> Peter; > I don't have the addresses at hand and would have to hunt them up using > Google. I will leave the search up to you----put some of the Bulgarian > place nemes in Stephanie's message into the search slot to start. > Dave Dreyer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: PETER MIKE > To: Dave Dreyer > Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 12:59 PM > Subject: RE: [BANAT-L] Roll Call (Stephanie Benjamin) > > > Dave: > > I read your message to Stephanie, and am interested in where I might > read about the migration from Bulgaria. > > I found the Surname Miok in several Banat Cities: including Macedonia in > the 1828 Hungarian Census. > > Thanks in advance for any info. > > > > > > > > Peter C. Mike (Miok) > SOLUTIONS JIT Inc. > 9351 Vallarta Trail > Tucson, AZ 85749 > www.solutionsjit.com > pcmike@msn.com > c 520-661-3213 > p/f 520-749-3544 > > > > > > From: ddreyer@pacbell.net > > To: BANAT-L@rootsweb.com > > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:32:40 -0800 > > Subject: Re: [BANAT-L] Roll Call (Stephanie Benjamin) > > > > > > > > Stephanie; > > > After 20 years on the Banat list someone after all this time comes up > with > > > ancestors from Bardarski Geran/Macadonia. > > > Among the various ethnic groups which the Hapsburgs settled in the > Banat > > > was a group of Roman Catholic ethnic Bulgarians. These Catholics > moved to > > > the Banat from Bulgaria where they could join coreligionists. When > the > > > Russians drove the Turks out of Bulgaria and there was a greater > degree of > > > freedom of religion some of the Bulgarians started returning in 1887 > to > > > resettle in their old homeland. In time, firstly in 1893, ethnic > German > > > Banaters begin following these Bulgarians to settle in Bulgaria. The > > > first group(of many) of seven families of German Banaters moved to > > > Bardarski Geran in 1893. These families came mainly from Denta, > > > Gertianosch, Homolitz and D Stamora. The returning Bulgarians came > mainly > > > from Wing, Bulgarische Kolonie and Alt Beschenowa. By 1936 there were > > > about 90 German Banater families living in Bardarski Geran. Other > > > Bulgarian towns with Banater colonists were Tsarev Brod/Shumen and > > > Gostily/Pleven. > > > An unknown number of these German Banaters in Bulgaria, later left > and > > > came to America(and apparently Australia). > > > One can document a number of North Dakota Banaters who came via > Bulgaria. > > > These include the Haich brothers, who were born in Neu St Peter but > came > > > from Bardasrski Geran before coming to America, Neumann, Lenhard and > > > Kussmann. > > > These remaining Banaters living in Bulgaria were repatriated and > resettled > > > in Germany between 1941 and 1943 according to German Government > > > policy(Back to the Reich). Apparently the present day location of the > > > Bardarski Geran KBs is not known. > > > As you probably know there are several usual web pages on Germans in > > > Bardarski Geran. > > > Dave Dreyer > > > >