Message
Number: 45 - Thursday, November 9, 2006
10:01:36 PDT
Name:
Franciska
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?:
donauschwben research exchange
Comments/suggestions about the
Project:
good
Surnames you are researching:
Heorik & Repnik
Villages of interest to you:
Gakovoi
Comments:
I wonder if you can help me?
I am an orphan born to German man
and Austrian /German women after
the 2nd world war. Do you know of a
German organization that can help me
find information on how to get
dokuments that relate to my mother
Marija Repnik ,who was detained in
prison camp around Vojvodina, Novi
Sad. She was held there from 1945 to
1949 with a child and she was also
pregnant with me .Yours sincerely
Mrs. Franciska Payne [Repnik]
Message Number: 44
- Monday, November 6, 2006 17:03:27 PDT
Name:
Laura Jahn
How did you
learn about the DVHH site?:
connection
from www.feldenzer.com
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: very
informative!
Surnames
you are researching: Gerber
Villages of
interest to you: Batsch,
Plavna
Comments:
Very
informative site for someone just
discovering her Donauschwaben roots!
Message
Number: 43 - Monday, October 30, 2006
11:08:27 PDT
Name:
Mary Chisman
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?:
Stumbled upon it
Comments/suggestions about the
Project:
Surnames you are researching:
Hess, Junger
Villages of interest to you:
Hatzfeld, Serb St. Peter (Newsanktpeter)
Comments: I'm hoping someone can help me with the
families of my grandparents.
Leopold Hess, Hatzfeld, before 1906,
parents: Johann Hess, Francesca
Neiderbach;
Terez Junger, Gross (or Serb) Sankt
Peter, before 1906, parents: Johann (?)
Junger, Elizabeth Niedenhofer
Message Number: 42 - Wednesday, October
25, 2006 09:45:47 PDT
Name:
Elek Schneider
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?: Internet Surfing/Searching
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: I'm impressed by the effort and
enthusiasm.
Surnames you are researching:
Schneider, Bender, Zimmermann,
Brandt
Villages of interest to you:
Elek, Almaskamaras, St. Anna,
Arad
Comments: I'm fortunate to know
quite a lot about my family history,
both in Elek and in our original home
town of Amrichshausen. The latter is
located in what is today Baden-Wurttemberg,
Germany in an area called the
Hohenloherland, which is about an hour
and a half northeast of Stuttgart. The
local dialect sounds very similar to
that of the Elekers, which itself is a
mixture of Frankish and Swabian. I was
very pleased to be able to take part in
this year's (2006)
Weltfreundschaftstreffen der Eleker
(world reunion of Elekers) and get to
know several distant relatives. This
was my fourth trip to Elek and I feel
like a know the area pretty well by
now. I've been in contact with Matt
Tremmel, who has been doing his own
genealogical research on the Tremmel
family. It turns out that both of our
grandmothers were from Almaskamaras and
married men from Elek. Almas (shortened
form) was actually settled by several
families from Elek, so everyone in the
two towns is somehow related. I should
mention that I grew up near Stuttgart
and, consequently, speak German
fluently. This has been a tremendous
help in getting information and being
able to read it in its original German.
Message Number: 41 - Thursday, October
19, 2006 12:11:09 PDT
Name:
Lara Hess
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?: Rudolfsgnad.net
Comments/suggestions about the
Project:
Surnames you are researching:
Hess, Anwender
Villages of interest to you:
Seultour
Comments:
In response to the email
regarding the Nikolaus Hess book on
Seultour, Sankt Hubert and Charleville.
Nikolaus is my great-grandfather. We
would be interested to know as well if
there is an English translation of the
book. There was an updated version and
forward by Michael Gross in 1980 but was
also in German.
Message Number: 40 - Tuesday, October
17, 2006 20:45:19 PDT
Name:
Elizabeth Heil Shell
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?: Google
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: This is wonderful!!!
Surnames you are researching:
Heil, Erdmann, Schaaf,
Hartenstern, Trautmann
Villages of interest to you:
Gyonk, Jink, Varsad, Kalaz,
Felsonana
Comments:
My family and I immigrated to the US in
1955. I was born in Gyonk, but left
there during the war. We lived in East
Germany until 1949 and then in West
Germany until 1955. I have used the LDS
church records as much as possible, but
have run into some dead ends. Any help
would be appreciated.
Message Number: 39 - Tuesday, October
17, 2006 14:28:13 PDT
Name:
Hans Kopp
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?: From you
Comments/suggestions about the
Project: One more helping hand, that is
great
Surnames you are researching:
Kopp
Villages of interest to you:
Batschsentiwan
Comments:
So far I find it wonderful and
I hope I can help you with additional
material you may be able to use. I do
love your enthusiasm and creativity for
the sake of our culture and people and
especially for all those we had to leave
behind and for those yet to come.
With
this website you too have become an
emissary for the Donauschwaben.
With best wishes.
Hans Kopp
Message
Number: 38 - Tuesday, October 17, 2006
14:06:24 PDT
Name:
Cherie Ellis
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?:
genealogy site
Comments/suggestions about the
Project:
I'm getting closer
Surnames you are researching:
Walaschin/Markul
Villages of interest to you:
Setschan
Comments:I believe I am getting closer to finding
my elusive grandfather, Vincent
Walaschin. A great site.
Message
Number: 36 - Sunday, September
24, 2006 00:22:28 PDT
Name:
Cliff Vogel
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?: Link from Banat List
Comments/suggestions about the
Project:
Surnames you are researching:
Vogel, Gilde, Eichof
Villages of interest to you:
Setschan, Weisenheit,
Kreuzstatten
Comments:
My father's family immigrated
to Mansfield, Ohio from the Banat. Many
of them came from Setschan and I have
found the excellent web site of the
Setschan. The Vogel side of the family
came from Kreuzstatten and Wiesenheit.
I have not been able to find out much
about the people from those small
villages. Are there any family lists
for them?
Regards,
Cliff Vogel
Mogadore, Ohio
Message
Number: 35 - Monday,
September 18, 2006 16:59:01 PDT
Name:
Harold Tabar
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?:
Banat-L
Comments/suggestions about the
Project:
Surnames you are researching:
Stein, Tabar, Retzler, Kollner &
Welther
Villages of interest to you:
Hatzfeld & Mergeln
Comments:
Any information will be greatly
appreciated.
Thank you in advance,
Harold Tabar
Message Number: 34 - Monday,
September 18, 2006 13:55:28 PDT
Name:
Johann Jung
How did you learn about the DVHH
site?:
LUCK
Comments/suggestions about the
Project:
JUST BRINGS BACK OLD MEMORIES.
Surnames you are researching:
JUNG
Villages of interest to you:
MRAMORAK
Comments:
GREAT SITE, MY FAMILY IS FROM MRAMORAK
Message Number: 33
- Sunday, September 10, 2006 19:58:30 PDT
Name:
Judith Coates
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: Internet search
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
I think it is great
Surnames you are
researching: Kieffer, Shandor
Villages of
interest to you:
Comments:
On a 1920 Census, my great grandparents were
listed as from Serbia. I don't have much
information on them. Great grandmother's maiden
name was Kieffer. She was called Lena (or Lina).
Other names could have been Carline or Caroline,
and Elizabeth. She was born around 1860. My
great grandfather was Hungarian, Shandor (not
sure of spelling) was his last name, first name
John. He was born around 1858. He had been
married previously and had at least one child
from his marriage, a daughter named Rose. Rose
was born before 1892. They possibly immigrated
to the United States @ 1892. If anyone could
give me any help in this matter it would be
appreciated.
Thank you.
Judith Coates
Message Number: 32
- Wednesday, September 6, 2006 17:05:24 PDT
Name:
Aue, Christina
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?:
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Surnames you are
researching:
Villages of
interest to you: Grabic
Comments:
Hallo, I'm interesting for Donauschwaben, I will
find the family from Richard Ellenbruch, he
lived in Grabic, near by Donau . Can you help
me? He has a wife and 4 children. In the 2.
world war he was in Sibirien, we has no found the
family later.
Message Number: 31
- Monday, September 4, 2006 17:23:24 PDT
Name:
DJ Bauer
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: Member
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Surnames you are
researching: Bauer, Helleis,
Maldacher, Blank, Bohnert
Villages of
interest to you: Palanka, Batsch,
Parabutsch, Filipowa, Hodschag,
Weprowatz, Gajdobra
Comments:
To all that have contributed to this site, GREAT
JOB, Dennis Bauer of the Trenton Donauschwaben.
Message Number: 30
Private Message for
guestbook owner.
Message Number: 29
- Thursday, August 17, 2006 22:51:12 PDT
Name:
Robert
Davids
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: surfing for Varjas
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
looks pretty
extensive; will take some study
Surnames you are
researching: Backhaus and
Lambert
Villages of
interest to you: Varjas
Comments:
I am interested in the region/people as a result
of tracing my maternal grandparents, Adam
Backhaus and Barbara Lambert as well as a great
aunt, Barbara Backhaus. Varjas was cited on
their manifests for sailings to New York from
1903 and 1906. Adam was a good man and
sponsored several people to this country, before
and after both World Wars.
Message Number: 28
- Wednesday, August 9, 2006 22:10:58 PDT
Name:
John
Koch
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: surf the net
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Surnames you are
researching: Koch
Villages of
interest to you: Gross Jetscha
Comments:
Looking for information on a Johann Koch. Born
November 4, 1885 in Gross Jetscha, Hungry. Father's name
John J Koch, Mother's name Catharina Racher. He left for
America in February, 1904 at the age of 18. He
sailed on the SS Moltke out of Hamburg, GR. Any
help on Johann Koch would be great.
Message Number: 27
- Monday, July 17, 2006 12:18:29 PDT
Name:
Mike
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: Dave Dryers
Database
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Surnames you are
researching:
Miller/Muller/Mueller, Hart, Koch, Russ,
Peters, Frye, Tschudy
Villages of
interest to you: Panscova,
Weisskirchen, Mramorak
Comments:
Hello! Greetings from a descendant of a
Donauschwaben! I have been conducting family
research for years and would like to continue to
learn about the Donauschwaben heritage. My
family settled in Mansfield, Ohio after
departing from Pancevo near the turn of the 20th
century. Feel free to write!
Message Number: 26
- Friday, June 23, 2006 15:57:00 PDT
Name:
Louise
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: Google
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Surnames you are
researching: Battin
Villages of
interest to you: Apatin
Comments:
I want everyone known a new Book came out from
Mr. Jakob Shuy,-Familienbuch
Apatin 1750-1825 $80.00
Breslauer St. 12 T 0631/77609
67659 Kaiserlautern, Germany.
It is very good
Book.
Mrs. Louise
Battin
Message Number: 25
- Tuesday, March 7, 2006 09:42:07 PST
Name:
M
Mendell
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: Reading about Adam
Martini
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Well-organized,
easy to track subjects
Surnames you are
researching: Just perusing
Villages of
interest to you: None specific
Comments:
I bumped into this web site while researching
Adam Martini, the cabinet-maker. Pleasantly
surprised at the wealth of interesting
information about not only Adam, but also many
other interesting people and subjects, I will go
back and read everything I missed.
Message Number: 24
- Friday, February 17, 2006 10:30:05 PST
Name:
Tim Reiter
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: exploring the web
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Surnames you are
researching: Reiter, Rolzhauser, Rack, Held
Villages of
interest to you: Parabutsch
Comments:
My Oma was Magdalena Rolzhauser born in
Parabutsch and came to the US in 1905 sponsored
by her cousin Georg Rach also from Parabutsch, She
married Jakob Reiter( who I am still trying to
find out what town he was from ) and had six
sons, the first two were born in New York or
Jersey and the others were born in Detroit, Mi
Jakob, Franz, Josef, Hans, Karl, and Georg. Karl
is my father and the only one still living. We
still live in Michigan and are members of the
Carpathia Club. I f anyone has any info. on the
family I would love to talk to them. Vielen
Dank, Tim Reiter
Message Number: 23
- Friday, January 20, 2006 15:51:16 PST
Name:
Nancy Fisher
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: searching the net
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Its wonderful
Surnames you are
researching: Horvath, Anisics,
Gubanyi
Villages of
interest to you: Bacsalmas, Bajmok
Comments:
I have been researching my family history for
just over a year now. This site has been an
invaluable tool in that search. I have found
cousins from my Anisics side of the family that
still live in Bajmok as farmers. Unfortunately,
I have yet to find any Horvaths that I am
related to. I do not believe that any of my
Horvath relatives left the area beside my great
grandfather Janos. I hope to make more
connections in 2006.
Message Number: 22
- Thursday, January 19, 2006 20:13:09 PST
Name:
Arnold Reiter
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: Google
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
Surnames you are
researching:
Villages of
interest to you: Lenauheim
Comments:
Viele Grüsse aud Deutschland.
Super Seite, super Photos.
Macht weiter so.
Schaut mal bei uns vorbei
www.lenauheim.ro und schreibt uns was ins
Gästebuch.
wir würden uns
freuen.
Message Number: 21
Private Message for
guestbook owner.
Message Number: 20
- Monday, January 2, 2006 16:21:00 PST
Name:
KATHY
How did you learn
about the DVHH site?: BY SEARING THE
INTERNET
Comments/suggestions about the Project:
IT HAS BEEN THE
BEST. I LOVE IT AND THE PEOPLE
ASSOCIATED WITH IT TOO. I AM BASICALLY
DONE WITH THE HELP OF ALEX & JODY
Surnames you are
researching: KIRCHER/TOBIAS
Villages of
interest to you: BILLED
Comments:
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER IS MICHAEL KIRCHER AND HE
CAME OVER FROM BILLED IN 1904 AND HE IS THE SON
OF PHILLIP AND CATHERINE (TOBIAS) KIRCHER. I
HAVE ALL INFO IF ANYONE HAS A INTEREST FOR IT
