Dear List members, The long-awaited book for the village of Ernsthausen is now completed! The cost is estimated at 65 euros, plus shipping and PayPal fees. The publisher asks that you RESERVE YOUR COPY NOW so that they can get a clear idea of how many copies to print. Please note: Pre-orders should be sent to Achim Reiter directly at his email - achimreiter@gmx.de <mailto:achimreiter@gmx.de> You may write to him in English. Please do not send your orders to me. The publication notice from Achim Reiter follows with more details on the books. —Karen Preston Familienbuch Ernsthausen by Hans Repp – Reservations Now Being Taken Hans Repp has done an outstanding job of preparing and bringing the Family Book Ernsthausen to print. The Family Book covers the time of Ernsthausen's founding in 1822 to the end of the community in 1945. Of course, the time gaps in the available documentation must be taken into consideration, especially since most of the original church registers have been lost or are missing. Until 1828, all records were kept in Sartscha. The records were also incorporated, as were the records for dissolved community Kiss-Maria (recorded in the Pardan records). After the establishment of their own Parish in 1828, Ernsthausen kept their own church registers. The basis for the processed materials are the duplicate copies of the original entries, which had to be delivered to the Diocese, and can be found today in the Staatsarchiv in Novi Sad. Individual years were not found and a greater time-period between 1868 and 1879 was unfortunately no longer available. Only a minimal part of the original Church books could be located. The author has, despite the scattered source locations, created a comprehensive work with many references to the original communities. He did this by including and referring to many of the other Banater communities and their records, even partially including them in this book. The lists in the Ernsthausen Heimatbuch von Schag Lisa (Elisabeth Flassak) were also incorporated in the book. The work consists of a 2 volume set with 1,100 pages. For the release of this Family Book, we need to estimate the number of orders for this edition. We urgently ask for firm reservations ASAP. We are currently estimating a price of about 65 €, plus shipping and any additional PayPal fees. This price is based on a minimum press run of 100 copies. The price might become more favorable with a larger press run. We expect to go to print by the end of 2017 and begin shipping in January 2018, after receipt of your payment. Please submit your reservation with your name, address and telephone number to: Achim Reiter Arbeitskreis fuer Veroeffenlichung Banater Familienbuecher (AVBF) Knappenweg 32, 70569 Stuttgart GERMANY You may also place your reservation by email: achimreiter@gmx.de or by FAX 01149-711-2478141