Hi Herbert, ON 03/22/2006, Herbert Schwarz wrote: > Hi Don, The Neudorf you are interested in appears to be the correct one , > as mentioned by Gerhard Reichl. The Dietz family fits well into the > picture as I had some correspondence in the past with a Dietz family > member in the U.S.A. who had connections to Neudorf. I was born in > Pfraumberg/Primda a town close to Neudorf and I visited Neudorf as a > small boy with my father the local Doctor.The area is part of the lower > Bohemian Forest at an elevation of about 2000 ft.and is surrounded by > large forests.Close to Neudorf is Dianaberg which was the seat of the > local Count with a Manor House and a large commercial Sawmill. I have > also been in touch with Gerhard Reichl and his e-mail address is > gerhard@reichl-page.de , Herb Schwarz, Ontario,Canada. Thank you for the kind response. This Neudorf certainly does sound promising to us. I was absolutely overwhelmed when I discovered so many places named Neudorf. I don't speak very much German, but I quickly realized why the name was rather popular. I just couldn't figure out how to narrow a search down to one or two villages. Obviously, the one thing that this one has is all three family names from one village. That isn't likely to happen very often. As you visited the village, I just have to ask (my wife is insisting) if you know of any photos or other descriptions of the village. I also am wondering if Neudorf is still in existence, or was it destroyed during the post-war era? Are the other places you mentioned (Pfraumberg and Dianaberg) still in existence? I suppose these are really good questions for Gerhard. I will contact him, as you and Linda have suggested, although it also seems this might be a subject of interest to others on the list. Just as a side note, my Mother's side of MY family (which I'm not researching, as I do have information already) comes from the Bishofteinitz area. That doesn't appear to be too far away from THIS Neudorf. The surname is Heindl. Regards, Don Feldbruegge