Karen: I can't thank you enough for the info you sent me. I will check it all out and see what turns up. I really do appreciate it. I have been trying to track down these family members for about 8 years and this is the best leads I've had so far on them. Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 11:12:20 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Unterhutten Bill, A place named Unterhutten was part of the Waier Parish in the Bohemian Forest. It is in Bischofteinitz County (Bezirk) and if you look at the Bishofteinitz website mentioned in the last line below you should find more information. The Kirchenbuchverzeichnis are parish books that are in Czech archives. Some of them have been copied by members of the Bishofteinitz research teams. There should be a link to Kontact or Contact at the website if you don''t speak German. Also at the bottom of the home page you should find an Email for the webmaster. If it is still Alfred Piwonka he can read English but you may have better luck if you tell him you read German but you don't write it. Sometimes if a German can write in German you will get a better and quicker reply. Copy anything you get to the list and someone will help you read it. Waier Parish history is a small book held by the GBHS library in New Ulm MN. It includes info about Unterhutten. Parts of a translation were published in old versions (since 1997, I believe) of the GBHS Heimatbrief. The translations may be found in the Heimatbrief archive on line at the GBHS website. A place name with the word Hut or Hutten in it was a glassworks. They might have made mirrors, windowpanes, cathedral glass or ornamental household pieces among other choices. Glassworks required a LOT of firewood or coal and many first started in heavily forested areas that were being cleared for farming. The name Paa was one that I recall as being associated with the Waier Parish. Karen Waier, č. Rybník Gemeinde, _Bez. Bischofteinitz_ (http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SUD/kreise.html#wbbisch) , GBez. Ronsperg, W B; mit Bernstein 533 Ew. (524d.); l.P. Schwarzach, n.E. Ronsperg. _Kirchenbuchverzeichnis des Pfarrbezirks Waier_ (http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/SUD/kb/waier.html) , mit Ortschaften: Waier, Oberhütten (ab 1875 auch Paadorf), Unterhütten, Dianahof, Goldbrünnerhütte, Schwarzach, Schnaggenmühl, Friedrichshof, Bernstein, Neid. Literatur: Pfarrgemeinde Waier. Hrsg.: St. Anna-Verein. Oberviechtach 1978: Druckerei Forstner, 104 Seiten, Abb., Karte. Siehe auch: _Heimatkreises Bischofteinitz_ (http://www.bischofteinitz.de/) (http://www.bischofteinitz.de) In a message dated 1/5/2010 2:43:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I think my wife's family came from Unterhutten. At least there are family names there (Fleischman, Paa, & Wild). I know the village is no longer there, it was bulldozed down, but I could not find it on your map. Could you tell me where it is located? Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ ------------------------------- 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