I am planning a trip to Hungary/Romania and was wondering if anyone had been to the village of Offsenitza in Romania where my family comes from. It would be interesting to know if the religious places are still there and graveyards as well. Also, if it is possible to get records. I do not speak the language, which is always a challenge. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Hello Lynda, I have not been to Ofsenita, Romania, but I was very near there in September of last year, visiting many small towns around Timisoara. I can highly recommend an English-speaking tour guide, Alexandra Irimia aka Timisoara Tour Guide. Also Stasa Cvetkovic of Synergia Genealogy Services has expert knowledge about Germans in Banat, and he may be available for research and tour guiding, depending on his schedule. He is a member of this list and can probably answer your questions about whether churches and graveyards still exist there. Vicki Albu -----Original Message----- From: BANAT [mailto:banat-bounces+valbu=comcast.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lynda Curran Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2017 12:39 PM To: banat@rootsweb.com Subject: [BANAT-L] Offsenitza Romania I am planning a trip to Hungary/Romania and was wondering if anyone had been to the village of Offsenitza in Romania where my family comes from. It would be interesting to know if the religious places are still there and graveyards as well. Also, if it is possible to get records. I do not speak the language, which is always a challenge. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------- 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

Hi Lynda, I was there with a group tour in 2010 with Stasa as guide. The church roof collapsed in an earthquake several years ago and there are trees growing inside the church. The very little bit that remains of the cemetery is in a clump of bush just outside the village and north or northeast of the church. I wrote a blog about our trip with one picture. You will find it at http://zichydorf10.blogspot.ca/. We were there on May 30. I have a few more pictures I can share if you want to contact me off list. You can also find it on Google maps and go to satellite view. Our group has some digital church records. Check out what we have at http://zichydorfonline.org/genealogy/3-genealogy/288-church-records-digital-images. I believe that there is also an online Familienbuch. I don't recall the URL, but you should be able to find it in a Google search. Glenn Schwartz President, Zichydorf Village Association (http://zichydorfonline.org) Searching: Schwartz, Kleckner, Schönherr in Zichydorf, Banat; Schüssler, Millecker, Lenhardt in Kudritz, Banat; Schwartz, Kory, Pierson/Person in Morawitza, Banat; Kalupsky/Chalupsky in Blumenthal, Banat; Bardua, Kandel, Heuchert in Kolomea, Galicia; Kuntz, Holzer, Kraft, Wolfe, Folk (Volk) in Kutschurgan, Russia; Macht in Volga, Russia. Email: gschwartz@accesscomm.ca On 4/11/2017 11:38 AM, Lynda Curran wrote: > I am planning a trip to Hungary/Romania and was wondering if anyone > had been to the village of Offsenitza in Romania where my family comes > from. It would be interesting to know if the religious places are > still there and graveyards as well. Also, if it is possible to get > records. I do not speak the language, which is always a challenge. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >