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  • Skorenowatz/Szekelykeve/Gyurgyevo

    This was one of the later Banat villages, founded about 1869 by people from older villages, including Zichydorf , Ürményháza, and Setschan.

  • Gross Gaj/Setschanfeld Familienbuch

    Gross Gaj was actually a Serbian village that grew to absorb the neighbouring small German village of Malenitzfalva. The Catholic church records include the German and Hungarian population of this…

  • 2008 Banat Gravestones

    In 2008, about a dozen Banat genealogists toured Europe, with particular focus on Banat. You can find pictures of gravestones taken on this tour in the Photos section under Gravestones.…

  • Zichydorf Pioneer Settlers in 1787

    Thanks to Barry Anwender for compiling this list of surnames of the the approximately 125 families comprising 500 to 600 settlers who rebuilt Zichydorf in 1787 at its present location.…

  • Torontal 1828 Land Census

    This Digital 1828 Land Census Index for the Zichydorf village was created by Barry J. Anwender of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada from Martha Remer Connor’s hand typed index. All village researchers,…

  • Queen of the Rosary RC Church

    This page describes the relevant microfilms for Zichydrof research and contains an index of names in the baptism list.

  • Georgshausen 1941 Surname Index

    This index was compiled by Glenn Schwartz from the list Die einstigen deutschen Bewohner des Dorfes in the book Verlorene Heimat Georghausen by Josef Wüst (Wuest/Wust). It lists residents of…

  • Zichydorf 1944 Surname List

    We thank Shirley Gibbard for compiling this index. The information contained in the EINWOHNERZEICHNIS ZICHYDORFS, in der REIHENFOLGE d. HAUSNUMMER (The Zichydorf Householders List in Order of House Number), was…

  • Observations on Some Banat Cemeteries

    These observations were made on trips to the Banat in 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2014 and compiled by Glenn Schwartz. Not all cemeteries were observed in all years. Conditions may…

  • Language Help

    These links may be helpful in translating research documents.