DVHH Milestones
& News
Last Updated: 28 Feb
2012
2013 Apr :
DVHH 2013 Board of
Directors
· Dan Larson, President, NY-
USA
· Jody McKim Pharr, V.P., GA-USA
· Rose Vetter,
Secretary, BC-CAN
· Noelle Giesse, Treasurer, NY-USA
· John J. Kornfeind,
Director, AZ-USA
· Mary Regan,
Director, NY-USA
Guestbook Administrator:
Robert "Bob" Horvath, Kitchener - CAN
Librarian: R obin Franson Pruter, IL - USA
2013 Apr :
Thank you Bob & Marie Nelson &
Welcome Bob Horvath!
Bob & Marie
retire after
serving 3 years
as DVHH
Guestbook
Administrators.
We welcome our
new
Administrator,
Robert "Bob"
Horvath of
Kitchener, CAN.
2013 Feb :
New
position at the
DVHH, "Librarian"
I'd like to
introduce Robin
Franson Pruter
of Chicago, IL,
filling the
newly created
role as DVHH
Librarian. She
will collect,
compile, manage
and publish all
available
resources,
including but
not limited to
books,
2013 Jan :
Thank you Jane
Moore & Welcome Jeff
Rau!
Jane
Moore retires as
DVHH Membership Registrar
after 5 years of
service. We
welcome our new
Registrar, Jeff
Rau
of
VA-USA.
2012 Apr :
DVHH 2012 Board of
Directors
· Jody McKim, President, GA-USA
· Mike Polsinelli, Vice President, MI-USA
· Nancy Wyman, Treasurer, FL-USA
· John J. Kornfeind, Director, AZ-USA
·
Mary Regan, NY-USA
· Rose Vetter, Director, Ontario-CAN
· Dan Larson, Director,
NY- USA
July 2011
24:
DVHH Gets
Mention in
Prestigious
Genealogy
Magazine
I am pleased
to inform
you that by
virtue of
pure
coincidence,
I recently
had the
privilege
and good
fortune to
meet the
publisher
and editor
of “Internet
Genealogy”
magazine,
Mr. Edward
Zapletal.
Mr. Zapletal
has been
kind enough
to mention
the DVHH
website in
the “Net
Notes”
section of
the upcoming
August/September
2011 issue.
The mini
article is
the first
one which
appears in
the notes
and it
describes
our website
accurately
and
concisely.
Better
still, Mr.
Zapletal has
indicated
that there
are plans
for a
full-page
story about
the DVHH in
a future
issue!
Internet
Genealogy
magazine has
been in
existence
for a number
of years and
is
distributed
throughout
the U.S. and
Canada. It
features
articles
which range
from
interesting
case
histories to
articles
providing
practical
information
on
researching
family roots
all over the
world. To
find out
more about
this
magazine,
including
subscription
information
and a
synopsis of
the current
and upcoming
issues, go
to
www.internet-genealogy.com
The magazine
is also
available at
“Borders,
Barnes &
Noble” and
“Books-A-Million”
in the U.S.
and at
“Chapters”
in Canada.
The
Aug./Sept.
2011 issue
also
includes a
free CD of
software
version 5.0
of “My
Heritage
Family Tree
Builder”.
Roy Engel
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2011 Jul
07: Thank you Mike
O’Brien
Dear DVHH Mail
Listers and
Volunteers,
For those of you who
don’t know Mike
O’Brien, he has
worked with the
technical aspects of
the DVHH from it’s
beginning in late
2002. I didn’t know
Mike when he emailed
and volunteered to
provide the DVHH
with free web space;
(thanks to Glenn
Schwartz, who had
passed along to Mike
my original proposal
for the DVHH
concept). It was not
easy for Mike to
work with me since I
didn’t know the
first thing about
publishing web
pages, but his
instruction and
encouragement I
learned.
In 2007 when the
DVHH formed a
nonprofit, it was
only fair that we
started paying Mike
a monthly server
fee. Early this year
Mike notified us
that he planned to
retire from being a
web provider, but
offered to assist us
in transferring to a
new one. Mike worked
on this endeavor
which took about 3
months; this was no
small task since
there are hundreds
of web pages at
dvhh.org.
I want to personally
thank Mike O’Brien
for his endless
hours given to the
DVHH over the last 8
years; mostly
working behind the
scenes and assigning
Village Coordinators
their web sites. If
it were not for Mike
getting us started
online, I’m not sure
if it would have
taken place.
Initially there were
some doubting
Thomas’ but with
Mike’s help we had a
great foundation.
Thank you Mike for
all you’ve done
2011 Apr 12:
DVHH 2011 Board of
Directors
· Jody McKim, President, GA-USA
· Mike Polsinelli, Vice President/Secretary, MI-USA
· Nancy Wyman, Treasurer, FL-USA
· John J. Kornfeind, Director, AZ-USA
·
Mary Regan, NY-USA
· Rose Vetter, Director, Ontario-CAN
2010 Apr 12:
DVHH 2010 Board of
Directors
· Jody McKim, President, GA-USA
· Mike Polsinelli, Vice President, MI-USA
· Karen Preston, Secretary, NV- USA
· Nancy Wyman, Treasurer, FL-USA
· John J. Kornfeind, Director, AZ-USA
· Jane E Moore, Director, UT-USA
· Henry Fischer, Director, Ontario-CAN
Beth Tolfree, DVHH Secretary since 2007, retires from the Board of
Directors. John Kornfeind, DVHH Treasurer since 2007, retires but remains
on the board. Taking their places is Karen Preston as Secretary and Nancy
Wyman as Treasurer. We look forward to their contributions and
thank them for assuming these roles. Our deepest appreciation goes to Beth
and John for their service to the DVHH and for doing such a great job as
Secretary and Treasurer, both vital jobs to our organization!
2010 Jan 15:
DVHH.org celebrates its 7th year online!
2009 Aug 18:
New village site for Obresch & new webmaster - I am very
proud to announce that we have a home page for the village of Obresch.
Thanks to Ludwig Keck (web master) and support from many of you.
www.dvhh.org/obresch
Grüße, Eve Brown
2009 May 12:
Ludwig Keck, our new Village
Coordinator for Schowe - It is with much enthusiasm that we announce the
addition of a new addition in the Batschka corner!
www.dvhh.org/schowe.
Ludwig has produced a website to be proud of, and we hope you will take
the time to view it and congratulate him for a job well done. If you
have roots in the Schowe area, please contact Ludwig to share info.
With kind regards, Nancy Fredenberg & Dennis Bauer, Batschka Coordinators
2009 Apr 15:
DVHH 2009 Board of
Directors
· Jody McKim, President, GA-USA
· Mike Polsinelli, Vice President, MI-USA
· Beth Tolfree, Secretary, CA-USA
· John J. Kornfeind, Treasurer, AZ-USA
· Jane E Moore, Director, Ut - USA
· Henry Fischer, Director, Ontario - CAN
· Karen Preston, Director, NV- USA
Retiring Directors: Alex Leeb, Nick Tullius, Hans Martini; thank you all for
your service to the DVHH!
Noted appreciation goes to Beth Tolfree, as DVHH Secretary, John Kornfeind
as DVHH Treasurer, and Mike Polsinelli for handling our legal matters --all
are time consuming jobs! We welcome Karen Preston, long time List
subscriber, Lookups Guide and DVHH Member to our board of Directors!
Here's to another great year of discovery!
Best Regards to all, Jody McKim, President.
2009 Mar 17:
Boris Masic,
of Apatin, Serbia joins Beth Tolfree as
Apatin
Village Coordinator. (German
correspondence only, please)
2009 Jan 16:
DVHH Mailing List ~
DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-L [DVHH], List Administrator Alex Leeb
retires. Hats off to Alex for the years of hard work maintaining our
mail list and his dedication to serve our subscribers with their needs.
Alex is still with us, so we look forward to his continued comments and
advice. Thank you Alex!
2009 Jan 16:
DVHH Mailing List ~
DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-L [DVHH], New List Administrators, Roy Engel
and Eve Brown team up to keep our list maintained. Thanks to both
of you for assuming the roles.
2009 Jan 01:
Footnote.com ,
where you can view the most exciting original source documents
available for the first time on the internet.
2009 Jan 01:
2008 Dec 23:
2008
Nov 12: Peter Knapp of PA, volunteers as the Village
Coordinator for
Kleinbetschkerek.
Peter first heard of the DVHH at the
2008 Cleveland event.
Welcome
aboard Peter!
2008 Nov 1:
Henry Fischer assumes the roll of DVHH Editorial Chair.
2008 Nov 30:
Dennis Bauer assumes the role of Membership Drive Chair.
2008 Sep
14: New
Slavonia
Regional Coordinators -
Robin Grube, of California, USA
&
Zeljko Lekšić of
Dakovo,
Croatia.
Welcome aboard Robin & Zeljko!
(National costume festival &
competition) USA & Canada, Hosted by
the Donauschwaben German-American
Cultural Center, Cleveland, OH -
Labor Day Weekend at Lenau Park.
Beth Tolfree
- DVHH
Event Coordinator
2008 Aug 08:
[DVHH] Announcement - DVHH Members
Update by Jane E. Moore. Membership
Registrar:
The
Donauschwaben Villages Helping
Hands (DVHH.org) membership continues to
grow. In eight months, 57 people have
joined us, and we now have members from
Austria, 3 provinces in Canada, and 19
states in the USA.
Read more
2008 Apr 25:
Announcement -
Donauschwaben Villages Helping Hands
(DVHH) Non-Profit Corporation 2008 Board
of Directors are as follows:
Jody McKim (President), Michael
Polsinelli (Vice President), Beth
Tolfree (Secretary), John Kornfeind
(Treasurer), Nick Tullius - Director,
Alex Leeb - Director, Henry Fischer -
Director, Hans Martini- Director, and
Jane E. Moore - Director. We’ve
made some great strides in 2007
pursuing our goals for the DVHH,
particularly forming a 501c3. I
especially would like to express my
gratitude to Mike Polsinelli for
handling our legal matters; Beth for
being a great Secretary and John
Kornfeind for the Treasurer
position. These jobs are VERY time
consuming and each one deserves
applause! I also appreciate them
continuing these positions into
2008. We
extend our appreciation to the
2007 Board for their time and
involvement this past year;
departing Directors are John
Busch, Gabi Bugaisky & Tina Leto.
Here is to a great 2008!
Jody McKim
2008 Mar 24:
Membership
Update - 37 Members
2008 Jan
31: Franz
Bohn of Sellersville, PA initiates
the
Displaced Persons Camps section at
the DVHH & he and and Anne Dreer
of Guelph, Ontario,
Canada are
the new Coordinators.
2007 Nov
4: First
DVHH Membership Announcement
2007 Oct
27: David
Kemle, WA volunteers as the Village
Coordinator for Mramorak
2007 Oct
26: DVHH, Inc. received its tax
exemption under 501(c)(3) from the IRS.
2007
Sept 1: The DVHH has a
new banner. It includes our
long time DVHH poppy logo
along with the beautiful new
logo that Tina Leto designed for
us recently, bringing to
life the long time DVHH
slogan, "Remembering Our
Donauschwaben Ancestors."
Our new banner made it's
debut at the Tag der
Donauschwaben 2007, in
Mansfield, OH.
The DVHH joins the
Landesverband der
Donauschwaben, USA, for
the Tag der
Donauschwaben USA &
Kanada 2007!
Hosted by The Mansfield
Liederkranz, Mansfield
Ohio
34 new DVHH mail list
subscribers signed up at
the event!
Map Raffle Winner: Trudi
Hassmann Ward of Ohio!
2007 Aug
30: Eve
Brown, MI, takes the position of
Regional Coordinator for
Syrmia, in addition to her
existing duties on the
DVHH
Editorial Committee.
2007 Jun 26: Start
Planning -
Sat. Sep. 1st & Sun.
Sep. 2nd, 2007.
The DVHH will be joining the
Landesverband der Donauschwaben, USA for
the Tag der Donauschwaben USA & Kanada
2007! Hosted by The Mansfield
Liederkranz. We encourage everyone
to be there. Let's celebrate the
Donauschwaben!
More information
2007 Apr 21:
The
DVHH was represented at the
Landesverband der Donauschwaben, USA
Conference in Akron, Ohio.
DVHH members present were: Ray Martini,
Tina Leto, Dennis Bauer & Hans Kopp.
Tina Leto delivered a short speech &
passed out DVHH flyers.
2007 Apr
27: DVHH Editorial Announcement:
Committee members and regions
represented are: Gabriele "Gabi' Bugaisky, Ph.D, Chair (Banat), Nick Tullius, P.Eng.
(Banat), Henry Fischer (Swabian Turkey),
Rose Mary Keller Hughes (Special
Programs) (Banat), Nancy Fredenberg
(Batschka), Eve Brown (Syrmia), & Rose
Vetter (Batschka)
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/donauschwaben-villages/2007-04/1177703840
2007 Apr 25:
DVHH Public Relations & Membership
Announcement: The committee members
are: Tina Leto, Chair, Alex Leeb, Nancy
Fredenberg, Nick Tullius, Dennis Bauer.
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/donauschwaben-villages/2007-04/1177514281
2007 Mar
23:
New
Village Coordinator:
Kevin
Bootz
of VA,
is the new
Jarek Village Coordinator
2007 Mar 22:
New
Village Coordinator:
Hermine M. Linz
for
Keschinzi;
Semelzi
2007 Mar
13 Announcement - Donauschwaben Villages Helping Hands
(DVHH) is now a Non-Profit Corporation!
2007 Board of Directors: Directors: Jody McKim
(President), John Busch (Vice
President), Beth Tolfree (Secretary),
Nancy Fredenberg (Treasurer), Michael
Polsinelli - Director, Gabriele "Gabi"
Bugaisky - Director, Nick Tullius -
Director, John Kornfeind - Director,
Tina Leto - Director
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/donauschwaben-villages/2007-03/1173766161
2007 May - Letter
to the Family Tree Magazine editor
from Beth Tolfree (click image to right)
2007 Mar 01:
Announcement -
Donauschwaben Villages Helping Hands
(DVHH) is now a Non-Profit Corporation.
2007
Feb 26:
New Village Coordinator:
Village Coordinator: Josef Martin -
Mutsching
2007 Feb 20: We have over 100+ pairs of helping hands listed
in our
Registry!
2007 Feb
07: Announcement -
DVHH List Subscribers
. . . From
time to time we are notified by
concerned list members who
were contacted by Professional
(Commercial) Researchers
soliciting business. Although
there are some we may personally
recommend, the DVHH does not
endorse any business nor do we
condone private solicitations
made by "non-subscribing"
companies. To our knowledge, there
are "no" Professional Researching
Companies subscribed to the DVHH mail list.
If you receive a private solicitation for
such services and would like a
recommendation for the solicitor, please
contact Alex Leeb or Jody McKim in private.
2003 Sep 06:
The
DVHH
Mail List
commenced.
2003 Oct 27: The dvhh.org domain was
obtained.
2003 Jan 15: The DVHH project officially went online.
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