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  • Experiences of Banat Immigrants in St. Paul, Minnesota

      by Marie Bibus During the early 1900s, hundreds of families arrived in St. Paul, Minnesota from the Banat region of Austria-Hungary. They were German-speaking, and came from several small…

  • Heimatbuch der Gemeinde Kudritz

    This book was originally published in German in 1956. We discovered it in the possession of Leah Ott Duda. It had belonged to her great grandparents, John and Katie Bolen.…

  • 23-2 September 2018

    Membership Renewal ZVA keeps the memory of Zichydorf and its people alive on its web site through your generosity. It also provides information on many associated villages. Please help us…

  • Sammelwerk donauschwäbischer Kolonisten Teil VIII T – Wa

    Subject: Alphabetical listing of migrants passing through Vienna on their way east. Title: Sammelwerk donauschwäbischer Kolonisten Teil VIII T – Wa

  • Questions of Justice

    Title: Questions of Justice

  • Research and Travel in Banat

    It is vitally important to have local expertise and a local interpreter when operating in Serbia and/or Romania. ZVA has had excellent experience with two individuals in Banat: Staša Cvetković…

  • Apfeldorf/Jabuka Land Records

    This PDF file contains the 1870 land records for Apfeldorf/Jabuka. There is also a file to help you interpret the records. See also the page title Cadastre Land Records for…

  • Zichydorf Baptisms A-F

    Sources: Family History Library (FHL), Hungary, Banat, Zichydorf – Roman Catholic Church Record Christenings, microfilm 1190365, register from 12 July 1789 to 31 December 1842, available on loan from the…

  • Zichydorfers to South America

    According to Geschicte der Gemeinde Zichydorf by Johann Achtzehner (History of the Village of Zichydorf translated by Elizabeth Hugel), 24 families left Zichydorf for Brazil in 1924. Zichydorf had been…

  • Zichydorf Church Records

    For many years, the only church records available to researchers in North America were microfilms from the Family History Library of the Mormon Church. Films #1190365 and #1190366 contain church…