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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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| Fürndrath |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 19 Dec 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Burgenland |
| The hint by Gerry Berghold is clearly the most applicable one for the enquirer. Today's more common spellings of the name, particularly in Eastern Styria, are Fürntratt and Fürntrath. |
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| Styria |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 05 May 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| Takern, Gleisdorf, Sinablekirchen are in Styria. Please consider posting your query on Styrian board (see below).
Birkwiesen I don't know -- but both Birkengreith and Pirkenwiesen in Styria.
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| Götzendorf |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 07 May 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| There is a Götzendorf in Lower Austria and one in Styria.
I suggest you check your records first and try to establish which Götzendorf.
Then try researching via your LDS FHC.
Otherwise you need to obt... |
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| Graz, Styria |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 13 May 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| I recommend you post your query on the styrian board too. See link below.
Have you tried searching the Austrian phone directory (see Links/Austrian in the AustriaGenWeb) for similar names in Styria ? |
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| LOEFFLER, DULD, PUMMER, YOST, FLAMISCH |
| Author: Bob Loeffler Date: 05 May 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Searching for ancestors in Austria |
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| POLLITZER |
| Author: ATimmis Date: 23 May 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Looking for any information on the family of my great-grandfather OTTO POLLITZER, born in Austria on April 15, 1865, he was the youngest of four
His eldest brother Alfredo was living in Trieste, Ital... |
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| Pollitzer |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 22 Dec 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Did Otto live in Graz? Did Emma still have the name Pollitzer when she lived in Graz? If the answer is yes to one of these questions, it would be a good start for you to search the police registration... |
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| MILLER, MUELLER |
| Author: Mare Date: 22 Jun 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Grandmother Sophia Miller, or Mueller said she was born
in Rocica, Stajersko, Austria in 1898. I was told that
Stajersko is slovenian for Steirmark or Styria, but
someone else said that that part of S... |
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| Rocica |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 22 Jun 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Rocica is in today's Slovenia -- and that is what counts -- unless e.g. you require info re military service -- which I'm sure you don't for your grandmother :-)
I recommend you contact the SloveniaGe... |
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| Rocica |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 22 Dec 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Lying to the northeast of Maribor, Rocica was part of Styria until the end of WW I (1918). Now part of Slovenia, this region was called "Untersteiermark" (Lower Styria), which is consistent with the i... |
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| OTTENBREIT, FEDYK |
| Author: Christophe Von Fedyk Date: 26 Jun 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| I am searching for any information on my father's family. He was born Adolf Fedyk, June 2, 1941 in Wagna, Styria-Austria. His mother was Rosalia Ottenbreit, born Fedyk, 25.3.1903 in Gura Humora, Buche... |
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| Wagna |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 22 Dec 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Wagna near Leibnitz, in the south of Graz, has been the site of a well-known refugee camp. Your father was born there because his parents were refugees ("Umsiedler" means refugees seeking a new home).... |
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| VARHANIK |
| Author: Kathy Higgins Date: 26 Jun 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| ...I am not sure of the spelling of my grandfather's name, cannot find the place of birth (Lih, Austria), but it is my understanding that my grandfather worked in Gratz (mine) and was an orphan. Can this... |
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| Origin of Varhanik |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 22 Dec 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Yours is a very difficult question. It cannot be Graz, the capital of Styria, because there was no mine of any kind in Graz. Could it be Windischgrätz, today's Slovenj Gradec in Slovenia?
Gratz deriv... |
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| HUTTEGGER, KRAML, STEINER |
| Author: Carolyn Bening Date: 07 Jul 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Researching ancestors from Schladming in Styria Province:
Johann HUTTEGGER immigrated early 1860s from Schladming to New Wells, Missouri. Married Elisabeth STEINER from Schladming. Need contact name a... |
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| MULLER FLAMA |
| Author: James T Mueller Date: 08 Jul 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| ...Any information on family.
Grandfather: Johann Muller
Date of birth: 1898
Date of death: 1954 or 1955
Born in: Preding, Styria, Austria
Wife: Franziska Flama
His ocupation: Governor of Austria
Her ; O... |
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| KUTCH |
| Author: LynnKutch Date: 23 Jul 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Looking for parents of Joseph KUTCH from Graz, Styria, Austria. He married Mary LIPP and came to America in the early 1890's.
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| BIZJAK, MIHELCIC |
| Author: Linda Lenassi Tomlin Date: 31 Jul 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| In the province of Styria, City of Graz: Searching for family info on grandmother-Albina Bizjak. Born 20/21 Feb.1883 at #4 Gleibdorfer Gasse (spelling may not be quite right). Parents were Lorenc Bizj... |
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| Graz, Gleisdorfergasse |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 22 Dec 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| The street was most likely Gleisdorfergasse which is very nearly in the center of Graz. Number 4 must be close to the Jakominiplatz, the traffic hub in the center of Graz. If r-c, then your grandmothe... |
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| NIESS, LICHTENHOFER, HUBER |
| Author: Nadine Holland Date: 05 May 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| ...Researching ancestors, ANNA NIESS was born in
the year 1827 in Takern SinabelKirchen. Her mother
was KATHARINE LICHTENHOFER who was
born in 1778 and ANNA"S father was JGNATZ
NIESS born 170 in Sinabel ... |
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| Sinabelkirchen etc. |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 22 Dec 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Takern is a few miles south of Gleisdorf, next to St. Margarethen and der Raab. Sinabelkirchen [sic] is to the east of Gleisdorf and has been an r-c parish for a long time. Takern seems too far away f... |
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| RAPL, RAPPEL |
| Author: floydltc Date: 15 Aug 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| ...My great-grandfather was Johannes Rapl, born around 1832 in Austria. He emigrated to Cato, Wisconsin with Stephan Rapl and Wenzel Rappel around 1855. Would be interested in hearing from anyone knowing... |
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| Keuschler, Jagerberg, etc. |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 22 Dec 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| A "Keuschler" is somebody with a usually small house and very little land. Other German terms are Häusler or Söllner. The English translation is, I believe, "cotter."
Keuschler was a "state" (status ... |
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| Ulm in Styria |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 01 Oct 1998 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| FYI: There are still many Ulms in Styria. See the phone directory link below -- and use the "Erweiterte Suche" option. Enter just name and select "Steiermark" as Bundesland and press "Suchen".
Good lu... |
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