Banat

Finding Aid to Hodschag (Hódsóg) - Batschka Village
(now Odzaci, Serbia, Yugoslavia)

Batschka descendant Sarah Nunez provided a list of Hodschag family surnames that provides the basis of this finding aid.

Provided by Emmanuelle Gaertner of Mulhouse, France

The following full names are from the genealogy page of Emmanuelle Gaertner of Mulhouse France, in southern Alsace near Switzerland. Many of her ancestors lived at Kernei (Batschka) and Privlaka (Syrmien) from 1678 until about 1945.

They are listed with full names when known.

- Suzanna ADAMS - born GÄRTNER
- Jakob ADAMS

- Magdalena AMSTAD - born GÄRTNER
- Mathias AMSTAD

By Sue Clarkson

© copyright 1995 by Frank Schmidt of Heimat Publishers; all rights reserved

In the courtyard of his home in Ulmbach, Romania, old Herr Beierle told me that his ancestors came from Alsace, near the Black Forest, and he recited this verse about the early German settlers in Hungary: 

By David Dreyer
San Francisco, California

© copyright 1996 by David Dreyer; all rights reserved

North Dakota Banaters in World War I
Military Conscription Records (Draft Registration)
By David Dreyer
2325 Donegal Avenue
South San Francisco, Calif. 94080-

Abbreviations

NE = New England
NPRR = Northern Pacific Railroad
WI = Wisconsin

By David Dreyer
of San Francisco, California

© copyright 1996 by David Dreyer; all rights reserved

Extractions by David Dreyer of San Francisco, California

This summary extraction of naturalization data was compiled from court records of Stark and Hettinger counties, North Dakota. The Declarations of Intent and Petitions for Naturalization are available on microfilm from the State Historical Society of North Dakota at the Heritage Center in Bismark.

Extractions by David Dreyer of San Francisco, California

© copyright 2001-2002, GenealogyRO Group and FEEFHS, all rights reserved

The Record and Archives for the Romanian Banat

See footnotes at the bottom of the document.

The Banat Middle Age archives [1], particularly those up to the 18th century, suffered significant damage over time. Fortunately, the post 1716 records regarding the history of the Banat, under the domination of the House of Habsburg, have survived in better condition.

Primary records are original records: birth certificates, death certificates, family bibles, parish records, census data, etc. Secondary sources are published genealogies, compilations of public records, data obtained from third parties, data obtained from electronic media, interviews with relatives, etc.

The principal form of primary data for the Banat (after you've interviewed Aunt Catharina and Uncle Mathias and rummaged through the old shoe box) are 

If you do not know your ancestors' village of origin, a good starting point would be to ask all relatives for any clues. Interview them and check the attic and basement for old shoe boxes full of papers and pictures.