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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Tisina |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 11 May 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Hungary > General |
| Csendlak is the old Hungarian name for Tisina, which is located in today's Slovenia (previously Yugoslavia) between Radkersburg in Styria/ Austria and Murska Sobota. Tisina was its own rom.-cath. paris... |
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| Zweimüller in Graz |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 03 Mar 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| The Austrian phone directory lists
Peter & Marika Zweimüller
Am Wagrain 80/I
A-8053 Graz
Austria
Phone: +43-316-271908
There are quite a few Zweimüllers in Austria but no Zweimiller.
Graz is in St... |
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| Wiesner/Fandl |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 01 Apr 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| The city you are looking for is most likely Fürstenfeld, a district capital in southeast Austria, province of Styria. Fürstenfeld is close to the border to the province of Burgenland, thus before 1921... |
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| Götzendorf |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 04 Apr 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| There are two Götzendorfs in Styria, one close to the point where the provinces Styria, Lower Austria and Burgenland intersect, the other northwest of Judenburg in Upper Styria. The name Lüchebauer pr... |
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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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| Knauss |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 06 Feb 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| There are quite a few Knauss in Austria. One of the members of the Austian skiing team at the current world championships in Vail, CO, is a Knauss. One source of the name is the area of Schladming nea... |
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| Stelzl/Stetzl |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 24 Feb 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Styria |
| Stelzl is a very frequent family name in Styria. Stetzl also exists. Please look in the on-line telephone book of Austria (www.etb.at) to get an idea. Use "Erweiterte Suche" (extended search) and ente... |
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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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| St. Martin, Radkersburg, Marche |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 20 Sep 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Burgenland |
| There are two villages called St. Martin in southern Burgenland. One is St. Martin in der Wart (Hungarian: Öriszentmárton) near Oberwart, and the other is St. Martin an der Raab (Rábaszentmárton), fur... |
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| Weinrauch, Weihrauch, Rogac |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 07 Nov 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > Provinces > Burgenland |
| The names seem to point more in the direction of Styria than Burgenland. See the Austrian on-line phone directory at www.etb.at
Spellings are Rogac, or more frequently Rogatsch. Weinrauch and Weihrau... |
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| Laibach? |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 24 Jun 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| From your data, the most likely place is Ljubljana, the capital of the Republic of Slovenia (south of Eastern Austria), part of Yugoslavia till its independence in the early 90s. The German name of Lj... |
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| Barger |
| Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster) Date: 31 Jul 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| Barger is not an uncommon name in today's Austria -- but keep in mind that your ancestors might have come from any number of former crown lands (today's Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, etc.).
For Ba... |
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| Goriup and Katz in Graz |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 09 Oct 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| Goriup might be a name of Slovenian origin. You might post your question about the meaning of the name on a board read by Slovenians. Another source of information would be to write to Goriups in Graz... |
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| Cilli? |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 05 Aug 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| Especially in connection with the family name you mention, the place you are looking for may be Celje in Slovenia. Pre-WW I, the town was part of Styria/ Austria. The German name was Cilli.
LDS has so... |
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| Gasta |
| Author: Fritz Königshofer Date: 22 Aug 1999 |
| Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General |
| The spelling of the place has to be Burgstall, and indeed there are several places Burgstall in today's Austria.
The name Gasta is quite rare as you would see via a check of the Austrian phone direct... |
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