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- ZVA NEWS Volume 2, Number 2
September 1997 -
© copyright 1997 by ZVA and FEEFHS; all rights
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First Posted: 12 October 1997
ZICHYDORF VILLAGE ASSOCIATION
NEWS
Volume 2, No. 2
............................................................................ September 1997
Webmaster's Apology: This newsletter issue was received in
Davis California on 29 September. That was the third and last
day of the FEEFHS Convention in Salt Lake City. It was one of
over 400 eMail messages that arrived while I was off the net for
10 days and in Utah as Convention Chairman this year. In
addressing my eMail backlog on my return, I took it in order of
arrival and just go to this posting today. I apologize to the
ZVA leaders and membership for this unavoidable delay.
EUREKA! I'VE FOUND IT!
At least I think I have. As you know the microfilmed records of
Zichydorf births, deaths, and marriages
available through the Family History Library end in 1842, 1851
and 1828, respectively. Most of the
pioneers who came to Saskatchewan were born after 1860. Because
of this gap, genealogists have
been unable to link the family in North America with the records
from Europe. That gap may now be
closed. I have made contact with a research group in Budapest
that claims to have access to the
missing records. Through the Internet, I have corresponded with
several of their satisfied customers. I
have inquired about a lower group rate for their research, but
discussions are going slowly due to their
summer holidays. More to follow as things firm up.
NEW MEMBERS/CONTACTS
To contain postage and copying costs, I will not mail a full
researcher list with each newsletter. I will
include new names in the newsletter for a couple of issues, then
update with a complete new list
periodically. New names since the last list:
Miller, Harold, searching Klug, Faul, Yung, Oberle, Borschowa,
Kaip, Nieszner, Engel; 512 Blair
Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55103-1637; email hmiller1@isd.net
Schultz, Stephen, searching Schultz, Weist, Stodfeldt, Drescher,
Bayerle, Froh, Jacob, Honig, Mass,
Vogel; 309 Avenue J North, Saskatoon, SK, S7L 2K1; email s.schultz@dlcwest.com
Eichhoff, John and Penny, searching Amon, Gobatch (Kovatch?),
Jung, Wiomi, Hasenfraz, Eichhof;
1194 Van Buren St., Shakopee, MN, 55379; email IkeandPen@webtv.net
I have recently sent posters to a number of Ontario German
organizations asking them to advertise our
existence. I am hopeful this will result in new contacts in the
east where there are also many
Zichydorfers.
NEW RESOURCES
The following items have been added to the internet site and the
binder at the SGS library:
-extracts from the 1901 census of southern Saskatchewan,
-alien registrations of likely Zichydorfers in St. Paul,
Minnesota compiled by Richard Barton, and
-extracts from the Familien Kalendar, a list of subscribers to a
Banat magazine, have now been posted
on the web site after clearing up copyright questions.
Also on the web, check out Dave Dreyer's list of Zichydorfers
from Familien Kalendars of other years at
http://feefhs.org/banat/dufk/zichydor.html. A
copy of this work is also in the SGS library.
At our last meeting in the spring we voted to purchase two books
for the SGS library. These books
are now on the shelves. In the Claws of the Red Dragon by
Father Wendelin Gruber, SJ, is
an account of his experiences and observations at the hands of
Tito's Partisans in Yugoslavia from
1944-48. Es War Einmal by Sister Mary Agnes Theiszmann
Pitzer is a "docudrama" of the
Donauschwaben with dialogue based on fact and legend.
The SGS has ordered a microfilm copy of the St. Joseph's colony
records to the Regina Family History
Library on indefinite loan. I have not seen it yet, but
apparently it also contains information about
people in nearby communities, such as Vibank. Some Zichydorf
immigrants first stayed at St.
Joseph's Colony and many settled at Vibank and Kendal. This one
should be worth a look.
Kay Niedermayer obtained a copy of the Bartole family tree for
us. This family has links to the Kainer,
Donauer, Anwender, Leitner, Amon, Schneider, Niedermayer, and
Frasz families, to name a few. I will
be adding this tree to my database of over 4,000 names before
placing it in the library, hopefully by
Christmas.
Other fallout from our spring meeting: We decided we would like
to have a photocopy of Achtzener's
Zichydorf book for circulation while keeping the original in the
library. The SGS staff advised they
could not help due to copyright concerns. We had also hoped to
copy John Molter's video tape, but
the SGS was again unable to accommodate us due to copyright.
Glenn and John are working on
another option. We also decided to investigate obtaining hard
copies of the Zichydorf and St. Mary's
(Regina) microfilms. The SGS librarian is attending a conference
in Salt Lake City in late September
and will investigate this at that time. Purchase of copies of
the Zichydorf microfilms is on hold until this
is resolved. Glenn was unable to locate The Seven
Susannas by Eva Koehler in any Regina
library.
DUES
At our spring meeting we discussed how to apply the $10 annual
dues. We concluded that dues
would cover a calendar year. Please contribute your dues for the
1998 year in the near future. If you
don't do it right away, you may forget. $10 is not much money,
but when several people pull together
it adds up. We have made a lot of progress in the last year. We
have made many new contacts
through mail and the Internet. Both of these methods require
some cash. Please help us out. Maybe
our next contact will be the one you need.
MEETING OF REGINA BRANCH
Regina branch will meet at 7pm, Sunday, October 5, 1997 at St.
Timothy School, 280 Sangster Blvd.
Mark it on your calendar and please join us. Bring a friend.
Agenda:
Purchase of resources: What items should we add to our
library?
Discovery of Zichydorf records: Arranging our requests to
access these records most
economically?
Group tour in September, 1998: I must have an indication
of the number of people
interested so I can begin finalizing arrangements. What would
you like on the itinerary?
Translation of Achtzener book: Elisabeth Hugel (Grob) will
outline her arrangement with
Johann Achtzener, her progress to date, her plans for the future,
and give a brief outline of the book's
contents.
ZICHYDORF DATABASE
I have over 4,000 names in my Zichydorf database and I still have
three large family trees and data
from several letters to enter. Please submit your family trees
to me, there is a chance I can tie you in
to research that is already complete. That, after all, is one of
the primary goals of our group, sharing
information so that each of us doesn't have to research
everything individually. If we all work together
and share our results, we can accomplish far more than each of us
individually. I have been able to
assist in making a couple of connections and would love to help
make some more.
Zichydorf Village Association News
edited by: Glenn Schwartz
2274 Baldwin Bay, Regina, SK, S4V 1H2, Canada
Internet WWW: http://feefhs.org/zva/frg-zva.html
e-mail: schwartc@meena.cc.uregina.ca
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