Hi Gwen, The people on this list are most helpful. Some members are made the trip there also and can give you better advise on the specific areas you are looking for. My families are near the Pancevo area much closer to Belgrade. The people on this list may even be able to give you better advise on house numbers as some of the villages have old maps available. I will forward you questions to this list in hopes of better responses for you. Hopefully they will respond to you directly.... instead of on the list. Donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com Rita > Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 22:19:48 -0700 > To: donauschwaben-l@genealogy.net > From: donauschwaben-l@genealogy.net > Subject: [DS] Traveling to Serbia and visitng Heufeld and Neuberg an der Bega > > > > Hello List: > > I am seeking your travel advice! I suddenly find myself traveling to Serbia shortly, and am able to spend one day up near the Romanian border, near Kikinda. I have a Belgrade youth willing to bring me there at my request. My problem is that I've been out of my genealogy research for so long, that this sudden trip has caught me off guard, and I'm not sure where to tell him to take me. Any advice? > > > > Here is what I remember: > > Great Grandfather, Chrisof BUERGER is from Nagy Tozeg/Heufeld (out of Matias BUERGER and Magdalena NOEL) > > Great Grandmother, Magdelene KLINGER is from Ujvar/Neuberg an der Bega, (d. of Jacob KLINGER and Ana ZAHRINGER) > > Magdalena was born in house 28, which is where her grandfather also passed. > > > > Is it an easy trip to visit both towns (one in Serbia and one in Romania?) > > How can I find where house 28 was in Neuberg an der Bega, so I can try and see it today? > > Where are the german cemeteries for these cities? Will I be able to recognize names? (I remember they are not cared for). > > > > These are small towns, what would you recommend? > > > > Gwen Olsen in Oregon, USA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Donauschwaben-L mailing list > Donauschwaben-L@genealogy.net > http://list.genealogy.net/mm/listinfo/donauschwaben-l

Gwen, I haven't been in Serbia for many years (since the time just before the revolution in the early 90s, I think it was). If you are traveling with a Serb, that can be very helpful! But with only one day, maybe it's better to visit Heufeld only, unless your Serbian guide can arrange the Romanian visit for you and make it easy. Hopefully your Serb guide will make it possible to visit the villages without any suspicion. When I traveled alone there, a few people were helpful, but many seemed wary of contact with me--this was in St. Hubert, which is nearby Heufeld. It may have been the language barrier, but there was also a clear "these are Germanic types searching for their ancestors" kind of thing going on. It was a very tense time there, however, and I can say that for the most part it seemed like good people there, living under a difficult situation. Sadly, most of the cemeteries are either completely gone, or are in ruins where you might find an occasional headstone exposed. That was 20+ years ago, and maybe the situation is worse now. I would strongly advise you to find early maps of Heufeld and Neuberg to see the house numbers, as I'm pretty sure nothing will correspond to current addresses. But you will probably find the house not much different than when your ancestors were there! Maybe you can find a map in a family book, or someone on this list can perhaps assist you with the old layout of the town. Okay, that's just some general idea...good luck! Bill Knuttel Napa -----Original Message----- From: Rita Schiwanowitsch <schiwanore@msn.com> To: gmcopeland <gmcopeland@aol.com>; donauschwaben-villages <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Jul 6, 2014 5:40 am Subject: Re: [DVHH] [DS] Traveling to Serbia and visitng Heufeld and Neuberg an der Bega Hi Gwen, The people on this list are most helpful. Some members are made the trip there also and can give you better advise on the specific areas you are looking for. My families are near the Pancevo area much closer to Belgrade. The people on this list may even be able to give you better advise on house numbers as some of the villages have old maps available. I will forward you questions to this list in hopes of better responses for you. Hopefully they will respond to you directly.... instead of on the list. Donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com Rita > Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 22:19:48 -0700 > To: donauschwaben-l@genealogy.net > From: donauschwaben-l@genealogy.net > Subject: [DS] Traveling to Serbia and visitng Heufeld and Neuberg an der Bega > > > > Hello List: > > I am seeking your travel advice! I suddenly find myself traveling to Serbia shortly, and am able to spend one day up near the Romanian border, near Kikinda. I have a Belgrade youth willing to bring me there at my request. My problem is that I've been out of my genealogy research for so long, that this sudden trip has caught me off guard, and I'm not sure where to tell him to take me. Any advice? > > > > Here is what I remember: > > Great Grandfather, Chrisof BUERGER is from Nagy Tozeg/Heufeld (out of Matias BUERGER and Magdalena NOEL) > > Great Grandmother, Magdelene KLINGER is from Ujvar/Neuberg an der Bega, (d. of Jacob KLINGER and Ana ZAHRINGER) > > Magdalena was born in house 28, which is where her grandfather also passed. > > > > Is it an easy trip to visit both towns (one in Serbia and one in Romania?) > > How can I find where house 28 was in Neuberg an der Bega, so I can try and see it today? > > Where are the german cemeteries for these cities? Will I be able to recognize names? (I remember they are not cared for). > > > > These are small towns, what would you recommend? > > > > Gwen Olsen in Oregon, USA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Donauschwaben-L mailing list > Donauschwaben-L@genealogy.net > http://list.genealogy.net/mm/listinfo/donauschwaben-l ------------------------------- 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