Kaden, I will tomorrow ask local registry office in Šušara about the birth of your great grandfather. Any idea about the exact date of birth? If you do not have that information, it does not matter, it can still be checked. On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 1:01 AM, <ddreyer@pacbell.net> wrote: > Mike, > Good point------I had forgotten it was a Protestant village. > Dave Dreyer > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: michaelhes@aol.com > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 3:55 PM > To: ddreyer@pacbell.net; kjettotteson@gmail.com; Banat-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BANAT-L] Steinbach Family > > Dave: One point about Mramorak. It wouldn't have had a Catholic Church > because it was a Protestant/"evangelisch" town. However, my mom, from > Mramorak, did say that both Muslims and Orthodox were a minority in their > town. The Protestants were both Lutheran and Methodist. > > Mike Hess > michaelhes@aol.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: ddreyer <ddreyer@pacbell.net> > To: Kaden Steinbach <kjettotteson@gmail.com>; Banat-L < > Banat-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sun, Feb 26, 2017 6:48 pm > Subject: Re: [BANAT-L] Steinbach Family > > Kaden, > In all these years of the Banat list this is the first time that I can > recall that the matter of Schuschara has come up on the list. The German > name for the town was Sanddorf, reflecting its location in the sand hills > of the Banat Military Frontier. Note from the map that there are no nearby > towns supporting the view that the sandy soils were unsuitable for > profitable agriculture. The recently published book by Holbach suggests > that Sanddorf was established in 1892 which makes it unlikely you will find > any family data on the internet. Did it even have a Catholic church? If > your guys were born before 1891 you will need search in another locality. I > do not find any Steinbachs in the family book of the nearest Banater > Deutsch settlement of Mramorak. There are some Steinbachs in the Pantschowa > family book but in the 18th century so you are faced with a substantial gap > to make a possible connection. > In my view, you will need to find a contact with access to the Serb > archives in NeuSatz to solve your problem. You might consider contacting > Stasa Cvetkovic at synergia@gmail.com for this purpose. His rates are > very reasonable. > Dave Dreyer > > Sent from Mail for Windows 10 > > From: Kaden Steinbach > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:20 AM > To: banat@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BANAT-L] Steinbach Family > > Hello, my name is Kaden Steinbach I am 16. I have always been interested in > my familys history. my great grandpa John Steinbach was born in Schuschara > in 1923. His parents were Josef and Eva Steinbach, my great grandpa never > talked about his dad. I remember meeting my great grandpa only once and > that was on his deathbed. I wish he was still around so I could talk to him > about our family history. my family was captured by the soviets but later > escaped and moved to Braunau. at that point my great great grandpa Josef > was no longer with them. I don't know if he was conscripted into the Prinz > Eugen and died on the front lines or died in a camp. > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- *Stasa Cvetkovic* *http://www.synergia.rs/ <http://www.synergia.rs/>* *Tel/fax: +381 21 553 265* *Mobile: +381 62 598 517* *Novi Sad, Serbia* *Visit our webpage <http://www.synergia.rs/>*