A wonderful presentation by the Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum on a pdf format: Migration in the Danube Region Eighteenth-Century German Migration to Hungary Here is a tiny snippet, and link below: Because the authorities generally only permitted immigrants to enter the country as families, many of those who were not yet married found themselves forced to marry before departing or, by the latest, somewhere along the way. Records for many such marriages can be found at churches in Danube ports and places such as the Wengen Church in Ulm. During the first decades of settlement, a remarkably large number of widows and widowers were among the couples to wed this way. For example, only one third of the marriages performed in communities of the Bóly (Bohl) estate were for two persons who had never before been married. It was part of the settlers’ survival strategy related to the high mortality rate: Widowed persons could not run a farm alone, so it was often necessary to remarry within just weeks of a spouse’s death. For many men, marrying a widow was the easiest way to get residency. Young women, too, profited from marrying an older widower, thereby gaining a secure livelihood. It was thus quite common to find significant age differences between spouses. All of this resulted in unusual family structures where children from different marriages lived together. Children who had lost one or both parents stayed in the new family or were placed with foster parents. Their mortality rate was nonetheless exceptionally high, especially among infants and toddlers. Also this is included in the presentation which may be of interest to some of you: “All nationalities – Hungarians, Germans, Slovakians, Raizes and Wallachians – were warmly welcomed.” Different Migration Movements Meet and Clash All and MUCH more found here: http://www.danube-places.eu/images/katalog/ungarn%20schwaben%20katalog_dzm_I NT_ENG.pdf Enjoy, Jody

If this link does not work, copy and paste the entire link all the way through to .pdf and paste into your browser http://www.danube-places.eu/images/katalog/ungarn%20schwaben%20katalog_dzm_I NT_ENG.pdf -----Original Message----- From: donauschwaben-villages-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:donauschwaben-villages-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jody McKim Pharr Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 12:38 AM To: DVHH Mail List Subject: [DVHH] Eighteenth-Century German Migration to Hungary A wonderful presentation by the Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum on a pdf format: Migration in the Danube Region Eighteenth-Century German Migration to Hungary Here is a tiny snippet, and link below: Because the authorities generally only permitted immigrants to enter the country as families, many of those who were not yet married found themselves forced to marry before departing or, by the latest, somewhere along the way. Records for many such marriages can be found at churches in Danube ports and places such as the Wengen Church in Ulm. During the first decades of settlement, a remarkably large number of widows and widowers were among the couples to wed this way. For example, only one third of the marriages performed in communities of the Bóly (Bohl) estate were for two persons who had never before been married. It was part of the settlers’ survival strategy related to the high mortality rate: Widowed persons could not run a farm alone, so it was often necessary to remarry within just weeks of a spouse’s death. For many men, marrying a widow was the easiest way to get residency. Young women, too, profited from marrying an older widower, thereby gaining a secure livelihood. It was thus quite common to find significant age differences between spouses. All of this resulted in unusual family structures where children from different marriages lived together. Children who had lost one or both parents stayed in the new family or were placed with foster parents. Their mortality rate was nonetheless exceptionally high, especially among infants and toddlers. Also this is included in the presentation which may be of interest to some of you: “All nationalities – Hungarians, Germans, Slovakians, Raizes and Wallachians – were warmly welcomed.” Different Migration Movements Meet and Clash All and MUCH more found here: http://www.danube-places.eu/images/katalog/ungarn%20schwaben%20katalog_dzm_I NT_ENG.pdf Enjoy, Jody ------------------------------- 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

You need this entire address as shown below: http://www.danube-places.eu/images/katalog/ungarn%20schwaben%20katalog_dzm_INT_ENG.pdf Tony> From: jodymckimpharr@comcast.net > To: donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 00:54:03 -0400 > Subject: Re: [DVHH] Eighteenth-Century German Migration to Hungary > > If this link does not work, copy and paste the entire link all the way > through to .pdf and paste into your browser > > http://www.danube-places.eu/images/katalog/ungarn%20schwaben%20katalog_dzm_I > NT_ENG.pdf > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: donauschwaben-villages-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:donauschwaben-villages-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jody McKim > Pharr > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 12:38 AM > To: DVHH Mail List > Subject: [DVHH] Eighteenth-Century German Migration to Hungary > > A wonderful presentation by the Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum on a pdf > format: > > > > Migration in the Danube Region > > Eighteenth-Century German Migration to Hungary > > > > Here is a tiny snippet, and link below: > > > > Because the authorities generally only permitted immigrants to enter > > the country as families, many of those who were not yet married > > found themselves forced to marry before departing or, by the latest, > > somewhere along the way. Records for many such marriages can be > > found at churches in Danube ports and places such as the Wengen > > Church in Ulm. During the first decades of settlement, > > a remarkably large number of widows and widowers were among > > the couples to wed this way. For example, > > only one third of the marriages performed in communities of the > > Bóly (Bohl) estate were for two persons who had never before been > > married. It was part of the settlers’ survival strategy related to the high > > mortality rate: Widowed persons could not run a farm alone, so it was > > often necessary to remarry within just weeks of a spouse’s death. > > > > For many men, marrying a widow was the easiest way to get residency. > > Young women, too, profited from marrying an older widower, thereby > > gaining a secure livelihood. It was thus quite common to find significant > > age differences between spouses. All of this resulted in unusual family > > structures where children from different marriages lived together. Children > > who had lost one or both parents stayed in the new family or were > > placed with foster parents. Their mortality rate was nonetheless > exceptionally > > high, especially among infants and toddlers. > > > > Also this is included in the presentation which may be of interest to some > of you: > > “All nationalities – Hungarians, Germans, Slovakians, Raizes and Wallachians > – were warmly welcomed.” > > Different Migration Movements Meet and Clash > > > > All and MUCH more found here: > > http://www.danube-places.eu/images/katalog/ungarn%20schwaben%20katalog_dzm_I > NT_ENG.pdf > > > > Enjoy, > > > > Jody > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Dear Jody. Thank you for posting the pdf "Migration in the Danube Region" by the Donauschwabisces Zentralmuseum. What a wonderful resource for us. Not only history, but maps, graphics and photographs. It will take time to go through all the information it contains. What a joy awaits us! Thank you to the scholars who put all of this information in a very readable manner. Regards, June Meyer junemeyerrecipes@yahoo.com www.junemeyer.com See my homepage and Hungarian heirloom recipes! www.facebook.com/june.meyer.501 See my Face Book page. " ALWAYS REMEMBER: If we don't ask, we'll never know. . . and if we don't record what we do know, our descendants will wish we had!!" On Jun 9, 2014, at 11:37 PM, Jody McKim Pharr <jodymckimpharr@comcast.net> wrote: > A wonderful presentation by the Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum on a pdf > format: > > > > Migration in the Danube Region > > Eighteenth-Century German Migration to Hungary > > > > Here is a tiny snippet, and link below: > > > > Because the authorities generally only permitted immigrants to enter > > the country as families, many of those who were not yet married > > found themselves forced to marry before departing or, by the latest, > > somewhere along the way. Records for many such marriages can be > > found at churches in Danube ports and places such as the Wengen > > Church in Ulm. During the first decades of settlement, > > a remarkably large number of widows and widowers were among > > the couples to wed this way. For example, > > only one third of the marriages performed in communities of the > > Bóly (Bohl) estate were for two persons who had never before been > > married. It was part of the settlers’ survival strategy related to the high > > mortality rate: Widowed persons could not run a farm alone, so it was > > often necessary to remarry within just weeks of a spouse’s death. > > > > For many men, marrying a widow was the easiest way to get residency. > > Young women, too, profited from marrying an older widower, thereby > > gaining a secure livelihood. It was thus quite common to find significant > > age differences between spouses. All of this resulted in unusual family > > structures where children from different marriages lived together. Children > > who had lost one or both parents stayed in the new family or were > > placed with foster parents. Their mortality rate was nonetheless > exceptionally > > high, especially among infants and toddlers. > > > > Also this is included in the presentation which may be of interest to some > of you: > > “All nationalities – Hungarians, Germans, Slovakians, Raizes and Wallachians > – were warmly welcomed.” > > Different Migration Movements Meet and Clash > > > > All and MUCH more found here: > > http://www.danube-places.eu/images/katalog/ungarn%20schwaben%20katalog_dzm_I > NT_ENG.pdf > > > > Enjoy, > > > > Jody > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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