What a wonderful experience! How did you meet up with this reunion? Did you know of it before going to Prague or discover it after you arrived? Thank you for sharing this with us. It gives some of us hope. Jane Teague On Jun 30, 2012, at 2:37 AM, "Robin Rainford" <robinrainford@gmail.com> wrote: > I just read your request for articles. I have not been involved yet with > the organization but my home is in St Paul, MN and I'm living in Prague this > summer. Last weekend I discovered my 'cousins' at a reunion of people born > in Royau and Einsiedl in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic. They gather from > all over to speak their unique dialect and greet old friends and neighbors > from this diminishing group. (photo attached) My ancestors immigrated to > the U.S. in 1845, long before the eviction of the Sudetenland. Still, they > greeted me like a lost countryman and taught me to refer to my 3x Great > Grandmother Anna Lenz as 'Groβmutter.' We discovered that I share Fischbach > ancestors with the Ortsbetreuerin Hilda Hain. > > > > Following the reunion in Dillenburg, Germany, I had arranged to spend the > night in a pension at the village of my Groβmutter which is now Rajov, CZ. > Her family house was one of several burned in WWII but many buildings still > remain. My new/old family members are sending photos of her house prior to > the war and copies of records that may be helpful. It was a wonderful > experience of welcome and generous inclusion in this group. Perhaps other > German/Bohemian Heritage members have roots in the area near > Marienbad/Marianske Lanzne. > > > > > > Robin Rainford > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message