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From: "Viktor Fischer" <>
Subject: [HUNGARY-L] Neusin and Stefansfeld
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 13:08:55 +1100


Hello Joan Hollingsworth,
Your place Serz Nuezina seems to be an idiosyncratic spelling for the former Neusin now Neuzina in modern Serbia, the Serz a corruption of Srpski ( means 'Serbian') or the like . Before 1921 the area was part of the Hungarian county ( called megye or in pre 1921 Hungary varmegye) of Torontal. It is also an area of German settlement known as Banat, hence your folk being German speakers. Settlers in the mid to late 18th century from southern Germany to several eastern European areas including the Banat are often referred to as Donau Schwaben (Danube Swabians). These settlers were typically Roman Catholic.

Villages would have a German name, a Hungarian name and name(s) in the local languages such as Serbian, Croatian, Romanian in the Banat region.

The Banat Village List at the German Genealogy site (Regional Research - Banat):

http://www2.genealogy.net/gene/reg/ESE/dsinfo.htm

gives the following:

Neusin

Village Names:
German: Neusin, Serbisch Neusin, Kroatisch Neusin, Naosin
Official: Srpska Neuzina, Hrvatska Neuzina
Hungarian: Nagynezseny, Kisnezseny, Szerbneuzina, Horwathneuzina
Spelling and/or dialect variants:
Location:
Country: Yugoslavia
30km E of Großbetschkerek
Postal Code: 23245
Railroad station:
Filial parish of: Modosch
Population:
1977:
1931: 164 Germans
Genealogical Records:
Records also in Modosch
Village name in FHL records:
Church records available at FHL:
FHL Microfilm Nr.


and...

Stefansfeld

Village Names:
German: Stefansfeld, Schuple
Official: Krajisnik, Supljaja
Hungarian: Istvánföld
Spelling and/or dialect variants: Krajiste, Stefanföld, Szent István
A Chronology of Stefansfeld:
1797: Stephansfeld, Stefansfeld
1848: Szent István
1880: Stefansföld
1888: Istvánföld
1911: Istvánfölde
1918: Stephansfeld
1920: Schupljaja, Supljaja
1941: Stephansfeld
1944: Schupljaja, Supljaja
1945: Krajisnik
Location:
Country: Yugoslavia
40km S of Hatzfeld
Postal Code: 23231
Railroad station:
Population:
1800: 600-700 approx 170-180 houses in the village
1811: 972
1823: 1332
1827: 1650
1837: 2025
1848: 2339
1858: 2398
1869: 2328
1880: 2356
1890: 2525
1900: 2344
1910: 2445
1921: 2876; approx 662 houses
1931: 2808
1944: approx 3000; approx 680 houses
Genealogical Records:
Village name in FHL records: Stefansfeld, Stefanfold
Church records available at FHL: Christenings 1797-1852, Marriages 1797-1852, Deaths 1797-1852
FHL Microfilm Nr. 1190340, 1190341
Church records available at IfA, Stuttgart: Christenings 1797-1852, Marriages 1798-1852, Deaths 1797-1852
Miscellaneous:
Founded: 1797
Bibliography
Location of a a prisoner camp for Germans held by Partisans during World War II.


If you look at the Banat sections of the site it will give histories and research resources for that area. Couldn't see anything for 'Estranfeld'

You may want - and I would highly recommend it - to enquire with the Banat email group at:



Neuzina comes up on Jewishgen ShtetlSeeker Town Locater and Mapquest

http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm

but I couldn't get it on Expedia Maps

http://maps.expedia.com/QuickMaps.asp

I couldn't find anything on Bodash; I'd suggest you put the name to the Banat group and see what they make of it.

Happy hunting,


regards

U.Viktor Fischer
Melbourne, Australia

researching:

1. GRATZL HOFLER THEK VALTER(also WALTHER) HASSELBACHER SCHRETNER RC from Koszeg, Unterwart, Jabing, Pinkafeld, Hochart all in former Vasvarmegye now Burgenland and Hungary

2. TANCZOS LATZO RAJKOVITS CZUPI SABLER (also SCHABLER) SZABO MODI PATSAI TOTH PETO GERENCSER, RC from Koszeg, Vasszecseny, Csorotnek, Janoshaza, Raba Szent Mihaly, ?Szolos, Rum, Kondorfa and Lugos all in former Vasvarmegye, now Vas megye Hungary

3. FISCHER PHILIPP (or PHILIPPI) Siebenburger Sachsen, Lutheran in and around Kronstadt/Brasov, Brasso megye,Transylvania, Romania

4. SERBAN ANGYAL Reformed Church Bukszad/Bicsad and Aita-Seaca/Szarazajta, Haromszek megye,Transylvania, Romania

5. STELLI MARSCHALL TISCHLER PRECHT(also BRECHT) KORCHUS(also KORKUSZ) PATACSEK, RC, Orsova, (Banat) Romania and Budapest (Obuda, Jozsefvaros and Ferencvaros)

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