Scheindorf (German), Sii/Sâi (Romanian), Szinfalu (Hungarian) lies east of Erdeed and belongs to the county of Sathmar (Translator's note: Sathmar is in present-day north-west Romania. It is close to the Hungarian and Ukrainian border). The name, "Zynfalwa", stems from the Middle Ages. It was documented for the first time in 1424. At that time, it was part of Erdeed, the place where the noble families, Dragffy, Bathory, and Rakoczy lived. In the 17th Century, the town virtually disappeared. It is not mentioned except for the place where coal miners' huts existed. In the following decade, Romanians slowly drifted into the area. At the time of the Kurdish wars, Franz Rakocy II mortgaged a large part of this property in order to raise money for the war. Ownership of Scheindorf changed, and in 1708, the new owner became Alexander Karolyi. In time, as he and his descendants settled more towns with Swabians, the record in 1767 shows that Scheindorf had only (ethnic) Romanian inhabitants. Farmland and pastures only constituted about 10% of the land. To clear the forest and change the area to farmland needed settlements of Swabian farmers.

      Anton Mlinaricz, a civil servant of Count Anton Karolyi, submitted a plan for a town laying out streets and farms. The surveyors presented in their report the point of view that through clearing, 3,000 acres of farmland would be gained. This could be done by new settlers. According to the plan, young farmers, who would be in charge of their own house or their own farm, should be resettled from neighboring Swabian communities. The appeal of the Count was successful. 60 families from Maitingen, Schinal, Kalmandi, Fremen, Bildegg, etc. declared themselves, according to the civil servant's report, ready to settle in Scheindorf, but only after seeing the area for themselves. A few farmers appeared in November 1779, accompanied by a servant of the count. The visit satisfied the prospective settlers. It is not recorded whether they moved to Scheindorf in the year 1779. By that time, it is known that immigrants from Germany already lived with the Romanians.

      According to the record of December 8, 1780, 35 Swabian families already lived in the new town. 1780 can be considered the beginning of the Swabian settlement in Scheindorf. The new settlers came from.......Germany: Jacob Scherer, Josef Holerbach, Andreas Oberhofer, Ignaz Zapf, Philipp Riber, Peter Perer, Martin Jung; Bildegg: Josef Koch, Johann Link, Johann Nagle, Martin Tepfenhardt, Martin Pfefferkorn, Hansjorg Koch, Michael Koch; Grosskarol: Jakob Keller, Friedrich Treer, Josef Wolfgang, Joseph Pendl; Erdeed: Heinrich Schneider, Johann Horber, Jakob Amann; Sagas: Xaver Tepfenhardt, Michael Zweifel; Petrifeld: Johann Weiss, Martin Moor; Schinal: Jakob Holzli, Josef Holzli; Wahlei: Peter Keller, Michael Pross; Schandern: Joseph Weisser; Sukunden: Anton Schmied; Kalmandi: Paul Wilhelm, Kapplau: Johann Stadler; only Franz Babotschi has no origin listed.