As a reminder, the DVHH is an excellent resource to learn about Danube Swabian History http://www.dvhh.org/history/ My Recommended reads: A Short History of The Danube Swabian http://www.dvhh.org/history/1700s/DS-history~tullius.htm Prince Eugene and our Old Homeland http://www.dvhh.org/history/1700s/1718-prince_eugene~Lotz-Friedrich~rvetter. htm The Colonization of the Banat Following its Turkish Occupation (With particular emphasis on emigration from Lorraine and Luxemburg (Southern Belgian province of Luxemburg) http://www.dvhh.org/history/1700s/banat-colonization-after-turks.htm German Settlements in Eastern Europe http://www.dvhh.org/history/gardiner_germans_eeu.htm Jody McKim Pharr DVHH Publisher