MY grandmother was Helena KRAUS >>her parents were: Joannis KRAUS and Josepha DONAD >>She was born : Sept 1889 in Oberwischau (Viseu de Sus) later moving to >Cosna >>where she met and married my grandfather June 1906 >>his name being: Carl WEISHAUPT >>Born: July 1882 >>in Jacobeni, Austria at that time now Iacobeni, Romania >>his parents were: Joannis WEISSHAUPT and Carolina Rosea BRODACZ >>Joannis' parents being: Jacob WEISSHAUPT and Elizabetha BOGDANSKI >>Jacob's parents being: Matie WEIFSHAUPT and Ester SKIBAK (bear with me on >>these spellings as the records were very old and hard to read. It mentioned >>that Matie was somewhere near Transsylvania. >> >>I think that the KRAUS family were most likely Donuba-Svabians, coming from >>a southern part of Germany (close to Bavaria) But the question now is >where? >> >>As for the WEISHAUPT/WEISSHAUPT and variate spellings. I have found most of >>my records from Jacobeni mirco films at the FHL. >> >>I did find a few others who are: >> >>Carl's sisters: >> >>Anna Maria WEISHAUPT who married Carl SCHIROWSKI in Romania >>and Rosa WEISHAUPT who married Franscaiscus SXAJKA (again spelling may >vary) >> >>If anyone has any info about any of these families please contact me at: >>shelmack@netidea.com >> >