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Author: Glenn Schwartz

  • Dismantling Regina Schoomer’s Banat Brick Wall

    Katherine Swanson wrote the attached article for the April 2021 issue of the Minnesota Genealogist. In it she explains the step-by-step process she used to backtrack from a Minnesota death…

  • Dornstauder

    Title: The Saskatchewan Dornstauders

  • Albrechtsflor

    Title: Familienbuch der katholischen Pfarrgemeinde Albrechtsflor im Banat und ihrer Filiale 1770-1991 Author: Karen Dalton Preston Year: 2021 Media Type: Book (2 volumes A-M & N-Z) Lending Status: Borrow How…

  • Morawitza

    Title: Familienbuch der katholischen Pfarrgemeinde Morawitza im Banat und ihrer Filialen 1786-1996 Author: Helga und Anton Hornung Year: 2021 Media Type: Book (2 volumes A-L & M-Z) Lending Status: Borrow…

  • Regina Germantown Walking Tour

    I created the following presentation in its original form for a presentation at a ZVA meeting. I updated it with additional sources for inclusion on this web page. Many years…

  • 26-2 October 2021

    Membership Renewal ZVA keeps the memory of Zichydorf and its people alive on its web site through your generosity. It also provides information on many associated villages. Please help us…

  • Schönherr/Schoenherr/Shenher

    Title: Schoenherr Schonher Schenher Shenher Shenner and Herle

  • Johannisfeld

    Title: Familienbuch der katholischen Pfarrgemeinde Johannisfeld im Banat und ihrer Filialen 1806-1988

  • Banaters in Naturalization Papers in Dawson County, Montana

    Dave Dreyer of San Mateo, CA conducted this research and published it in the Donauschwäbische Familienkundliche Forschungsblätter (DFF) #175-176, June 2020 of the Arbeitskreises donauschwäbischer Familienforscher (AKdFF). For the uniliingual…

  • German Settlement Experience in Canada

    I came across this article about the German Catholic community in Toronto . I was struck by the similarity between their situation and what I know about the German Catholics…