Dixie, Do you know if any of your HAAS family is from the Luzerne Co. area? The only HAAS names I know of so far in my family tree: Fred HAAS(1877-1930) Charles HAAS Mary HAAS and 7 children of Fred HAAS and wife Mary FAUX: Charles (Carl Henry-he changed his given name to this) Martha Raymond Christian Vera Elizabeth Ethel -Thyme

---------- >> > Am searching for information on the marriage of Annie M. BUTZ b. 1873 d. > 1815, daughter of Ephraim & Susanna Trexler BUTZ to a > ? HAAS. She may have had a daughter named Ella or Ellie married to a > CRODDY. Both are buried in Longswamp cemetery in Berks Co., PA. > > Thanks. > Janice Medcalf Butz > wxbutz@brinet.com

Hello Joy Thanks for the advice. I have contacted a lady who lives in Bytca who did an amazing amount of research for me on the HAAS family in that area. She didn't charge very much, but did more than I could have done on a trip to Slovakia or a pile of letters. She used to work for the Archive there and retired to do freelance research work, probably trebled her salary at the same time. Were any of your father-in-laws's family Jewish? The HAAS family in Slovakia that I am related to - and chasing - were from Puchov in the north west and were a Jewish family. Strangely enough, the only HAAS relative I have found other than immediate family, is a 3rd cousin and he lives in Australia as well! We didn't know that though until we had compared notes a few times and found each other. He lives in Sydney and I am in Western Australia, so we're still around 2700 kilometres apart. Amanda Haas Boulder, Western Australia

> All I know is that my grandfathers name was Helmut Samuel Haas and he had a > son ( my father ) named Lyle around 1921 here in the USA. Where do you live > and how old are you? > Darrell Arthur Haas Hi Darrell I live in Boulder, Western Australia and I am 34. I come from a long line of late starters. My father was born 1928, his father 1879, and his mother 1886. Not many 34 year olds have all 4 grandparents born in the 1800s! My baby grandma was born 1898, was 30 with her first child and 36 with the second. My mother was almost 40 when she had me, her brother was 38 and 45 with his 2 children. Little wonder, that at age 96 my Grandma (Australian born one that is) had 3 grandkids aged 29, 25, 19 and only 2 great-grandsons aged 3 and 2 with another on the way. My uncle in Slovakia is Dad's brother but doesn't go by the name HAAS. Dad was the only male who produced any offspring (sounds like a cattle breeding program?) and that was a girl - me. Amanda Haas Boulder, Western Australia

There were both HASS and HAAS Germans who spent time in Prussia, Romania and Prussia Poland on their way to the Black Sea area of Russia, then known as Bessarabia, today known as Moldavia. (They took many years and about a generation to get to Bessarabia, with many babies born en route who were grown by the time the family finally got to Bessarabia.) Slovakia lies between Poland and Romania. So if you think your old folks might have been some of these people who later became known as Germans from Russia, you might want to check out the G-R lists and web sites. Here are a couple that will get you started: http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/odessa.html This is a site where all of the indexed church records will show up. There are thousands - lots of good G-R volunteers! http://www.AHSGR.org http://www.bessarabia.com http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/gerrus/ If you go to this site and click on Electronic Discussion Groups, you will learn about the various mailing lists for GRHS (another GR society, much like AHSGR). Good luck! Joy Hass Stefan :) joybob@erols.com Researching in Bessarabia & Germany: Hass / Mueller / Kaldun / Pelz / Seefried / Richter / Krueger / Kraft Researching in US, England, Ireland & Germany: Robins / Sloan / Allred / Gosnell / Williams / Sherrod / Miller / Garrett ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Hayward" <HAYWARD99@webtv.net> To: <HAAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [HAAS-L] Haas in Slovakia > Darrel, > > The Haas family I am searching came from West Prussia, Henrietta Haas > married August Raffel. Henrietta Haas Raffel died in LaPorte Co., In. > 1942. I do not know Henrietta's parent's names. > > Thanks for the interest > Sandy >

Hi Amanda, No, there were HAASs in Slovakia too. Trouble is, Slovak records haven't gotten onto the web the way some other countries have. My father in law is from Slovakia (little village near Kosice) and we've been unable to get old church records from there, even with personal visits to his old village. He has a cousin still living there (and a few other relatives), but they just aren't into the technology age yet. If you know where in Slovakia, you might try contacting the archives in Bratislava. I'm pretty sure that's where their archives are, but don't know any contacts for you. Try typing Slovakia Genealogy into a good search engine and you might find something that way. A lot of the common people over there are very nice and want to be helpful. But many of those with decent jobs are left over from the Communist regime and have a very bad attitude, especially towards Americans. Don't know if they'd treat Australians that way or not. Good luck! Joy Hass Stefan :) joybob@erols.com Annandale, VA, USA (Hass is German-Russian; Stefan is Slovak) ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Lovitts" <cread@wn.com.au> To: <HAAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 3:32 PM Subject: [HAAS-L] Haas in Slovakia > Hi Sandy > > My HAAS family are from a little further east than yours. My grandfather > was Daniel HAAS born 1879 in Slovakia. His father was Izrael HAAS and his > grandfather Hermana. > > I am having trouble finding any HAAS from Slovakia. Maybe the only ones are > in Australia? > > Amanda HAAS > Boulder, Western Australia > cread@wn.com.au > > ______________________________

Hi Sandy My HAAS family are from a little further east than yours. My grandfather was Daniel HAAS born 1879 in Slovakia. His father was Izrael HAAS and his grandfather Hermana. I am having trouble finding any HAAS from Slovakia. Maybe the only ones are in Australia? Amanda HAAS Boulder, Western Australia cread@wn.com.au

Darrel, The Haas family I am searching came from West Prussia, Henrietta Haas married August Raffel. Henrietta Haas Raffel died in LaPorte Co., In. 1942. I do not know Henrietta's parent's names. Thanks for the interest Sandy

All I know is that my grandfathers name was Helmut Samuel Haas and he had a son ( my father ) named Lyle around 1921 here in the USA. Where do you live and how old are you? Darrell Arthur Haas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Hayward" <HAYWARD99@webtv.net> To: <HAAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 7:11 AM Subject: Re: [HAAS-L] Haas in Slovakia > Hi Amanda, > > Thanks for writing. > Sure can't tie anything at this time, but I do appreciate your response. > Sandy > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >

Hi Amanda, Thanks for writing. Sure can't tie anything at this time, but I do appreciate your response. Sandy

I am new to this list, and here is my Haas- Henrietta Haas born Dec. 28, 1852 Germany, probably West Prussia. Married August Raffel Nov. 25, 1877. Henrietta and husband August Raffel immigrated to North America in 1891, landing in Montreal, Canada. They spent some little time in Detroit, Mi., then St. Louis, Mo., finally settling in LaPorte Co., In. Their immigration records show Schwanenland, West Prussia as their place of residence. They brought 5 children with them from Germany, They had 4 additional children after immigration. Is anyone else searching Henrietta Haas? Sandy Hayward hayward99@webtv.net

Posted on: HAAS Biographies Board URL: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/surnames/h/a/HAAS/biographies?read=3 Surname: Haas, Born, Yeager ------------------------- Am searching for info. on Catherine Yeager and Adam Haas. Also an Elizabeth Haas married to a George Yeager. They both were in Cambria Co., Pa. at one point.

Anna Maria Mefort had an illegitimate daughter Anna Marie Mefort b 13 Feb 1813 in Vorstetten, Baden Germany Anna Maria married Johann Georg Haas 30 December 1838 Vorstetten, Baden Germany. She had daughters Magdalena 3 Feb 1839, rosina 19 Sept 1841, Maria Salome 22 October 1844 and Friederike 14 November 1847. They emigrated in 1855 to St Louis, Missouri, where she died 26 February 1901. (It seems he died in Dec 1868.) It is a long story we had thought that she was the mother of our Henry Frey of Michigan but now it seems that she was his foster mother for about 10 years. This seems to clear up the mystery of why his 'mother and father' ended up in such different places. Of course it creates several mysteries- Murphy's Law.

Hi! I am new to this list. I have an Eli and Catherine HAAS family from Juniata Co, Pennsylvania. Their daughter, Catherine who m. John STROUP/STRAUB 1854 was my husband's gg grandmother. John and Catherine moved to St. Joseph Co, Indiana. More on this family can be viewed at my webpage at http://www.angelfire.com/mi/GatesDavisGene under Stroup-Keck Genealogy I would appreciate anyone contacting me who thinks they might connect. Sue Gates Davis

I just obtained the death certificate for Rosa Ann HEBERLY CLAUSER, b. 5/3/1848. She was the wife to Joseph William CLAUSER. Rosa died in Bucks Co., Springfield Twp., Pennsylvania on 11/2/1932. Her residence at the time was near Coopersburg. Her son Robert J. S. CLAUSER who lived at R. 1, Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, was the informant. It shows Rosa's parents as Solomon HEBERLY (birthplace: PA) and Clarissa HAAS (birthplace: PA). She is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Allentown, PA. Per other sources, Clarissa HAAS was b. 1/27/1828. Her parents were Jonathan HAAS and Elizabeth GUTH. Clarissa HAAS was my ggg-grandmother. Sandy Clauser Culp

Posted on: HAAS Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/h/a/HAAS/queries?read=27 Surname: HAAS, WHITTENBERG, IKERD ------------------------- Information on Simon HAAS and Susanna WHITTENBERG HAAS needed. Who were their parents? Did they have more children than Christina b. 10 August 1759 and married Lorance IKERD in NC? Lorance and Christina HASS IKERD are buried in Lawrence County, Indiana. Would appreciate any information on this family. Thank you, Kate

Posted on: HAAS Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/h/a/HAAS/queries?read=25 Surname: KELLER, WHITTENBERG, IKERD ------------------------- Need information as to where and who the parents of Simon HASS and his wife Susanna WHITTENBERG HASS. Did they more children than Christina b. 10 August 1759 that married Lorance IKERD in NC about 1785 and is buried in Lawrence County, IN. Would appreciate any informaion on the family. Thank you, Kate Keller Bourland

Is the name Bell in your lineage? If so please contact me at my e-mail add or William J. Bell, 14220 Runnymede St. Van Nuys CA 91405

The First Albrecht-Schellenberger & Related Families Reunion will be held on Saturday, June 17, and Sunday, June 18, 2000 in Elizabeth, Illinois. Registration is required. Some related family names: Haring, Randecker, Heer, Breuning, Beyer, Klopf, Hannes, Wurster, Haas, Thain, Walter, Zink, Endress, Kuntz, Roth, Belk, Groezinger, Binns, Bardell, Krug, Brinkmeier, Kehl, Block, Bonjour, Eden, Hatfield, Ditsworth, and many more. Contact Barbara Reeves Whittaker by email at BARBWHITT@aol.com or write to Albrecht Reunion, P.O. Box 341, Elizabeth, IL 61028. We have over 300 years of family history to share and we look forward to seeing you there.