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| St. Ruprecht - Peterlin |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 12 Sep 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Lower Austria |
| I don't know of a St. Ruprecht in Lower Austria.
There are a number of St. Ruprecht:
Sankt Ruprecht, Kärnten, Austria ( Carinthia)
Sankt Ruprecht ob Murau, Steiermark, Austria (Styria)
Sankt Ruprecht a... |
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| Twimberg |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 01 May 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| I think you might be looking for Twimberg rather than Twinberg.
There appear to be three places/villages with that name in Kaernten ( Carinthia) according to the Austrian Phone phone directory. Near on... |
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| Carinthia |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 05 May 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| You might want to post your query on the Carinthia query board (see link below).
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| Kärnten |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 12 Sep 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| Kärnten is Carinthia not Lower Austria. See index of provinces on AustriaGenWeb (link below). |
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| Carinthia (Kärnten) |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 26 Sep 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| Ruth,
Names ending in -IG (like Koplenig) are typically Carinthian. I suggest you post your query on the board for Carinthia (see link below).
The Gailtal (valley of the river Gail)is close to the b... |
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| Re: TRAMPITSCH |
| Author: Richard Camaur Date: 17 Apr 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Kuestenland |
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Your ancestor, Franz TRAMPITSCH,came from Carinthia (Kärnten), not Küstenland, which was the province of old Austria between Carinthia and the Adriatic. However, to respond to your query, all vital r... |
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| Grandparents |
| Author: Frank Kurchina (Webmaster) Date: 17 Mar 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Eastern Europe > Croatia > General |
| For research purposes it would have been better if your GPs had been
born in Croatia, rather than in Slovenia, because the LDS-Mormons have
microfilmed the parish church records in Croatia.
Retje is ... |
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| Dulcich name |
| Author: Frank Kurchina (Webmaster) Date: 20 Mar 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Eastern Europe > Croatia > General |
| What you wrote suggests surname was from the Dalmatia
coast region of Croatia ?
The Croats crowned Ladislas (a Neapolitan prince) as
king of Croatia in
1403 and he promptly sold Dalmatia to Venice, w... |
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| Penteker, Pignet, Pigneter |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 07 Feb 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| All these names are quite rare. However, please have a look for yourselves in the Austrian on-line telephone directory at www.etb.at
From the distribution, these names appear to be different. Penteke... |
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| Wadlegger/Spittal/Carinthia |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 03 Jan 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| There are several places with the name Spital in Austria, but only one spelled Spittal. This is Spittal an der Drau, located in Upper Carinthia. A quick review of Wadleggers from the Austrian phone bo... |
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| JURISICH >Poulje, Dalmacija |
| Author: Frank Kurchina (Webmaster) Date: 17 Jun 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Eastern Europe > Croatia > General |
| Poulje, Croatia is located 80 miles SW of Zagreb on otok (island) KRK,
about 2 miles from S^ilo.
This is in the general region of Rijeka, Croatia.
Dalmacija (Dalmatian) coast traded hands between Aust... |
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| Were they here? |
| Author: Frank Kurchina (Webmaster) Date: 28 Jul 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Eastern Europe > Croatia > General |
| Social Security Death Index Search
The SSDI lists 14 surname Gahn.
Charles (1888-1970) is listed.
Julia (1888-1980) is listed.
Write Letter under Request.
The copy of SS application form SS-5 usua... |
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| Family origins? |
| Author: Frank Kurchina (Webmaster) Date: 05 Aug 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Eastern Europe > Croatia > General |
| Before WWI, the Austrian Empire stretched from Austria to Montenegro in
the Balkans, including part of current Romania, part of Poland,
and part of the Ukraine.
What is required to research surname is... |
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| ZAGAR FAMILY |
| Author: Frank Kurchina (Webmaster) Date: 05 Nov 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Eastern Europe > Croatia > General |
| 278 surnme Zagar are listed in the Social Security Death Index.
This suggests at least 500-750 surname bearers living just in the U.S.
Are surnames listed in the Index ?
Were surnames naturalized ?... |
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| SCHARFEGGER |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 07 Jun 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| There are still plenty of SCHARFEGGERs in Carinthia -- and some are in Klagenfurt. See phone directory tips below.
I suggest you post your query on the Carinthia query board if that is the area your r... |
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| Griffen, Völkermarkt, etc. |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 04 Aug 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| All your places are within a close area in Carinthia. Völkermarkt and Griffen are not far from each other, and Enzelsdorf [sic] and Dürrenbach lie between the two.
If your ancestors were roman-cathol... |
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| Landskron |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 04 Aug 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| You probably refer to Landskron which is a suburb to the northeast of Villach in Carinthia. It is quite likely that in the last century Landskron was its own town and parish.
Steiner is a very freque... |
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| Sernig, Sarnig, Zernig |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 31 Aug 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| The Austrian phone directory at www.etb.at shows no Sernig, but has quite a few entries for the names Zernig and Sarnig. They are concentrated in Eastern Carinthia, but none in Brückl, district of St.... |
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| Luschnig |
| Author: Christina Fairman Date: 10 Jul 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| Would anyone have information on the name Luschnig? My grandfather was Viktor Luschnig who lived from the late 19th century to about the 1970s; he married Paula Berger in Carinthia (southern Austria),... |
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| Luschnig Family |
| Author: Branka Date: 03 Dec 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| Christina Fairman. Your ancestors could be
from Southern Carinthia or Slovenia. I may
have suggestions for your research. Contact
me at BMLroots@yahoo.ca |
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| Kopp |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 04 Jun 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Krems is a small place near Arnstein, to the east of Voitsberg. It is marked by the ruined tower of an old castle, and the federal highway from Voitsberg to Graz passes right through it. Today, the mo... |
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| Einöd, Gasser, Grechenig |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 24 Aug 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| There are several places Einöd in Austria, of which once again several are in Styria. The village name means something like "remote and forlorn place."
The place you are looking for might be the haml... |
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| Drozdowski |
| Author: KathyReichart Date: 12 Nov 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Surnames > Drozdowski |
| Found 2 marriage certificates in Reading Berks County PA. Josephine Drozdowski married John Klich in 1903 her place of birth is listed Austria Poland. Her guardian was Thomas Drozdowski. Thomas Drozdo... |
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| Antwort |
| Author: Walter Raming Date: 14 Jan 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Surnames > Ebner |
| My grandfather Raffael Ebner, born 24.10 1866 in Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria, emigrated ca 1900 and married again.
The names of his childrens: ANNA Leopoldine Ebner, born 25.10.1894
Leopoldine Ebner, ... |
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| Naberschnig |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 10 Feb 2000 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| Surnames ending in "-nig" often indicate origin in province of Carinthia (Kaernten).
Currently only one Naberschnig listed in phone directory; in province of Styria (Steiermark).
Have sent you details... |
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