Hello James,   there is a newer family book of Bruckenau that covers the time from 1730 to 2013, see: http://www.banatbooks.com/FamilienbuchList.htm that is still available to buy: Publisher: HOG Bruckenau; Nürnberg, 2013. Price 80 €, plus 40 € for North American shipping.  More Information: Manfred Loris [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] But as Mr. Schreiber offers look up in the book you can get the information there   Regards Anni   Gesendet: Montag, 24. Juli 2017 um 16:27 Uhr Von: "Nick Tullius via DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES" <[email protected]> An: "'James Kleven'" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [DVHH] Esterman Family Hello James, According to my records, there is a Familienbuch Bruckenau 1760-1852 by Martin Schmidt. I do not have a copy, and I do not know if copies can still be found or if updates are available. It may be a good idea to send your e-mail to the entire DVHH List at [email protected] as some List member(s) may have useful information. For general information (in English) you could take a look at http://www.dvhh.org/banat_villages/village-list.htm[http://www.dvhh.org/banat_villages/village-list.htm] and specifically at http://www.dvhh.org/bruckenau/[http://www.dvhh.org/bruckenau/] A very extensive website in German is http://www.bruckenau.de/[http://www.bruckenau.de/], that includes history, books (such as “Bruckenau, eine Banater Heckengemeinde an der Bergsau”) and a Standard German-to-Schwowisch (dialect of Bruckenau) dictionary at http://www.bruckenau.de/Mundart/mundart.html[http://www.bruckenau.de/Mundart/mundart.html] Through the German website you could probably establish contact with knowledgeable Bruckenauers (the young people generally know some English). Good luck in your research! Nick Tullius http://www.dvhh.org/alexanderhausen/[http://www.dvhh.org/alexanderhausen/] -----Original Message----- From: DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Kleven via DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 03:54 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [DVHH] Esterman Family Greetings from San Francisco, I am descendant of the Esterman family from Bruckenau that settled in NYC. My great grandmother, Anna Esterman, died last year at 104. However, she was an Esterman marriage. Her father, my great-grandfather, was Charles Esterman. His father was Adam Ester man who was born in Bruckenau in 1886. His father Peter, was born in the 1850s. I don’t have much information that goes back further than that. In some of my research I have come across records of Germans from the Banat with the name Esterman who emigrated to Chicago. I am not sure if they are related to the same Esterman family I am descended from, but the name is not very common and I assume so. In any event, I see that you had been collecting information on descendants of volksdeutsche and I thought I’d reach out. Unfortunately, the names has now died out in my family with the death of my great-grandmother but there are many of us still under other names in New York (I am the only one who moved to California). My aunt maintains most of the family records including our family bible, records, and a few photographs that my great-great grandfather brought with him from Bruckenau. I have come across a few other Estermans who were more assimilated. They thought they were Hungarians, but I tried to explain how it is easy to make that mistake by passenger lists that list country of origin as Hungary or Austria-Hungary and sometimes Romania depending upon the year of emigration and where the Banat was politically at the time. When they shared their documents it shows the town names with the German spellings, so I assume they were also Germans from Banat. I hope this email finds you well. Best regards, James ------------------------------- 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