THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 78
DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY
(issued biweekly by Gerald Berghold)
April 15, 2000
(all rights reserved)

NOTE TO RECIPIENTS. If you don't want to receive Burgenland Bunch
newsletters, use the Membership Forms to change your status. We
can't help with non-Burgenland family history. Comments and articles are
appreciated. Please add your name to email, otherwise we must search large
membership lists. Staff and web site addresses are listed at the end of
newsletter section "B". Articles with no by-line are written by the editor.


This first section of the 3-section newsletter concerns:
- Pre-1921 Royal Austro-Hungarian Abbreviations
- The BB Surname List and a New Maps Section,
- Are You an Active or Passive Member,
- Permission to Copy BB Newsletters,
- Finding Proper Birth Records When There Are Duplicate Candidates,
- Storks Arrive in Güssing,
- The "Schwarze Madonna" of Güssing,
- Some New Maps of Burgenland and
- Gleanings from the Latest Burgenländische Gemeinschaft News.


PRE-1921 ROYAL AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ABBREVIATIONS:

o Shared Austro/Hungarian: "k.u.k." = kaiserlich und königlich = Imperial and Royal;
o Austrian only: "k.k." = kaiserlich - königlich = Imperial and Royal;
o Hungarian only: "k.u." = königlich ungarisch or kiraly magyar ("k.m.") = Royal Hungarian.
o The Royal Navy (yes there was a Navy based at Pola [today Pula] on the Adriatic Sea)
  designated its ships as S.M.S. = Seiner Majestäts Schiff = His Majesty's Ship.


BB SURNAME LIST DEFROSTED - NEW MAPS SECTION

SURNAME LIST

A little over a year ago, we had to freeze the Surname List when our
maintenance volunteer resigned. We advertised for a replacement, but not many
members had the necessary computer expertise to take it over and others were
too busy with other matters. Member Thomas Steichen recently volunteered and
he has the new list up and running. It will be a while before the backlog of
entries gets reflected in the file so be patient, Tom has already made
significant inroads into the backlog.

We are considering eliminating the hyperlinks to member's addresses from this
file since you can hyperlink from the member list. Maintenance of email
address changes is very frustrating and time consuming and the fewer places
these have to be made the better, something for members to consider. Although
we realize the internet is changing rapidly and service from any given server
can deteriorate, it is not wise to indiscriminately change email addresses.
It causes newsletter editors severe headaches and can lead to all sorts of
problems in the address and hyperlink files. I'm sorry to say that I've had
to give up on some members whose mail keeps being returned. Keep it simple
and keep it the same where possible and NEVER provide more than one address
and ask us to choose one! You'll invariably cancel the one we choose! Also we
use AOL's automatic reply mechanism and the address you send mail from will
probably be the one to which we reply. So if you're writing from your
friend's house that's the one we'll reply to unless you tell us otherwise. If
you must change email addresses be sure to include old and new addresses as
well as your name when you write us. Ignore these little mail courtesies and
your membership is likely to end up in electronic limbo.

In case you haven't used them, the membership list, the village list and the
surname list are all available from the homepage. Just click on the
hyperlinks and start searching (or use Edit-Find in the Top Window search
mechanism of your Windows or AOL tool bar). New members should:

1. Search the membership list (arranged in the order entered) for addresses
of members researching the same family names and villages (click on a name
and you'll get an addressed email form)

2. Search village list (alpha) for village histories and names of other
interested members(Bill Rudy updates this list monthly and tells me he'll be
linking more village histories as time permits-if you click on village names
in blue, you'll be taken to the village history)

3. Search surname list (alpha) to find those members researching the same
family names and perhaps where they settled

NEW MAP SECTION

We've always had a map as part of the membership list. It lists just a few
villages, but it's a great pictorial of the Burgenland. The original idea was
that we would add members' villages as they joined. We then got too many
members and had to forgo that nice touch. Charter member Mike Spahitz is a
professional graphics designer (operating as MJS Creations from San Diego,
CA-email www.mjscreations.com) and he contributed that original map as well
as the BB title & Map of Austria, which have become our official logo. Now,
member Klaus Gerger is preparing some Bezirk (district) maps of the
Burgenland which will show all villages. In addition you can click between
German, Hungarian and Croatian names. Another feature which Klaus has added
are the house numbers and family names in Güssing and Rosenberg as of 1857 as
well as showing (on a map) where those properties were located. House numbers
are invaluable when linking families. You can reach (and download) those web
pages which Klaus has completed via hyper link from the homepage.

The BB Newsletter award of the month to both Tom and Klaus for their efforts
on our behalf.


ARE YOU AN ACTIVE OR PASSIVE MEMBER?

Like all groups, we have active and passive members. We do have some who blow
me off of my complacent perch with new ideas and new material. Then there are
those who are actively into Burgenland genealogy. We hear from some of these
when they cry "Eureka-I found my xxxxfather". Some are deeply into Burgenland
research and end up on our staff. I often have to juggle their many
contributions between issues and some times follow and edit the lengthy
threads that their material generates. Their correspondence often triggers
subjects for future articles and causes me to dig in my library. The majority
of our members however, join and continue to receive our newsletters but we
rarely hear from them again. I often wonder if they're stuck in their
research or never really got started. Maybe some are hoping that they'll hear
from someone who will give them some data. I know there are members who just
like to read about the Burgenland, the newsletters are a little homesickness
or nostalgia tonic. Others may be waiting until they have more time. Nothing
wrong with any of those approaches, one of the ideas behind the BB is to
eventually have a large data base of many Burgenland immigrants and their
descendants with members helping members. In effect everyone pays their dues
when they submit their original data. Thus everyone who joins contributes
and just listing with us often bring results. Unlike some newsletters with
their very impersonal "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" mechanism, if you want to
receive our newsletter you have to contribute something up front. I'm a firm
believer that things you get for nothing have little value. Our reward are
messages like this one which we recently received from William Imre (via Hap
Anderson).

Hap writes: Gerry, I think this was meant for you. It's a good one.:-)

From: William Frank Imre; Milan, TN. Michael IMRE, father
came to Chicago in 1923 from Willersdorf. Mother Marie ULREICH, from
Willersdorf or Bad Tatzmannsdorf about the same time.

"Hap; Branch coordinator: My name is William Frank Imre, we would like to
say "thank you all for the posting. This was a fruitful posting for our Family.
We have Michael Imre in the posting. Had good results. The posting was
read by Anita Nicka in Bad Tatzmannsdorf municipal administration office,
who gave the E-mail address to her good friend Helga Schranz who turned it
over to her daughter Karin Reberger.

Karin has a computer and emailed us a great amount of good family records.
This was on Feb. 7, 2000, a day that we will remember for a long long time.
That was the day we found our Father's Michael Imre Family. With that find
we have gone back 4 Generations on Michael's side . We are still finding more.
Without the posting we would be still looking. So we all like to say thank
you again. Keep up the good work. From the Imre Family. P.S. This posting
made us all HAPPY more then I can say."

Ed. Note - As we've been urging members all along, if you are a passive member,
in addition to the homepage listing, consider a posting to our WGW Query
Board and also contact Albert Schuch for a listing in the weekly newspaper OZ
(Oberwart Zeitung). With enough exposure, you too may hear from some
Burgenland relatives.


PERMISSION TO COPY BB NEWSLETTER ITEMS

Our newsletters are issued under copyright, but we grant permission to copy
for non-commercial purposes. The only caveat we have is that you must mention
the source such as "Courtesy of G. Berghold, Burgenland Bunch Newsletter No.
xx, dtd xx/xx/xx". However, if you copy our newsletters, send them to a
magazine as your work or publish them as a book and sell them, you'll make us
very unhappy.

In a message dated 3/15/00 1:47:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, member Sue Straw
writes:

<< I'd like to share some of the historical background contained in an
earlier BB newsletter with some of my cousins and older relatives. I'll
credit the Burgenland Bunch and original author in sending along the
information. May I have your permission to copy this material? Sue >>

Our Reply: Sue you have our permission to copy anything for the purposes
mentioned. If you look at the end of the last section of each newsletter,
you'll find that we say that permission to copy is granted, but provide
credit (mention the source). I want our material to have the widest
distribution among those interested. Regards, Gerry Berghold


FINDING PROPER BIRTH RECORDS WHEN THERE ARE DUPLICATE CANDIDATES
(from Fritz Königshofer)

Fritz writes: How to buttress the identification of individuals in one's tree
when the information from the direct records are ambiguous:

By custom, marriages were usually held and recorded in the parish where the
parents of the bride lived at the time of the marriage. Therefore, a marriage
entry normally is a good indication that at least the bride was born in the
area of the parish, or that her parents had moved to it. If the groom came
from another parish, the marriage entry often states this fact.

Sometimes one does not have the marriage entry of a couple, and even if one
has it, there were many periods when the marriage records did not contain the
names of the parents of the couple, and in some periods not even the ages of
the couple. If then the search of earlier birth records yields several
candidates for groom and/or bride, continuing the tree of ancestors backwards
becomes ambiguous or even impossible. The situation is all the more
difficult when last names or first names belong to the most frequent ones,
such as Szabó, Nagy or Németh for the former, and Jänos or Katalin for the
latter. What are some of the means the researcher can use to add information
that would allow increasing the confidence that this or that baptismal entry
is the right one for one's own line?

If the searched-for person lived until the introduction of civil recording
which started in October 1895, it can be worthwhile to search for the civil
death record. The civil death records contain data on the names and last
known places of residence of the parents, though in some cases the
persons reporting the death did not know this information anymore. For some
border regions of the former Hungarian Kingdom, LDS has been able to film the
duplicates of the civil records covering Oct. 1895 till about 1920, and the
parents of the deceased were recorded in them at least until 1907.

Austria's Burgenland is a prime example which is completely covered by these
duplicate civil records. For areas of today's Hungary, LDS films are
currently becoming available for the civil records from Oct. 1895 till about
1907.

Another good source of information is to track the house numbers where vital
events happened. Some earlier records had used house numbers, but in
general, house numbers were generally recorded from the early 1850s onwards.
One son or daughter usually took over the house of the parents, or the older
generations moved in with one of their children or grandchildren. A
systematic search can often provide clues who of the older generation was
linked to the younger one, with some likelihood of direct descendence.

A very powerful means of increasing the certainty about allocating baptisms
to marriages and deaths is to try to follow all bearers of a particular name,
not only in the baptismal parish, but also in neighboring parishes. Quite
obviously, when one finds early deaths of children, one can
often eliminate certain baptismal entries as candidates. Furthermore, if a
certain couple had a child with the same name later on, then even if no death
record of the first child is found, it can be assumed that it had died early.
Particularly in times of epidemics such as the recurrent occurrences of
cholera, not all deaths were recorded as too many people died and priests
often also got sick. Further, if several marriages and/or death entries are
found for a particular name, the overall arrangement of the entries to each
other will usually make certain allocations more probable than others.

It is always a good idea to search for the records of all childbirths of an
ancestor couple. Not only does this often provide more information on the
status (profession, commoner or nobility), but will also indicate a range for
the possible age of father, and particularly the mother. In a case in the
Styrian portion of my tree, the baptismal entry for a sibling of one of my
ancestors happened to state the parents of the parents. This solved a very
difficult and long open question. However, in Hungarian records I have not
knowingly encountered yet the names of the parents of the parents.

If one has the childbirths of siblings, it is possible to search for their
marriage records. Some of these marriage records may have the parents
stated, serving as additional confirmation for allocating the sibling's birth
entry to a particular marriage. From there, the house numbers (if
any) and the names of witnesses might allow inferences from the marriage
entry of your own ancestor to the most likely birth entry candidate.

Yet another good source of additional information on the identity of an
ancestor is to look for second, third etc. marriages when the spouse had died
early. Sometimes, the entry of the other marriage (which could also be an
earlier one) might have contained data on the age of the couple and on the
names of their parents which the marriage entry of the two direct ancestors
did not record. Since ages at marriage were often incorrect as priests often
tended to amend the ages in the direction of making the age difference
between groom and bride look more acceptable, the additional entries of other
marriages (plus the age stated in the death record) often allow to tighten
the ranges for the real birth year of your ancestor.

The names of marriage witnesses and godparents are also a potential source of
information. Marriage witnesses were often brothers of groom or bride, or
close relatives or close friends of the family. Godparents might have been
the uncle or aunt of the child. It is often only tenuous
information that gets added this way, but in some cases it can make the
difference between ambiguity and certainty.

Other possible sources that could add information or eliminate alternatives
are the parish records for other religions, census records and the records of
church visitations. For instance, LDS has the records of some church
visitations in Somogy county of about 1740 where the visiting "inspector"
from the diocese recorded for every house (including non-Catholics) all names
and ages of people living there including the farmhands. This then is a
goldmine of information for the family researcher.

Finally, if one has conducted all search based on duplicates (as many of the
Hungarian records are for areas no longer in Hungary today), it is sometimes
fruitful to look up the same entries in the original records by visiting the
parish or the archive where they are stored, because priests often made
marginal entries, e.g., on later marriages, or on fathers who identified
themselves subsequently in case of originally out-of-wedlock births, within
the original baptismal record of a person. Since duplicates were sent to the
dioceses at the end of each year, they obviously do not contain these
marginal notes.


THE STORKS HAVE ARRIVED (Klaus Gerger)

Cousin Klaus (Vienna and Güssing) sends a Spring greeting. He writes:

"Hope you are well. Last weekend we were in Güssing. The countryside is
turning green. The stork arrived just this day and moved into his nest
opposite our house.

"I read in your last newsletter that you received the Güssing - Körmend
booklet. Did you see the little picture of the "Schwarze Madonna"? You asked
me about it, but in this booklet I saw it for the first time. In my spare
time I drew a map of the district of Güssing with all of the villages with
their Austrian, Hungarian and Croatian names. You can view it at:
the-burgenland-bunch.org/Map/VillageMaps.htm. I'd be grateful for suggestions.
If it is useful, other districts will follow."

Ed. Note - We've already addressed Klaus' maps in our lead article. The other
two comments by Klaus triggered the short articles which follow:

STORKS ARRIVE IN BURGENLAND (suggested by Klaus Gerger)

A sure sign of Spring is the arrival of the storks from their winter feeding
grounds in the Nile Delta. They return in late March to the same places every
year to breed and have their young. We read stories of their nesting on top
of Dutch chimneys, but they nest throughout Europe and the Burgenland is a
favorite site. I've seen them in Mörbisch am See, Rust and other Neusiedler
See villages, but not in Güssing so I'm wondering if their colonies are
expanding. A census in the 1970's indicated about 150 nested in Mörbisch and
Rust. It has always been considered good luck to have a stork family on your
roof. I don't know if they choose these spots to be near humans, for warmth
or whether they merely light on the highest spot available. As can be
imagined "Vogel dreckt" can be a problem and many householders erect metal
platforms over their chimneys to keep them from being blocked and provide a
nesting site that can be cleaned and maintained by the storks without
interference. Newer homes have central heating but many Burgenland houses
still use wood stoves and chimneys. The return of the storks is always
eagerly awaited in the same way that we in eastern United States look for the
return of the robins.

The Neusiedler See is an ornithologist's paradise, although there is
ecological concern as tourism and development is balanced against ecological
needs. At present the following may be found at various times of the year.
*Quail, plover, redshank, avocet, glossy ibis, heron and egret. In the rushes
there are bitterns and reed warblers. Wild duck include gadwall, shoveller,
garganey, shelduck, pintail, widgeon, golden eye, teal, eider and velvet
scooter. Wild geese and sea eagles are encountered. (* taken from Austria and
the Austrians, S. Musulin, Praeger Publishers, 1971)


SCHWARZE MADONNA (suggested by Klaus Gerger)

In the Batthyány Crypt of the Franciscan Cloister in Güssing is a Loretto
altar featuring a black Madonna and Child. It was commissioned in 1724 by
Countess Isabella Batthyány and carries on the European traditions of the
black Madonna as epitomized by the "Virgin of Czestochowa". Over five hundred
black Madonna altar pieces may be found in Europe and elsewhere. Most were
commissioned to give thanks for deliverance from some calamity. This one was
probably a thank offering for victory over the Turks. See "The Cult of the
Black Virgin" by Ean Begg, Penguin Books, 1985 for further information
concerning these altar pieces from which some of the following has been
extracted.

"Art historians advance the theory that these black Madonnas (as opposed to
white-the generally accepted racial characteristic of Mary, mother of Jesus)
are a resurfacing of the powerful pagan goddesses of sexuality, underworld
and earth-wisdom. The Black Virgins are symbols of power and majesty. This
phenomenon has pagan and Gnostic Christian origins that flowed west with the
cult of Mary Magdalene and resurfaced with the Cathars and Templars."

Throughout the Burgenland one will find many religious icons and monuments,
at the entrance to fields and pastures and on the side of highways and
byways. Some were erected to give thanks for immigrant help following periods
of war or economic disaster and say so. These include small wayside chapels,
prayer sites and crosses. Religion has always played an important part in
this region and even earlier pagan beliefs can be traced in fables, tradition
and myth.


GLEANINGS FROM THE LATEST BURGENLÄNDISCHE GEMEINSCHAFT NEWS

It's always exciting when the bimonthly BG news arrives from Güssing. Sixteen
pages from the "alte Heimat"! Editor Dr. Walter Dujmovits is adding some
articles in English. This issue (March/April 2000) had Remembrances from the
Family of John Wenzel (1859-1917) written by granddaughter Emma Wenzel. John
Wenzel led a very early group of 45 Burgenland immigrants from the Bernstein
area to Chicago in 1900. This eventually grew to 30M Burgenländers making
Chicago the largest city of Burgenländers in the world. Another article in
English was from author, retired university professor and BB member Andrew
Burghardt (he wrote "Borderland" among other publications) who continued his
"Early Memories of Burgenland 1956-1957", started in the previous issue. My
first visit to Burgenland was in 1974 and I was fortunate in being able to
see the last of the Burgenland of my ancestors. Andrew Burghardt's memories
take you back another generation.

The Burgenland of year 2000 is a far cry from those days. Old Burgenland, the
little that is left, is now well hidden at the end of rural lanes to nowhere,
although some is maintained as museums for tourists. Only castles, churches,
a few "schlosser" and a very few thatched cottages remain. In place of a team
of oxen and a wagon, you're more likely to see a Mercedes or a huge John
Deere tractor. Older men still wear black boots and blue aprons when working,
but you'll see jeans and Nike footwear on their descendants. Many older
ladies still wear black dresses with aprons and head scarves while tending
their gardens, but you'll see their daughters and granddaughters in church on
Sunday dressed in the latest Viennese or Parisian fashions.

Bobby Strauch, Burgenland correspondent from Allentown. PA continues his
English translation of Burgenland recipes which appear in each issue. This
issue includes veal cutlet with mushrooms and noodles with cheese and bacon
(neither of which are personal favorites-veal should be breaded and fried and
noodles call for cabbage or walnuts and sugar). Bobby is also featured in
some of the German articles dealing with recent ethnic affairs in Allentown
where he can be seen leading his choir or playing the button box accordion.

The remainder of the issue is in German, but includes an immigrant story
about the family of Paul Gross (born in Gaas 1893). "Aus Der Neuen Heimat"
tells what is happening in places settled by Burgenland immigrants like
Coplay, PA or Toronto, Canada and "Aus Der Alten Heimat" tells what is
newsworthy in two pages of clips from the villages- Altschlaining to
Zurndorf. There is an article about the Burgenland Bunch and our journalistic
coup in reporting a new "first immigrant to America-Lorenz Schönbacher -1777"
as reported by Albert Schuch first in an Austrian publication and later by
your editor in the BB news. The article mentions the BB staff by name and
outlines our activities.

Page 15 carries a notice in German that BG membership fees are due.
"Mitgleider im Ausland: Sie können ihren jährliche Mitgleidsbetrag. US$15."

Even if you read no German, you'll find much of interest in the BG news. A
page or two bound with your family history would be a nice touch. Pictures
alone are worth the annual dues of $15 (includes 6 issues mailed postpaid
from Güssing) and membership assures you of a hearty welcome and assistance
in visiting spots of local interest if you ever visit the BG Güssing
editorial offices. You can also order Dr. Walter Dujmovit's great book on the
Auswanderung.

To join, send your name and address with a personal check for $15 to Frau
Renate Dolmanits, Secretary, Burgenländische Gemeinschaft, 7540 Güssing,
Hauptplatz 7, Austria. Send your subscription via airmail and expect a wait
of up to two months for a reply. Mention that you're a member of the
Burgenland Bunch.

(Newsletter continues as no. 78A)


THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 78A
DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY
(issued biweekly by Gerald Berghold
April 15, 2000

This second section of the 3 section newsletter contains:
- Advance Notice of BB Mid-West Picnic,
- Data Concerning the Artinger Family,
- More on Croatian Nobility and
- Aan Ethnic Music Update.


TWIN CITIES BB PICNIC 2000 (Susan Peters & Hap Anderson)

Just a little early notice on this year's picnic. Hap Anderson has made the
reservations for this year. The picnic will be Sunday, August 13th, 10:00 -
3:00. It will be at the same place, Wabun Park, in Minneapolis. More
details coming later. We're really looking forward to seeing everyone again
and some new "relatives", too! Hoping the new year is being good to you,
Susan and Hap.


ARTINGER (ARDINGER) FAMILY

Member Den Ardinger contacted me recently to discuss a recent contact I had
received. I had copied him on my reply. We have a common interest in the
Artinger line from southern Burgenland in that one of my main Sorger lines
married an Artinger. Den had also written a nice synopsis of what he had found
concerning this family (taken from various sources including our newsletters).
I'm including our correspondence here as well as his synopsis to provide an
example of what all BB members might consider doing for their descendents.

Bob Zins writes:

My g g g g grandfather was Christian Ardinger (Artinger) he was probably
not an immigrant, but he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Probably
born in Shippensburg, PA; perhaps the son of Peter Artinger. I am
reasonably sure that the family originate in Austria. I am looking for the
origin of the Artinger name. Robert R. Zins, Newport News, VA 23606

My reply:

Artinger is undoubtedly a Germanic name. It is not common and G. F. Jones in
"German American Names" does not list it. "inger" = person from place. "Art"
or "Ard" does not ring a bell. Could be a minor geographic area or a water
course. "T" and "D" often interchange in German.

Now I have Artingers in my tree as early as 1727 in the Burgenland of Austria
in the village of Inzenhof (Hungarian name was Borosgodor) along the
Hungarian border. I am also aware of some Artinger immigration to Allentown,
PA around 1910-20.

Most known Burgenland emigration to America occurred 1850-1920 (greatest
number after 1890). Almost none before that time although I do know of one
member of Rawls' Regt. of Hessian troops who deserted and settled in North
Carolina (name Shinpaugh). He was born in northern Burgenland.

The German presence in the Burgenland starts in the 11th Century but most
families of today trace their origins to migration from the north following
the Turkish wars (the period 1520-1770), so it's possible that your ancestor
was from this region.

Early Austrian emigration from Salzburg to Georgia and North Carolina took
place after 1731 when the archbishop expelled some 20,000 Protestants. First
ship arrived in America in 1734. I find no Art(d)inger in my short lists of
these immigrants.

One guess is that your ancestors could well be Palatinate immigrants, the
so-called Pennsylvania-Dutch, many of whom arrived after 1730, although a few
hundred came through New York even earlier (1702). They settled the east
coast of PA and migrated through Lancaster County and west even down into
the Shenandoah Valley. I'd try Palatinate sources (use internet search)
although Yoder in "PA German Immigrants 1709-1786" does not list an Artinger
or Ardinger. I'd also try the online Austrian phone directory to see where
today's Austrian Artingers are located. I know there is one in Güssing.

Most people with a Germanic name ending in "inger" are from the Duchy of
Wurtemberg (today Baden-Wurtemberg-Stuttgart) so that's another place to look.

You might want to contact our member:

Dennis B. Ardinger; Bridgeville, PA.
ARTINGER (spelling changed in US to ARDINGER), ZWICKL (CWIKL various spellings);
Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitzal, Felso Ronok, Sandorhegy (Tschanigraben).
Settled in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, PA.

I doubt if we can help you but if you can indeed link to a Burgenland
village, please get back to me. I'd love to find a southern Burgenland area
immigrant this early. Gerry Berghold, editor BB Newsletter.


Den Ardinger then writes:

Thanks for this input. In fact, I was going to write you on this very subject!
I've had contact with Bob Zins many times over the past few years and we've
exchanged info on our lines. Coincidentally, his Ardinger line settled here
in Allegheny County, PA too! His line is from the McKeesport, Allegheny County
area and mine is from the other side of the county in McKees Rocks, Allegheny
County. In the county court house in Pittsburgh, he and I have worked to identify
the various lines... those that are his and those that are ours.

There appear to be three lines... his line... which spells the name Ardinger
too... descends from Rev War veteran Christian Ardinger in Maryland.

My line in McKees Rocks... which was Artinger from Burgenland.

And the third line which I'm 99% sure in connected to mine. I think this
line goes back and connects with you too. I'm working on that one. I can
connect my line from Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitzal to a couple of other villages
in the area (i.e. Felso-Ronok and Also-Ronok). I'm keeping a running tally
and updating my descendants list of Johann Artinger from Sandorhegy, which now
sits at 182.

What I wanted to ask you about is the origin of the Artinger name in the
Burgenland area. They show up in the Sandorhegy area about 1789. I see that
you have found earlier traces of them going back to 1727 in Inzenhof, which
is still the local area.

My question is, "Is this the earliest trace (1727) you have found for an
Artinger family?"

The reason I'm asking is that I'm writing an introduction to my descendants
list right now and I'm trying to lay a foundation for others to identify the
origin of the surname in Austria. To show you where I'm at, I'll attach the
two pages that I've written on the Artinger origins. Would you kindly read
it over and let me know if it sounds correct as far as you know?

Over the past four years or so, I've been in contact with Othmar Artinger in
Graz. We think we are related but he isn't sure but we seem to both come
from the Heiligenkreuz area. When I asked him for his understanding of the
Artinger name, he said he had questioned it many times also. He thought the
name came from "Artig" which means "well behaved" and the "er" ending meaning
someone who had those traits or came from a place with those traits. He said
he always kidded his children that that is what it meant.

On another occasion, back in 1977, I had a discussion with the UN Ambassador
to Surinam on the name. He thought it came from words meaning "all things"
or a person who was a "jack of all trades". I've never found the name in a
surname book.

I've had several contacts from distant cousins who read my piece on the
Artinger Voyage to America in BB Newsletter 75. It has really helped me.
I've been able to extend my lines and fill in some details too. Thanks a lot
for printing it. As I update my lists on the Artinger line, I'll send you a
copy. As I said above, I'm fairly sure we are distant cousins.

On a side line, Bob Zins is an old army officer too. When he served in
Vietnam as a captain, he was Bob Hope's bodyguard when he did his Christmas
tours for the troops. He sent me a photo of him and Bob Hope together...
here's a text file of the two pages I've written on the Artinger
origin in Europe. Thanks.

* * * * * * * *

Origin of the Artinger Family in Europe

The origin of our branch of the Artinger family can be traced back two
centuries to what is today the southern portion of the Province of
Burgenland, Austria. Burgenland, which means "castle country", lies in the
extreme south east of Austria on the border with Hungary and Yugoslavia.
Burgenland, Austria was formed after World War I from parts of the Hungarian
counties (a county is called a "Megye") of Vas, Sopron and Moson. Most of
Burgenland was formed from Vas Megye. This reorganization of the borders in
the region was all part of the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

At least two towns have specifically been identified as being the home to our
family. One is Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitzal. This town is located in the
Lafnitz river valley on the Hungarian border. It is the main east-west
international border crossing between Austria and Hungary in southern
Burgenland. The second town is Sandorhegy that is now called Tschanigraben.
Both of these towns were within Vas County, Hungary at the time our family
lived there. They are only a few miles apart. Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal,
called Rabakeresztur in Hungarian, is in the Burgenland District of
Jennersdorf. Tschanigraben is in the Burgenland District of Gussing.

There are also Artinger families in other nearby towns that I am now trying
to connect with. Especially the Artinger line in Felso-Ronok, Vas County,
Hungary. Our branch of the Artinger family was Roman Catholic and Catholics
went to church in both Heiligenkreuz and Felso-Ronok. Today, Heiligenkreuz
is an international border crossing between Austria and Hungary and
Felso-Ronok is the first Hungarian village from the border crossing. I feel
fairly certain that the two Artinger lines tie together. There are a number
of Artinger families from Felso-Ronok, Vas County, Hungary that emigrated to
Pennsylvania at the same time our line did. Additionally, I have found a
number of clues showing circumstantial evidence that the two Artinger lines
unite into a common line in Austria.

Germanic Nationality

The Artinger line is of Germanic nationality and our ancestors probably
migrated east through Austria over a period of hundreds of years during the
middle ages or possibly even earlier. The Germanic influence in Burgenland
began as far back as the 1100's when Germans first started to settle there.
Additionally, there was a migration of Germanic peoples into the Burgenland
region in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was during the later part of this
period that the first references to the Artinger family begin appearing in
historic records. The population of the Burgenland area is about 85 percent
German with the remaining 15 percent being Croatian and Hungarian along with
a small percentage of Jews, Turks and Gypsies.

There were many small villages scattered about Vas County, Hungary in the
late 1700s. The earliest reference that I have found that the Artinger
family was in the area at that time comes from the "Father Gratian Anton
Leser, O. F. M. (1873-1949) village series" which records the earliest
village history including the family surnames. Among the earliest surnames
recorded in Tschanigraben (Sandorhegy) in 1789-1802 is the name of Artinger.
Tschanigraben was a very small village and had only 151 inhabitants in 1812.
By 1929 it had grown to only 189.

Tschanigraben was part of Inzenhof until about 1800. Its name is spelled in
various ways in church records including the following: 1736 Schonagraben,
1765 Chanigram, 1789-1802 Sandorhegy gewohnlich (usually called) Sconagraben,
then Tsonagraben, Csanagraben and Tsanagraben. The village is very rarely
mentioned before 1789 so it is probable that the earliest families came from
elsewhere prior to that time. The earliest surnames of Tschanigraben
1789-1802 included: Neubauer, Artinger, Stuiber, Krobath, Svetalics, Koppel
(Keppel), Pamer, Bruner, Jost, Mulzet, Nikles, Mehlmauer, Falusi, Takerer,
Konrath (Konrad), and Zimitz.

The Migration

Due to a number of economic reasons, there was a mass migration between
1880-1914 from the Burgenland region to the United States. This migration is
called the "Auswanderung" in Austria and during this time many tens of
thousands of people went "nach Amerika" (to America). It was during this
migration that most of our branch of the Artinger family emigrated.

During this mass migration from the Burgenland area a century ago, many
thousands left the region together. It was common to travel in small groups
with family and neighbors traveling together as part of a common support
system. Thousands came to Pennsylvania and most settled either around
Allentown or Pittsburgh. The heavy industries of Pennsylvania with its
factories, mines, railroads and steel mills demanded a continuous stream of
cheap immigrant labor and eastern Europe provided millions of young men for
the work.

Our branch of the Artinger family settled in McKees Rocks along the Ohio
River just west of Pittsburgh. My grandfather, Albert Herman Ardinger, was
born there in 1902, the year after my great grandparents arrived in Allegheny
County. He was the only child of Alois Artinger and Mary Zwickle not born in
Heiligenkreuz. My father, Albert Herman Ardinger, Jr., was born in the same
house on Bouquet Street in McKees Rocks in 1923.

It will be interesting to see where the family will be two centuries from
today. Migrations of people are common in history and it is unlikely the
population will remain stationary for long. As you study the attached
listing of the descendants of Johann and Theresa Artinger, you will see
that they are already scattered across the entire United States. Having
spanned an ocean and two continents, it is not likely that they will stop
anytime soon.
_______________
Note: The story of the migration of Alois Artinger's family from Europe to
America is covered in my 1999 manuscript titled, "The 1901 Voyage of the
Artinger Family from Europe to America".

For anyone interested in learning more about the life and times of our
ancestors in Burgenland, Austria, I highly recommend reading some of the
newsletters published on the internet by "The Burgenland Bunch Genealogy
Group". This is the best resource I have found so far for explaining the
confusing border and language changes in this area of Europe. This website
contains a wealth of information concerning the history, geography, religion,
nationalities and emigration of families living in the Burgenland region.
The website can be found at http://www.the-burgenland-bunch.org.


MORE ON CROATIAN NOBILITY (Fritz Königshofer)

I must remind our members that our notion of nobility is based on the English
or European concept which is exemplified by the current English aristocracy
who were granted (and still have) certain rights and privileges by a reigning
monarch and passed entailed property and titles via primogeniture. This is
not the concept which developed and prevailed in Hungary. Here the main
concept while still one of birth (or royal grant) was more one of freedom
from taxation and "robot" labor, ability to own property and limited service
to the crown and populace. Entire villages would be ennobled because of some
deed pleasing to the crown, but no property was included in the grant. The
grant applied to the entire family not merely the eldest. As a Hungarian
"noble", it was very possible to be much worse off financially than your
neighbor who rented his plot from the local "Herrschaft" and performed robot
labor. See previous articles for more on this subject. For our purposes,
linkage to nobility can result in the availability of more family records. If
you find the term "nobilus" or its equivalent in any church or civil record
concerning your family, you may wish to explore this issue further. Most of
these "nobilus" entries will be among Croatians (many ennobled when they
agreed to serve as border guards or effectively resisted the Turks) and
Hungarians (all families who could prove descent from the original Magyar
tribes claimed noble status) and date from the 16th to 18th centuries. There
are very few among those of German descent. The "Princes of the Empire" (i.e.
Esterhazy), nobility created or enfiefed (granted Herrschafts, i.e.
Batthyány) by the Austrian and Hungarian crown and Electors of the Holy Roman
Empire are a different case entirely. Fritz Königshofer pursues documents of
noble status for Frank Teklits in Vas Megye.

Fritz writes to Frank Teklits: Please keep in mind that in the earliest
complete census of Vas nobility which I have seen as extracted by Dr. Kälmän
Horväth, covering the census of 1726/27, the Jänos Teklics in
Rechnitz/Rohonc, as well as György and Miklós Teklich listed in Szent
Péterfa, all claimed the 1601 nobility act as their proof. This means, if
you can trace your line to one of these three Teklits living in 1726/27, you
already have a claim as good as theirs was, for the further connection to
Lukacs Teklits.

As to the 1845 list, from the details you state you clearly have the same
list as I. Nevertheless, as they are already made I'll send you the
hardcopies just in case.

He also writes: This is the further information I found on Teklits in the
books by Kälmän Horväth about the nobility censuses held in Vas county. I
hope that you still have my previous messages when I gave you the entries
from a number of early censuses....Firstly, the transcription I had given you
where I had been uncertain about the year was definitely from the 1754/55
census of nobility, and not from 1774. Therefore, you can now clearly place
these Teklics [sic] entries.

In today's visit to the Széchényi Library, I found two nobility census
listings I had not paid attention to before. They were also excerpted by Dr.
Kälman Horväth and described by him in four small volumes called "Vas
värmegye nemesi összeíräsai" published 1941/42 in Szombathely.

The first set of entries seems to define the results of the nobility census
of 1781/82. I will give you now a full transcription of what this census
says for Szent Péterfa, including a translation (though I warn you, my Latin
is very rusty). The list has only Teklics names, no others, and on apparent
purpose it listed only males:

"Nicolai Condam Teklics Filius Georgius, habet filium Josephum. Alterius
Nicolai condam Teklics Filius Adamus, habet filios Franciscum, et Joannem.
Joannis condam Teklics Filii Georgius habet filium Georgium Paulus sine
filiis. Alterius Tert

(note: Newsletter 78A was truncated and the remainder lost)



THE BURGENLAND BUNCH NEWS - No. 78B
DEDICATED TO AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN BURGENLAND FAMILY HISTORY
(issued biweekly by Gerald Berghold)
April 15, 2000

This third section of the 3 section newsletter has articles pertaining to:
- Sending Money to Austria,
- An Allentown, PA Cemetery Search,
- URL and Member Changes, and
- our Staff Masthead and BB Internet Addresses.


MAKING DONATIONS OR PAYING FOR FOREIGN RECORD SEARCHES

Lauri Deninger writes:
"Another question for the FAQ list (maybe no one else has asked this before)...
In making an information request to a parish in the Burgenland (for example,
I received the address for the Roman Catholic Parish office for Illmitz,
Neusiedler See), the FAQ list mentioned 'a small donation for the parish' and
'International Reply Coupons.' I assume the IRCs would be available at my post
office (like a money order?), but how would I enclose a donation - should I
enclose US dollars, and have them exchange it, or is there a better system?
Would $10 be an appropriate amount?

"Thanks so much, I really appreciate all the work you and the other volunteers
do for your web site, and to advance genealogy in that corner of the world
(and elsewhere that these folks traveled). I just started doing genealogy
last summer, but am having a blast! I joined the Burgenland Bunch and have
been really enjoying your newsletters - they are packed with useful
information! Keep up the good work!"

My Reply:
IRC's are available from the post office. Send 2 or 3. For a donation, I'd
enclose a $10 bill as the easiest way. That's about 120 Austrian schillings
- a nice start. Later, if you get a lot of information, another $15 would not
be too much. Remember you're taking a chance sending cash, but nothing ventured,
nothing gained. If someone agrees to do some lookup for you and sends photo
copies, you can make some other arrangement.

Expanding The Answer:
Certainly money talks and it's a sure-fire way to get someone's attention.
Sending money to another country, however, is always a problem. Banks charge
bank transfer fees that are exorbitant unless the sum is large. US foreign
postal money orders take forever. Personal checks will clear but Austrian banks
charge the recipient hefty fees. International reply coupons are good but some
small village post offices will not accept them. Cash (US dollars) is always
easy for the sender and the recipient but there is always the exposure to theft.
Ruesch International (700 Eleventh St., Washington, DC 20001, telephone
800-424-2923) is available for checks drawn on foreign banks in national currency
and their fees are low. It requires a phone call, clearance of your advance payment
and a week or more to receive a check in foreign funds. Sometimes credit cards
are appropriate for foreign businesses, but not for a local priest or Bürgermeister.
What to do?

For some purposes, I've found the best approach is to send my personal check
and pay for the Austrian bank charges. I do this by valuing the Austrian
Schilling at a premium. Current exchange rate (as listed in financial pages)
is now about eight cents per schilling. I value it at ten cents, which is a
25% improvement, more than enough to cover bank charges and postage. I'm
usually dealing in small sums and the premium is insignificant, particularly
when one considers that an ounce of mail calls for at least eight schillings,
much more for airmail. I use this method for businesses, publications and
book dealers (also credit cards) and organizations. I use personal checks in
my dealings with the Burgenländische Gemeinschaft and have found it works
well. I would not do this if I were not a member as I feel their assistance
in making personal purchases should be limited to members.

This is not something to do for a local church donation. Here I take a chance
and send cash (ten dollar bills are good). I wrap it in a piece of heavy
paper, use a security envelope and always use airmail. The recipient can
exchange this money at any bank or money exchange (Geld Wechsel), but again
there is an exchange fee so I again overvalue the schilling. So far I've not
lost money through theft but it's always possible. Take a chance.

Often I've found that when dealing with friends and correspondents it's easy
to work on an exchange basis. This takes a lot of trust on both sides and is
not for strangers. After all, a lot of surface mail queries can soon add up
at US airmail over one dollar an ounce and foreign fees are comparable. It
also requires a lengthy correspondence in order for things to equal out.
After buying and sending me some CD's or publications I'd like, I can do
likewise for the sender. I always try to pay more than I receive and consider
it one of the costs of doing genealogy. We ask for a donation of time-we
shouldn't also expect a monetary donation without some form of compensation.


A CEMETERY SEARCH - ALLENTOWN, PA
(from correspondence with Angela Latta and Phyllis Sauerzopf)

I've always felt that at least three documents were necessary to complete
family linkage, those which support birth, marriage and death. Sometimes one
leads to another, but frequently, as a result of moves, death records can be
the hardest to find. I needed so many for my family history that I went to
Austria and also back to my place of birth to complete my files. You'll find
the stories of these trips as Heritage Quest Magazine articles II and III,
available from our archives. Recently two of our members began a similar
search and their experiences my help others.

Angela Latta writes:
Phyllis Sauerzopf and I are trying to locate my grandfather's grave in an
Allentown cemetery; however, Phyllis tells me that there are several cemeteries,
and she doesn't know which one he's in. She recommended I contact you because
you know so much about Allentown. My grandfather was Catholic and came from
Burgenland (Reinersdorf). He died around 1950. He lived in Allentown after
coming to the US in 1925. Can you give us some suggestions as to how we might
go about finding where he is? We would both V E R Y much appreciate it.

I also wanted to thank you again for the work you do to help others find
their roots. Because of your efforts and the efforts of the other
contributors, I was able to find Phyllis. She and I have together found my
family in Pittsburgh and Maryland, relatives I didn't even know
existed. Phyllis and I plan to go to Austria this July with the BG group.
Although I have communicated with Phyllis numerous times, we haven't actually
met. I will fly from Oregon to the East, meet my brother, then we will drive
to meet Phyllis and my 1st cousin, who we have also never met. He is a
Catholic priest! We plan to all meet at the cemetery at our grandfather's
grave! We are all Traupmans! What a wonderful moment that will be!! But
all this could not have happened if it weren't for the BB site!! Thanks to
you we are joyous that have found our US family, and will continue our
research in Austria for our ancestors.

My Answer:
Here are the local Allentown cemeteries. If your grandfather was RC, I'd guess
he went to church at the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 4th & Chew Sts and thus he
would be in their Catholic cemetery near Catasauqua. My mother's people are
buried there. Lots of Bugenlanders. No office, but you might try calling the
church at 610-434-5171.

From my magazine article no. III: CEMETERY SEARCH

With my wife Molly (nee Beck) as my ever faithful helper (we also researched
her family in Bucks and Northampton counties) we started by visiting family
cemeteries in Lehigh County. The larger cemeteries had offices and index
files that pinpointed graves. The smaller required some walk and search. The
office index files were found to be a good source of data showing such things
as birth & death date, parents, cause of death, undertaker, next of kin, date
and cost of burial. While I usually had my relatives birth and death years,
the complete dates were sometimes missing and the index cards or grave
markers furnished them. Much easier than writing and paying for death
certificates. Military service also appeared on some tombstones. We were
pleased by the general immaculate condition of most cemeteries and grave
sites. We did notice that the trend to flat markers makes difficult reading
as the markers frequently sink beneath the surface and become covered with
turf. A problem for future searchers unless the data is preserved in a data
bank. Relatives were found in the following cemeteries:

Blue Church (St. Paul's) - Coopersburg; Cedar Hill Memorial Park - Allentown;
Coplay - Coplay; Fairview - Allentown; Grandview - Allentown; Highland Park -
Allentown; Sacred Heart Catholic - Allentown (Fullerton, near Catasauqua);
St. Paul's Lutheran - Catasauqua; West Coplay Catholic - Stiles.

CHURCH SEARCH

An earlier visit to the family churches in Austria had paid big dividends
(see previous article), so we also visited churches in Allentown. Many
southern Burgenländers are (were) Lutherans and they sought Lutheran churches
when they came to America. St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Chew St.
and Ridge Ave., Allentown, was formed by German speaking immigrants from the
Palatinate (the so called Pennsylvania Dutch) in 1866. By 1900, the
neighborhood was home to German speaking Burgenländers and they gravitated to
this church which has always had a German speaking pastor. It is unique today
in that a German language service is still held every Sunday, even though the
neighborhood is now home to people of Hispanic descent. The records from 1865
are still available and reference was discussed with the pastor.
He indicated that a history of the church was available at the Lehigh County
Historical Society Library (2nd floor, Old Courthouse, 5th & Hamilton Sts.).
An invite to their upcoming October Fest was also extended. A monument to the
400th (1883) anniversary of Martin Luther in front of the church is
noteworthy. (NOTE ST. PETER'S IS NO LONGER ACTIVE AS SUCH, THEY ARE IN A
TEMPORARY BUILDING AS THEY PLAN TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH. USE LEHIGH COUNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO SEE THEIR RECORDS.)

My maternal grandparents were Catholic and although I inherited the family
documents and had complete genealogical material, this was an opportunity to
visit seldom seen graves. The German Catholic church in Allentown is the
"Sacred Heart of Jesus" (4th & Chew Sts.) which also had a German language
service. I had no need to see their records and thus I'm not sure of their
availability. Their cemetery is located north east of the city near
Catasauqua and has a wealth of Burgenland immigrant names. Three other
ethnic cemeteries (Italian, Ukrainian and Jewish) are nearby.

LEHIGH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Church Records:

Located in the early colonial county courthouse, the library of this society
has a wealth of local information. A slight charge allows the use of their
services from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM daily. Much genealogical material is
available. Of major interest were bound copies of most Lehigh County Church
records with indices including those for St Peter's. One of the society's
projects involves the copying and indexing of local church records. We came
away with birth, marriage and death data for many of my relatives (note:
death data 1935-55 was not complete). The first Burgenländers entries dated
from the 1890's. Using this material, it was possible to track the emigration
of many relatives uncovered in the Martin Luther Kirche records in Eltendorf,
Austria. The St. Peter's records often provide Austrian town of birth and
parents names. I was not able to find the who and why of birth and marriage
records sent to the Hungarian government 1902-1913 and shown and first found
by me in their civil records (note-later developed that these records were
sent to Hungary as the immigrants were planning to return). I have both St
Peter's and Hungarian records of grandparents' marriage and births of
children. It was a pleasure to read my own baptism entry (I have the
certificate) as well as my brother's. Our family relocated early and we did
not attend this church very long.

City Directories:

These are available at the Historical Society from the 1880's forward and
some cover outlying areas as well as Allentown. Showing residence, often name
of spouse, adult children and occupation, they are a wonderful source of
genealogical fill material. Unfortunately, misspellings of foreign names
abound. My computer files show RESIDENCE as a note, and I like to include
residence by year for the main blood lines. The first Burgenland entries are
again in the 1890 period.

Phyllis Sauerzopf responds:
Thank you very much for providing Angela Latta and I information on how to
find Angela's grandfather, Frank Traupman who was buried in Allentown around 1950.

I told Angela first that I remembered you writing about your trip to the
Allentown cemeteries for relatives. I thought it was in a newsletter. No
wonder I couldn't find it. It was in one of the magazines. I did search for
Frank in the cemetery towards Catasaqua about a month ago, thanks to your
information on it's location in a newsletter. It is HUGE! I couldn't find
him, so I went back again today and searched for 3 more hours along with my
daughter's help. I searched further this time, not just in the front where so
many familiar names are, but way down to the bottom left where there were
Catholic's among Protestants. A lady working at a grave gave me the
information that they were mixed together. I did not find a single Traupman
after a total of 5 hours of searching altogether. I don't think he is in
there. Besides your Simitz's up in the Burgenland section, I found Berghold's
and Simitz's in this section which was way down in the far left,(if you are
facing in from Fullerton Ave.) where Cath. and Prot. were mixed together.

Berghold, Frank - Feb.27,1897 - Dec.21,1974
Berghold, Julia - April 1,1898 - Jan. 16,1975

I also found a Simitz in this area, who is not mentioned in your family tree.
Father, Simitz, Eduard - 1901 - 1974
Mother, Simitz, Maria - 1902 - 1984
Simitz, Ludwig - 1892-1959 buried with:
Simitz, Emma T. - 1904-1955. >>

From Phyllis Sauerzopf to LEA,
Dear Lea, I sent the email to Gerry and you at first... I got it mixed up,
since Simitz is your name and not Gerry's. I guess that's ok though. I just
happened to copy down 30 Trinkle's and Trinkl's since Traupman's and Trinkl's
were connected by marriage back in the Heiligenbrunn parish. SO you are in
luck. I wrote to Diedra Deutsch the same day I wrote to Gerry and told her I
could help her with Trinkle's if she had not been to this cemetery. She never
replied. I'm glad YOU did, since I am willing to share this. There were some
Trinkl families grouped together. Since there are so many, why don't we start
with first names. Let me know if there are specific names you need and I will
search my notes for them first. Thank goodness I can share this with you. I
didn't want this valuable information to just sit here. I believe we did talk
before. I remember you mentioning the Sauerzopf's in Canada.

Angela called the Sacred Heart Church. They found a Frank Troutman who died
in 1946 who was buried in a Catholic church in Fullerton, or Whitehall. I
didn't get the specifics. I don't think it would be him. There were hundreds
of Troutman's in Pa, according to Ancestry.com. So she will call other
churches. I will let you know if I find any other cemeteries, So far it is
looking good for Angela and I to go to Burgenland in July. Tessie Teklits is
still waiting for information, but she has us listed!!! I already talked to
Albert, and we will get to meet him. Viva Austria! Our dream is coming
true!!! Sincerely, Phyllis Sauerzopf


BURGENLAND BUNCH INTERNET LINKS - ADDITIONS, REVISIONS 4/15/00
(from Internet/URL Editor Anna Tanczos Kresh)

AUSTRIAN, AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN INTERNET LINKS
o WorldSkip http://www.worldskip.com/ - exceptional site providing
extensive information on countries of the world, including Austria, Croatia,
Hungary, etc.; national/international news sources; business and banking;
radio, newspapers, and magazines; transportation services, including airports
and bus terminals; hotels; embassies; arts and cultural events; entertainment
ticket services; universities; online Hungarian language course; many more
(Lea Buzby)

MAP SITES ON THE INTERNET
o Bezirk Maps http://members.1012surfnet.at/gerger/Map/VillageMaps.htm -
maps of the district of Güssing showing village names in 3 languages; maps
drawn by BB member Klaus Gerger; downloadable; 1857 Güssing householder list;
other districts may follow

URL CHANGES (revised links/descriptions)
o Nielsen, Ralph http://www.strodl.co.uk/ - The East Riding of Yorkshire,
England; Strodl Family Tree (new address)

o Burgenländische Freiheit (BF) http://www.bf-online.at/ - owned by the
Socialist Party (SPÖ) of Burgenland, comparable to the U.S. Democratic Party;
largest circulation (new address)

o Heritage Quest - Genealogy Software
http://www.heritagequest.com/genealogy/software/index.html - links to many
genealogical software products (change in description only; previous
directions no longer apply)

o Parsons Technology http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/products.html -
Family Tree Maker, Family Origins, Archives (change in description)

o Hungarian Settlements - brief descriptions and information on the location
of villages in present day Hungary:
Vas County http://testver.sednet.hu/vasm/e_alap.html,
Gyor-Moson-Sopron County http://testver.sednet.hu/gyorm/e_alap.html,
Veszprem County http://testver.sednet.hu/veszpm/e_alap.html (changes in
description)

o MSU Historical Text Archive
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/wooton/34/hungary/hungary.html -
Austro-Hungarian maps dating from 400-1920 AD (not very detailed); coats of
arms, history, national anthem, songs, costumes (new address)

o Web of On-line Dictionaries http://www.yourdictionary.com/ - links to
more than 500 on-line dictionaries, thesauri, vocabulary aids and indexes for
more than 150 languages (new address)

o Measurement Conversions http://www.convertit.com/ - ConvertIt
measurements converter (formerly Entisoft Units Measurement Conversion
Calculator)

o Old Bohemian Units of Measurement
http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/reg/SUD/bmasse.html - (probably limited to
use by historians, etc.) click on Genealogical Resources/Conversion Factors
for some Old Bohemian Units; Bohemian (and Austrian) measurement conversions
for linear, dry, liquid, volume, area

o Old Units of Measurement http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/misc/units/ -
Tabelle zur Umsetzung von alten Maßen in heutige Einheiten - Translation
table of old to contemporary units of measurement (with the addition of still
valid measurements)


URLS DROPPED - LINKS BROKEN/CHANGED - INFORM URL EDITOR IF YOU KNOW ALTERNATE
URL
o Landesverband Burgenland Tourismus
http://www.burgenland-tourism.at/index.asp - Burgenland Tourism; excellent
information on Burgenland provinces; click Regionen for calendar of events in
the villages; links to hotels and inns
http://www.burgenland-tourism.at/activity.asp?menu3=2 (links broken)

o AudioOnDemand http://www.wrn.org/ondemand/ - on demand radio from
Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, the Vatican, and many more (each site offers
multiple languages)(links broken - similar German site at
www.audioondemand.de is for sale)

o Croatian Translator: Joann Bedic Aftanas, an experienced
Croatian/English translator will assist us with our Croatian language
translations; please be reasonable (no response to queries)


MEMBER CHANGES

Undeliverable addresses will be removed from the distribution list:

NEW
Joan Emery; Sullivan, WI. EMERY (EMRE), Zahling, last known residence
Wien (Vienna) Austria, to Allentown, PA, 1903. LEITGEB ?
Austria to Allentown, PA, 1903. SCHIMENEK Eisenberg-Koenigsdorf to
Allentown, PA, 1902. DEUTSCH, Kukmirn, last known residence Rudersdorf
(Radafalva), to Allentown, PA, 1901.

Audrey Kappel; Pittsburgh, PA. RADASCHITZ (RADASITS), KUGLER. Each were
residents of Minihof and settled in Pittsburgh, PA.

Eric Gironda; Boise, ID. SEISER, STROBL, SHUCK, PIESCHL, Ollersdorf;
JUSITS, Stegersbach.

Petra Gludovatz, Vienna, Austria. Searching for GLUDOVATZ, Steinbrunn
and JURASOVITS, Siegendorf.

Rebecca S. Holdaas, Port Orchard, WA. ROKOP from Sopron Megye; settled
in South Bend, IN.

Alice Holt; Salem, OR. Johann DEMMER, wife Elisabeth PORTSCHY, Gols.
Came to America in 1874 with Sons Paul DEMMER, 19, and Lorenz DEMMER,
37, wife Susanne STEIGLMAHR and children Johann 6 and Theresia 3.
Lived in McCook, NE, then Herndon, KS. Another son, Matthias DEMMER was in
Kansas by 1880 census. Later moved to Jackson County, OR

Mary K. Leitner, Atwood, KS. KOGL, HAUTZINGER, Andau. LEITNER, Lebeny, Hungary.

Karla (Mandl) Moore; East Hartford, CT. MANDL, THOMAS, Grieselstein (Korostyen,
Hungary), KLOIBER, SCHWARZ, Weichselbaum (Badafalva, Hungary). Settled in
New Britain, CT 1910-1912.

Joel Neubauer; Williamsburg, VA and Olney, MD. NEUBAUER and
KOLLER , Bad Tatzmannsdorf and Sulzriegel areas. My ancestors left the
Burgenland in the early 20th century and settled in Allentown, PA.

Robert B Neumann, Las Vegas, NV researching the HOFFMANN/WEBER families in
Bubendorf who settled in Winsted,MN.

Robert M. Rene M.D., Woodland Hills, CA. RECHNITZER, Frauenkirchen. Settled
in Budapest, Vienna and finally Berlin. Died of natural causes 1936 (pat.
grandfather). My father (Vilmos Rechnitzer) served in Austro-Hungarian Army
1915-1918, 38th Honved Division, emigrated to U.S. 1925 (New York, NY).
Changed name to William Rene, died 1984 Van Nuys, CA.

CHANGE

Arthur Schaffer; Chicago, Il. PAPST, Allhau, SCHAFFER,
Rotenturm. EKKER Rotenturm, DERKOVITS Neuberg, Kohfidisch, WOLFER
Kohfidisch, GRAMERIN, Rechnitz, OSWALD, Rohrbach, HEINRICH, THALLER,
WILFLING, GOLLES, Grosswillersdorf, Sochau, SCHWARZIN, PAURIN, ZACHIN,
DILLINGERIN --?.ZIERMANN, UIDL, PAUSS, MADL Markt Allhau. Settled in Chicago,
Il. (added more names and villages)


ADDRESS CHANGES
Thomas Steichen; Winston-Salem, NC; Researching:
HALBAUER and TRAUTNER (in Wallern), WEISS (in Halbturn/Feltorony), and
LASSL (in Mosonszolnok/Zanegg); WEISS/HALBAUER settled in Stearns Co, MN.

Gary Fink.

Ralph Nielsen, in The East Riding of Yorkshire, England


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Home Page surname lists (Tom Steichen)
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