Archives of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara
Dear list members,I would like to bring to your attention a person who can help you in your family history research. He is the archivist of the archives of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Timișoara. For...
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Thank you very much for this information, Timor. I can vouch for how helpful and easy to deal with Mr Calin is, as back in 2010 I was trying to get some records from my grandfather's parish church in...
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Hi Andrea,I've looked at the Eberhardt information and here are my comments.1. The Johann Eberhard mentioned in the Viennese registration document dated April 1770 might not be the same person...
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I too can confirm that Mr. Călin is an excellent Archivist, one can even research independently on the premises (with the assistance and presence of mr. Călin, of course), but all must be done with...
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Just for information for list members living in the USA and Western Europe: 50.- RON is equal to 10.- EUR or 10.5.- USD.Regards,Florian SterbinszkyAdrian Ianto via...
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Sorry for ommiting to convert the sum into Euros& USD :).It's not a large sum, but for a local like me, when I add up four of these extracts, like I did the first time I visited the Archives, the...
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Allow me one more addition to this topic.According to my information, Mr. Calin has recently managed to obtain digital copies of about 1000 (one thousand) old Roman Catholic church registers from Banat...
View ArticleFedr & Bessl - a question from 25 years ago...
I put this question out on the old Rootsweb Banat list back in 1998. A few people recognized the words but no one knew how the words were derived nor their exact source or meaning.My family were...
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Edward, Sorry I do not know the answer to your question but are you related tothe late John Lovitz (1911-1998)?Robert BoschSent from Yahoo Mail for iPad
View ArticleRe: Fedr & Bessl - a question from 25 years ago...
Hi Ed, for sure these two words are not standard German. I think it is the dialect form of the two words where your family comes from. Both should be a form to address other people: fer for male and...
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Dear Edward,these are simple family names, looks like rather known on that...
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Diminutive form of “Base” is “Baes(e)l / Bäs(e)l”.WalterAm 22.11.2024 um 19:22 schrieb Uwe Morres:
View ArticleRe: Fedr & Bessl - a question from 25 years ago...
Ed,You have posed an interesting question. My parents taught us to use these terms as a matter of politeness, though in the Traunau village dialect,it sounded like Fehre and Bass (as in a bus). I...
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Hello, all!I’m taking a class on herbal medicine and we’ve been asked to gather herbal remedies from our background. This group is my only connection to my donauschwaben heritage, and my grandfather...
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Hi MeganThe remedy my in-laws swore by (and it worked) was honey on an open sore! Elaine Ess (Family from Nakovo Molidorf and Pardan
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Hi Megan, My Oma's family was from Ruskodorf in the Banat and I am aware of a few folk remedies that they used. Butterlappe (literally butter cloth) was a cloth smeared with cold butter that would be...
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These are so wonderful - thank you!!!Megan Stottsshe / her
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My mom, talked about an onion poultice that was used on skin infections. She was born in Perlez near Zemun, Yugoslavia, a Donauschwaben. She spent a few years right after ww2 in a convent as the nuns...
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My grandfather was holding fluids in his legs etc. and my grandmother boiled water with a good amount of fresh parsley and Ota drank it. I guess you could call it parsley tea. It acted as a diuretic....
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Hello Everyone,Two famous authors of those times researched and wrote books on that topic:https://pfarrerkuenzle.ch/ Johann Kuenzle, a priest in Switzerland, andMaria Treban...
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