I received an email from someone who found one of my posts on a GERM message board. They said their mother-in-law's maiden name is GERM and the family originated in Litia. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jody McKim To: Dreyer ; banat@rootsweb.com ; Donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [DVHH] Village of Litia Michelle, Where are you reading this spelling? Jody ----- Original Message ----- From: Dreyer To: banat@rootsweb.com ; Donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 10:35 PM Subject: [DVHH] Village of Litia Can anyone tell me if Litia is near Bulkes? Thanks, Michele

Hi Cathy The FB Kleinbetschkerek (Dietmar Giel) shows only the same infos which you already have. 2409 MACHALEK Anton oo um.1840 MARTIN Barbara * um.1817 Darowa † 22.09.1856 Kleinbetschkerek Kind regards Hans Grimm Jr.

Can anyone tell me if Litia is near Bulkes? Thanks, Michele

Hello, I was wondering if someone with the Klein Betschkerek family book would do a look-up for me.  I have been tracing the line of Anton Machalek *1820 in Ebendorf.  According to the Darowa family book, Anton married his first wife Rosalia Schauer *~1826 Gyor in Darowa in 1844.  They had at least two sons born in Darowa, but it might have been possible that they had more children elsewhere.  Rosalia died (death date and place unknown).  Anton then marries Barbara Martin *7 Apr 1828 in Darowa.  They have at least one son (Christoph) in Darowa, but I suspect that they might have other children.  There are no other references to the family in the Darowa records, so they obviously moved elsewhere. I just found something online indicating that Barbara died in Klein Betschkerek.  The information online showed: MACHALEK Anton oo um.1840 MARTIN Barbara* um.1817 Darowa/Banat † 22.09.1856 Klein-Betschkerek/Banat. The dates of birth and marriage are not consistent with the Darowa book, but I do think this is the Anton I have been seeking.  He would have been 36 at the time of Barbara's death, so it is likely that he married again.  I was wondering if there was any other information about Anton and his family in Klein-Betschkerek or the surrounding villages. Hans Grimm Jr. found a death record for Anton's son Ferdinand in Neubeschenowa in 1873, so members of the family stayed in the area. Ultimately, I am hoping to find a link between this family and the Machalek family from Gross Betschkerek/Lazarfeld who emigrated to Canada.  Michael Machalek * circa 1849 place unknown, a resident of Lazarfeld/Gross Betschkerek,  did marry a woman named Juliana who came from Marienfeld, and I thought that, perhaps, Michael was living in or around Klein Betschkerek when he married Juliana of Marienfeld.  If so, he might be a member of Anton's family. I would appreciate any help I can get with respect to this line. Thanks, Cathy Teufel O'Neill

No experience here, but I love your idea. I do question whether it would be necessary to have the same publisher for both continents. I would think two publishers would work just as well as one, provided one cannot be found that operates in both continents. - Cliff -----Original Message----- From: banat-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:banat-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dave Dreyer Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 1:07 PM To: Banat List Subject: [BANAT-L] Print on demand publishing I am looking for comments and advise on print on demand publishing. As many list subscribers who have ordered family books know, postage rates to and from Germany have risen dramatically in the last few years so that postage costs in transatlantic shipping amounts to about half the price of the book. In some ways it is kinda dumb to be shipping all this paper back and forth across the ocean when it is so easy to send digital files. I do not want this conservation to degenerate into CD vs published books but would like to keep it focused on the distribution of published books. In the past year or so I have seen some quite good quality print on demand books. The question is in my mind is does anyone know of a print on demand publisher who has facilities to simultaneously publish books both in the US and in Europe(preferentially Germany)? This would allow the distribution of books in such a way as only domestic postage costs would be necessary. Print on demand has other advantages as well and family books would stay in print. Has anyone ! any experience with such a publisher or other comments? Dave Dreyer ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2881 - Release Date: 05/18/10 01:26:00

I am looking for comments and advise on print on demand publishing. As many list subscribers who have ordered family books know, postage rates to and from Germany have risen dramatically in the last few years so that postage costs in transatlantic shipping amounts to about half the price of the book. In some ways it is kinda dumb to be shipping all this paper back and forth across the ocean when it is so easy to send digital files. I do not want this conservation to degenerate into CD vs published books but would like to keep it focused on the distribution of published books. In the past year or so I have seen some quite good quality print on demand books. The question is in my mind is does anyone know of a print on demand publisher who has facilities to simultaneously publish books both in the US and in Europe(preferentially Germany)? This would allow the distribution of books in such a way as only domestic postage costs would be necessary. Print on demand has other advantages as well and family books would stay in print. Has anyone any experience with such a publisher or other comments? Dave Dreyer

Dear Listers, After a recent inquiry to the List, Fran Matkovich kindly sent to me the GESTRICH entries in the Hatzfeld book. In consulting Fran afterwards, we decided to pose the following to the List. I have been trying to find a connection between my 4g-grandmother, Gertrud GESTRICH (oo Peter CHRIST, #1472) and the other Gestrich's of Hatzfeld. At the end of this message, I will paste the listings that puzzle me, and hope someone might help me to figure it out, if at all possible, with extreme apologies if I'm missing something obvious. In studying Johann Zaver GESTRICH, #s 3098 and 3100, it seems that he married his first wife in Drolshagen, and his second wife in Hatzfeld. But then I see #3099, Franz Xaver GESTRICH with the exact same birth date and death date as Johan Zaver-G. Yet, based on his immediate family info, he / 3009 seems to be an entirely different person. So I am wondering if he could be a twin, which would explain the birth date, but it seems too coincidental to also die on the same day. Or, I suppose just human error. But I find myself wondering if it's possible that Franz-X is real, and if so, might he have had an earlier child in Drolshagen (my 4g-gr Gertrud) who just didn't get connected to him in the records? I understand that the info at hand might not yield an answer on this, but I'm just thinking about whether to try to research this possibility further at some point. (Parenthetically, I am including the listing at the end for Gertrud's second husband, Nikolaus WAGNER, in case there might be some links to Wagners among the List). Many thanks from Marilyn, and here are the listings: 1472 CHRIST, Peter * um. .1760 in "Womerad Baden." + 06.01.1800 in Hf 8 05.05.1789 in Hf GESTRICH, Gertrud weitere Ehe(n) <12746> * 05.05.1769 in Drolshagen,Sauerland Kind(er) a) Johann Xaver t 15.01.1790 Hf + 02.02.1827 in Hf Ehe siehe <1473> b) Johann Peter t 16.10.1791 Hf c) Barbara t 29.06.1794 Hf d) Heinrich t 24.12.1796 Hf e) Anna Maria t 26.02.1799 Hf 3098 GESTRICH, Johann Xaver * 13.12.1739 in Drolshagen + 23.08.1807 in Hf Eltern:Johann Gastrich-Elisabth Schürholt. So bei Mönninghoff. WK 55/23 als Xaver Geistrich v.Benolpe/Olpe 8 um. .1763 weitere Ehe(n) <3100> NEBELING, Elisabeth Margaretha * 20.09.1733 in Benolpe Tochter d.Joh.Wilhelm Nebeling - Eva Fernholt aus Benolpe. Kind(er) a) Johann Heinrich * 06.02.1764 Drolshagen + 17.05.1840 in Hf Ehe siehe <3102> 3099 GESTRICH, Franz Xaver * 13.12.1739 + 23.08.1807 in Hf WK 55/23 Xaverius Geistrich v.Benolpe/Sauerland. 8 GESTRICH*, Maria Katharina * um. .1750 Eltern: unbekannt Kind(er) a) Anna t 11.01.1771 Hf b) Georg t 17.07.1774 Hf 8 2.Ehe siehe <3108> c) Maria Theresia t 21.10.1776 Hf + 15.02.1778 in Hf d) Peter Anton t 13.08.1779 Hf + 18.12.1780 in Hf e) Franz Xaver t 19.05.1784 Hf 3100 GESTRICH, Johann Xaver * 13.12.1739 in Drolshagen + 23.08.1807 in Hf Eltern:Johann Gastrich-Elisabth Schürholt. So bei Mönninghoff. WK 55/23 als Xaver Geistrich v.Benolpe/Olpe 28 19.11.1768 in Hf weitere Ehe(n) <3098> SCHULD, Maria Katharina * um. .1748 Kind(er) 1) Maria Aloysia t 21.08.1769 Hf 2) Anton t 09.10.1772 Hf Ehe siehe <3106> 3) Mathias t 07.11.1781 Hf 4) Anna Margaretha t 05.06.1786 Hf + 29.08.1809 in Hf 12746 WAGNER, Nikolaus * um. .1775 8 12.05.1800 in Hf GESTRICH, Gertrud weitere Ehe(n) <1472 [= Peter Christ]> * 05.05.1769 in Drolshagen,Sauerland Kind(er) a) Nikolaus t 30.07.1801 Hf b) Georg t 15.10.1803 Hf + 26.08.1836 in Hf c) Konrad t 25.12.1805 Hf d) Mathias t 25.11.1807 Hf e) Elisabeth t 29.09.1810 Hf f) Georg t 24.04.1814 Hf

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Hello Mt. Angel Travelers, Its great to have the splendid www.dsheritage.com pages updated now, so we can not only register, but also see who is coming.... To register for Leah's STRUDEL MAKING CLASS at her gemuetlich home, please do so directly with me. There is a limited number of spots available. Leah intends to teach us how to make it ourselves. Each of us will do one Strudel! Just like Oma made it! WOW! I will collect your contribution of $10.00 to cover the costs of ingredients that Friday, Sept. 17th before the class. We will car pool to Leah's country place leaving at 15.30h and rejoin the others at Weingarten's Oktoberfest hall after our Strudel is baked. I can't wait! Thank you Leah for suggesting! Rosina www.hrastovac.net

Hello Donauschwaben, HURRAH, our Webmaster guru Steve just updated the www.dsheritage.com pages for the September 2010 Treffen in Mt. Angel! Thank you Steve!!! Best to be an 'early bird' and register now. This year we are staying at two different locations: 1. Renascence Inn hotel in Keizer (see dsheritage.com) 2. Red Lion Hotel, Salem, OR 3301 Market Street NE - 503-370-7888 depending on the availability. Looking forwards to see you all there! Rosina www.hrastovac.net

Hi Marcia, Thank you for your responding to my posting. I am sending this to the entire list because I thought there might be others who would be interested in the information about David Kemle's website and books. David Kemle's website is: www.kiemle-kemle.net/mramorakchurchbooks.html It is a great website because he as the church book available so people can search it - obviously the main focus is on Mramorak but there are also Franzfeld marriages listed. His two other books are a Mramorak picture book and a historical book. His two books are available for purchase directly from him for $50. Information on ordering them are on his website. I can't wait until they arrive. It sounds like the book you mentioned may be helpful to me as well. Would you mind sharing where the title, where it can be purchased, and the cost? If you are willing to look anything up for me I would really appreciate it. Andreas Kaschuba (born 1813 in ??, died 10 Feb 1853 in Mramorak). The Mramorak church books say Andreas is from Franzfeld. He married Magdalena Wagner (no dates or locations) His son Adam married Katharina in Franzfeld -she was born in Mramorak and was the daughter of Peter Bert (no dates or locations) and Christina born Dapper (no dates or locations) Peter is the son of Daniel Bert (no dates or locations). Christina is the daughter of Nikolaus Dapper (no dates or locations). So, I wonder if there is information on Andreas Kaschuba, Magdalena Wagner, Katharina Bert, Peter Bert, Christina Dapper, Nikolaus Dapper in Franzfeld? My great grandmother immigrated from Mramorak to the USA and settled in Baltimore. Her brother went on to Mansfield, Ohio. They were Kaschuba's and I still have a number of cousins (I have recently discovered) who are still there. My grandfather use to go to Mansfield to visit them but there was no contact until I found them about a month ago! Thanks for your help. Karen

Welcome to the List, Karen, my maternal (HALLABRIN) and paternal grandparents (WAGENHALS) came from Franzfeld, Austria-Hungary--1907 and 1913 respectively. I have a copy of the book FRANZFELD (Franzfeld Im Banat)--1792-1945. It is a Heimatbuch: Book of local history and geography It is in German. It has an index of names under different categories. Just browsing through, I do see your name KASCHUBA. If you don't have this book already, perhaps I could be of help by checking for your names. You sound like you have gone a lot further than I have in your research. You mentioned "David Kemle's books." I wonder if these would be helpful to me. Could you tell me about them? What are the titles? Where would I purchase them? What is the cost? I'm also wondering about Franzfeld church books as well. I know I will never be able make the trip to Franzfeld; so my research is mostly through family, the Banat List, Ancestry.com, and the Internet. Do you have any relatives in Mansfield, Ohio? Both sets of my grandparents and my maternal great grandparents moved to Mansfield from Franzfeld. There are several families in Mansfield that made the move from Franzfeld. Best wishes to you in your research. Marcia Fay (WAGENHALS) Cobb (Formerly of Mansfield, Ohio) Newberg, Oregon In a message dated 5/16/2010 12:07:34 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, banat-request@rootsweb.com writes: Today's Topics: 1. Kaschuba, Wagner, Bert, Dapper (K Steele) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 15:14:38 -0400 From: K Steele <kehs11@gmail.com> Subject: [BANAT-L] Kaschuba, Wagner, Bert, Dapper To: BANAT@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <AANLkTik0VPuB1lwWg7Rk5wYtbKS-ia3l9I4vUONxQggt@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi everyone, I am new to the list and new to researching in this area. I am looking for any information that can help me go back to find out more about where my family came from before Mramorak. I have discovered Franzfeld but have no idea what resources may be available - are there church books for Franzfeld. I have ordered David Kemle's books (thank you David!!) and am very excited to learn more of the history of the area and the people. In the meantime, here is what I know: Adam Kaschuba is the son of Andreas Kaschuba (born 1813, died 10 Feb 1853) and Magdalena Wagner (no dates or locations) (Mramorak Church Book, Births 1827-1866). Adam was born on 27 Jan 1848 in Mramorak. On 11 Nov 1869 Adam Kaschuba, son of deceased resident, Andreas Kaschuba from Franzfeld married Katharina (born 15 Jan 1850 in Mramorak) in Franzfeld (Mramorak Church Book, Mramorak Marriages). Katharina is the daughter of Peter Bert (no dates or locations) and Christina born Dapper (no dates or locations) who were married 3 Jan 1837 in Mramorak (Mramorak Church Book, Mramorak Marriages). Peter is the son of Daniel Bert (no dates or locations). Christina is the daughter of Nikolaus Dapper (no dates or locations). Thanks for your help. Karen ------------------------------ To contact the BANAT list administrator, send an email to BANAT-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the BANAT mailing list, send an email to BANAT@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of BANAT Digest, Vol 5, Issue 139 *************************************

Hi everyone, I am new to the list and new to researching in this area. I am looking for any information that can help me go back to find out more about where my family came from before Mramorak. I have discovered Franzfeld but have no idea what resources may be available - are there church books for Franzfeld. I have ordered David Kemle's books (thank you David!!) and am very excited to learn more of the history of the area and the people. In the meantime, here is what I know: Adam Kaschuba is the son of Andreas Kaschuba (born 1813, died 10 Feb 1853) and Magdalena Wagner (no dates or locations) (Mramorak Church Book, Births 1827-1866). Adam was born on 27 Jan 1848 in Mramorak. On 11 Nov 1869 Adam Kaschuba, son of deceased resident, Andreas Kaschuba from Franzfeld married Katharina (born 15 Jan 1850 in Mramorak) in Franzfeld (Mramorak Church Book, Mramorak Marriages). Katharina is the daughter of Peter Bert (no dates or locations) and Christina born Dapper (no dates or locations) who were married 3 Jan 1837 in Mramorak (Mramorak Church Book, Mramorak Marriages). Peter is the son of Daniel Bert (no dates or locations). Christina is the daughter of Nikolaus Dapper (no dates or locations). Thanks for your help. Karen

Dave Dreyer you rock!!!!!  Klek, I never would made the connection from Dlck, I was looking for villages starting with D and P.   Many thank yous for the look up!  This opens so many doors.   Dar     Dar; >From the Aurelheim family book by Josef Kuehn. Seltsam Josef, son of Johann Seltsam and A M Guenther *ca 1858 Klek oo 4 Feb 1889 Aurelheim Straki Anna, dau of Josef Straki and Katharina Goetter *13 Jan 1867 Aurelheim Dave Dreyer ----- Original Message ----- From: < darkaso@yahoo.com> To: < BANAT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 9:00 AM Subject: [BANAT-L] Neuburg a d. Bega FB Aurelheim Lookup SELTSAM I am new to the list and hope that I am following proper protocol in asking for help. I have hit that "brick wall" in researching the Seltsam family, it doesn't seem to be a common surname, from what I understand seltsam mean strange or queer in German, maybe thats why? Anyways here is the information that I have. Jozef Seltsam born abt 1857 married Anna Straki born abt 1867, she was from Aurelheim (her mothers name was possibly Karolina). According to Jozef's passenger list information he was not from Aurelheim, the village is listed as Dlck? There were three children, Mathias Seltsam born 1883, Georg Marc Seltsam born 1891 and Anna Seltsam born1903. Anna Straki had a son Nikolaus Straki born 1887. I believe this was a second marriage for both Jozef and Anna. George Seltsam, my great grandfather and Nikolaus Staki immagrated to Wyandotte, Michigan and afterwards rest of family came there. Any help is so greatly appreciated! Thanks. Dar

Dar; >From the Aurelheim family book by Josef Kuehn. Seltsam Josef, son of Johann Seltsam and A M Guenther *ca 1858 Klek oo 4 Feb 1889 Aurelheim Straki Anna, dau of Josef Straki and Katharina Goetter *13 Jan 1867 Aurelheim Dave Dreyer ----- Original Message ----- From: <darkaso@yahoo.com> To: <BANAT@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 9:00 AM Subject: [BANAT-L] Neuburg a d. Bega FB Aurelheim Lookup SELTSAM I am new to the list and hope that I am following proper protocol in asking for help. I have hit that "brick wall" in researching the Seltsam family, it doesn't seem to be a common surname, from what I understand seltsam mean strange or queer in German, maybe thats why? Anyways here is the information that I have. Jozef Seltsam born abt 1857 married Anna Straki born abt 1867, she was from Aurelheim (her mothers name was possibly Karolina). According to Jozef's passenger list information he was not from Aurelheim, the village is listed as Dlck? There were three children, Mathias Seltsam born 1883, Georg Marc Seltsam born 1891 and Anna Seltsam born1903. Anna Straki had a son Nikolaus Straki born 1887. I believe this was a second marriage for both Jozef and Anna. George Seltsam, my great grandfather and Nikolaus Staki immagrated to Wyandotte, Michigan and afterwards rest of family came there. Any help is so greatly appreciated! Thanks. Dar ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BANAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, as far as I know Ferdinand Hengl does not speak English. so please try to translate your letter. You may buy international postal reply voucher for return postage. Good luck! Guenter >Does anyone know, when writing to Mr. Hengl, if I can write in English >or should get it translated into German? And with a request for information/ >prices, should I include something toward the cost of return postage? > >Thanks, >Amanda > >On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 10:38:54AM +0200, G?nter Junkers wrote: >> Am 04.05.2010 09:01, schrieb Henry Fischer" <hjfischer@rogers.com>: >> >> Hi, >> several Ferdinand Hengl's books (Seelenlisten and familybook Darda) are >> still available from AKdFF, Sindelfingen (http://www.akdff.de) but not >> from Matthias Volk. He died several years ago. Later publications >> (1998ff) of Ferdinand Hengl were published by the author himself and are >> only available from >> >> Ferdinand Hengl >> Ifjusag utja 3A >> H-7624 Pecs >> Hungary

I am new to the list and hope that I am following proper protocol in asking for help.  I have hit that "brick wall" in researching the Seltsam family, it doesn't seem to be a common surname, from what I understand seltsam mean strange or queer in German, maybe thats why?  Anyways here is the information that I have. Jozef Seltsam born abt 1857 married Anna Straki born abt 1867, she was from Aurelheim (her mothers name was possibly Karolina).  According to Jozef's passenger list information he was not from Aurelheim, the village is listed as Dlck?  There were three children, Mathias Seltsam born 1883, Georg Marc Seltsam born 1891 and Anna Seltsam born1903.  Anna Straki had a son Nikolaus Straki born 1887.  I believe this was a second marriage for both Jozef and Anna.  George Seltsam, my great grandfather and Nikolaus Staki immagrated to Wyandotte, Michigan and afterwards rest of family came there. Any help is so greatly appreciated!  Thanks. Dar

Congrtulations to the Austrian Donauschwaebischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft (DAG) for preparing to go to the European Parliament with their support that Croatia and Serbia be taken into EU. At the same time they rightfully insist that both governments must repay the confiscated assets they took from their ethnic German citizen in order to be taken into EU. Rightfully so! We wish them success! Rosina www.hrastovac.net

Hello to everyone, The first memorial to the Danube Swabians of Croatia will be formally opened this Saturday, May 15th 2010 in the chapel of St. Rochus in Valpovo. At one time Valpovo was also one of the bigger Tito's starvation camps for the Donauschwaben where untold of our people perished. It is good to see the new winds of change! Rosina www.hrastovac.net