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THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 216 December 31, 2011, © 2011 by The Burgenland Bunch All rights reserved. Permission to copy excerpts granted if credit is provided. Editor: Thomas Steichen Our 15th Year. The Burgenland Bunch Newsletter is issued monthly online. It was founded by Gerald Berghold (who retired Summer 2008 and died in August 2008).  |
Current Status Of The BB: * Members: 1991 * Surname Entries: 6794 * Query Board Entries: 4774 * Staff Members: 18 |
This newsletter concerns: 1) THE PRESIDENT'S CORNER 2) THE YEAR IN REVIEW: ORGANIZATION 3) THE YEAR IN REVIEW: NEWSLETTER 4) ETHNIC EVENTS (courtesy of Bob Strauch & Kay Weber) |
1) THE PRESIDENT'S CORNER (by Tom Steichen)  This
newsletter is an abbreviated, year-end review and summary report about the BB organization and
its newsletter. Our regular essays and features will return next month. The one exception is
that our standard section reporting pending Ethnic Events is included.We thank you, our members and readers, for your interest in the history and genealogy of the Burgenland and wish you great joy during this holiday season and many successes in the new year. To the BB Staff, I extend personal thanks for all you do; this great adventure called the Burgenland Bunch could not be what it is without all of your efforts. You are so quick to respond and so helpful to our members, especially the new ones, that I can't help but feel highly appreciative (and, as BB President, maybe a little prideful!). May your season be especially joyful and your new year particularly wonderful! |
2) THE YEAR-IN-REVIEW: BB ORGANIZATION The BB, as an organization, is alive and well, still attracting members, surnames, questions and even new staff members! The statistics below document the steady growth in each of these areas: 2011 Beginning Status of the BB: 1863 Members, 6499 Surname Entries, 4511 Query Board Entries, 17 Staff Members 2011 Ending Status Of The BB: 1998 Members, 6794 Surname Entries, 4774 Query Board Entries, 18 Staff Members 2011 Growth: 135 Members, 295 Surname Entries, 263 Query Board Entries, 1 Staff Member In addition, associated organizational events worth noting again are summarized below: (Mar, 208) Raffaele Di Zenzo, agreed to provide (fee-based) Latin translation services for the Bunch. This was not a capability within the current Staff, so it was good to have someone to direct you to. (Aug, 212) We announced that Heidi Herman joined the BB Staff as Editor of the Members, Surnames and Villages pages. As Editor of the members, surnames and villages web pages, Heidi joined Klaus Gerger, Alan Varga, and myself as members of the management team for the BB website. (Aug, 212) We celebrated completion of a full year at website www.the-burgenland-bunch.org. A heartfelt "thank you" to all of the BB Staff, new and old, for making that first year a total success! (Sep, 213) BH&R Milestone: BH&R recorded the 10,000th person in its database of deceased Burgenländers who immigrated to the United States (and now it is over 11,000!). It was achieved through the hard work of Frank Paukowits, Bob Strauch and Margaret Kaiser. Congrats! |
3) THE YEAR-IN-REVIEW: BB NEWSLETTER The newsletter also had a very productive year, but I am most proud of the many contributions from BB members and staff. Members Gary Gabrich, Donna Dunkel Kemp, Richard Potetz, Ilse Nusbaum, Henry Sinai, Mary Rushing, and Greta Fisher all provided interesting articles. And staff members Frank Paukowits, Matt Boisen, Klaus Gerger, Emmerich Koller, Heidi Herman, and Bob Strauch also wrote one or more essays that graced our pages. In addition, other staff members provided ideas for articles or have had parts of their communications with members turned into reports I've written. Margaret Kaiser was an exceptional idea generator (thanks Margaret) and other staff members, Barbara Raabe, Fritz Königshofer, Mary Reilly and Alan Varga initiated communications with members that ultimately turned into "member assistance" articles. As Editor of this newsletter, I know that providing a year's worth of articles would not have been possible without all the contributions of those I mention above. I am indebted to them and hope you have been entertained and enlightened by their efforts. Again, I say thanks to each of them! The list below shows the breath and magnitude of a year of the BB Newsletter. If you wish to review any of them, click on the "(Month, Number)" link to go to the appropriate newsletter. Research Articles (Jan, 206) (Feb, 207) (Mar, 208) - Revised History of the South Bend Hungarians (by Gary Gabrich) (Jan, 206) - Linguistics and Your Croatian Roots (by Frank Paukowits) (Jan, 206) - A Baker's Tale (by Donna Dunkel Kemp) (Feb, 207) - Terms Zsellér and Coloni - Revisited (Matt Boisen et al.) (Feb, 207) - Where did they Settle? ...and Where are We? (Mar, 208) - Resettlement of West Hungary, Post-1700 (Apr, 209) - Neusiedler See (by Matt Boisen) (Apr, 209) (Jun, 211) - Heideboden - Where and What was It? (Apr, 209) - The Old Farmhouses of Burgenland (May, 210) - The Creation of the Burgenland (by Matt Boisen) (May, 210) - 80th Anniversary of Burgenland - History (by Albert Schuch; reprint) (May, 210) - Burgenland - The Most Recent Ten Years (by Klaus Gerger) (Aug, 212) - The 1646 Raid on Neumarkt an der Raab, Part 1 (by Richard Potetz) (Sep, 213) - The 1646 Raid on Neumarkt an der Raab, Part 2 (by Richard Potetz) (Sep, 213) - The Churches of Stegersbach (Oct, 214) - Bildein: The Village Without Borders (by Emmerich Koller) (Oct, 214) - My Justice in Academia Week in Austria (by Ilse Nusbaum) (Oct, 214) - Endonymic Minority Names in Burgenland (Oct, 214) - An Austrian Land Transfer Decree (Nov, 215) - The European Social Fund in Burgenland (Nov, 215) - Potatoes, Croats, and Slovenes: “Grumpern” and “Krumpen” (by Richard Potetz) Basic Information (Jan, 206) - Gerry Berghold's Burgenland Library Returns Home (Jan, 206) - End of an Era, Follow-Up (Jan, 206) - Backlinks - Websites That Link to the BB (Jan, 206) - Burgenland Jewish DNA Group (by Henry Sinai) (Feb, 207) (Oct, 214) - Burgenland DNA Project Launched (by Frank Paukowits) (Feb, 207) - Changes at FamilySearch.org (Feb, 207) - "Our Burgenland Roots" Research Group (by Mary Rushing) (Feb, 207) - Burgenland Web TV (Mar, 208) - Latin Translator (Mar, 208) - Busójárás Carnival (Mar, 208) - BB Houselists - Follow-Up (Mar, 208) - Tips for a Trip in Burgenland (Apr, 209) - Hungarian Citizenship (Apr, 209) - Google Translate (Apr, 209) - Jewish Lawyers in Burgenland, 1938 (May, 210) - 90th Anniversary Photo Exhibit (May, 210) - A 103rd Birthday (courtesy of Bob Strauch) (Aug, 212) - Otto Von Habsburg (Aug, 212) - New BB Staff Member: Heidi Herman (Sep, 213) - 1828 Census Transcription for Pamhagen / Pomogy (by Greta Fisher) (Sep, 213) - BH&R Hits Milestone (by Frank Paukowits) (Oct, 214) - PDK: Piano Duo Kutrowatz (Nov, 215) - Old To New House Numbers (Nov, 215) - WOMANGO Member Assistance (Jan, 206) - A Name is a Name, Right? (Feb, 207) - A Member Update (Anne Reed Shannon et al.) (Mar, 208) - Sometimes We Get It Wrong... (Apr, 209) - Orphanage Near Kukmirn? (Apr, 209) - Member Research: Searching for "Home" (May, 210) - Member Research (May, 210) - All the News Fit to Print (Jun, 211) - A Thank You (and More) (Jun, 211) - Stotz from Kismartin (Eisenstadt) (Jun, 211) - Helping Bill Fiedler (Jun, 211) - Tschida to South Bend (Jun, 211) - Member Research - Vienna (Aug, 212) - Houselists and Spellings of Names (Aug, 212) - Stadtschlaining Houselist & LDS Microfilms (Aug, 212) - Follow-Ups on Recent Articles (Sep, 213) - BH&R-based Research (Oct, 214) - Follow-up on a Recent Article (BH&R-based Research) (Nov, 215) - An Uncommon Zarca Family Connection (Nov, 215) - Kirisits / Zsifkovitz - Family Research Stalled Historical BB Newsletter Articles (Jan, 206) - Germanic Regions Often Confused with the Burgenland; Village Names Change but Records Remain (Feb, 207) (Mar, 208) - Eisenberg-Eisenburg Confusion (Mar, 208) - Some General Historical Geography Affecting Village Names (Apr, 209) - Districts of Vienna (Formerly Villages) (May, 210) - Burgenland Slaves, Serfs & Peasants; Burgenland Immigrant Family Status (Jun, 211) - It's a Long Way to Szentpéterfa (Aug, 212) (Sep, 213) - Hannes Graf Joins BB Staff; Hianzisch (not just) A Dialect (Sep, 213) - Report of Terrorist Attack from Burgenländer on Site; No Words (Oct, 214) - What the BB is All About (Nov, 215) - German "Kurrent" Script |
4) ETHNIC EVENTS New Year's Day Concert from Vienna (check local PBS listings). Some classical radio stations broadcast the concert in its entirety earlier that day. In eastern PA and NJ (or elsewhere via the Internet) it can be heard on WWFM (www.wwfm.org) at 11 AM (EST). LEHIGH VALLEY, PA (courtesy of Bob Strauch) Saturday, Jan 14: Schweinshaxen-Essen (pork knuckle eating). Reading Liederkranz. Info: www.readingliederkranz.com. LANCASTER, PA First Tuesdays, Jan 3, 5:30-7:30 pm: All you can eat Buffet. Entertainment by Carl Heidlauf on Piano. ~ Open to the Public ~ $10 ($12 guests). Lancaster Liederkranz, 722 S. Chiques Rd, Manheim, PA. lancasterliederkranz@verizon.net, 717-898-8451. Saturday, Jan 14, 7:30-11:30: Jaeger Abend Dance. Lancaster Liederkranz. $8 ($10/guests) ~ Open to the Public. Musical Entertainment by Heidi und Heimat Echo. Sunday, Jan 22, afternoon: Schneeball/Kaffeeklatsch Dance. Lancaster Liederkranz. $8 ($10/guests) ~ Open to the Public. Musical Entertainment by Emil Santa. Saturday, Jan 28, Noon-6 pm: EisFest 2012. Lancaster Liederkranz. Bonfire – Brats – Beer! Members N/C (Guests, accompanied by a member, $5). NEW BRITAIN, CT Friday, Jan 6, 7 pm: Heimat Abend. $3. Austrian Donau Club, 545 Arch Street, New Britain, CT, (860) 223-9401. Music by Joe Rogers and his band. Steffi's Goulash from the kitchen. Sunday, Jan 8, 8 am-Noon: Sonntag Frühstuck. Austrian Donau Club. Come enjoy breakfast. Friday, Jan 20, 7:30 pm: Heurigan Abend. $3. Austrian Donau Club. Music by Schachtelgebirger Musikanten. Hot food is available from the kitchen. Saturday, Jan 28: Singers & Sick Benefit Holiday Party. Austrian Donau Club. RSVP only. Tuesdays at 7 pm: Men's and Women's Singing Societies meet. Austrian Donau Club. Thursdays at 7 pm: Alpenland Tänzer (Alpine Country Dancers) meet. Austrian Donau Club. ST. LOUIS, MO (courtesy of Kay Weber) Sunday, Jan 22, 1-3 pm: St. Louis Genealogical Society Open House. St. Louis Genealogical Society, #4 Sunnen Drive, suite 140, Maplewood, MO. For information and/or directions: call 314-647-8547, email office@stlgs.org or visit www.stlgs.org. |
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