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Dedicated to Austrian-Hungarian Burgenland Family History

THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 170
DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY
Our 12th Year - Issued monthly as email by G. J. Berghold, BB Editor
December 20, 2007
(c) 2007 G. J. Berghold - all rights reserved

~~ Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ~~

~~ Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückseliges neues Jahr ~~

~~ Kellemes karácsonyt és boldog újévet ~~

~~ Srican bozic i blazeno novo ljeto ~~
 

Current Status Of The BB: Members: 1535; Surname Entries: 5057;
Query Board Entries: 3821; Newsletters Archived: 170; Staff Members: 15

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2003 Christmas card from BB VP Hannes Graf & Elfie Resch Vienna, Austria
			Housely Virtues The Pride of a home is Cleanliness. The Honour of a home is Hospitality. The Blessing of a home, Piety. The Happiness of a home, Contentment.
From the Pennsylvania home of Ignatz & Mary (Schuch) Tanczos Mary's treasured reminder of Kroatisch Ehrensdorf and the Heimat. Shared by their daughter and BB VP Anna Kresh.
Josef & Theresia (Halbauer) Weiss family Féltorony (Halbturn), Christmas 1894 (w/John Halbauer, far left). BB President Tom Steichen's grandmother is center front. Cousin Alex Foki, Nickelsdorf, Austria, also has this picture.
St. Jacob's Church of Güssing on a Winter day Romanesque brick church, built ~1200, original Güssing parish church. The Franciscan monastery took it over in 1648. Today the church is surrounded by the cemetery of Güssing. Photo by BB VP Klaus Gerger.
Burgenland Treats - Chistmas and always! Left: Krapfen (doughnuts); Fasching season (after Ephiphany, Dreikönige) Right: Raised Strudel; poppy seed (Mohn) and walnuts (Nüsse)
Vintage postcard depicting Neujahrgeignan Burgenland tradition where serenading musicians visit house to house wishing all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. From the collection of BB Staff Member Bob Strauch.
Life-size manger scene (Weihnachtskrippe, Crib, Creche, Jaslice) On the Vienna Christkindl-Markt, 2006. Photo by BB VP Klaus Gerger.
2001 Christmas card from Hilde & Heinz Koller Charter BB members from Güssing, BG staff members and leading members of the local Reichl and Hianzen Societies. Heinz was one of the actors for the 2001 Burg Güssing play.
Church / Cemetery in St. Nicholas (bei Güssing) Croats worshipped here in 1700 & 1800's. Church originally stood where the cemetery is now. Photos by Frank Paukowits, BB Staff Member and founder of Burgenländers Honored and Remembered.
Burg Güssing in Winter from Josef-Reichl Straße Josef Reichl was a Güssing-born Burgenland Hianzen poet. From BB VP Klaus Gerger, 2004.
Jewish Locations  /  Hanukkah Mennorah  /  Cemetery (Güssing) Pre-1938, 3,800 Jewish citizens lived in the Burgenland. See EXILED-Recollections of Jews from Burgenland for their story. Concept by BB Staff Member Maureen Tighe-Brown.
Old Burgenland postcard, probably pre-1921 A greeting from Güssing (Németujvár). From the collection of BB Staff Member Bob Strauch.
BB founder Gerry & wife Molly Berghold Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, 2004. Many Burgenland emigrants came to Canada after 1924.
Couple's kitchen damaged in stove fire "A North Catasauqua couple suffered a damaged kitchen Sunday morning when a fire started while the woman was baking strudel..." The Morning Call; Allentown, PA; Dec 10, 2007. Left: But did the strudel come out OK? Right: Kletzenbrot (dried-fruit bread)
St. Emmerich's Church in Radling / Rönök (Hungary) Minutes across the border... 100+ years of celebrating Christmas.
Vintage Photo of Sternsinger (Star Singers) Epiphany tradition where children dressed as The Three Kings serenade house to house collecting donations for charity.  From the collection of BB Staff Member Bob Strauch.
Auszug der Wohnhäuser aus dem Parzellen Protokolle der Gemeinde Eisenstadt Extract of the residents from the lot register of the municipality of Eisenstadt. BB VP Klaus Gerger is looking for volunteers to transcribe pages again.
Old Burgenland postcard, probably pre-1921 Greetings from Jennersdorf (Gruß aus Gyanafalva). From the collection of BB Staff Member Bob Strauch.
Santa Gerry Compliments of extensive graphic magic by BB VP Hannes Graf!

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