Hi again I was wondering if anyone has received my request and can help me. MY Mother, GISELLA HERMANN, born Torda Yugoslavia 1921, Religion CATHOLIC. BORN TO STEFAN HERMAN, MOTHER UNKNOWN MY Father, KARL Or (KAROLY) SOTI, born Devavanya Hungary 1920, Religion PROTESTANT. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Gaby Sent from my iPad

Hi Gaby, I missed your original posting, so don't know if more details were given there. On my family tree, I have one HERMANN, first name Margaret, b. 1900, Szepfalu, Temes, Hungary; married my grand uncle, Michael KELLER, from Glogowatz, Arad. Margaret had a brother, Michael, b. 1890. Their parents were: Michael Hermann b. 1866, Szepfalu, d. 1955 New York and Margaret Hilcser b. 1868, Szepfalu, d. 1939 New York. They were Catholic and immigrated to Buffalo, New York, 1910. Given all the recent discussion on this site about what exactly it means to be Donauschwaben from the Banat, I have learned that the answer is often rather complicated!! The discussions have resulted in my thinking more "outside the box" or in this case brick wall, in my genealogy research. I honestly have to admit that my initial reaction upon reading your question was to think, well... I don't have any ancestors from Yugoslavia and so... just archive the posting and move on. (I'm more than a little behind in reading the volume of recent postings, but do want to read all.) Still... I have learned something here through all the discussions! In the back of my mind, there was this lingering doubt and I kept asking myself, "what have you learned here?" In conclusion, I couldn't say with absolute certainty that none of my ancestors came from Yugoslavia!! As several listers have pointed out to me and other newbies, it's certainly possible that our German speaking ancestors originated from somewhere outside Germany!! Hope the above information on my Hermann line is helpful. And if not, hopefully someone else on this list can help you find the missing link(s) to your grandparents. Good luck in your search! Linda On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Gaby Curtis-Hayward <gabyh@adam.com.au>wrote: > Hi again > > I was wondering if anyone has received my request and can help me. > > MY Mother, GISELLA HERMANN, born Torda Yugoslavia 1921, Religion CATHOLIC. > BORN TO STEFAN HERMAN, MOTHER UNKNOWN > > MY Father, KARL Or (KAROLY) SOTI, born Devavanya Hungary 1920, Religion > PROTESTANT. > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Gaby > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >