There are some records for Tscherwenka in the archives in Novi Sad - not all dates available Eve On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 12:46 PM, Kelly Dazet via DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Bastian! > > > That is, of course very good advice. I personally have been able to > verify many mistakes in various books and other documents that I've read. > Stader's Sammelwerk is just a compilation of information from many sources, > that may, or may not be accurate. For example for the Dietrichs that I am > researching in Kischker, he uses Lorenz's Unforgettable Kischker as his > source and Lornez say Michael Dietrich was the borther of Nikolaus, when in > fact he was a cousin. > > > Also Dr. Karl Stumpp's huge volume of work, "The Emmigration from Germany > to Russia", which is widely used as a sort of "Bible" by Germans from > Russia, if filled with errors. That emigration, BTW included many > Donauschaben from the Batscka and Bannat. Good that keep in mind while > doing your research. > > > I'm getting to the point where I am sometime's skeptical of KB entries as > well. Who's to say that they are all 100% accurate. Of course there are no > known Lutheran church records for where my Donauschaben ancestors lived in > Kischker, Tscherwenka and Werbass/Neuwerbass. Only the available > OSB/OFBs. Unless they are hidden is some archives in Serbia. > > > Kind regards, > > > Kelly > > > ________________________________ > From: DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES <[email protected]> > on behalf of Bastian Dornbach via DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES < > [email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 2:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [DVHH] About lookups and roll calls > > I would like to share some thoughts about all the lookups and roll calls: > As convenient as it might look to just receive all information from books, > please always be aware that information might not be correct. > > > > From my own experience I know that e.g. the Tschanad Family book has a lot > of flaws (wrong date of death, wrong conclusions about parents,…). > Furthermore regarding my early ancestors who came from the Holy Roman > Empire of German Nations (Germany) into the Banat, the author from the > Tschanad Family book just copied the information from Stader, Treude etc. – > which was also wrong. > > > > That led to me making wrong assumptions and finally standing there without > ancestors, because the people who were supposed to have left Germany to the > Banat in 1765 DID NOT leave their home town – and also died there. > > > > There were two people with the same name in the village, who both had a > son that also had the same name, both born only four months apart in 1764 > (I know! What a coincidence!). > > > > Treude just picked the wrong one, even though the data given in the church > books in Tschanad then didn’t match with the data from the German church > books (e.g. wrong name of my ancestor’s wife that also died already in > Germany right after giving birth to the son – so there was no way she lived > and died in Tschanad then. Furthermore, the name of the wife that died in > Tschanad didn’t match with the name of the wife in Germany). > > > > Only by going into the church record by myself (better said, with the help > of Sorin in Tschanad and an archivist in Germany), I was able to solve the > puzzle about who stayed in Germany and went into the Banat. > > > Always keep your eyes open! > > > Bastian > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Syrmia Regional Coordinator http://www.dvhh.org/syrmia