Hello John, Thank you for your email. My father’ grandmother was a Schreiner in Bukin. We completely lost touch with that side of the family since World War II. Schreiner is a very common name. Unless this woman’s ancestors are from Bukin (Batschka) or from Besseringen (Saarland) it would be very hard to trace. Anne Dreer From: John Frey Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 10:28 AM To: Anne Dreer Subject: Re: [DVHH] Saarland-Lothringen On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 7:22 AM, John Frey <jenfrey@aol.com> wrote: I noticed that you mentioned a Schreiner family in your email. I once knew an Anne Schreiner who lived on the south side of Chicago and went to Nortwestern University. Any relation? John Frey On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Anne Dreer <dreera@sympatico.ca> wrote: I just read an article about one of the towns (Besseringen) in the present day Saarland where the Schreiner side of my family came from in the early 1700’s. It has the history from the earliest settlements in the area. It is under : DIE GESCHICHTE DES ORTES BESSERINGEN It is near the border of present day France, Luxemburg and the Saarland ( Germany). There was a continuous struggle between different countries and nobles. It was invaded, destroyed, suffered floods and wars and diseases. The borders were moved, reversed, split and shifted. Those suffering the most were the peasants. No wonder our ancestors left to escape such unsettling conditions. Anne D. ------------------------------- 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