Banat Tour May & June 2025
Stasa Cvetkovic is running a Banat tour this summer following a similar format to the ones I ran several years ago. Travel through western Europe, the origin of our Banat ancestors, and on to the Serbian and Romanian Banat. Here is Stasa’s message:
Dear Genealogists and Researchers,
We’re thrilled to announce the Donauschwaben Ancestral Tour, taking place from 27 May to 13 June 2025, starting in Frankfurt!
Join us on a 6,000 km journey through 7 European countries as we explore key locations tied to Donauschwaben heritage, including Pfalz (Palatinate), Alsace-Lorraine, the Hungarian Highlands, Serbian and Romanian Banat, Batschka, and Syrmien. We’ll visit cities like Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, Novi Sad, Timișoara, and Strasbourg, as well as any places on your personal ancestral map along the way.
For more details, contact us at synergia@gmail.com
Staša Cvetković, genealogist and tour organizer
Sustaining Donations
From its founding in 1996 until 2023, ZVA encouraged voluntary membership dues to support it financially. This entailed the collection of personal information of contributors. However, the increasing complexity, expense, and liability imposed by privacy laws has created a burden that is too great for such a small organization to bear.
Beginning in 2023 ZVA will no longer collect membership dues or the personal information of members. We hope, however, that you will contribute financially to the maintenance of this site through anonymous donations. We encourage you to pay an annual $10 to help operate the association. The operating funds support our Internet web site and other projects to discover and preserve our heritage.
In addition, we request a one-time contribution of $25 from first-time users to support our library fund. We, in turn, contribute your donation to a dedicated fund at the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society (SGS) which purchases items we specify. Canadians will receive a tax receipt from the SGS for their charitable contributions.
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Thanks for your support.
New Church Records
We have acquired church records for several new villages in the Temesvar area from Tibor Toth. We will share any revenue from these records with Tibor. New villages are Alexanderhausen, Knees, Nitzkydorf, Sackelhausen, and the baptisms from the Freidorf area of Temesvar. For more detail go to https://www.zichydorfonline.org/church-records-digital-images/
Books Available
Dixie and Dorothy Giroux have culled their library and have several genealogy books available for free. Ideally you would pay the postage, but that is not necessary. Glenn will act as middleman – gschwartz@myaccess.ca
1. Familienbuch der katholischen Gemeinde Deutsch-Stamora im Banat 1806-*1907/oo/+-1894 – Helmut Kaiser (2008)
2. Lost Homeland Georgshausen, The History of a Village in the Banat 1849-1945 – Josef Wüst (2008)
3. As Far as the Eye Can See – Weyburn RM 67 – Weyburn RM 67 History Book Committee (1986) (2 copies)
4. Holdfast, History and Heritage, Volume 2 – Holdfast History Book Committee (2005)
Banat History
Tim Kottak posted on a genealogy mailing list about an interesting paper he discovered (from the National Library of Canada) titled,
“JOSEPH II AND THE CAMPAIGN OF 1788 AGAINST THE OTTOMAN TURKS”
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ37222.pdf
Zichydorf was established in 1787 but had to be abandoned in 1788 due to this incursion and resettled after the Turks were turned back.
Donauschwaben Map
Another mailing list posting led me to this map
Donauschwaben – Google My Maps
I find that it is missing several villages in the Zichydorf area. I have communicated with the creator about filling in the blanks.
ZVA Regina Branch Meeting
Regina Branch will meet at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, at Access Communications, 2250 Park St. (north door by the ball diamonds). Please press the buzzer to notify an employee to open the door. Please mark your calendar and bring along a Zichydorf friend. This is our annual executive election meeting.
Zichydorf Village Association Newsletter
edited by: Glenn Schwartz
2114 E Laurier Cres., Regina, SK, S4V 0P6
Internet: http://zichydorfonline.org
http://www.facebook.com/ZichydorfVillageAssociation
email: gschwartz@accesscomm.ca