Stephanie Benjamin: It is so interesting to read your email and fascinating to see that you live in Syndey Australia. A person doesn't realize just how many places the people from the Banat area moved to when they left their homeland. I too have ancestors who came from the Banat area and settled in the state of North Dakota, USA. Nancy Dorrheim Mandan, ND USA -----Original Message----- From: banat-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:banat-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of banat-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 2:02 AM To: banat@rootsweb.com Subject: BANAT Digest, Vol 4, Issue 343 Today's Topics: 1. AUTO: John McClellan/ADMISSIONS/Staff/CSU is out of the office. (returning Mon 01/04/2010) (John A McClellan) 2. Banat Christmas (Stephanie Benjamin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:01:10 -0500 From: John A McClellan <j.a.mcclellan@csuohio.edu> Subject: [BANAT-L] AUTO: John McClellan/ADMISSIONS/Staff/CSU is out of the office. (returning Mon 01/04/2010) To: banat@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <OF5FE17046.10D0AE80-ON85257699.00318B9E-85257699.00318B9E@csuohio.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I am out of the office from Thu 12/24/2009 until Mon 01/04/2010. I will respond to your message when I return. Note: This is an automated response to your message "BANAT Digest, Vol 4, Issue 342" sent on 12/27/09 3:01:34. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:20:30 +1100 From: "Stephanie Benjamin" <benjaminsax@optusnet.com.au> Subject: [BANAT-L] Banat Christmas To: <BANAT@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <739A3C35CE134459A99AC01298068B82@UserPC> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I share the sentiments of all who have posted over the Christmas period. I too have Banat Grandparents who are so deeply missed at Christmas. They loved Christmas and devoted themselves to preserving a very special tradition for us kids. Now I do this with my own adult children--and try to explain why we do what we do and where these traditions came from. This year I decided to dedicate a special christmas tree decoration to each of our missing family members. My grandfather's decoration was a girl riding on a flying swan because it reminded me of Opa's bedtime story ... "Der grosse vogel" How do others carry on these precious traditions with the new generatons? Best Wishes and a Wonderful Banat Christmas and New Year to all. Stephanie Benjamin Sydney Australia ------------------------------ 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 4, Issue 343 *************************************