BB News No. 146 dtd 31 Dec 2005

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 146 DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY (Our 10th Year- Issued monthly as email by Gerald Berghold) December 31, 2005 (c) 2005 G. J. Berghold-all rights reserved) * Current Status Of The BB: Members-1255*Surname Entries- 4490*Query Board Entries-3391*Newsletter Subscribers 1007, Newsletters Archived-146-Number of Staff Members-17 RECIPIENTS PLEASE READ: You are receiving this email newsletter because you are a BB member or have asked to be added to our distribution list. To subscribe or unsubscribe, use the Membership Forms to update your status. You can not send email to this newsletter. This first section of our 2-section newsletter concerns: 1. Message From Burgenland Vice Governor Franz Steindl 2. State Of The Burgenland Bunch (Letter To BB Staff) 3. Periodic Free Access To US Census 4. Use Those BB URL Contacts & Other Sources 5. Burgenland Elections Retain Governor, Vice Governor & Others 6. Burgenländische Gemeinschaft Elections Held 7. Stefan Behm-Founder Of Moschendorf Wine Museum Dies 8. Homesickness-A Poem By Sister Ida Gartner 9. Church In Zurndorf 1. MESSAGE FROM BURGENLAND VICE-GOVERNOR FRANZ STEINDL We received the following on the occasion of my 75th birthday: Sehr geehrter Herr Berghold! Ich möchte es nicht versäumen Ihnen für Ihre Verdienste um das Land Burgenland zu danken. Von meinem Freund Gerhard Lang habe ich erfahren, dass Sie in Kontakt sind und kürzlich Ihren 75. Geburtstag gefeiert haben. Ich darf Ihnen dazu meine herzlichsten Glückwünsche übermitteln. Wie ich höre, funktioniert die Zusammenarbeit mit Herrn Rehling im Bereich Familienforschung sehr gut. Ich denke, mit dem Projekt Hallo NachPan haben wir Initialzündungen geben können. Ich gratuliere nochmals ganz herzlich und wünsche Ihnen und Ihrer Gattin für die Zukunft alles Gute! Mit besten Grüßen Ihr Franz Steindl Mag. Franz Steindl Landeshauptmann-Stv. Europaplatz 1 7000 Eisenstadt Literal English translation: I wish to thank you for your service to Land Burgenland. I understand you are in contact with my friend Gerhard Lang (BB member from Austria -see articles in previous newsletters) and that you will shortly observe your 75th birthday. You have my heartfelt good wishes. I also understand that that (your) cooperation with Herr Rehling (BB member from Austria) concerning family history goes well. I think that with Project Hallo Nachpan (see previous issue) we can provide additional help. I congratulate you again and wish you and your wife the best for the future. (ED. Note: We met Vice-Governor Steindl at the BG picnic in 2001 and also when he visited the US in 2002. At both meetings we advised him of the work of the BB and were impressed with his interest. Hallo Nachpan is proof of that interest. Steindl was recently reelected as vice governor.) 2. STATE OF THE BURGENLAND BUNCH-LETTER TO BB STAFF I recently sent the following to our 17 member staff: Hello All, As I sit here relaxing from my duties as nurse, chief cook and bottle washer for a convalescent wife, I think back over the ten years of the BB's existence and your faithful and basically un-rewarded efforts to further the aims of our group. Most of you have been with me since the beginning and no way could we have achieved our results without your gracious, knowledgeable and unstinted help. I want you to know how much I appreciate your efforts; be they much or little, your cooperation has been splendid. As Walter Dujmovits said of me in issue number 396 of the BG News (he honored my 75th birthday with a picture and an article)-"with this bridge (the BB) between the generations, he has planted a deed of historical dimensions." It would be more correct to say that "we" -all of us-have accomplished that deed. As always-you have my thanks and the thanks of the membership. I only hope that you and I can continue in our efforts to keep the BB viable. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer, now my wife has just undergone chemo therapy and major surgery for ovarian cancer. Fortunately she is doing well as am I, we are both cancer survivors. This speaks well for the medical state of the art. Not too many years ago our conditions would have been terminal -now there is hope of more years of active and pain free life. As Hannes Graf told me a few weeks ago "life is important-love is important-all else is not." I think of his words often, they have been a comfort as I neglect my work, but I feel our work is also important and I don't like to consider it coming to an end. So-we move into our 11th year as the premier English language Burgenland site. The membership grows slowly-since last year this time we gained only 74 members, slightly less than our average of 125 per year. I don't know how many members we may have lost due to unreported address changes (something under 100 perhaps) or general inactivity (?), but we can take satisfaction in the fact that we've helped over 1253 members at least once, uncounted web site visitors many times and who knows how many more casual contacts. I feel we must continue, advancing our data base of immigrants, providing timely and informative Burgenland articles and family history help. I can't do this without your help and I know you will not let us down. I want to remind you that I would like an article from each of you for the 150th issue of the BB News (April 30, 2006?) It can be on any subject concerning our work that comes to mind. If necessary I'll go to four sections to incorporate it all. One subject that would appeal to me is what the BB has meant to you-have you been helped? If I can help you in any way let me know. By the time of the 150th issue, I would also like to see our website refurbished-I'll be glad to help doing that in any way I can. May the Xmas season bring you peace and happiness and may you enjoy all of the best for the coming year. I only wish I could meet and greet all of you personally. My fondest memories are of meeting some of you in Austria or here in my home as you've been able to visit. What a great set of friends and colleagues. I've been truly blessed. Warmest regards, Gerry Many of the staff members responded; however, Tom Steichen (Surname Editor) sent us a particularly nice message: Tom writes: Christmas wishes to you and yours! Thank you for thinking of us, Gerry, in this hectic, stressful time for you. I've had time to reflect on your opening sally, referring to our efforts as "basically un-rewarded," and feel the need to gently disagree. We do this because we find reward in what we do! Yes, it may not be with trumpets blowing and bands a-marching, but it is rewarding nevertheless. The reward is in those little notes... you know... those where someone finds a new source for research, makes a new contact, finds a family member (no matter how distant). It's in hearing a Burgenland tune, tracing a Burgenland map, finding a new web-link (or revisiting and old one to see what is new). Sure, we get the occasional unthinking note blaming us for causing all the Spam in the world (but we forgive them for their naivety!), we change email addresses seven times over (yes, a flicker of wasted time but also a reminder that someone cares enough to remain connected with us), we get requests to do other's research (and knowing that they will miss the reward of discovering things for themselves if we help them too much, we try to share only enough to get them moving again!). There's reward in seeing our membership continue to grow (and I'm not bothered in the least that growth may have slowed a little), in seeing more Austrians join our group (a phenomenon I find interesting), in noticing that the web hits and searches on our websites continues to remain stable, in reading your newsletter and knowing in some small way that we are a part of it (though you carry the load there!). Sad to say, there will come a day when each of us will leave the BB in other hands... but I doubt it will be because we find no reward in being a part of this effort! Enough of that... so what do you envision when you say "By the time of the 150th issue, I would also like to see our website refurbished"? I'll be glad to help where I may... just let me know what needs doing. Tom Steichen (Editor)-BB Surnames 3. PERIODIC FREE ACCESS TO US CENSUS The US Census of 1900, 1910 and 1920 remain one of the best sources of US Immigration data. Access is available through LDS microfilm but it is also available on line through commercial sites. Occasionally these sites provide free access. It may be of value to you to search for them. Margaret Kaiser sends the following (late but perhaps to be repeated): From now until December 14th, you can access the 1900 census on Ancestry.com for free. But you can only do it via www.accessgenealogy.com. 4. USE THOSE BB URL CONTACTS & OTHER BB SOURCES! Internet Editor Anna Kresh has provided addresses for over 600 web sites concerning BB subject matter. They can be reached by clicking on the addresses available from the BB homepage. She reviews them periodically to insure that they are still active and pertinent. As such she must have developed one of the most encyclopedic memories concerning BB data. Unfortunately it failed her recently as the following correspondence proves. This is not being published in order to embarrass Anna-it is being published to prove to you that it pays to always check all of the BB sources! Anna writes: Hello BB Staff, On Thursday I attended our annual Austrian American Cultural Society's Christmas party in Pittsburgh. While there, the Austrian Honorary Consul Pittsburgh gave me the lyrics to the Burgenländische Hymne. He would like to find the music for it. Is there anyone of the BB Staff who would know how to obtain the song sheet for the Hymn? Does anyone want the lyrics? Thanks - and everyone have a wonderful, blessed Christmas. Anna Bob Strauch responds with: Anna, You didn't check the BB songbook: /Amerikalied/Landeshymne/Landeshymne.htm Alternatively, here's a pdf-file of the hymn which may be easier to print: http://www.burgenland.at/Images/Hymne_tcm12-16168.pdf Anna's reply: Oh, how wonderful! My apology. Another case of the shoemaker's kids having no shoes. Although I maintain 600 BB URLs, I never get a chance to use our own stuff. Life just spins by too fast. Thanks. I should have known. Hannes Graf (Membership Editor, who along with Tom Steichen also provides the BB music site), you sure do a good job. Anna 5. BURGENLAND ELECTIONS RETAIN GOVERNOR, VICE GOVERNOR & OTHERS October elections retained Hans Niessl (SPÖ party) as Burgenland Landeshauptmann (Governor) and Franz Steindl (ÖVP party) as Vice Governor. Other officials retained were Helmut Bieler, Peter Rezar and Verena Dunst (all SPÖ) and Michaela Resetar and Nikolaus Berlakovits (all ÖVP). 6. BURGENLÄNDISCHE GEMEINSCHAFT ELECTIONS HELD Dr. Walter Dujmovits was again re-elected as president of the association. Vice presidents are Joe Bauman (NY), Eduard Nicka (Bad Tatzmannsdorf), Renate Dolmanits (Mogersdorf) and Erwin Weinhoffer (Glassing). BB members Heinz Koller (Güssing) deputy vice-president and Klaus Gerger (Vienna) BB representative were also appointed to office. 7. STEFAN BEHM FOUNDER OF MOSCHENDORF WINE MUSEUM DIES The latest issue of the BG news reports the death at age 76 of Stefan Behm, founder of the Moschendorf wine museum. The museum has been the site of the BG picnics held each July and attended by Burgenland immigrants and descendants worldwide. Stefan Behm was unique in that he was born in Northampton of immigrant parents, returned to the Burgenland at age 2 and was raised by his grand parents. His parents and sister returned to America. For many years he was Bürgermeister of Moschendorf as well as Strem when the villages were combined. He was also a member of various governmental groups. The present status of the Wine Museum is unknown to this writer but I'm sure it will retain its current status as it is an important southern Burgenland site. It also serves as a memorial to Stefan Behm. It is a "must see" in the itinerary of anyone visiting the Burgenland. 8. HOMESICKNESS - A POEM BY SISTER IDA GARTNER (Sr. Ida Gartner was born 1916 in Unterbildein. In 1941 she went to Argentina as a missionary where she served for many years. This poem written by her, an emigrant's lament, was recently published in the BG News. Our thanks for being able to also publish it here. It reflects the yearning for the homeland that must have affected all of our Burgenland immigrants. How often I heard my grandmother say "mein schönes Burgenland." Please excuse my literal translation and poetic license. HEIMWEH (by Ida Gartner) Dort wo die Pinka fliesst und der Heanz uns griasst, dort ist mein Heimatland, das schöne Burgenland. Dort wo der Weizen reift furs täglich Brot bereit, Dank dem lieben Gott für Regen und Sonn' zur rechten Zeit Und wenn's zum Abschied kommt die Trän' bleibt nicht verschont, bald gibt's a Wiedersehn im Himmel drom'. Über 60 lange Jahr' sind's wohl schon her, dass I bin weit von dir in Mission im Süden heir I denk an di, I vergiss di nit mein liebes Heimatland, mein schönes Burgenland HOMESICKNESS by Sr. Ida Gartner (Literal English translation by G. Berghold) There where the Pinka flows And Hianzisch everyone knows There is my homeland The beautiful Burgenland There where wheat is prepared To supply our daily bread We thank the dear God For timely rain and sun And given the time to part Do not let the tears start There will be a reunion soon In heaven above For over sixty long year I have already been here Too far way from you At this southern mission I will think of you ever I will forget you never My dear homeland My beautiful Burgenland (Translator's note - the Pinka is a river in southeastern Burgenland that flows into Hungary. Hianzisch is the southern Burgenland dialect) 9. CHURCH IN ZURNDORF In a message dated 12/3/05, a correspondent writes: I am researching my grandmother who was born in Zurany (Hungarian for Zurndorf). I plan to travel to Zurndorf. I have baptism records for the family. Could you tell me the name and address of the Catholic church in Zurndorf. Thank you for your earlier help on trains from Wien to Zurndorf. Reply: Catholic Parish Church Of Saints Peter & Paul (Kath. Pfarrkirche Hll. Petrus und Paulus.) Founded 1270, burned and rebuilt 1857. Altar picture from 1770-80 by Franz Anton Maulpertsch. There is also a Lutheran church dating from 1787.RC records 1828-1896 available from LDS as microfilm no. 0700905-civil records from 1896-1921 also available. Address: Roman Catholic Parish Office (Pfarramt Rom-kath) Ob Hauptstrasse 14 2424 Zurndorf Austria Newsletter continues as number 146A.

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 146A DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY (Our 10th Year-10 Pages/2 Email Sections Issued monthly by Gerald Berghold) December 31, 2005 (c) 2005 G. J. Berghold-all rights reserved) WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! EIN GLÜCKLICHES NEU JAHR UND EIN GUTE RUTSCH! This second section of our 2-section newsletter concerns: 1. Kipfels-A Definition & A Republished Recipe 2. Newsletter Distribution Problems & Spam Filters 3. Firm Selling Mail Order Genealogies Being Sued 4. Message From Membership Editor Hannes Graf 5. German-Hungarian Family Calendar Shows Villages Of Origin 1. KIPFELS -A DEFINITION & A REPUBLISHED RECIPE An ethnic newsletter at this time of year without an article concerning ethnic holiday fare would be unthinkable. This year I had a little trouble in writing something since previous editions have fairly well covered Burgenland specialties. Then along came the following request. It points out that there can be a problem when speaking of Kipfels (or any other ethnic food). My German dictionary defines Kipfel as a horn shaped roll or croissant, the word stemming from Kipf or horn-shaped. To me and to many of my ethnic friends and relatives, there is only one Kipfel and that is the rolled one filled with ground nuts or fruit preserves and dusted with sugar. It can be rolled and cut square or bent into a crescent shape. It can also be large, medium or small and made of many types of dough using yeast or not or even excluding sour cream in the dough. What it cannot be is a "crescent" almond cookie, unfilled and made with ground almonds or hazel nuts"-this is called an "almond" crescent or "whatever" crescent, not a Kipfel. You can argue that to be correct I should call my definition a Filled Kipfel, or a "nussen-lekvar or marmalade Kipfel" but then I'm calling the shots -grin! First generation Burgenland descendants experimented with their mother's recipes. Many began substituting ingredients as well as changing definitions. many ingredients familiar to our immigrants either became unavailable in the US or were changed by modern processing, i.e. it is almost impossible in some places to find ground poppy seeds, prune butter (Lekvar), proper Topfen (dry cottage cheese), lard etc. Some of the first generation did come up with some great variations. One that I know off used Philadelphia Cream cheese in a dough (I don't have the recipe) to make almond crescents (unfilled, shaped like a crescent and dusted with powdered sugar.) The same dough was cut in squares, filled with Lekvar and the corners folded over-very tasty but not Kipfels. Below is the original Kipfel recipe as published in newsletter number 94, March 2001-try it and you'll be converted. I expect I'll receive a few email letters disagreeing with my conclusions and forwarding other recipes. In a message dated 12/19/05, a correspondent writes: Good Morning, I found your site and I am not a member but I am hoping you can help me. I misplaced my Kipfel recipe from my Aunt Hildegarde who is 89 years old. I am too embarrassed to call and ask her for it and my family is eagerly awaiting for me to deliver these to them for Christmas. All the internet site recipes are not the simple recipe (I'm looking for). I know it has cream cheese, eggs, flour and butter. Other recipes call for yeast, sour cream etc and her recipe did not include those items. Can you help me? Reply: There can be no original recipes for Kipfels that use cream cheese-something not available in Austria. Philadelphia Cream Cheese is an American product exclusively although sometimes it can be found overseas. It was probably substituted for sour cream by later generations in the US and thus became a family recipe. I don't see why you couldn't substitute equal quantities, although a cup might be a bit much. I'd try adding enough to make a pliable dough. The following is an original recipe. FILLED KIPFELS The legend is that these were first made by a Viennese baker, following the defeat of the Turks after the first siege of Vienna. They were formed in the shape of a crescent to commemorate the end of the siege, the crescent moon being a Turkish emblem. We found it was easier not to form the crescent (tubes break if not done just right) although you can try it. Do not confuse kipfels with vanilla crescents which have no filling, the dough containing crushed almonds. These are easy to form into crescents. Here is our favorite recipe: Cream together: 1/2 lb Butter (can be half shortening) 4 Tbsp Sugar 3 Egg Yolks - save whites Pinch Salt Rind of 1 Lemon 1 cup Sour Cream Add in: 4 cups Flour 2 tsps. Baking Powder 1 tsp. Baking Soda Knead well and chill 20 minutes or longer. Make 4 balls and roll out in half confectioners' sugar and half flour (about 1/8 inch thick). Cut rolled dough into 2.5 inch wide strips. Fill center of each strip (lengthways), roll sides together and seal, cut strips into about 3 inch lengths (size you want kipfel to be). Place on cookie sheet with sealed side down (ends can be open if filling is not too moist, or pinched shut). A nice touch is to brush with beaten egg white and sprinkle lightly with sugar before baking. Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees or until golden brown. Traditional way is to dust with powdered sugar before serving. (Do not store with powdered sugar - it will take on moisture and pastry will get soggy). Nut Filling: 1 lb. (more or less) English walnut meats (or almonds) ground with 2/3 cup sugar (use fine grind). Add enough warm milk to make moist and hold together. Spoon and form filling into center of dough strips using just enough to fill and allow bringing sides together into a tube. Some variations include adding rum or honey to the nut mixture instead of milk. Marmalade Filling: Use same dough as above but cut into 2.5 inch squares. Put 1/2 tsp stiff jam (apricot is nice) in center of each square. Pinch 2 opposite corners together, sealing with beaten egg white. Bake in 325 degree oven. If jam is too thin, it will run out into sheet and may burn. To thicken, cook jam over a double boiler or make a stiff filling using sugar and cooked dried apricots. You can also fill with "Lekvar" (prune butter). Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving. Store in covered tin to keep from drying out. Should be soft inside, firm outside. 2. NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTION PROBLEMS & SPAM FILTERS All too often a cure is worse than the disease. Cures for the email Spam disease are often worse then what it takes to read subject lines and hit the delete button. Case in point. The November distribution of newsletter number 145 failed although number 145A went through as normal. A flood of email saying "where is it, I didn't get it, oops mistake, did you send newsletter 145" etc. told me there was a problem. I didn't need the grief since at the time I had enough personal business to take care of. A little later, after some false starts, I saw a message which told me that Roots-L, our newsletter distributor, had installed a new Spam filter to reduce the amount of Spam they were getting-they also said it might cause list publishers (like me) some problems. They did furnish a website to view material that they had filtered from distribution. I found my original newsletter 145 plus the three that I forwarded in an attempt to get them to members. Fortunately I was able to release the original and you all received number 145 a day or two later. I still don't know what Roots-L didn't like about 145. I guess this means I must always check to see if Roots-L has in fact distributed the newsletters. Not too long ago I spent a couple of hours researching a member's question; when I emailed the answer, it was refused, asking that I do this and that to get it accepted through their Spam filter! I mean-really-this member can do without my answer. Not too long ago, AOL did the same thing-now I have to check my own filtered mail every day to be sure none of the legitimate BB mail has been filtered. I won't share the expletives that come to mind! I've mentioned before that some members are installing Spam filters of the same basic type. If you don't get the newsletters you might check your filtered mail. The worst are those like above that send me an email requesting that I do this and that in order for my email to pass the recipients filter! As I've already stated, I won't do that. I'd sooner stop publishing a newsletter. This sort of thing can eventually kill the geese that lay the ethnic golden eggs. Being blamed for Spam we don't generate is one thing-being asked to go another mile to stop someone else's Spam is absurd. If you don't get a newsletter or a reply to a request, look to your Spam filters. 3. FIRM SELLING MAIL ORDER GENEALOGIES BEING SUED Previous newsletters have mentioned offers of family histories and genealogies that sounded good at $50 a copy. Some members asked our advice. We felt it was very unlikely that they could be of any great value even if legitimate. There is no substitute for doing the work necessary to prepare your own family history. The State of Colorado now feels these offers are not as advertised and has entered the following lawsuit as mentioned in a recent Roots Web Review. If you bought one of these books, you may wish to contact the Colorado Attorney General's Office. COLORADO SUES GENEALOGY COMPANY. "The suit, filed in Arapahoe County District Court against Maxwell MacMaster and his company, Morphcorp LLC, seeks to cease the operation and penalize him up to $2,000 per book sold, which could amount to $300 million," according to the Denver Post. The suit claims 150,000 people nationwide were swindled out of $49.95 each when they bought a book with fake family histories from Morphcorp of Denver. People who bought these genealogical "yearbooks" got the same family coat of arms, the same family recipes and even the same family jokes, according to a lawsuit, which was filed in late November. Consumers with complaints regarding Morphcorp or the "Family Yearbook" may call the Colorado Consumer Line toll-free 1-800-222-4444 (in Colorado) or 1-800-332-2071 (out of state) or may download a complaint form from: http://www.ago.state.co.us/consline/complaint.pdf For more information see the press release at the Colorado Attorney General's website: http://www.ago.state.co.us/press_detail.cfm?pressID=733 and read the newspaper article at: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3247588 Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 21 December 2005, Vol. 8, No. 51. 4. MESSAGE FROM MEMBERSHIP EDITOR HANNES GRAF Hannes, who resides in Vienna, is another of our busy and dedicated staff who efficiently updates our membership list. In addition he is one of those responsible for our Burgenland Music Site, the Geographic "Where We Are" site, the Staff Virtual Reality Photo and a few other sites of which I have difficulty keeping track. With the best interests of the BB at heart, his message reveals some future plans: Hello all, What was 2005 for me? Sometimes down, but also some highlights. I sometimes do something without telling you. So I finished the Staff-photo (virtual reality) nearly 1 year ago, in between I scanned the Father Graisy book and took it online. I started my own web page under www.scholemandfriends.com which allows me to experiment with some "php" codes. The "chello-members" pages don't allow you to establish a database. But this one does. So I am thinking about a radical restructuring of the Burgenland-Bunch Homepage. But this needs some time of "learning by doing". So now you know what 2006 could (will) bring. I will also experiment with sending forms, so no email addresses will be open at the BB Membership Page. If I do it successfully in this form, all of the troubles with Spam and viruses become things of yesterday. I also think about a "central station" with www.Burgenland-Bunch.com, or other names, but this is another thing. Maybe we could discus this in about 3 months. My private highlights of 2005 are: * I meet my cousin Mike from Indianapolis, driving around the Burgenland, visiting some relatives. * I plan a visit to the USA. I am retired since November. (and also have no time, as before(;-) I hope 2006 will be a good year and maybe you will see us in US. (I'll ask my cousin about driving around, to Winchester, to Winston-Salem, to Chicago, to Allentown.....) We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. liebe Grüße, hannes 5. GERMAN -HUNGARIAN FAMILY CALENDAR SHOWS VILLAGES OF ORIGIN (from Bob Strauch) I just discovered a Donauschwaben site with photos of the geographically-organized subscribers section of the former "German-Hungarian Family Calendar", editions from the early 1930's to early 1950's. Maybe some of you know of this already, but it's news to me. Invaluable. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~banatdata/DUK/CityIndex.htm I've just starting going thru, but I've come across some entries which may be of interest to some of you. Spirk/Neuhertz - Bethlehem/PA 1948 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~banatdata/DUK/1948/DUK-1948-208.gif Grafl/Jenakovitz - Steelton/PA 1935 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~banatdata/DUK/1935/DUK-1935-151.gif Spitzer/Müller - Northampton/PA 1948 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~banatdata/DUK/1948/DUK-1948-207.gif Berghold/Muhr - Allentown/PA 1939 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~banatdata/DUK/1939/DUK-1939-139.gif Glatz/Behof - Chicago/IL 1947 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~banatdata/DUK/1947/DUK-1947-164.gif NJ Bglders start to appear in Clifton, Garfield, and Passaic about the late 1930's, but disappear by 1951 (I have the 1951 physical copy). (ED. Note-we published some of the 1951 lists for a few cities in newsletters 93A, 96A and 96C. The above are much more comprehensive. They show names, maiden names of wives, villages of origin and addresses in the US. As Bob says, "invaluable"-especially for those of you who need US data and a link to the Burgenland. To use, go the first link (index), look for your immigrant's state and city of residence, check the page shown in the index, go there and look for family names.) END OF NEWSLETTER BURGENLAND BUNCH Coordinator & Editor Newsletter (Gerald Berghold) A Staff Photo may be found at BB-Staff.html BB ARCHIVES & STAFF can be reached via Home Page hyperlinks BURGENLAND HOME PAGE (WEB SITE) http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org http://go.to/burgenland-bunch (also provides access to Burgenländische Gemeinschaft web site.) The BB is in contact with the Burgenländische Gemeinschaft, Hauptplatz 7, A-7540 Güssing, Burgenland, Austria. Burgenland Bunch Newsletter distributed by RootsWeb.com, Inc. P.O. Box 6798, Frazier Park, CA 93222-6798 Newsletter and List Rights Reserved. Permission to Copy Granted; Provide Credit and Mention Source.