Be sure that this is the Sokolov you want..... the one I am familiar with is Falkenau an der Eger, which means that it is in the Egerland. Just to let you know that there is another Falkenau or Sokolov in the Czech Republic on the Bohemian-Moravian border. Aida ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven and Susan Karides" <karides@sbcglobal.net> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 9:38 AM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Town Location > The Czech name for Falkenau is Sokolov. > > I don't subscribe to the Austrian List. All of my family on my dad's side > came from Falkenau (its a Kreis as well as a city, so there are towns > within Kries Falkenau). If you still have the message, feel free to > forward it to me or my email address to them. > > > Susan Muehlhans-Karides > > > On Jan 12, 2006, at 8:24 PM, KarenHob@aol.com wrote: > >> The site below may not be known to list newbies. The message is >> cross-posted from the Austro-Hungarian list. It was in reply to a >> response to an >> inquiry about the location of Falkenau, Austria. I did not know the >> present Czech >> name for Falkenau. >> >> Felix Gundacker has an extensive site and it is well worth surfing. >> >> Karen >> >> In a message dated 1/11/2006 11:34:10 PM Mountain Standard Time, >> office@ihff.at writes: >> >> >> On my site www.ihff.at >> - you will find an ONLINE gazetteer of >> whole Czech, Austrian and Slovenian Republic, with old German and >> present >> names, competent parishes (and parishes before), begin of Church records >> (or >> Vital Statistics you say), competent archives/district/diocese, and >> additional information. >> It´s free - try it and you will find each location. >> >> If you have any question, please, don’t hesitate to ask me. >> >> With kind regards, >> Felix Gundacker >> --------------- >> >> Ing. Felix Gundacker >> professional genealogist for Austria, Bohemia and Moravia >> IHFF Genealogie Gesellschaft mbH >> Pantzergasse 30/8 >> Austria, A-1190 WIEN >> Tel = +43 1 369 97 29 >> Fax = +43 1 369 97 30 >> email: office@ihff.at >> http://www.ihff.at >> >> >> ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== >> Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >> > > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the > list? > Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist.html and request an > archive. >