Peter -- I'm not sure of which maps you have seen but this one seems to be the best one I have used for the Banat. It is a map on a grid -- look on the left side to locate a village which will lead you to the exact location. http://www.banaters.com/dre/gridmap.asp The other good thing is that it can be easily printed for a hands-on reference. My ancestors came from Glogowatz. Prior to that some were in Neupanat/Ujpanat and Sankt Anna. And a few I have found in Arad. If you do a search on the Banat List, you may find other postings about Schag. Or just do a Google Search on the village name, Schag, and any mention of the town will show up. Good luck in finding other Schag descendents. I know that Simon, Michel, and possibly Toma/Thoma show up in Glogowatz. Michel is Joseph b. about 1744 d. 26 September 1826 in Glogowatz Johan Michel married to Katharina Muehlin about 1765; she died 13 May 1827 Glogowatz then he married Elisabeth Schubert. Keep in mind that many lists do a Roll Call at the beginning of the year where people list where their ancestors hailed. You can do a search on the list to see if this has been done. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: <pmodreski@aol.com> To: <Banat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 3:04 PM Subject: [BANAT-L] a question - locations of family origin of people on theBanat listserv? > > > Hi, all, and perhaps I will think in terms of directing this message > particularly to Rosina, who seems to be somewhat the "organizer" of both > this listserv and of the Mt. Angel conference about which we've read so > much, As a relatively new person on this listserv (less than a year), I > have been curious as to whether anyone has ever attempted to compile any > sort of list or map showing just where within the Banat region, the family > origins of the members of this listserv, or the attendees at one or more > of the past Mt. Angel conferences, are from. > > Although this listserv has made me aware of one or more good online maps > in which Banat towns can be located, as well as the passenger lists of > ships on which my family traveled, when I read posts from someone whose > family was from a particular town I usually cannot relate to within the > whole region this might be, unless I were to look up the specific town > name and locate it on a map. I've wondered if some areas within the Banat > have more representation that others among the people on this listserv--as > to specific towns, or even just as to regions within the parts of the > Banat which are now Romania, Hungary, Serbia, etc. Of course, I'm > especially interested in finding out whether there are people on the > listserv who are from the particular area from which my (mother's side) > family originated; the village of Schag, just south of > Temeschwar/Timisoara/Temeschburg; the family names are Michl/Michel, > Simon, and Toma/Thoma, and they emigrated to the eastern U.S. > (Philadelphia a! > nd NJ area) and/or Canada in 1906-1908. > > A map of where people's families were from seems like the sort of thing > that might have been done at one of the Mt. Angel conferences--perhaps > just by having people stick pins in a map? (Or, perhaps, not!) > > I would appreciate hearing if anyone is aware of any map or listing of the > sort I'm thinking of; and if not, perhaps there might be some interest in > and ready way of compiling such a thing? > > Sincerely, > Pete Modreski (mother's name, Michl), Wheat Ridge, CO, pmodreski@aol.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 message >