BB News No. 147 dtd 31 Jan 2006

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 147 DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY (Our 11th Year - Issued monthly as email by G. J. Berghold) January 31, 2006 (c) 2006 G. J. Berghold - all rights reserved * Current Status Of The BB: *Members-1259 *Surname Entries-4490 *Query Board Entries-3409 *Newsletter Subscribers-1011 *Newsletters Archived-147 *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, send email with message "subscribe" or "remove". ("Cancel" will cancel membership, website listings and newsletter.) You cannot send email to this newsletter. If you have problems receiving the newsletter as email, it may be read, downloaded, printed or copied from the News Archives available from the BB Homepage. **This Edition As Well As Previous BB Newsletters Are Also Available From Our BB Archives Web Page** This first section of our 2-section newsletter concerns: 1. LDS Family History Center Fees To Increase 2. Are Bank Fees For Foreign Money Transfers Increasing? 3. BB Member Response To Newsletter Blocking Encouraging 4. Hungarian Descendant Searching For Burgenland Ancestors From Kukmirn/Zahling 5. Allentown Hungarian Church Will Not Close 6. Minnesota Now Has 100 BB Members 1. LDS FAMILY HISTORY CENTER FEES TO INCREASE (from Margaret Kaiser) (ED. Note: The most important source of Burgenland records available to us in the US are the LDS microfilm copies of the Burgenland Church and Civil Records. Available at LDS Family History Centers throughout the US, they can be rented and scanned at the centers for a very modest rental fee. I received my initial family history push by using these records. Without that experience I would not have founded the BB or be editing this newsletter. The fee for their use barely covers their postage from Salt Lake City and they must be the biggest genealogical bargain in the world today. If you are not familiar with the LDS or these records, use our URL links to visit the LDS website.) Margaret writes: This was excerpted from Dick Eastman's Newsletter/Blog: Family History Center Microfilm Rental Fees Increase The following is an excerpt from an announcement to all Family History Center Directors from the Family History Support department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: The microfilm circulation loan fees will be changed effective 15 January 2006. Loan fees for microfilm will change from $3.25 to $5.50. Microfiche fees will remain at 15¢ per fiche. All renewals, including films ordered at the $3.25 fee, will be renewed at the new rate of $5.50. This fee change, the first since February 1997, is needed to keep pace with increasing costs. Continue to use the current Microfilm and Microfiche Order Card (35068) and Microfilm and Microfiche Order Sheet (31895). Please note that the new fees still include return postage. Posted by Dick Eastman on December 28, 2005 2. ARE BANK FEES FOR FOREIGN MONEY TRANSFERS INCREASING? (from Bob Strauch and others) Bob writes: Have you encountered problems (like this)? I just had a call from a BG-member from Whitehall asking me how to send the BG dues overseas or if I do it enmasse. Recently, she sent money overseas to a friend in Gerersdorf via personal check. Now she's received a letter from her bank advising her to not send cash or personal checks abroad, or she'll be fined (probably meant she'd be charged a fee.) Editor's reply: I use the same bank. I always send my BG dues check directly to the BG office in Güssing, without a problem. I've not heard from the bank re my last check (a few months ago). I know of nothing that prohibits sending money overseas. Some banks charge high rates for money exchange and perhaps this bank is joining them. The banking system can dream up many ways to make money while paying miniscule interest on deposits. Bob replies: I've gotten some feedback (see below) on this personal check to Europe thing. I talked to Günther Decker to see how he sends money to the BG. His method: money order in US$. That was my method as well, and there was no problem. I can remember a few times when I used a money order to buy merchandise (books, records) or pay dues (not to the BG) where the money order was returned or I was advised to not send money orders again because the banks over there were imposing such a high service charge. Last year, when the BG asked me to order a gift basket for somebody in Whitehall, they sent me the money in cash (US$) with registered mail. I suspect what happened to our member is that her bank has invented a new service charge. One would think that in this age of high tech, international banking would be more streamlined. Chicago Editor Tom Glatz writes: Since we have so many people here who subscribe to the BG newspaper, 3 years ago I opened a special checking account at a neighborhood bank under the BG name. I usually send one or two checks to the BG during the year. I haven't had any problems doing it this way. I work with a small bank in Chicago and they know I send the check(s) overseas. The banks are always thinking of something. It surprises me however, in this day of globalization with global banking! I would think it would be easier & less costly, especially with a EU member country. From another BB member: I sent my BG dues in September via a personal check using the same bank. It took almost 2 months for the money to come out of my account but otherwise I didn't have a problem. 3. BB MEMBER RESPONSE TO NEWSLETTER BLOCKING ENCOURAGING Sometimes we only react to the downside of a problem. Like the government, the squeaky wheel gets the oil and we forget the "silent majority." I was very annoyed concerning the November and December BB newsletter distribution problems. I now feel we have a viable solution (see BB News Special Edition Dated Jan. 2, 2006). On the plus side we received many supportive comments about our special edition, fragments of which I'd like to share. I'd like to print them all but space just doesn't permit. Our thanks to all who offered words of encouragement, concern for our well-being and best wishes for the future. Our members write: (names and addresses withheld) * Thanks again for another year of dedication to the work you do on Burgenland. The newsletters provide an interesting read for me. My wife and I hope to visit (Burgenland) again in April. * I received both parts (of the newsletter), no problem. THANK YOU and your helpers for all your work, and worries. It is certainly appreciated. * Thank you for tending the garden of the Burgenland Bunch! I have been the beneficiary of your labor. * Because of your work, I was moved to travel to the tiny village of Glashütten near Lockenhaus, and was able to see the house in which my grandmother was born. * You mention that the staff's efforts to further the aims of BB are basically un-rewarded and I realize that I haven't told you how much I appreciate what you and the staff do--and have done over the past 10 years--to publish such a professional, informative and interesting newsletter. I am always delighted to see it in my mailbox. * (The BB) is such a valuable asset to all of us with connections to the Burgenland and it has enabled me to put into context the life of my ancestors. Stories in the BB fill my imagination of what life must have been like for them in the 1800's. I recently read something about how family constellations can affect our lives today; knowing about the lives of those who have gone before us can help us to understand much in the way of current family dynamics. From personal experience, the BB encouraged me to go to Austria and search out information about my family. * Thank you for all the work you do to send the newsletters. I do receive it without a problem. I am so thankful for the exchange of information. I will again be going to Nickelsdorf to visit with relatives that I didn't know existed until I attended a BB Picnic in Eagan MN in 2002. What a great group of people. * Thanks to you and all your helpers for continuing with the newsletter despite all the hassles of dealing with internet providers. I read each newsletter faithfully and feel I know much more now about the land where my grandmother was born than I ever would have learned from reading a book. * Please never doubt that the members of the Burgenland Bunch do appreciate all that you and your staff do for us. I imagine that some, like me, don't feel that they have the knowledge and writing skills to convey how we look forward to our newsletter every month. That's why we get out of sorts when we don't receive it. You are a part of the good things in our lives. *When I first discovered the Burgenland Bunch, I really thought that I was in a minority. It has been an informative, educational, sometimes humorous, and altogether delightful experience. I sometimes wish that more information was (available) in English. I also wish that more information covered the towns that I am interested in, but I am realistic about this. I have learned much in the past years and it's all because of you. * AOL has been a problem for many people (I also send a short newsletter to a small club and they are the only ones who give me trouble). It can be frustrating. Good luck with this. Alles gute fur Neues Jahr 2006. Vielen Dank. 4. HUNGARIAN DESCENDANT SEARCHING FOR BURGENLAND ANCESTORS FROM KUKMIRN/ZAHLING (suggested by Margaret Kaiser) (ED. Note: I sent the following request to BB Editor Margaret Kaiser. The query and her answer follow:) In a message dated 1/7/06, Énekes Ferenc writes: Dear Genealogy Group! I want to join your group. (I speak English a little bit, sorry. Is there possibility communicating language of Hungary?) I want to find my family tree. Their names were Kaiser and Pumm from Kukmirn (was Kukmér) and Zahling. Énekes Ferenc, Budapest Editor's reply: Sorry we can't communicate in Hungarian. Your English is understandable-why not try it. Kukmirn and Zahling in the south of Burgenland are well known to us. Check our Surname and Village Listings. Also search our newsletter archives. See below for address. My own family come from the Zahling -Kukmirn area. (Invitation Letter also sent.) Margaret Kaiser writes: Dear Énekes Ferenc, Welcome to the Burgenland Bunch (BB). I am the BB editor for the Szt. Gotthard and Jennersdorf Districts in Burgenland. My language is English, and a little German. Here are some ideas for you to explore. Go to http://www.familysearch.org Find "Find a Family History Center Near Your Home" Enter: "Hungary" in the field, and click OK. You will find that there is a Family History Center in Budapest at Huvosvolgyi Utca 94 B Budapest, Pest County, Hungary Phone: 36-1-135-3698 Other centers are in Debrecen, Pecs and Szeged. Now go back to http://www.familysearch.org On the right side of the screen, find "Search Genealogy Records & Library. Below is "Explore the Family History Library Catalog." Click on Family History Library Catalog. At the next screen, click on "Place Search." Now you will see, "Search for matching places." In the Place field, enter Kukmirn and then click Search. Now you will see Kukmirn, Austria, Burgenland, Kukmirn. Click on Kukmirn. Now you will see what is available on microfilm for Kukmirn. There are Church and Civil records. If you click on these you will see more information. The church records are from 1828-1895 and are for the evangelical and Roman Catholic churches. If you click you will see what films are available. Examples: Anyakönyvek, 1828-1895 Evangélikus Egyház, Kukmér (Main Author) Az eredeti iratok mikrofilmrevétele Budapesten a Magyar Országos Levéltárban történt. Evangelical Church register of births, marriages and deaths for Kukmér, Vas, Hungary, now Kukmirn, Burgenland, Austria. Hungary, Vas, Kukmér - Church records Austria, Burgenland, Kukmirn - Church records Language Hungarian German Kereszteltek 1828-1881 - VAULT INTL Film [ 700678 ] Kereszteltek 1881-1895 - FHL INTL Film [ 700679 ] Házasultak 1828-1895 - FHL INTL Film [ 700680 ] Halottak 1828-1895 - FHL INTL Film [ 700681 ] Anyakönyvek, 1828-1895 Római Katólikus Egyház, Kukmér (Main Author) Language Hungarian Latin Kereszteltek, házasultak, halottak 1828-1895 - FHL INTL Film [ 700677 ] These are the civil records - after October 1895 Anyakönyvek, 1895-1920 Kukmér (Vas). Anyakönyvi Hivatal (Main Author) Az eredeti iratok mikrofilmrevétele Budapesten a Magyar Országos Levéltárban történt. Civil registers of births, marriages and deaths for Kukmér, Vas, Hungary, now Kukmirn, Burgenland Hungary, Vas, Kukmér - Civil registration Austria, Burgenland, Kukmirn - Civil registration Language Hungarian Születtek 1895-1903 - VAULT INTL Film [ 700325 ] Születtek 1904-1920 - VAULT INTL Film [ 700326 ] Házasultak 1895-1920 - FHL INTL Film [ 700327 ] Halottak 1895-1906 - VAULT INTL Film [ 700328 ] Halottak 1907-1920 - VAULT INTL Film [ 700329 ] Zahling is just a little more complicated. The Roman Catholics in Zahling attended church in Köningsdorf. The Lutherans attended church in Zahling. The civil (after October 1895) records for Zahling are in Eltendorf. If you will tell me which records you are interested in, I can help you find your films. Films may be rented, read and copied at the Family History Center in Budapest. For Kukmirn photos see: http://www.best-of-burgenland.com/ click Bezirk Güssing, then click Kukmirn There is also a history of Kukmirn (German and English). For Zahling photos see: http://www.best-of-burgenland.com/ click on Bezirk Jennersdorf, then click Zahling. There is also a history of Zahling (German and English) I hope this information is helpful to you. Please write again if you have questions. It will be very nice to exchange Burgenland information with you. My name is Kaiser, but these Kaisers are not from Burgenland. I wish you much success in your search. 5. ALLENTOWN HUNGARIAN CHURCH WILL NOT CLOSE (from Bob Strauch) Parishioners of St. Stephen of Hungary Church are breathing a sigh of relief since the Allentown Catholic Diocese has postponed a decision on whether the church should be sold as reported in previous BB news. (see Jan. 26 Allentown Morning Call for full story.) 6. MINNESOTA NOW HAS 100 BB MEMBERS Hannes Graf, membership editor sends the following: "Minnesota has reached 100 Members." (ED Note: If you haven't already done so, check our webpage-"Where We Are" available from the Homepage. Hannes keeps track of member demographics and you'll be surprised how far Burgenland immigrant descendants are scattered. In addition it can tell you how many nearby BB members you might want to contact. In this case, descendants in Minnesota appear to be very interested in their ancestors who arrived mostly in the early years of the great migration period 1880-1924.) Newsletter continues as no. 147A

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 147A DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY (Our 11th Year - Issued monthly as email by G. J. Berghold) January 31, 2006 (c) 2006 G. J. Berghold - all rights reserved This second section of our 2-section newsletter concerns: 1. Burgenland Birthplace Of Gustav Klimt? 2. Illegitimacy Can Remove A Whole Branch Of The Family Tree 3. Janossmorja (Hungary) Created From Three Villages In 1970 4. Finding Genealogical Help 5. Typical Request To Join The BB - Burgauberg 6. New Burgenland-Related Website 7. Lehigh Valley, PA Obit 8. Meixner Music Releases A New CD With Burgenland Music 9. Lehigh Valley, PA Activities 1. BURGENLAND BIRTHPLACE OF GUSTAV KLIMT? (from Margaret Kaiser & Bob Strauch) (ED Note: I always enjoy being copied when Margaret and Bob exchange email. Margaret finds interesting material, which generally leads to even more interesting comment from Bob. Twinning involves two villages agreeing to treat each other as twins like Stegersbach, Austria and Northampton, PA) Margaret writes: An extract from an article I found. Historical footnote marks twinning ceremony for Austro-Hungarian border villages. Budapest Sun, The (Hungary) September 2, 2004 "A small village of 640 souls near the Hungarian-Ukrainian border has become the first (in what was Bereg County) to be twinned with an EU member state settlement. Baumgarten in Austria's Burgenland, was officially twinned with Csaroda on August 13, (2004) in an event sponsored by Austrian Airlines. Both are frontier villages, as Baumgarten lies on the border with Hungary. Csaroda is just 8km from the crossing into Ukraine. A delegation of 25 people, including the mayor of Baumgarten were flown by Austrian Airlines to Csaroda for a four-day program.... A gulyás party was also arranged using a genuine gulyás kettle. Baumgarten is principally famous as the birthplace of Gustav Klimt, the Austrian avant-garde painter born on July 14, 1862, and for its Pauliner monastery." Bob Strauch responds: Gustav Klimt a Bglder? This called for an investigation. The result: "The painter Gustav Klimt was born on 14 July 1862 in Baumgarten (today a part of the 14th district in Vienna - Linzer Strasse 247). His father was an immigrant from Bohemia." (ED note: There is a Baumgarten im Burgenland, but not the one where Klimt was born. There are four Baumgartens in Austria. We aren't the only ones having trouble keeping these Austrian villages straight. Too bad we can't claim Klimt, although some might say "it's a good thing.") 2. ILLEGITAMACY CAN REMOVE A WHOLE BRANCH OF THE FAMILY TREE A member writes: One complication (in my search) is that my grandmother was illegitimate and I don't know if she used her mother's maiden name or her stepfather's name. Reply: This question has come up before. I doubt if there is one family that doesn't have the problem when researching family history over many generations. This can remove a whole main branch of the family, but I've learned some things about illegitimacy that may help. Check all the cases of illegitimacy occurring at the churches involved in your search during your time frame (the baptismal records tell whether a birth is legitimate). Sometimes the decision is one involving only late posting of bans. The priests then often make notes concerning the father-if the father isn't mentioned, the mother's surname is used. Pay particular attention to the god-parents names, often a clue. Also if you check a few years backward and forward, you may find another entry for your g-grandmother with another birth. Often happens and even more often there is a later marriage between the mother of an illegitimate child and it's natural father. Many young people married late for economic reasons and nature took its course. As one of my village grandmothers said to me when I queried an illegitimate family birth: "Everyone knew who the father was!" More difficult cases are those involving men of the household where a young woman may have been working. They can be real dead ends for proof but it's always worth digging further-someone always knew who the father was. Of course many land owners or entrepreneurs took advantage of their female workers or servants. The cigar factory in Szt. Gotthard (employing dozens of women) was notorious for illegitimate births, the issue frequently raised by the grandparents and the parties involved marrying later. Then there are the Viennese orphans who were adopted. Lots of unsolvable problems there. It always pays to dig a little further even in these cases. An eminent historian once wrote, "Over half of the royal and aristocratic births of European nobility were illegitimate. It was a lucky child who knew its father." The "bar sinistre" on many of the European coats of arms bear this out. It could only have been worse among the peasant population. The really rough ones are those involving incest and I'm sure there was a lot of that given the high death rate among mothers, not to mention the cases resulting from military campaigns and Turkish and Hungarian raids. A number of children born to Turkish rape cases as well as abandoned camp follower children were raised by Güssing aristocracy as wards and baptized RC. I mentioned the names of some in an older newsletter. Just another area of family history, but as long as we follow paternal bloodlines when establishing pedigree, it will continue to be a problem. In the final analysis, remember that a tree does not need all of its branches-just many in total! 3. JANOSSMORJA CREATED FROM THREE VILLAGES IN 1970 (ED note: Janossmorja, Hungary is a village very close to the northern Burgenland Lake County border. This area supplied many immigrants to the US during the early part of the Burgenland Auswanderung. The late merger of villages can cause problems for those researching this area.) A member writes: I initially contacted you because family tradition says my grandfather John Huss came from St Johann and my grandmother Mary Fuchs from St Peter. I learned the villages of St Johann and St Peter were merged as Janossmorja, Hungary. They were Roman Catholic and I have their precise birth dates and year of their marriage and there are records for those villages in the LDS Library. I read them all during a recent trip to Salt Lake City and came across many Husses, but not mine. Have you any further suggestions of where I might search? Reply: The first thought is that they used some church other than their own parish. Are you sure they were RC and not Protestant? Both villages were their own parish with their own churches so you'd think either the bride or groom's church would have been used for the marriage-search the records of both. As far as the baptism's go-they could have taken place in their mother's former church so that would take you back to the church of the grandparents-maybe a nearby village. One that comes to mind is Somorja (Pusztasomorja; German: Wüstsommereien) the third village that was incorporated in Janossmorja in 1970. It is just to the west of Mosonszentjanos and had its own parish church. Mosonmagyarovar (to the east) could also be a possibility but that's a big parish with a population of over 31,000 today - created from Moson (Wieselburg) and Ovar (Ungarisch Altenburg) in 1939. Combined chrurches in 1873 had over 7500 RC parishioners. There are (were) about 15 parishes in the district (Jaras-Bezirk) of Magyar-Ovar in Moson Megye so you'd spend some time looking at all of them. I certainly would try Somorja. 4. FINDING GENEALOGICAL HELP In a message dated 12/31/05 LK Ranieri writes: "I would very much like to hire someone who can help me find out more about our Hollendonners (and/or Pums) from the Burgenland area. My understanding of German is negligible, based on studying it years ago in high school. Can you help me find a researcher in Austria (in the Burgenland area) who can help and who speaks better English than I speak German?" Reply: We are very reluctant to advise members of available Genealogists. We can't determine their Burgenland expertise and they can be very expensive. We prefer to provide self-help data from our websites. Have you used our Surname lists, Village lists, Archives, Map Sites, Internet Family History connections etc? You need no German to use our sites as we are the premier English language Burgenland site on the Internet. As a start, search any of the previously mentioned BB Homepage sites for any reference to your family names. I know you will find reference to Pum (Pumm) in Güssing. If you would still like to secure the services of a Genealogist, you may find one on the Internet. Try our Homepage URL list. You will find them listed at various sites. 5. TYPICAL REQUEST TO JOIN THE BB - BURGAUBERG Some requests to join merely say, "subscribe" (they get an email Invitation Letter and we rarely hear more from them), others send more data than we need, (they too get an Invitation Letter explaining how to join and we do hear from them.) A very few find our Homepage and send us exactly what's required. I'm then inclined to be generous and give them some extra help. Following is a recent request. I am very interested in becoming a member of The Burgenland Bunch. Helen M. Boss; Ruther Glen, VA. HIRSCHBECK, Burgauberg. Settled in the Bronx, NY in 1922. Reply. I'll give you a special start. Burgauberg (Hungarian name Burgohegy prior to 1921) is in the district of Güssing in southern Burgenland. Parish church is in Burgau (Styria) and the civil records are in Stegersbach. The LDS has the birth, marriage and death records from 1828-1921 on microfilm, available from any of their family history centers. There are still 8 Hirschbeck families living in Burgauberg. Amalgamated today with Neudauberg, the combined villages have 1253 inhabitants. Established about 1345, it was part of what became Herrschaft (Domain) Burgau, part of the then domains of Cseh von Leva and Eberhard von Polheim bordering the river Lafnitz. Settled by both Croatian and German settlers, it later came under the control of the Güssing Herrschaft (Batthyány family). It saw much grief during the many Turkish & Hungarian wars as well as during WW-II when it was part of the Russian front in 1945. Schoolhouse built 1871, Volkschule built in Neudauberg 1878. Fifty-eight men died or were missing from the villages as the result of WW-I. Inhabitants took an active part in the activity that joined the two villages to Austria as opposed to Hungary in 1921. It became part of the Russian Zone of occupation until 1955, when Austria again became independent. Still has an agrarian economy with fruit, corn and vegetables as staple crops. Check our website for more. (A Welcome Letter followed and we had another member.) 6. NEW BURGENLAND RELATED WEBSITE Eleanor Zach, Webmaster for the Bruederschaft der Burgenlaender, one of the oldest Burgenland ethnic groups writes: The Bruederschaft der Burgenlaender (Brotherhood of the Burgenlaender Sick & Death Benevolent Society) of New York is pleased to announce our new website at http://www.burgenlaender.us/ We have included a link to your website on our LINKS page. WE KINDLY REQUEST THAT YOU ADD A LINK TO OUR WEBSITE ON YOUR SITE (done). Comments and suggestions are welcome. 7. LEHIGH VALLEY, PA OBIT (from Bob Strauch) Jan. 20, Johanna Vollmann of Allentown died at the age of 94. She was born in Deutsch Kaltenbrunn, Burgenland to the late Josef and Julianna Zach and was the wife of the late Rudolf Vollmann also born in Deutsch Kaltenbrunn, the son of the late Frank and Anna (Wallitsch) Vollmann. 8. MEIXNER MUSIC RELEASES A NEW CD WITH BURGENLAND MUSIC I spent some delightful hours listening to a new CD sent by Al Meixner. It included 8 Burgenland pieces that were exceptionally fine. The CD title is "The Music of Al Meixner-vol.2" Those of us born and raised in the Lehigh Valley are fortunate to have many musicians who continue to play, write and record the music of their ethnic heritage-the Meixners are prominent among them. As I listen to the music I feel I hear clues to the homeland the people left prior to migrating to the Burgenland area. This CD has at least one from a US immigrant who referred to the Burgenland as his home-a continuous thread. Grandfather Meixner may have written "In Burgenland steht unser haus"- a nice gift to his descendants! Maybe we can trace family history through music even though each generation changes it ever so slightly. Listening to folk music from south Burgenland I think I hear music from places like Swabia, Franconia and the Rhineland. Music has no borders but it must live on in our genes. You can find out more by going to Al Meixner Music / Euro-Class Music at http://www.almeixner.com/rcat/page1.html or www.almeixner.com As the Meixner logo says, "Music is the Heartbeat of Culture" 9. LEHIGH VALLEY ACTIVITIES (extracted from Morning Call, courtesy Bob Strauch) * "RECIPES WANTED: Fastnachts for the 21st century... the Morning Call is looking for an update on the Valley's traditional pre-Lenten pastry. Think fastnachts that are contemporary, maybe even - healthy." (BB Editor: no such thing!) "Traditional fastnachts are heavy and hole-less doughnuts, made with yeast or baking powder, with or without mashed potatoes, deep fried and served with sugar, jelly ....They are eaten on Fastnacht Day, the Pennsylvania Dutch (read German) equivalent of .... Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 28 this year." "Send recipes to Morning Call Fastnacht Recipes, 101 N. Sixth St., Allentown, PA 18101. Include category (Master Class or Made at Home), name, address and phone number. Questions? Call Joanna Poncavage at 610-820-6754." * January 28, 2006. The vocal ensemble of the Lehigh Saengerbund (Singing Society in German) presented its inaugural Liederabend (Evening of Song) written by some of the greatest composers in the German language. The 8 p.m. concert was held at the Bethlehem Club. At 147 years old, the Saengerbund chorus is one of the oldest singing groups of its type in the United States. 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