BB News No. 65 dtd 30 Sep 1999

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 65 DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY (issued biweekly by Gerald Berghold) September 30, 1999 (all rights reserved) Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forbears. (Van Wyck Brooks: From a Writer's Notebook) Note to recipients. If you don't want to receive Burgenland Bunch newsletters, use the Membership Forms to change your status. We can not help with non-Burgenland family history. Comments and articles are appreciated. This first section of the 3 section newsletter contains Status Animas-Another type of Church Record, Mail from Bernstein, Hungarian Border Villages of Nemesmedves, Rnk and Szentgotthrd, Village of Bernstein and its Edelserpentine Jade, Announcement of New York Katharina Fest and Hungarian Record Headings. STATUS ANIMUS - ANOTHER CHURCH RECORD (by G. Berghold) In the absence of English literature relating strictly to the Burgenland, Austria or Hungary, I frequently read articles that cover other Germanic regions. I do this because of the large Germanic presence in the Burgenland (84%) and because the format and use of Germanic Lutheran and Catholic religious records tend to be fairly consistent throughout Europe. Except for dynastic archives, the church probably has the oldest records. This approach pays dividends as the following shows: Some time ago as I was searching for my maternal grandfather's mother. His baptism in the Güssing church records showed: "Aloysious (Alois)- father Sorger, Aloysious-witwer (widower) from Rosenberg", mother was listed as Tarafas, Julianna-witwe Jandrasits-P-mszent. This meant she was the widow Jandrasits and either he or she were from a place abbreviated "P-mszent". It didn't take long to find Pinkamindszent (German name-Allerheiligen) just across the border in Hungary east of Güssing. I searched those church records and found Julianna's entries. Those Pinkamindszent records (LDS 601475) were a treasure trove as they dated from 1731. Using them, I traced Julianna's ancestors back to the 1600's. I also found an earlier presence of Sorger family which suggested the reason Aloysious Sr. went there to find a new wife after the death of his first. He obviously had some distant cousins there who informed him of the availability of a widow to be surogate mother to his motherless children. However, in addition to the usual records, I found a strange one dated 1741. It was a list of 66 names, male and female linked. The title of the list was "Status Animas". Made me chuckle since my poor Latin translated that to "condition of the animals". I didn't think it proper for the priest to refer to his congregation that way. All records being grist for the genealogical mill, I copied the references to my family names as listed below: Melchior HORVATH-Anna MAHER, Michael SEIBEL-Marianna EDER, Joannes GRIBOH(?)-Anna TARAFASS, Martin KAFO-Eliz. DOCTOR, Martin KARTYAS-?, Stephanus DOCTOR-Helena HORVATH, Michael TARAFAS-Dorothea ?, Georgious DOCTOR-Anna ?, Georgious TARAFAS-Helena ?, Mathias NEMETH-Juditha ?. The value of this listing is that it provides spouse groupings for village inhabitants who in 1741 were born prior to the date of the earliest church records (1731). Unanswered was why the list? Questioning some of my ecclesiastical friends, the best guess was that it was some sort of communion record, but the title didn't fit. In the July/Ausust 1999 "Heritage Quest" magazine, in the section "World At Large", I found an article describing Swiss Parish Registers by Maralyn Wellauer. Having scanned hundreds of Germanic parish (church) registers, I was familiar with baptism, marriage, death, communion, confirmation, pew tax and donor lists. Most were prepared after the Council of Trent (1563) required Catholic Parishes to maintain baptismal registers. Some parishes started keeping records even earlier. I was interested in what other Swiss ecclesiastical records might be mentioned and if they might have Burgenland counter parts. The article specifically mentioned engagement notices (Verloblungen), parish histories (Chronik), lists of ministers (Pfarrerverzeichnis), masses for the dead (Jahrzeitbcher), and minutes of the church council (Chorgerichtsprotokolle) and some others which the author stated are unique to Swiss parishes. One of the last mentioned was listed as Church census, so called Bevlkerungsverzeichnisse (Latin; Status animarum)! The article states "these were taken (in Switzerland) at odd yearly intervals from 1632 until 1715. Church censuses began in the first half of the 17th century. The reformer Johann Jakob Breitinger decreed in 1634 that pastors should annually make a record of the name and number of every family, their servants, their ages as well as their degree of education and knowledge of the scriptures and catechism." I had found the answer to my question. It would be interesting to determine to what extant these Swiss records were duplicated in the Burgenland regions-perhaps by Cannonical Visitation Reports and Urbars? It would also be interesting to determine if the "Status Animus" found in Pinkamindszent was an exception, perhaps prepared by a former Swiss parish priest or part of general Hungarian Catholic ecclesiastical procedures. Has anyone else seen a record like this? NEWSLETTER FEEDBACK (from: Fritz Konigshofer) As always, it was a pleasure to read the newsletter. Here's some feedback. The parish for Joe (Jarfas) is definitely Karakó which is the next village east of Jánosháza. Nemeskerestúr lies to the south of it. The "nemes" in front of a place name usually describes villages where many lower nobility lived during feudal times. It applies to this village. On the census terms, I can only add a speculation on the term szabad szll. Usually, whenever I see something like szll, I connect it with grape or vineyard though current dictionaries spell this term with only one " L" Perhaps "szabad szll" might be the "permissible area for vine growing." As for the "Uhudler," as far as I know, the term describes a wine made from direct bearing vines, like Concordia or Isabella, i.e., vines (not merely rootstocks) which were imported a hundred years or so ago from the Eastern United States (and incidentally saved the European wine production from the danger of phyloxerra). Only 10 to 15 years ago, the production of Uhudler became legal again in Austria, because up to that time there had been a concern that wine from these direct bearers had too much potential methylene in it. I fully agree with John though, in that Uhudler is a really unique, and very pleasant, treat. MAIL FROM BERNSTEIN (Heinz Laschober and Albert Schuch) Heinz Laschober sends "Gre aus Bernstein" and mentions that he was part of a music group called the "Bernsteiner Boys" in Allentown. He writes: "Guten Tag nach Amerika, Wir durften vor Jahren im in Allentown Musi machen und hatten viel Spa. Wir waren die "Bernstoaner Buam", darum herzliche Gre. Schön, dass die Burgenländer inden Staaten eine so gut gelungene Home Page haben! Mit freundlichen Gren". (by now, some BB members should have a little German. Try translating this easy message.) I copied Albert and he remembered reading about the group in the archives of the Allentown Morning Call and so told Heinz how to find more. He then sent two articles which I'm copying and which also mention our musician members Steve Huber and Al Meixner. Albert writes: "Lieber Herr Laschober, Herr Berghold hat mir von Ihrem freundlichen e-mail erzhlt, und ich habe mir erlaubt, aus diesem Anla meine Notizen aus der Zeitung "The Morning Call" aus Allentown zu durchsuchen. Ich fge unten zwei Artikel an, in denen die Bernstoaner Buam erwhnt werden. Meine Notizen stammen von einer Suche im Online-Archiv (Ausgaben ab1984; http://www.mcall.com) nach dem Stichwort "Burgenland". Wenn Sie nach "Bernstein" oder "Bernstoaner Buam" suchen, finden Sie vielleicht noch mehr - falls Sie diese Artikel nicht ohnehin von frher haben. Mit freundlichen Grssen aus Wien, (c) The Morning Call (Allentown), July 17, 1986: HAPPY AUSTRIANS, FOLLOWERS GOING TO EUROPE FOR 19 DAYS by SONIA CSENCSITS, The Morning Call. Steve Huber and his band the Happy Austrians will leave today for a 19-day tour of Austria and Germany, the first such trip for the band. But not for most band members. Huber, Coplay, has visited Austria and his brother Gerhard, also of Coplay, the drummer, was born in Austria. Other band members Ed Gloss of Emmaus, the trumpet player, and Andy Palco of Whitehall, button box player, have visited before. For Rich Wolfer of Whitehall, the saxophonist and clarinetist, this will be the first trip. Mr. and Mrs. Stephan Huber, the parents of Steve and Gerhard, also will make the trip. Forty area residents will accompany the band as it plays in Gussing, Stegersbach, Bernstein, Jenersdorf and Poppendorf all in Burgenland, Austria. The band also will visit Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck and Munich. Huber said the trip came about because of the friendship between members of the Happy Austrians and The Bernstoaner Buam, a band from Bernstein, Austria. The Austrian band invited the local band to go to Austria and play there. Huber said it took a year and a half to make the arrangements for the trip. Among the special events planned for the group are a reunion in Poppendorf, a pig roast in Heilgenbrunn and a visit to Stegersbach, the sister city of Northampton. The reunion in Poppendorf will be a special event Huber said, because people from all over the United States will be attending. The pig roast is being held by relatives of the Hubers. Huber said two pigs have already been slaughtered for roasting and the whole town has been invited. The pig roast will be held the first day the band is in Burgenland. Huber said the trip will offer the band the opportunity to show the Austrian people how an American band is carrying on the Austrian traditions. The band's newest album, "Austrian Souvenir," was made with the trip in mind. Huber said the album was a "prelude to this trip" because it features the music of the areas the band will visit. The album is available from Prost Records, Box 105-0, Coplay R. 1, 18037. Although this trip has not even begun, Huber is already planning for next year, and a trip to Austria, Germany and Switzerland. (c) The Morning Call (Allentown), September 11, 1984: AUSTRIAN WAYS Michele Pfingstl, 8, of Bethlehem shows her feelings (photo) among some of the 5,000-plus persons who dined on wursts, pastries and goulash, and drank and danced to their hearts' content Sunday at the 12th annual Burgenlaendische Gemeinschaft festival at Klein's Grove, Bath. The crowd was the largest ever, according to Tessie Teklits of the Gemeinschaft, a worldwide organization dedicated to preserving Austrian traditions. Busloads of people came from New York and Philadelphia. Miss Burgenland Lehigh Valley, Issie Schlener of Whitehall Township, and her counterpart from New York, Linda Borhi, were part of the festivities. The Bernstoaner Buam from Bernstein, Austria, was the featured band. Local bands were the Happy Austrians, the Alpiners, the Walt Groller Orchestra and the Al Meixner Orchestra. HUNGARIAN BORDER VILLAGES (from Hizi Atlas by Fritz Königshofer with the publisher's permission; atlas availability is mentioned in newsletter no.60). Here are two more village descriptions from the Hiszi Atlas for Vas County. Let me mention that nearly identical village descriptions as in the Hiszi Atlases can also be found on web site http://testver.sednet.hu/e_home.html/ However, for some reason the village descriptions for Vas County have not yet been loaded onto the web site (with one or two exceptions). *Rnk* [northeast of Szentgotthrd] The village lying along the river Rba and along national highway no. 8 was first recorded in 1318. The neo-Gothic church dedicated to duke St. Emery stands outside the settlement, right at the frontier of Hungary. It has recently been restored and now serves as the venue of cultural events. An old timber barn can be found at 48 Petfi Street. Population is 440. [Ed.: German name was Ober- and Unter-Radling] *Szentgotthrd* (including Zsidahegy, Mriajfalu, Rbattfalu, Rbafzes, Farkasfa, Jakabhza). The small town lying along the river Rba was first recorded in 1187. In 1183, a Cistercian monastery had been founded here by king Bla III. The remains of the medieval church and original monastery can still be seen built in the walls of today's modern theatre. Next to the theatre rises one of Hungary's grandest Baroque churches with adjoining monastery, both magnificent examples of architecture with sumptuous furnishings and decorations. Historically, Szentgotthrd's name is most memorable for the gigantic battle fought here in 1664, when Grand Vizier Mehmet Koprl's Turks were defeated by an Imperial army under the leadership of general (count) Montecuccoli. [Ed.: The battlefield was close to Wallendorf in today's Austria, and in Austria the name of the battle also goes by the place Mogersdorf.] The present day town was formed by the gradual amalgamation of several small settlements such as Farkasfalva, Jakabhza, etc., which have, however, up to now retained their partial geographical separation. Mriajfalu, in itself an amalgamation of Rbakisfalud and Talapatka, has a water reservoir in the middle of a scenic forest. Szentgotthrd has a frontier station to the Austrian border. Recently, it has seen significant industrial developments (Opel, Vossen). The population is 8,662. *Nemesmedves* [eastnortheast of Rnk] This village with the amenity of clean air and lying a long way from busy roads was first recorded in 1336. It has a large forest on its outskirts, stretching for miles, which still contains the remains of the German WW II defense line. The settlement was occupied by the Soviet army on April 4, 1945, and a T34 tank was left on Main Square as a monument. Another interesting monument is a wooden belfry. In feudal times, a lot of gentry lived here. Current population is 23, making it the smallest village of the country. [German name was Ginisdorf] BERNSTEIN & EDELSERPENTINE (suggested by Albert Schuch) Page 16 of this week's OZ (36/1999) carries an article by Albert Schuch mentioning that a local type of jade called "edelserpentine" (often called the green treasure of Burgenland) has been mined here since 1801. His research corrects an earlier belief that mining started in 1860. It appears that one Dr. Joseph Oesterreicher wrote of it on 26 Nov. 1801, as well as it being mentioned in a booklet published in Vienna by Johann Lenk in 1802. The village of Bernstein is a Marktgemeinde in Bezirk Oberwart and includes the villages of Dreihtten, Redschlag, Rettenbach and Stuben. Its castle "Burg Bernstein" , once an important link in the border defenses, is now a well known first class castle hotel (see Bob Unger Trip Report in BB News No. 36A) famous for the "ghost of the white lady". In 1974 my wife and I and two of our children went to see Burgenland for the first time. We stopped in Bernstein and we bought some of the jewelry made from edelserpentine. When cut and polished, it produces a green gem like jade stone, from light green to almost black. It shows up well with gold. Sometimes large pieces are found and sculpted into goblets or birds and other valuable artwork. During our visit, my daughter wandered up the road toward the castle. A roadworker raking stones picked one up and gave it to her. It was a large piece of unworked serpentine which she still treasures. I've never heard this stone mentioned by immigrants nor have any ever shown me a piece of serpentine jewelry. You would think immigrants would have liked to take a "piece of the heimat" with them. (Some years ago it was fashionable to put a small bit of Burgenland earth in immigrants' coffins.) I often wonder if serpentine was too expensive for locals. Albert also mentions that the stone was worked in Saxony, Sweden and Italy. It's possible that jewelry was not being made and sold in the Burgenland until later this century. On a trip just a few years ago we were amazed to find how much this jewelry has appreciated in value. Instead of buying more we settled for two ice creams at a "cafe sitzen" overlooking the village center and watched tourists swarm into the Bernstein jewelry shops. NY KATHARINA FEST Here is information on the First Burgenlander Society of New York's annual Katharina Fest: Sunday October 31, 1999 at Castle Harbour Casino, 1118 Havenmeyer Avenue, Bronx, N.Y. 2 P.M. - 6 P.M. Doors open at 1 P.M. "Miss Burgenland Contest", Schuhplattler's by the Gemuetlichen Enzianer, " The Joe Unger Band" will perform for your listening and dancing pleasure. Dinner starts at 2 P.M. and will feature the Castle Harbour special, with unlimited beer, wine and soda. The price is $33.00 per person. 6 yrs to 12 years is $10.00. For reservations and information call: Rudy (718) 821-1334, Joe (718) 353-1021, Erwin (718) 672-6142. HUNGARIAN RECORD HEADINGS (Hank Dilcher and Joe Jarfas) Hank writes:I finished the LDS VasDobra birth records and was faced with some apparent death records.I can't read the headings and there seems to be very terse entrys by the registrar. Can you help me with these headings? (see answer). All appear under the page title: utólagos eejegyzések es kiigazitások. The first column only has a number. The second column only has a year (1904) and a number (like "3"). The third column only has a name. I can not read the fourth column. It must be "cause of death." Doesn't seem to be many deaths recorded, if this is what it is. Joseph J Jarfas answers: >1. Ezen jegyzek folyó száma Should have been 'jegyzk foly szma'; it means the docket number assigned to the case; most likely by the court system, the 'alispn' or some such authority. (But the priest could have just assigned a running record # for his corrections!) >2. Anyakonyoi évés folyoszam, amelyre az utolagos byegvzés, illotolerg kiigazitás vonatkozik Anyaknyvi ves folyszm, amelyre az utlagos bejegyzs, illetleg kiigazts vonatkozik. Refers to the church book entry; specifically the year of the church record, that has to be changed. (Official name changes, adoptions, acknowledgment of fatherhood, etc., will require the keeper of the books to make the entry.) >3. Annak neve akire a 2. rovatban megjelolt anyakonyvi alapbejegyzés vonatkozik 'megjellt' and 'alapbejegyzs' -- The name of the person in the church book, who is referenced by # 2 above. >4. Az utoilagos bejegyzes vagy kiigazitas szo szerinti masolata Az utlagos bejegyzs vagy kiigazts sz szerinti msolata. The verbatim entry actually containing the changes required. (The most important part of the section, where you find out what was changed.) >5. All under the page title: utólagos eejegyzések es kiigazitások. Utlagos bejegyzsek s kiigaztsok. Post record entries and changes. >6. The first column only has a number. The second column only has a year (1904) and a number (like "3"). It looks like those books had a yearly numbering system for the records. With other words started with #1 on Jan 1 of the year - or whenever the first event occurred - and continued sequentially. Some books I have seen had page # sequences. (I believe the churches started to standardize this just like the columnar entries in the 1830's.) >7. The third column only has a name. Yes, the person's name whose record had to be added to or modified. >8. I can not read the fourth column. It must be "cause of death." Doesn't seem to be many deaths recorded, if this is what it is. Too bad ... about the indecipherable writing. I have seen them too, and it can be the most important thing for genealogists - especially for legal name changes. Since it was also required that the parishes notify each other of marriages and deaths that occurred in their own neighborhood, the parish where the person was born should have received those occurrences (usually they did, but the guy was too busy and did not record them [sometimes]). Would make life so much easier!! Anyway these entries can be as simple as death's reported or marriage recorded. Or any legal change. Just yesterday I was perusing the film for Ndasd in county Vas and I found an interesting 'asterisked' entry in April 1848 that run across the page: "A Marcziusi trvnyek a volt Jobbgyokat flszabaditottk az rbri tartozsoktl." It refers to the new law (released the previous month [March]) whereby the serfs were freed of their [financial] obligations to their lords. Since this entry was written after an entry on 24 Apr 1848 evidently it took that time for the news to spread to this little village. (Newsletter continues as no. 65A)

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 65A DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY (issued biweekly by Gerald Berghold) September 30, 1999 This second section of the 3 section newsletter is the eleventh installment of The Teklits Translation of "Volk an der Grenze ..." (People on the Border), the history of the Croatians in Burgenland, written by Johann Dobrovich. We are bringing you most of this book in serial form. Chapters 29 and 30, which spell out tax requirements, are included in this issue. Chapter XXIX - The District of Neusiedl The language islands of Parndorf include Parndorf, Neudorf, Kittsee, Pama, Gattendorf, and Potzneusiedl. The Estates of the Earl of Harrach, Parndorf (Pandrof) and Neudorf (Novo Selo) were at that time royal Dominican farms and constituents of the County of Wieslburg, which later belonged to the Domain of Ungarisch-Altenburg. In 1525, King Ludwig II of Hungary granted his approval to Leonhard III Von Harrach, owner of the Domain of Rohrau, to acquire the communities of Parndorf and Neudorf, which were situated in the Hungarian area. The Pressburg Chapter issued the letter of transfer a year later. Both villages were badly affected when the Turkish Army inundated this area in 1529, as both villages lay deserted for a decade. This condition changed in 1563, when Leonhard IV received the right of abode in Hungary, and as a result was entitled to own and rule over Domains in Hungary. Harrach began with the settlement in Parndorf, and a few years later in 1570, he also initiated the re-settlement of Neudorf. Alarmed by the Turkish threat, the German population did not want to settle in this endangered outpost. Harrach therefore admitted Croat refugees for the settlement of new villages just as they were being accepted elsewhere in Burgenland. They cultivated the frugal arid ground and changed wasteland into blooming fields. Lucas Masnik, the minister of Parndorf, was present at the Diocesan Synod of Szombathely (Steinamanger) in 1579. According to Harrachs' Urbar of 1600 (Volume II 15 copy Hofkammerarchiv Vienna (Treasury Archive, Vienna) B 29 E ff.) there were 80 farmer's houses and 18 Hofsttten in Parndorf; in Neudorf there were 40 inhabited and 30 deserted houses. The ecclesiastical Visitation of 1659 praises the inhabitants of Parndorf who were all Catholic Croatians, for being diligent churchgoers. Neudorf was populated entirely with Catholic Croatians in the years of 1659, 1674, and 1696. The Domain of Kittsee The Domain of Kittsee, which only consisted of some small towns, is located in the northern corner of the District of Neusiedl between the Danube and Leitha rivers. The Counts of St. Georgen and Bsing were the owners of this Domain at the time of the immigration of the Croats into this area. Wolgang Bsinger was the Oberkammerer (chief treasurer) of King Ludwig II and his advisor since 1526. After the disaster of Mohacs, he supported the Habsburg party and maintained his loyalty to King Ferdinand I until the end of his life (1537). Six years later, his son Christoph also died, and the male lineage of the younger Bsingers expired with his death. Margaret, the daughter of the deceased Count Franz Bosinger who died in 1534, married Wolfgang Von Puchheim, Lord of Gllersdorf, and she inherited the Domain of Kittsee in 1546. After the death of her husband around 1578, Kittsee received a new Lord in the person of Baron Johann Listy who married Elizabeth, the daughter of Wolfgang Von Puchheim. Johann Listy is shown as the Domain owner in the Visitation log of 1646. Listy supported the Reformation, whereas the Croatian subjects in Pama and Kroatisch Jahrndorf remained true to the Catholic faith.Kittsee (Gijeca). The first Turkish troops came to Kittsee in September 1529, and they destroyed the 300 hundred year old Church of Pankratius, numerous houses, and decimated the population. The time of the new settlement is not known. The inhabitants of the village are partly Croats and partly German according to the "visitatio canonica" (canonical Visitation) of 1659. The Croats themselves have always been well known for their Catholic faith. Around 1715, the population consisted of 48 Fronbauern (farmers) and 28 Kleinhusler (a person who owns a house, but no part of a sessio). Pama (Bijelo Selo). The Turks also destroyed Pama in 1529, which was probably a subsidiary of Kroatisch Geresdorf after the new settlement by the Croats. The village was also totally devastated in 1620 during the Bethlen War (part of the 30 Years War). According to the county's descriptions of 1552/1553, the village included 10 portae (technical term for a tax system). According to canonical Visitation of 1674, the community was entirely Croat in 1659, with all inhabitants being Croatian except for two Lutheran farmers from Kittsee. In 1696, the only Germans were a shepherd and a miller. 38 farmers and 16 Kleinhusler lived in the village in 1715. c. Estates of the Gentry In the late Middle Ages members of the gentry who constituted the middle class in the feudal system were found in Gattendorf and Potzneusiedel.Gattendorf (Rauser). On June 22, 1442, by order of Elizabeth, the King's widow, the Chapter of the Pressburg Cathedral introduced Georg Von Gattendorf into the ownership of the property of Gattendorf. On February 3, 1453, the same George de Gatha (or Kattendorf) received from Ladislaus V of Hungary, the confirmation of all documents for the Domain of Gatha and the income of the Lucrum camerale for loyal service. (Lucrum camerale is the equivalent of income to the state.) Since he had no male heirs, his estate went over to his cousins Johann, Paul, and Ladislaus after his death. Gattendorf received its Croatian name (Rauser) from a family named Rausch. According to the canonical Visitation of 1659, the greater part of the inhabitants were Catholic Croatians, while most of the Germans were Lutheran. The population count around 1517 was 27 Fronbauern (farmers) and 37 Kleinhusler. Potzneusiedl (Lajtica) was first mentioned at the end of the 13th Century and may have been founded by Counts named Poth. The county descriptions of 1552/53 list the owners as Bathory and Nedvely with 4 and 6 portae respectively. In the 18th century, the village was subordinate to Count Harrach's Domain, Bruck an der Leitha. Around the middle of the century it was a possession of Baron Von Bender, before it finally came into the hands of Prince Batthyány. The village may have been devastated in 1529 during the war with the Turks, after which Croats settled it. According to the Visitation of 1674 and 1696, all parish children are Croatian with the exception of a German shepherd and a German weaver; according to the Visitation of 1659 all inhabitants are Catholic Croats, except for a Lutheran. The total population in 1715 was 17 farmers and 4 Kleinhusler. More villages are located in the east of the District of Neusiedl where Croats had settled in the 16th Century, as they share a common nationality with the ancestors of the current Burgenland Croats. Three of these villages that in the 16th century were entirely Croatian, and which were given to Czechoslovakia after the 2nd World War are: Kroatisch Jahrndorf, (Hrvatski Jandrof) - nowadays Jarovce; Sarndorf (Cunovo), - nowadays Dunavec; Karlburg (Rosvar), - nowadays Rusovic. Andreas Zoncic, a minister, served in Kroatisch Geresdorf in the 2nd half of this last century, where he lived modestly, and dedicated his savings to the education of Croatian clergymen and teachers. Karlburg is located in the vicinity of this village, where in 1659 only a Hungarian and two German farmers lived in addition to the Croats. More recently this municipality was already German, while Sarnhof is still Croatian today. In neighboring Hungary, the two Croat villages of Palesdorf (Bezonja) and Kroatisch Kimling (Hrvatska Kemlja) are located in the County of Wieselburg. Matthew Miloradic-Mersic, a Croatian Priest/author, who was a strong supporter of a Croatian nationality in Burgenland, lived in the latter village. Villages that were more or less Croatian in the 16th century were: Leiden (Lebeny). The Croats were in the majority here and Hungarians in the minority. Ungarisch-Kimling (Ugarska Kemlja) was half-Croatian and half-Hungarian in 1659.Hungarians, Croats, and Germans lived in Ragendorf (Rajka). Hungarians, Croats and Krainers lived in Galing (Kalnok). The residents in Niklo (Lebeny-Szent Miklos) were Hungarian and Croatian according to Alexander Payr. Hungarians, Croats, and Germans lived in Otteveny. In the District of Neusiedl one could find scattered Croatian surnames in the 17th century. A total of 44 Croatian surnames were found in the villages of Jois, Tadten, Frauenkirchen, Halbturm, Winden, St. Andr, Mönchhof, Illmitz, Neusiedl, Andau, Wallern, and Podersdorf. There were a total of 49 Croatian surnames in neighboring Hungary in 1720; Ungarisch- Altenberg had 17, Halaszi 10, Wieselberg 14, Zanegg 3, Nagybarat 3 and 2 in Rabacsanak. The easternmost Croatian settlement was a village known as St. Johann bei Raab (Sveti Ivan) which was situated in the County of Gyor (Raab). According to Adolph Mohl, Croatians from Kroatisch Kimling settled here instead of those Hungarians who had been driven out in 1718 because they supported the Calvinist Church. There were a total of 61 Croatian families in 1720. According to Professor Fenyes, 400 Croats lived here in 1840; whereas there were only 300 as per the census of 1857. The Hungarians may have been the majority in the community. Since the inhabitants had only Hungarian clergymen and schoolteachers since 1870, Croat children were brought up Hungarian, thereby the usage of the Croatian language gradually ceased. The author often had occasion to speak with the Croats there from 1897 up to 1901, who spoke the Ca dialect of the Croatian coastal areas. In their funerals, they placed a Croatian prayer book under the head of the deceased in the casket. The inhabitants of the village said that a part of the Croatian immigrants came here from Parndorf. Chapter XXX -Appendix: Services owed to the Landlords Duties and Services of the Settler in the Imperial Domains of Forchtenstein, Eisenstadt, Hornstein, Kobersdorf, and Güns These properties were under the administrative authority of the Lower Austrian Chamber up to 1626 or 1647. After these domains were returned to Hungary, little by little the Hungarian regulations came into effect. In contrast to the serfs in Hungary, the new settlers in the above- mentioned domains were free owners of the sessiones assigned to them. They could inherit, buy, sell, or exchange houses and properties. Every change of property had to be reported to the Domain and was recorded in the real estate register. In the first half of the 16 century, duties and services were very small, because the settlers still had to build dwellings, buy tools and seeds, breed cattle, and make the ground arable. Building material and firewood were free of charge from the manorial forests. As far as one can ascertain from the Urbar, on the whole, the obligations of the settlers in the imperial Domains were equitable. Apart from the Zehent (1/10th tax on crops and bred cattle), which was renounced by the church voluntarily and without claiming indemnity in 1848, there were the following obligations: Only the two best farms of every village in the Domain were required to pay the Zehent in the first half of the 16th Century. The Robotleistungen (obligation to do a fixed amount of work for the domain owner) was assessed to be 12 days of labor annually. During the Robot "one was sustained with considerable eating and drinking." A miller from Wulkaprodersdorf for example, paid annually 30 Metzen (measures of grain), and 2 hens. As per the Urbar of 1561, the Hornstein farmers (63 in total) had to buy 17 or 18 Eimer (containers of wine) from the Domain annually, and pay a two-cent markup on approximately a quarter of a liter. The owner of a whole sessio had to give (to the owner of the domain) 3-1/2 shillings on St. George's and St. Michael's Day, 42 cents at Christmas, 5 hens and one loaf of cheese during the carnival, and 30 eggs at Easter. Half or quarter sessio's paid correspondingly less. In 1569, the subjects in the Domain of Eisenstadt had to work 12 days of Robot with a draught animal, those who had neither ox nor horse did 12 days of hand labor, "whereby one should sustain them with considerable eating and drinking". The Kleinhusler had to pay 4 shillings for not having to perform Robot. The Gertreide (grain) and Weinzehent (wine tax) from the two best farms in the Domain amounted to approximately 6 guilders in cash for each village. If millet or buckwheat were cultivated, one had to provide 1/10th Mandel or Kornmandel (unit measure of corn) (1 Mandel = 20 sheaf's). The community of Oslip had 7 whole sessio's, 41 half-sessio and 8 Kleinhusler in 1569. They had to pay annually, 36 guilders, 1 shilling, and 10.5 pennies tax in addition to 64 hens, 596 eggs, 124 loaves of cheese, one measure of flour (1 Mut = 30 Metzen), and 12 measures of grain. A miller provided 12 measures of grain and had to pay 2 shillings and 12 pennies of Robotgeld (money paid instead of working Robot) to the domain owner. The community had to buy approximately 35 Eimer from the domain. Each Achtring (subdivision of about 1.4 liters) of a container of wine was around 2 cents more expensive than the normal price. Duties and services were also customary in the other communities of the Domain. Duties were raised in the 17th century because of the oncoming Turkish threat, however the Robotleistung was not. Certain duties of the community of Sigless were selected from this time period as a typical example of what taxes were required in 1675: A local tax (Steuergulden) of 30 guilders, 15 Kreuzer, A small tax of 25 guilders, 2.5 Kreuzer, Wine tableware (Weingeschirr) tax of 70 guilders, Tax for the cantonment of the Hussars of 166 guilders, A vineyard tax (Bergrecht) of 35 Eimer, Recorders cash (Schreibergeld) of 17 to 18 guilders, A fruit tax (Fruchtzehent) of 1 Kreuzer for each shed, A wine tax (Weinzehent) of 2 Kreuzer for each Eimer, A 1/10th tax on the harvest of Buckwheat, seed, and vegetables On Pentecost Day, the village residents of Sigless and Zillingtal jointly had to give 10 to 11 Eimer (580 to 638 liters of wine), in addition to giving annually to the kitchen (of the administration). These donations included 5 calves, 6 geese, 6 piglets, 296 hens, 700 eggs, and some butter. The butcher shop provided 1/2 hundredweight (25 kg) of tallow. During the elections of the Richter (administrative head of the village) each citizen had to pay 1 Groschen (unit of currency). Similar duties were also required in the other communities of the former Imperial Domains. Two pieces of evidence prove that the Hungarian regulations for duties did not come immediately into force as a result of moving the above mentioned domains to Hungary. Franz Kurelac found a song in Unterpullendorf in 1847 with the title "Jacka od zelezanskoga poljä "Songs of the fields of Eisenstadt". In this song, the Croats (living) in the surroundings of Eisenstadt praise the fact that they are neither serfs, nor Fronbauern (farmers who had to perform Robot). They were able to call themselves "gospoda" (gentlemen), who lacked nothing, and had everything they desired. A complaint of the Drassburg farmers also mentions the above contention to Emperor Karl VI in the year 1734, in which the farmers complain that the new mortgage owner of the Esterhazy part of the village demanded intolerable taxes and duties based on Hungarian regulations. They appealed to the Emperor to ensure that they owe the new creditor, Adam Mesko, only as much taxes and Robot as were owed according to the Urbarium of the Earldom of Forchtenstein of 1675. From this document consisting of 29 sheets one can conclude that the Hungarian feudal regulations were in agreement with the Hungarian county authorities, effective in this area only from 1734. The domains of the present day Burgenland remained with Hungary, and Hungarian regulations were enforced within these domains. Settlers in the Hungarian area could freely dispose of only their mobile possessions. Farms and plots of land did not belong to the farmers, but rather to the Domain owner, and the subjects had to carry all of the national tax burdens. They paid the fixed portal tax, the extraordinary war taxes and also the various Urbarial duties to the owner of the Domain for the usage of the house, fields, vineyards, meadows and pastures belonging to it. (Only the Urbarial duties such as those on houses, fields, etc. were paid to the Domain owner, while the portal and war taxes were paid to the County. Ed note) According to the 7th decree of Wladislaus II in 1514, all married farmers received 1gold guilder (100 Dinari) annually, half on St. George's Day, and half on St. Michael's day. Each week they had to perform a day's Robot, every month they had to deliver a capon, and give a ninth of all their plantings. A goose was given at Pentecost and St. Martin's Day, and every house gave a fatted pig as a gift at Christmas. Adult sons were not allowed to leave the domain property. Later laws and royal enactment's gave the farmers some relief. In 1555 the war tax on the subjects was reduced to one- half (1 florin). The subjects were allowed to sell home made wine from St. Michael's Day until St. George's Day. According to the 14th decree of Ferdinand I. in the year 1553, serfs could not be forced to work at the castles without pay. A domain owner who illegally prohibited a tenant from moving away had to pay a fine of 100 florin (fl) upon the first reminder, and a fine of 200 fl was due at the time of a second reminder. If he took the risk of obtaining a third reminder, he stood to lose the sessio in question. (17th decree issued by King Ferdinand I in 1556.) The house that the subjects had purchased or built themselves could be sold within a 15-day period. The migrating farmer was allowed to keep inherited property not belonging to the farm, newly arable land, vineyards and meadows, but he had to provide the Urbarial duties attached to these in the future. As a result of the depression of the subjects, Maria Theresa initiated (1764/65) a uniform and comprehensive Urbarialwesen (the relationship between feudal lords and serfs) for the entire country. She ordered the development of a universal Urbar, for which short summaries of the most important aspects are presented as they pertained to three categories of inhabitants: Settled farmers (Bauern) with house, farm, gardens, treading ground, exterior fields and meadows, Dwellers (Kleinhusler) with house and buildings, Lodgers (Inwohner) Land: A farmer's house included 1.1 square Klafter of land belonging to the "intravillanum" of the village. Depending on the quality of the soil, a farmer owning a full sessio owned the following amount of "intravillanum" land: In Wieselburg County: 20 to 26 Joch fields and 3 to 5 Joch meadows, In denburg County: 16 to 22 Joch fields and 3 to 5 Joch meadows, In Eisenburg County: 18 to 22 Joch fields and 3 to 4 Joch meadows. One Joch was calculated to be the equivalent of 2 Pressburg Metzen. In addition the farmers received a pasture (Hutweide) and were allowed to take wood from the forests of the lord (domain).Work duties (Robot) owed to their Lord: A farmer with a full sessio had to work with two of his cattle or horses one day each week for his lord. Dwellers and Lodgers had to do 18 or 12 days of manual labor per year respectively for their lords. Taxes: The Neuntl tax required a farmer to give a ninth part of his harvest to the domain. A "Bergrecht" (duty) had to be paid to the lord in wine growing areas irrespective of the amount of the harvest. Other duties: A dweller and lodger had to pay 1 florin per year to his lord, which had to paid on St. George's Day and St. Michael's Day. A farmer who owned a full sessio was required to give annually 2 hens, 2 capons, 12 eggs, and Mass (liter) of lard. Every 30 sessiones had to give between themselves a calf or 1 florin 30 kreuzer. All duties related to inheritance, inventories, and divisions of property were abolished, as well as a duty of a tenth portion of inherited, exchanged, or sold goods. Other taxes such as the Quartiergeld, the Husarengeld, Sichel, and Zettelgeld and so forth were also abolished. Law Article VII of 1840 allowed the subjects to pay off all duties owed to the feudal Lord. The land continued to be treated as the property of the domain owner. Law Article V of 1844 provided access for the subjects to all public offices. The year 1848 or 1853 respectively finally brought the long awaited liberation of the farmers and Söllner. Liberation was also implemented in Hungary via a series of Law Articles approved in 1848. Law Article IX decreed the lifting of all urbarial regulations of Robot, Zehent (1/10th tax), Neuntel (1/9th tax), and Geldabgaben (tax money). The domain owner received a remuneration of 700, 650, or 600 guilders for every whole sessio located in Wieselburg, Ödenburg, or Eisenburg Counties depending on the quality of the Bauernwirtschaft (land belonging to the farm). The Kleinhusler had to pay a standard sum of 50 guilders. The former subjects could also eliminate the payment by installments. (to be continued as newsletter no. 66A.) This newsletter continues as 65B.

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 65B DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY (issued biweekly by Gerald Berghold) September 30, 1999 This third section of the 3 section newsletter contains an article about the impending visit of Fr. Leopold Prizelitz, who must qualify as one of Güssing's most revered inhabitants. He will be accompanied by BB member Heinz Koller. Fr. Leopold's wish to share his "diamond jubilee" with the "Burgenländern in Amerika" is proof of the strong ties which still bind us to the "Heimat". We also include a profile of Heinz Koller who has been an active Güssing supporter of the Burgenland Bunch and presently serves as Burgenland Gemeinschaft liason. BB members or others in the NY, NJ and PA areas interested in meeting with Father Leopold and Heinz may refer to their schedule. Also included are an article concerning Newsletter Archive Availability and URL and Member Changes. VISIT OF FR. LEOPOLD PRIZELITZ (NY, NJ, PA) -from Albert Schuch Fr. Leopold Prizelitz of Güssing Franciscan Abbey, who celebrates the 60th anniversary of his ordination this year and is the oldest friar and priest in active service of the Eisenstadt diocese, visits the USA Oct 1-11. He will be accompanied by BB and BG member Heinz Koller, retired civil servant, author and playwright from Güssing. Their basic schedule: Oct 1 11:40 AM departure from Vienna Airport; flight OS 501 03:10 PM arrival in New York, JFK Airport; transfer to relatives of Mr. Koller Oct 2-5 Clifton, NJ: Mass on Oct 3, 10:00 AM; followed by a Burgenländer meeting Coordination: Ms. Gisela Hirmann (Tel. 973 772 2361; 973 277 4004) Oct 6-7 New York Oct 8 Allentown, Bethlehem, PA: in the morning transfer to Allentown; lunch; ca. 03:00 PM Franciscan Abbey in Bethlehem ca. 05:30 PM coffee with the Coplay Sngerbund ca. 08:30 PM Harmonika meeting at the Stammtisch Edelwei; Coordination: Bob Strauch (Tel. 610 435 9258) Oct 9-11 New York Mass on Oct 10, 02:00 PM Mass at St. Josephs church; followed by a Burgenländer meeting; Coordination: John Wukitsevits (Tel. 212 535 9655) Oct 11, 06:30 PM departure from New York, JFK airport, flight OS 502 Father Leopold's "Diamond Ordination Jubilee" (60th anniversary of his ordination) (written by Heinz Koller, translated by Ingeborg Schuch) The title of this article already describes the man celebrating this jubilee, because we think it is not presumptuous to call our Father Leopold a diamond. A diamond for the church he has served as a priest for 60 years, a diamond for his parishioners who always received advice and help from him, and a diamond for his numerous friends. Many of them honoured him by attending his jubilee mass in the church of Güssing Abbey, but his jubilee has also been celebrated in a worthy way in his previous parishes, and on 12th September the series of celebrations will continue in St. Margarethen. Father Leopold was born on 14th August 1913 in Vienna; in the year 1920 he moved with his parents Josef und Maria Prizelitz to Grosshflein in Burgenland, the home of his father's ancestors, and today the home of his sister Maria Fink. After an eventful life as a pastor, during which he also experienced the hard times of war - he has, as most of us know, survived Stalingrad - he actively engaged in the rebuilding of Güssing after World War II. Not only did he work with his own hands in the succursal chapels entrusted to him (like Neustift), but also in the abbey, as the old rooms were adapted for the local youth. When he left Güssing in 1950 (during his tour of duty with the Franciscan Order), he was able to look back at a successful work with the young generation. He knew how to gather the youths around him and how to motivate them for the cause of God. A journey on foot throughout Burgenland - with his altar boys - was one of the special events organized by him, as well as the very active theater group, which he today proudly calls the nucleus of the "Burgspiele" (open air theater on Güssing's Castle hill) . He could not know then that it would take him 40 years before he would return to Güssing. He served in many towns during these years: St. Plten, Maria Enzersdorf, Wien, Maria Lanzendorf, Graz, Kleinfrauenheid, Neufeld, St. Margarethen, Rust, Frauenkirchen and Bad Gleichenberg. His work for the open air Passion-plays in St. Margarethen deserves special credit: Out of exactly 100 performances held under his auspicies, not a single one was spoiled by rain. One is tempted to call this a miracle. Today Father Leopold again plays an important role in the social life of our town, be it as priest, as leader of the pilgrimage to Frauenkirchen, as actor in the carnival cabaret or in the Historical Festivities of the town etc. Father Leopold is the oldest friar and priest in active service of our diocese. Bishop Paul Iby has honoured his merits in December 1998 by promoting him to the honorary office of a "Bischflicher Ehrenkonsistorialrat". May the plans of Father Leopold to celebrate his jubilee in the midst of our countrymen in America come out successful (1st - 10th October 1999, with masses scheduled for St. Joseph's Church (Manhattan), Clifton and Nazareth), as well as the next pilgrimage to Frauenkirchen (4th - 8th September 1999) and his activities for the needy at home and in the neighbouring countries, and may his times to come be blessed by God. Contact: A 7540 Güssing, Franciscan Abbey, Tel. +43 42339 16 http://pater.leopold.here.de Diamond Ordination Jubilee of Fr. Leopold (Josef) Prizelitz (written by Fr. Leopold Prizelitz OFM, translated by Ingeborg Schuch) Born August 14, 1913, in Vienna (Arsenal). 1920 Moved to Grohflein, Burgenland, the native village of my father. Elementary school in Vienna and Grohflein. Secondary school and high school in Eisenstadt, Burgenland. 1927-1933 Teacher's college in Vienna (Whring, Semperstrae)1934 Additional high school diploma for the Realgymnasium (where modern languages, mathematics, or sciences are stressed) in Stockerau, Lower Austria. 1934 Entered the Franciscan Order. Ordained on July 9, 1939, in Vienna by Bishop Kamprath. Drafted into the German Army on June 15, 1940, to the 17th army-medical replacement unit 1941-1945 Medic in an infantry unit approaching Stalingrad from Poland, then on the Balkans and in East Prussia. Captured in Königsberg on April 9, 1945. Until September 8, 1947, in POW camp Kohtla-Jrve in Estonia, worked in the sick quarters and in an oil-shale mine. Also pastor of the POW camp and actor. Returned home on September 27, 1947. 1947-1950 Associate priest in the parish of Güssing, Burgenland; also serving Glasing and Neustift; catechist. 1950-1951 Associate priest in St. Plten (3 months), then in Maria Enzersdorf, Lower Austria. 1951-1952 Franciscan Monastery in Vienna, served as substitute pastor. 1952-1961 Associate priest and priest in Maria Lanzendorf, Lower Austria; catechist. 1961-1962 Substitute priest in Graz, Styria. 1962-1963 Priest in Kleinfrauenhaid (3 months), then in Neufeld an der Leitha, Burgenland; catechist. 1963-1984 (20 years and 5 months) priest in St. Margarethen, Burgenland; towards the end of this period dean of the deanery Rust; manager of the Passion plays, member of the priests' council and the pastoral council; spiritual assistent of the Catholic Society of Families in Burgenland; spiritual leader of the assembly of the Legio Mariae Burgenland; catechist. 1984-1986 Associate priest in Bad Gleichenberg, Styria.1986-1987 Guardian and priest in Frauenkirchen, Burgenland.1987-1990 Priest and tourist pastor in Bad Gleichenberg. 1990-1999 Associate priest, guardian and vicar in Güssing. Military decorations: medic-sergeant; EK (Iron Cross) I and II, "Infanteriesturmabzeichen" (Infantry stormtrooper decoration), "Ruland-Orden" (Russia medal) and "Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz" (badge awarded to wounded soldiers). Governmental decorations: "Silbernes Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienste um die Republik Österreich" (Silver Medal for merits for the Federal Republic of Austria); "Ehrenzeichen des Landes Burgenland" (Badge of honor of the State of Burgenland) Ecclesiastical decorations: honorary offices of "Geistlicher Rat" and "Ehrenkonsistorialrat" Has served as Priest for 60 years: 34 years and 4 months in the Diocese Eisenstadt. Total: 798 baptisms, 508 weddings, 826 funerals (of these 489 baptisms, 237 weddings, 582 funerals in St. Margarethen). - 20,000 masses approx. 35 years catechist. Profile of Heinz Koller (translated by Ingeborg Schuch) A 7450 Güssing, Bergstr. 13, Tel. +43 43008 http://members.xoom.com/Heinele Born 25th January 1944 in Güssing, Langzeil 173. No siblings. His mother had 8 brothers and sisters, of whom 3 (Frank Koller, Rosi Yost and Margaret Schmidt) are living in the USA (NY, NJ). Being born in '44 makes him 55. At this age he looks back at 33 formative years of work for the social welfare system, and also at 33 years of marriage (with wife Hildegard nee Sammer). He accomplished the goals "plant a tree, father a son, found a family" (the other way round, of course). Son Martin is an engineer who also holds a Master's degree, daughter Sabine is a circus artist in Paris. His free time was for a long time dedicated to sports (22 years basket-ball); 11 years ago he started to write, as an attempt to balance the frustrating moments of his work (senior civil servant of the Burgenland government, assigned to the social welfare adminstration of the Güssing district; retired since 1st September 1998). Earlier this year he published a book entitled "tief verwurzelt" (deeply rooted). It is a fruit of his work dedicated to preserving the Hianzish dialect. Heinz Koller is a member of the "Josef Reichl-Bund" (Josef Reichl-Society), of the Burgenländisch-Hianzische Gesellschaft (Burgenland-Hianzish Society) and of the "Frderverein der Bairischen Sprache" (Society promoting the Bavarian language). He himself has also founded a society called "Güssinger Kreis zur Pflege der Mundart" (Güssing Society for the preservation of the dialect); members meet at the "Hianznstubm" inn in Güssing, Hauptstrasse 47. Today he considers it to be his most important activity to support his wife Hildegard (who chairs the Burgverein Güssing) in the organization of the "Burgspiele" (Castle Plays). NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE AVAILABILITY (Carol Sorensen & G. Berghold) Carol writes: Thank you for your wonderful web site. I go to it often and have been encouraged by several of the members (and even found one was "related") in my own development of my Family History. I went to Burgenland this summer when my daughter studied in Vienna. We visited brothers and sister of my grandparents, and their children and grandchildren. Learned lots and did many taped interviews. Of course now I have even more questions. So, as I go back to your info to ponder and learn, I can no longer access Newsletters 30-36A? Why? We attended the Burgenlander Geinschaft picnic as you suggested...met Miss Burgenland from New York, who is related to my Great-aunt from Oberwart (my daughter exchanged e-mail addresses with her!), and then visited her niece's vineyard and cellar down the road (which was all a surprise!)....Thanks for the suggestion! Answer: The archives are presently available at three places. Two are FTP sites belonging to Hap Anderson and myself (we split the archives betweeen us). These can be accessed through home page hyperlinks. Edited (extraneous transmission material removed) versions are also available from our Roots Web facility. The AOL FTP sites which hold these archives (accessed from homepage hyperlinks) have a 2MM byte limit. As new archives come in old ones have to go. I've cancelled everything through 36A and will also be cancelling through 49B at my FTP. The first time you use Roots Web, you'll be asked to provide a password. Make one up and remember it. This is done to protect the site from hackers. We'll continue to make all newsletters available from homepage hyperlinks but you may occasionally find some gaps as explained above. When you do, either wait a few weeks or go to Roots Web. An added plus of the Roots Web archive is that it includes a search mechanism. Handy if you're looking for a particular item. Given the size of today's hard disks and other storage media, you might consider downloading all of our archives. You could then edit them to meet your own needs or cut and paste material to your own genealogical files. A big job (over 1200 pages) but worth the effort if you're into Burgenland research. BURGENLAND BUNCH INTERNET LINKS - ADDITIONS, REVISIONS 9/30/99 (from Internet/URL Editor Anna Tanczos Kresh) AUSTRIAN, BURGENLAND MUSIC SOURCES o 10,000 Volkslieder http://ingeb.org/ - links to Austrian, Croatian, German, Hungarian, etc. songs (online lyrics, many with music clips); composers, histories, notes, etc.; Silent Night in 93 languages (click on this related site http://members.tripod.com/~tassiedevil/snight.htm BURGENLAND INTERNET LINKS o Auswanderer Museum http://www.museumonline.at/1998/schools/burgenla/BL_GUSSI/index.htm - Museum of the Emigrants from Burgenland; photos, chronology, floor plan, impressions of the Old World, Emigration, the New World, What is Left?; includes photos of Dr. Walter Dujmovits, Anthony Pany, former mayor of Northampton, PA (Klaus Gerger) o Burgenland Gemeinden http://www.burgenland.at/ - click on "Gemeinden", then select "Güssing", "Tobaj", etc.; nice, small photos of Burgenland castles, villages, churches, crosses, etc. (Klaus Gerger) GENEALOGY RESEARCH LINKS (OTHER) o Family Relationship Chart http://netserver.dcr.state.nc.us/iss/gr/chart.htm - chart to identify relationship between two people (e.g., first cousin once removed); see also Everton http://www.everton.com/relation/relation.htm HUNGARIAN INTERNET LINKS o Magyarorszg megyi http://www.different.hu/hunmap/hun/ - links to present-day Hungary with maps of the counties by district; towns have a link to current address, phone, and sometimes fax, for the municipal hall, post office, school, etc.; larger towns have tourist-type information (Maureen Tighe-Brown) (Remember the InterTran link will attempt to translate Hungarian web pages) MAP SITES ON THE INTERNET o Magyarorszg megyi http://www.different.hu/hunmap/hun/ - links to present-day Hungary with maps of the counties by district; towns have a link to current address, phone, and sometimes fax, for the municipal hall, post office, school, etc.; larger towns have tourist-type information (Maureen Tighe-Brown) (Remember InterTran link attempts to translate Hungarian web pages) SEARCH ENGINES o Searchlinks in Alle Welt http://oehwww.uibk.ac.at/wsearch.htm - Austrian and world-wide search links (restoring broken link) URL CHANGES (revised links/descriptions) o English-Hungarian Dictionary http://mek.iif.hu/ - dictionary database available from Hungarian Electronic Library (Magyar Elektronikus Knyvtr -- MEK); click here for important readme file (Hung./Eng.) and downloadable dictionary zip file http://www.mek.iif.hu/porta/szint/egyeb/szotar/ssa-dic/szotar (Maureen Tighe-Brown) o Austria - Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html - Click on "Austria" for geography, maps, flag, official national name, current ruler, area, population, capital, largest cities, languages, ethnicity/race, religion, literacy rate, economy, government, history. (revised address) o Croatia - Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html - Click on "Croatia" for geography, maps, flag, official national name, current ruler, area, population, capital, largest cities, languages, ethnicity/race, religion, literacy rate, economy, government, history. (revised address) o About Hungary http://www.mezo.com/Hungary/hungary.html - Good short synopsis of Hungary's history (link restored - found new address) o Hungary - Infoplease http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html - Click on "Hungary" for geography, maps, flag, official national name, current ruler, area, population, capital, largest cities, languages, ethnicity/race, religion, literacy rate, economy, government, history. (revised address) MEMBER CHANGES CANCEL Matthew Kurtz; (mail returned) John F. Lostys; (mail returned) CHANGE Willam Stubits - address changed Michelle Belusar - address changed Charles Klucsarits; Italy (USAF). KLUCSARITS, (KLUCHARICH), Güssing. To Coplay/Hokendauqua, PA. (spelling of family name) George Tebolt; Spencertown, NY. TIBOLD, EDL, SCHEIBELHOFER, HOLLINGER, Bakonyszucs, Veszprem, Hungary. Grandparents Mihaly Tibold and Marie Edl settled in NYC 1899. Georgius Tibold born about 1769 ? where and GGG grandparents Martinus Edl and Anna Hollinger born about 1780 ? where. (new family names) NEW Theresia Andruchowitz; Vienna, Austria. Ancestors from Raabfidisch (Rabafzes, Hungary). Member of LDS FHC, Wien. Robert Bathiany; Stockton CA. Batthyány, Gussing. DRASKOVICH, Gussing. Settled in Germany and Kentucky (US). Teri Gass; Portland, Oregon. UNGER, Wallern. WEIER, ?, settled in St. Martin, Minnesota. AnneThomas Giblin, New Hyde Park, NY. TOMAS, Gussing. SAYER/SEIER/SIER, Gussing. GOBER, Gussing. ZWETITS, Gussing. Settled in Coplay, PA. Mary LaMantia; Toms River, NJ. Franz FURST, Johanna FANDL. Gussing. Settled in New Jersey. Ralph Nielsen; The East Riding of Yorkshire, England. STRODL, WÜCHSINGERIN (WURZINGER), WIESINGER Forchtenau - settled in Denmark. Fr. Bob Poandl; Hugo, OK. POANDL, Gerersdorf; ZACH, Rudersdorf; WAGNER, Gerersdorf, Rudersdorf. End of Newsletter STAFF Co-ordinator & Editor Newsletter (Gerald J. Berghold; Winchester, VA) Burgenland Editor (Albert Schuch; Vienna & Kleinpetersdorf, Austria) Home Page Editor (Hap Anderson) Internet/URL Editor (Anna Tanczos Kresh; Butler, PA) Contributing Editors: Austro/Hungarian Research (Fritz Königshofer) Burgenland Lake Corner Research (Dale Knebel) Chicago Burgenland Enclave (Tom Glatz) Croatian Burgenland (Frank Teklits) Home Page village lists (Bill Rudy) Judaic Burgenland (Maureen Tighe-Brown) Western Hungary-Bakony Region (Ernest Chrisbacher) Western US BB Members-Research (Bob Unger) Courtesy Links to member web sites and the "Oberwart Zeitung" (OZ), Oberwart, Austria and the "Burgenländische Gemeinschaft" News, Güssing, Austria. 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