Denise; Yes, according to the AKdFF Handbook there is a Pankota HOG Dave Dreyer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Sproed" <denisesproed@onlinenw.com> To: "Dave Dreyer" <ddreyer@pacbell.net>; "Banat List" <BANAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [BANAT-L] Music in the Banat > Is there a "HOG" for Pankota? That is where my ancestor was from who > reportedly was in the Kaiser's band. > > Thank you, Denise > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Dreyer" <ddreyer@pacbell.net> > To: "Banat List" <BANAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Cc: "Dawn Marshall" <dawnmarshall73@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 12:15 PM > Subject: [BANAT-L] Music in the Banat > > > Dawn; > There is much interest (on the part of others) on Banat music matters. It > is not clear from your message if the picture you have is taken in America > or in the Banat. > The big expert on Banat music is Franz Metz who writes articles, appearing > from time to time in the Banater Post. Almost every Heimatbuch will have > a chapter on the local music Kapella and choir. Some Banat localities > were especially know for their Music Kapella and if memory serves the ones > from Billed and Kl Betschkerek and perhaps others made tours about Europe > and North America. These were relatively wealthy villages and could > afford instruments and moreover, had one or more directors which devoted > their time to fostering music in the locality. > In your case, I would recommend gathering up as much background > information on your photo as possible and send it off to Franz Metz. > You might check the Baltimore newspapers for the week following 4 Jul 1914 > , especially the German language ones, for articles on the Saengerfest. > If you can identify the village that is associated with the people in your > photos then certainly the respective HOG would like to have a copy that > they might publish in their Heimatblatt. > Dave Dreyer > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dawn Marshall > To: ddreyer@pacbell.net > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 10:35 PM > Subject: Banat family History > > > > > Dear Mr. Dryer, > > My name is Dawn Marshall. I have been researching my family history for > some years now and have only recently tried to untangle the German side of > the family. When we sold my gram's house two summers ago, we cleaned out > the attic and found many items from the past that we did not know even > existed. Apparently, when my grandfather first married my grandmom, all > this stuff was put up there and left that way as his parents had passed on > and sadly, he would pass on in about 12 years time. This was in the > 1940's. When I think how we almost sold the house without going in the > crawl space! Thank you for all your work, it has helped immensely. > > The reason I am writing to you is that we seem to have large portraits of > a mens choirs called the Banater Maennerchor. We think we can pick out a > few of our relatives. We also have a large portrait of what looks like a > huge banquet picture taken, but we can't tell what it is. Since we found > them together, we think they are of the same people and time frame. I was > wondering if you knew of anything with this. My mom has the pictures, but > I would be glad to get a copy of them and email them for you. I do know > one was taken at Vereinigte Arbeiter Gesangvereinen von Nord-Ost Staaten > Sängerfest in Baltimore, MD. on July 4th, 1914 > as its written on the picture in the white pencil they used back then. > -- > Dawn Marshall > DawnMarshall73@gmail.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 >