Europe,
and the USA. We hope to
link descendants from all of these areas through the Internet to
collectively reconstruct our
history. Also, we are attempting to establish contact with a
Zichydorf association in
Germany, if we can find one . If you can help us establish some
links, please e-mail us
through the ZVA home page.
MORE ZICHYDORF PAGES ON THE INTERNET We have laid out a
blueprint
to expand the Zichydorf information on the Internet. Although it
will take time, we hope to
eventually post a number of surname databases. If you would like
to contribute something,
please contact Glenn at the address on the ZVA home page.
ZICHYDORF VILLAGE HISTORY TRANSLATION Geschicte der
Gemeinde
Zichydorf, the history of the community of Zichydorf, by
Johann Achtzehner, is being
translated into English by a Regina lady who lived in Zichydorf.
She has completed a first
draft of Volume One but is unable to complete the translation
work for both volumes because
of career and family demands. We are hopeful that she will one
day share it with all of us in
the ZVA as well as publish a complete English translation with
pictures. This valuable little
book provides a complete picture of life in Zichydorf from its
founding until after World War
II. It describes the founding and growth of the town, complete
with local customs, population
statistics, and names of municipal office holders. More on this
as events unfold.
ZVA REGINA CHAPTER Many Zichydorf families settled around
Regina, and
very many of today's Reginans can trace their roots back to these
early settlers.
Unfortunately, most of them do not know their shared history. We
hope to remedy that
situation in the near future. We are distributing posters
advertising our group's existence at
sites around the city where genealogists or German people gather
and hope to establish a
network of Zichydorfers that will cooperate in recapturing their
past. We will have a table at
an upcoming Family History Fair sponsored by the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society.
We also hope to interest
the local newspaper in doing a story on our group and encouraging
people to join us. We
may even initiate a phone or mail campaign to contact local
people with Zichydorf
surnames.
ZICHYDORF NAME INDEX Glen and Shirley Gibbard of Burnaby,
British
Columbia have volunteered to prepare an index of baptisms,
marriages, and deaths from the
microfilms for Zichydorf. When complete, this index will be
linked to the Zichydorf home
page and the names added to the master surname index.
Written by: Glenn Schwartz, ZVA NewsEditor
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