Mercydorf
in Banat, founded in 1734 & remained a German Banat village until 1988

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Mercydorf Church Records 2008 Update

Vital Records

Genealogical Records:

Available at FHL - Film numbers:

Christenings 1734-1832

Marriages 1734-1843 [Posted marriages are the initial marriages between years 1734 - 1763.  All couples will be added as transcribed. If you have a request other than what is listed, send the couples names and the year of marriage.]
 

Deaths 1734-1839, 1843 : FHL Microfilm Nr. 0858463, 0858464
[Church records available at IfA, Stuttgart: Christenings 1737-1832, Marriages 1734-1843, Deaths 1734-1843]

  Church Birth Records

   Church Registers Marriages 1734-1843

   War Victims
 

Households & Directories

  1711-1787 Original Settlers to Mercydorf

   1774 Homeowners of Mercydorf

   1794 Mercydorf Town Directory

   1891-1924 Mercydorf Tradesman

   Mercydorf Families - Radix Databases

   1931-32 Mercydorf Household Census    

   1982 Mercydorf Phone Listings

   1992 Mercydorf Priest Tithe List [65 Last German Families]
 

Immigration

  Mercydorf Passenger Records via Ellis Island 

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Books About Mercydorf

  Bobik, Gustav : Rede zur Feier des 100jährigen Bestandes der Gemeinde und römisch- katholischen Seelsorge Mercyfalva. Temeschburg 1884. (Bobik, Gustav: Speech for the celebration of the 100 year of existence of the municipality and Roman-catholic Seelsorge Mercyfalva. Temeschburg 1884.)

Schiff, Peter : Mercydorf 1734-1934, Beiträge zur Geschichte der Gemeinde Mercydorf. Publisher: Sonntagsblatt, Timisoara 1934. 80 S. (Mercydorf 1734-1934. Contributions for the history of the municipality Mercydorf.)

Petri, Anton P.: Mercydorf, Die Siedlerfamilien und ihre Herkunft (Mercydorf, the settler families and their origin), Homburg 1980 (Donauschwäbisches Kulturwerk Saarland) (Mercydorf, the settler families and its origin, Homburg 1980 (Danube-Swabian culture work Saarland)

FHL Catalog: This book is found in the FHL catalog under Hungary, Banat, Mercydorf - Emigration and Immigration. This Mercydorf record is also cataloged by the FHL under Hungary as Mercifalva and under Romania as Carani.

FHL Holding: This book is found shelved as European Book Area 949.84/M1 (modified Dewey Decimal System) in the open stacks on level B-1 at the Family History Library (FHL) at Salt Lake City, Utah. However it has NOT been microfilmed and FHL books NEVER circulate.

Gabriel d. Ä., Josef Josef Gabriel d. J. Ausgewählte Werke. Hrsg. v. Hans Weresch. 1985.  294 S. mit Porträts etc. (12:20) Lwd. — Gabriel d. Ä. * 1853 in Mercydorf;  Dichter und Volksliedsammler; 1907 in Mercydorf.

"Mercydorf Heimatbuch' by Klugesherz, Lammert, Petri and Zirenner, 1987, 620 pp."
  Wandlungen der Ortschaft Mercydorf (Transformations of the locality Mercydorf) by Reiser, G.  Beitr. z. Siedlungsgesch. d. Banats. In: Neue Heimatbll. (Budapest), Jg. 1, S. 97--114.

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