Bastian, I see that Glenn Schwartz has recomended genealogist Stasa Cvetovic.  Stasa has done two research projects for us and he did a fantastic job.  We were very pleased and will likely use him again for another line.  Cathy From: "banat-request@rootsweb.com" <banat-request@rootsweb.com> To: banat@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 5:36 PM Subject: BANAT Digest, Vol 12, Issue 31 Send BANAT mailing list submissions to     banat@rootsweb.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit     http://lists9.rootsweb.ancestry.com/mailman/listinfo/banat or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to     banat-request@rootsweb.com You can reach the person managing the list at     banat-owner@rootsweb.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of BANAT digest..." Today's Topics:   1. Re: Travelling to the Banat (Glenn Schwartz)   2. Re: Travelling to the Banat (John Schambre) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 16:08:41 -0600 From: Glenn Schwartz <gschwartz@accesscomm.ca> To: <banat@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [BANAT-L] Travelling to the Banat Message-ID: <19101197-22ab-c7d4-14d9-5e4ab9d86fca@accesscomm.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Another option is Stasa Cvetkovic. He lives in Serbia, but often travels to Romania for genealogical work. synergia@gmail.com Another possibility is Sorin Fortiu. He is very expert in genealogy and history. He does not drive and is not very active in genealogy any more, but you can give him a try. sorinfortiu@gmail.com Glenn Schwartz President, Zichydorf Village Association (http://zichydorfonline.org) Searching: Schwartz, Kleckner, Sch?nherr in Zichydorf, Banat; Sch?ssler, 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 1/23/2017 9:01 AM, Vicki Albu wrote: > Hello Bastian, > > You will probably get additional helpful answers from other members of this > email list, but I have a recent experience with travel to the Banat area. > Four colleagues and I traveled to Romania in September. We speak almost no > Romanian, so we also wanted to hire a driver and tour guide. In the > Timisoara area we hired Alexandra Irimie, aka Timisoara Tour Guide. (I > believe someone on this list recommended her to us.) We found her to be very > helpful. She is not a genealogist per se, but she has experience with the > Archives and she speaks many languages. She knows the area well, is > reliable, and is a safe driver. She is also a lot of fun, and knows > restaurants and other attractions around Timisoara. I can highly recommend > her! Prices in Romania are affordable. We hired other guides in Transylvania > and in the Maramures area, and I can make a few recommendations in those > areas if you are interested. Please feel free to contact me at > valbu@comcast.net or info@romaniangenealogy.com. > > Vicki Albu > Romanian Genealogy Society > > -----Original Message----- > From: BANAT [mailto:banat-bounces+valbu=comcast.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf > Of Bastian Jones > Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 4:43 AM > To: banat@rootsweb.com > Subject: [BANAT-L] Travelling to the Banat > > Hello fellow list members, > > > I am planning to go and see the cities in the Banat where my grandfather and > my ancestors lived (Tschanad, Keglewichhausen, Marienfeld). > > > Does anybody of you already have experience with such a travel? I'm thinking > about costs, hotels, a tour guide/driver? I am living in Germany so going to > Romania should not be a big problem (probably flying). However, I am not > speaking Romanian and I'm also not familiar with the "do-s and don't-s" of > such a travel ;) > > > Happy to get any help, ideas and feedback from you. > > Best regards, > > Bastian >  > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:36:09 -0800 From: John Schambre <jfschambre@comcast.net> To: Glenn Schwartz <gschwartz@accesscomm.ca> Cc: <banat@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [BANAT-L] Travelling to the Banat Message-ID: <0AE5DF88-FC82-46E9-9B51-73D354F5EC1F@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hello:  Yes, I can highly recommend Stasa Cvetkovic.  He was my driver and guide for two weeks as I traveled through Hungary and Romania researching my ancestry in the Banat region.  My primary places of interest were Wiesenhaid (Tisa Noua) and Blumenthal (Masloc) but he took me to major cities, knew exactly where the archives were and what docouments to ask for.  He helped me with my research at the archives, making charts, etc. to help me organize the data.  When we needed some help in Hungary, he called upon another researcher, Rudolf Laszlo, to come with us and help.  Rudolf speaks fluent Hungarian and is pretty good at English too.  Stasa speaks excellent English and knows some Hungarian and Romanian as well - certainly enough to understand what people were saying to us. Stasa helped me search through the old cemeteries, taking photos of tombstones, etc.  He found decent hotels for us to stay at and knew much of the history of the area during the period of our ancestors. Bottom line:  I had a wonderful experience and came home with hundreds of copies of documents relating to my family. No matter how you go or who you hire, enjoy yourself!  Try to visualize how the place was during the time of our ancestors.  At times, I could almost see my grandparents as young children working in the fields or playing in the streets.  It was a trip of a lifetime and one I shall never forget. John Schambre San Francisco > On Jan 23, 2017, at 2:08 PM, Glenn Schwartz <gschwartz@accesscomm.ca> wrote: > > Another option is Stasa Cvetkovic. He lives in Serbia, but often travels to Romania for genealogical work. synergia@gmail.com > > Another possibility is Sorin Fortiu. He is very expert in genealogy and history. He does not drive and is not very active in genealogy any more, but you can give him a try. sorinfortiu@gmail.com > > Glenn Schwartz > > President, Zichydorf Village Association (http://zichydorfonline.org) > Searching: Schwartz, Kleckner, Sch?nherr in Zichydorf, Banat; Sch?ssler, 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 1/23/2017 9:01 AM, Vicki Albu wrote: >> Hello Bastian, >> >> You will probably get additional helpful answers from other members of this >> email list, but I have a recent experience with travel to the Banat area. >> Four colleagues and I traveled to Romania in September. We speak almost no >> Romanian, so we also wanted to hire a driver and tour guide. In the >> Timisoara area we hired Alexandra Irimie, aka Timisoara Tour Guide. (I >> believe someone on this list recommended her to us.) We found her to be very >> helpful. She is not a genealogist per se, but she has experience with the >> Archives and she speaks many languages. She knows the area well, is >> reliable, and is a safe driver. She is also a lot of fun, and knows >> restaurants and other attractions around Timisoara. I can highly recommend >> her! Prices in Romania are affordable. We hired other guides in Transylvania >> and in the Maramures area, and I can make a few recommendations in those >> areas if you are interested. Please feel free to contact me at >> valbu@comcast.net or info@romaniangenealogy.com. >> >> Vicki Albu >> Romanian Genealogy Society >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: BANAT [mailto:banat-bounces+valbu=comcast.net@rootsweb.com] On Behalf >> Of Bastian Jones >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 4:43 AM >> To: banat@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [BANAT-L] Travelling to the Banat >> >> Hello fellow list members, >> >> >> I am planning to go and see the cities in the Banat where my grandfather and >> my ancestors lived (Tschanad, Keglewichhausen, Marienfeld). >> >> >> Does anybody of you already have experience with such a travel? I'm thinking >> about costs, hotels, a tour guide/driver? I am living in Germany so going to >> Romania should not be a big problem (probably flying). However, I am not >> speaking Romanian and I'm also not familiar with the "do-s and don't-s" of >> such a travel ;) >> >> >> Happy to get any help, ideas and feedback from you. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Bastian >>  ------------------------------- >> 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 ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer To contact the BANAT list administrator, send an email to BANAT-admin@rootsweb.com. 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