My Mother's surname / maiden name is: von Fricken We are relatives of the Baron Hauptmann Ferdinand Ignaz Freiherr von Fricken of Asch, German Bohemia - now described as As (hacek over s), Czech Republic. There is a strong musical connection between the Baron , his adopted daughter Ernestine, and the famous composer Schumann. I would like to have contact with anyone who has knowledge of the von Fricken family from Asch / As - and I would especially like to hear from any living relatives presently in / near Asch / As.

Although I was not able to get anything on Baron von Fricken of Asch, I was able to get a Bio on his niece, see link, but it seems from your description that you may have found this link already http://www.sophie-drinker-institut.de/von%20fricken.htm Other sources to Bohemian nobility are found in the "Gotha" a book of the Nobility and their lineages. And the best source would probably be: *Schematismus* des Großgrundbesitzes im *Königreich* *Böhmen* (Prag 1906) which is a census of noble estates in Bohemia, and you can get this at Google books or The Austrian Hungarian Monarchy. If you click on this link, you can select the language of your choice, perhaps it will guide you to what you are looking for. http://www.donaumonarchie.com/ Unfortunately, I am not at home at my computer, but traveling, otherwise I could have sent you the link address, but if you look into our archives, you may find it, or someone might have copied it from our list and could post it once more for [email protected] --- By the way "Fumarium," we are listing here our own names, and it would be nice to know who you are. Aida ------------------------------------------------- On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Fumarium <[email protected]> wrote: > > My Mother's surname / maiden name is: von Fricken > We are relatives of the Baron Hauptmann Ferdinand Ignaz Freiherr von > Fricken of Asch, German Bohemia - now described as As (hacek over s), Czech > Republic. > > There is a strong musical connection between the Baron , his adopted > daughter Ernestine, and the famous composer Schumann. > > I would like to have contact with anyone who has knowledge of the von > Fricken family from Asch / As - and I would especially like to hear from any > living relatives presently in / near Asch / As. > 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 >