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Author: Glenn Schwartz

  • 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…

  • 25-2 September 2020

    COVID-19 I hope all of you and those close to you have managed to avoid the health and economic hardships of these unusual times. I polled our local membership about…

  • The John Molter Story

    John was born in Canada in 1929, but his family returned to Zichydorf in 1933. He grew up there and experienced the Second World War and its aftermath. He escaped…

  • Vibank

    With the possible exception of Regina, the first permanent settlement of Zichydorfers in Canada seems to have been at today’s Vibank, Saskatchewan. In 1929 Paul Abele published a 25th anniversary…

  • Sammelwerk donauschwäbischer Kolonisten Teil IX We – Z

    Subject: Alphabetical listing of migrants passing through Vienna on their way east. Title: Sammelwerk donauschwäbischer Kolonisten Teil IX We – Z

  • Zichy family on Wikipedia

    Wikipedia has a brief article on the Zichy family here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zichy_family

  • Schildgebirge

    Some Banat families settled in the Schilgebirge region of Hungary, about 40 km west of Budapest, before their descendants later moved on to Banat. These villages were founded anywhere from…

  • Triebswetter im Banat 1901-2000

    Title: Triebswetter im Banat 1901-2000