Hi Jeanne, I would be most interested in your postcard. Can you scan it in and send me a copy? What time frame are you looking at when your ancestors lived in the area and what were their names /dates? Thankx Andy Tereshyn Andy.tereshyn@ontario.ca -----Original Message----- From: pfalz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pfalz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jeanne Fizell Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:27 PM To: pfalz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Pfalz] History My ancestors were from Sien, Kirchenbollenbach, and I have a postcard from there with a drawing of Sien, that I would gladly share with you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob gillis" <robertgillis@verizon.net> To: <pfalz@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [Pfalz] History Tereshyn, Andy (CSS) wrote: >I am new to this list and am most interested in the history of, and >reasons for emigration from the Rheinland-Pfalz, with a more specific >area of emigration to Galicia. I have traced my grandmother's lineage >back to a German settlement in Galicia (Muzylowice) and further back to >another settlement (Fehlbach). From there, I have found that the >original settlers had come from the area around Sien, >Kirchenbollenbach, Offenbach. Are there any English language >historical publications that anyone knows of that would give me a >history of that German area? > Are you looking for history and background on Galicia, on the Pfalz or on the three towns. From geo@genalogy.net I get: Sien GKZ : 07 1 34 082 County : | | +---- Birkenfeld {BIR} RegBez : | +------- Koblenz Land : +--------- Rheinland-Pfalz ZIP : 55758 Popul : 623 Locat : (Birkenfeld) 49d39m N 7d01m E Maps : TK25 6308 Birkenfeld-West TK50 L6308 Idar-Oberstein Euro Ha51 Kirchenbollenbach Part of: Idar-Oberstein GKZ : 07 1 34 045 County : | | +---- Birkenfeld {BIR} RegBez : | +------- Koblenz Land : +--------- Rheinland-Pfalz ZIP : 55743 Locat : (Idar-Oberstein) 49d43m N 7d19m E Maps : TK25 6209 Idar-Oberstein TK50 L6308 Idar-Oberstein Euro Hb50 I think this is the one you are talking about Offenbach (a d Queich) GKZ : 07 3 37 061 County : | | +---- Südliche Weinstraße (Landau) {SÜW} RegBez : | +------- Rheinhessen-Pfalz Land : +--------- Rheinland-Pfalz ZIP : 76877 Popul : 4868 Locat : 49d12m N 8d12m E Maps : TK25 6815 Herxheim TK50 L6914 Landau in der Pfalz Euro Ib53 Offenbach-Hundheim GKZ : 07 3 36 075 County : | | +---- Kusel {KUS} RegBez : | +------- Rheinhessen-Pfalz Land : +--------- Rheinland-Pfalz ZIP : 67749 Popul : 1293 Locat : 49d37m N 7d33m E Maps : TK25 6311 Lauterecken TK50 L6310 Kirn Euro Hd51 There is also a Kirchheim-Bolanden and Kirchheim an der Weinstrasse. There is a list for Germans who emigrated to the Ukraine and Russia and a genealogical organization for them: FEEFHS and it haas links for German-Ukraine/Russia migration. Google for the Pfalz, and the names of the towns. bob gillis > >Andy Tereshyn >Toronto, Canada > > >********* >Information for list members: >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >PFALZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ********* Information for list members: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PFALZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ********* Information for list members: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/DEU/PFALZ.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PFALZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message