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 and 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

There are MICHELS and THOME in Hatzfeld and Deutsch Zerne. Fran Matkovich ----- Original Message ----- From: pmodreski@aol.com To: Banat@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:04 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