Hello,I'm starting to research my Grandmother's family. Susana Schmidt (maiden name) . She was born in Klek in 1898. Which I believe is in the Banat region? Susana Schmidt emigrated to the US in 1914 at age 16. Her parents were Adam Schmidt and Barbara Schmidt (also her maiden name). They had six daughters. Four of them emigrated to the US and two to Canada. The youngest returned but I'm not sure when or where. I know My Great Grandfather Adam Schmidt died during WW2 in Klek. I don't know when Barbara died. I know they were Catholic. What I want to find out, if possible where in Germany they came from and if possible find another generation in her village. It took me two years to find my Grandmother's passenger list. They had misspelled her last name. I found the German version and it was correct. I have all of her US documents. I'm not sure if any records are still available and the name Schmidt is not the easiest to research. I also have her sisters married names. My Grandmother lived in Chicago until her divorce in the early 1930's. She then moved to Michigan with my mother and remarried. Her other sisters settled in Chicago, Michigan and Canada. I was so happy to find this group. I had a Donauschwaben intervention on a German genealogy facebook site one night. . I never knew the history of my Grandmother and Grandfather's origins. How they were German but didn't live there was very confusing. Just knew they were from Austria-Hungary or the "Old Country". I'm on the DVHH FB and have received quite the history lesson. My Grandfather's will be a tough one. I'll post that info later. Thanks EveryoneJean Tacey Hagen