RECORDS AND REFERENCES – Hrastovac-Eichendorf

Hrastovac-Eichendorf, by Erwin Englert translated by EVA MUELLER. To purchase write to: oem1970@gmail.com

Click here for “HRASTOVAC-EICHENDORF FAMILIES 1865-1900“ online book. The sixth online edition has been extended to include all the vital records from 1865 to 1944. It covers the German Lutheran Mother church in Hrastovac (Eichendorf) and its branches: Franjevac (Strižicevac), Kapetanovo Polje; Bastaji, Veliki and Mali; Mlinska, Pašijan, and other surrounding communities with smaller ethnic German population.

MLINSKA: “Gross Mlinska, Die Geschichte eines hessichen Dorfes in Kroatien” by Jakob Bentz

MALI BASTAJI: “Klein-Bastei, Heimatbuch eines deutschen Dorfes in Slawonien – Kroatien” by Heinrich Heppenheimer, 1990 ISBN 30925921-10-9

The original Lutheran Church Books for Hrastovac & surrounding area:

All the books 1903 to present are in GARESNICA, Slavonia.

- - - DRZAVNI ARHIV BJELOVAR (State Archive)
      Trg Eugena Kvaternika 3
      43000 Bjelovar
      Croatia
      e-mail: drzavni-arhiv-bj@bj.tel.hr
    - Matični ured Bjelovar (Vital Office)
      Dr.Ante Starčević 8 (Street)
      Bjelovar 43000,Croatia
      http://udubbz.hr/
      
      e-mail : predstojnik@udubbz.hr
      Phone : 38-54-327-8111
      Fax: 38-54-327-8164
      Opening Hours : 7.30a.m.-2p.m.
    - MATICNI URED GARESNICA (Vital office)
      43280 Garesnica, Croatia
    - MATICNI URED DARUVAR (Vital office)
      43500 Daruvar, Croatia
    - As none of the archives have a genealogist, they would only do the search for one person at a time, if exact names are provided.
      Osijek/Esseg state’s archives: www.dao.hr
    - Civil (Gradjanski)Evangelical – Evangelical Civil Records
      (Evangelicka crkva) – Evangelical Church Records
      Greek Catholic (Grkokatolicka crkva) – Greek Catholic Church Records
      Jewish (Zidovska) – Jewish Records
      Military (Vojni)
      Orthodox (Pravoslavna crkva) – Greek Orthodox Church Records in Croatia
      Reformed Christian (Reformska crkva) – Reformed Evangelical Church Records in Croatia
      Roman Catholic (Rimokatolicka crkva) – Roman Catholic Church Records in Croatia
    - Croatia Church Books online: https://www.familysearch.org/search/cataloge/
    - Baranya Church Books online: http://pecsiegyhazmegye.hu/intezmenyek-szervezetek/pecsi-egyhazmegyei-leveltar
    - 1768 Tolna County Property Tax Lists: https://archives.hungaricana.hu/en/urberi/
    - 1828 Hungarian Land Census (copy and paste all the lines into your browser) by Martha Remer Connor
      https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/450353?availability=Family%20History%20Library
    - Hungarian Civil Records 1895-1980: https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fcollection%2F1452460%2Fwaypoints
    - Hungarian Catholic Tax Lists: http://www.szfvar.katolikus.hu/hibas-link
    - Hungarian Archives: http://hungaricana.hu/en/ and mnl.gov.hu/mnl/tml/leveltari_segedletek
    - Hungarian Counties Index with its localities: http://www.radixhub.com/radixhub/gazetteers/1913/
    - Hungarian States Archives: http://193.224.149.8/adatbaziskol/
    - Soviet’s Gulags Prisoner Lists: https://adatbazisokonline.hu/gyujtemeny/szovjetunioba-elhurcoltak
    - Austrian-Empire Ansiedlerakten, 1686-1855 – Vienna (Niederösterreich). Hofkammer (Main Author)
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/173251?availability=Family%20History%20Library
    - Austrian-Empire Musterlisten (draft lists) http://www.oesta.gv.at/site/5001/default.aspx
    - Austro-Hungary list of fallen: http://des.genealogy.net/ou1wk/search/index and
    - Austro-Hungary Verlustlisten: http://www.verlustlisten.at
      Austrian Empire’s The Keeping of church registers by the Roman Catholic and Protestant parishes in Austria by F. Gundacker
    - Austrian-Empire Place Names (1905):
      https://www.familia-austria.at/index.php/forschung-und-service/altoesterreichisches-lesebuch/1274-orts-und-verkehrslexikon-von-oesterreich-ungarn#
    - Austro-Hungary Verlustlisten: http://des.genealogy.net/ou1wk/search/index
    - Famlia-Austria.at – https://www.familia-austria.at/ : over 1400 pages of information on Austrian-Empire research.
  - - German Online Genealogy Research: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Germany_Online_Genealogy_Records
      - Learn to read old German Script: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyvu7vkhDuM
      - German Online Genealogy Books (OFB) genealogy.net – Online-OFBs
    - German protestant parish records online: https://ahnenfunde.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/archion-in-a-nutshell/Over 1500 diverse genealogical lists assembled by Hans Selbach: http://www.ahnenlisten.eu/info/links.pdf
    - German Lutheran Church Books online: https://www.archion.de/de/das-portal/ueber-uns/
    - Hesse Place Lexicon: https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/idrec/sn/ol/id/9850
    - Old German weights and measures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_units_of_measurement
    - OLD GERMAN PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS and ILLNESSES: http://worldroots.com/brigitte/occupat.htm
    - Major Plagues 1550 to 1900
      https://www.familia-austria.at/index.php/datensammlungen/oeffentliche-daten/1550-die-grossen-seuchen-der-neuzeit-bis-1900
    - Latin/German Church lexicon by U of Muenster, Germany http://www.uni-muenster.de/FB2/ikr/service/index.html
    - “Die des Deutschen Volkes“ http://www.feefhs.org/DE/astaka/ahnstamm.htmlCensus 1667 for Herrschaft Eppstein (Hesse) http://www.tepper-erbenheim.de/downloads/einwohnerverzeichnis-der-herrschaft-eppstein-v.pdf
      GOV – the genealogical gazetteer: http://gov.genealogy.net/index.jsp
      Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt.) http://www.dd-wast.de/frame.htm in Berlin. To search for WWII German military records. Fee apply and it might take up to one year to receive the information……..German Army units 1939 – 1945 http://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/49495/files/2120.pdf
    - Ahnenbezeicnung
    - Waffen-SS – https://www.dd-wast.de
    - -http://www.bundesarchiv.de/benutzung/sachbezug/militaer/00381/index.html.de
      – http://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de
      – http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de
      – https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-Waffen-SS-Schutzstaffel
      – http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations/germany-a-austria/waffen-ss
      – https://ww2db.com
      – http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=395163
    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rJoB7y6Ncs (SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division”Prinz Eugen”)
    - Red Cross List of Prisoners of WWI http://grandeguerre.icrc.org -also: http://familia-austria.at/index.php/forschung-und-service/netzrecherche/132-beitraege/565-militaer#h8-3-kriegsgefangenenkartei-irk
    - WWI Prisoners of war research site: https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Search
    - WWII Soldier Graves outside Germany: http://goo.gl/b6Hjs
    - WWII information www.lexikonderwehrmacht.de/
    - Military K & K records: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_k.u.k._Kampftruppen#Nr._51-60
    - German maps prior to WWII http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/search/collection/GermanyMaps
    - Organization and Societies,
      Arlosen-Archive – https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/search/
    - banatmailer@gmail.com (free Danube-Swabian List for English speakers, includes all 6 DS areas)
      http://www.familia-austria.at/ (Includes all former Austrian Empire areas)
      http://www.gf-franken.de/ (Society for Family Research in Franken, Germany.)
      http://www.akdff.de/ (Arbeitskreis donauschwaebischer Familienforscher)
      http://danube-swabians.org (Danube-Swabian Cultural Group)
    - General German Research:
    - http://www.GenTeam.eu (EuropeanGenealogical platform; no- fee membership)
    - http://genwiki.genealogy.net/KB-Datenerfassungen
      http://www.hfv-ev.de/ (Hessischen familiengeschichtlichen Vereinigung e.V.)
      http://www.biggislist.de/ (Biggi’s List – Links for Family Research in Internet)
      http://www.genealogienetz.de/ (German Genealogy-Server)
      http://www.ahnenforschung.org/ (Ahnenforschung.org)
      http://ahnenforschung.net/ (The German genealogy Internet index)
      http://ahnenforschungen.de/genlink/ (Der Katalog for Genealogists)
    - http://das-oertliche.de/ (Germany – Telephone book)
    - Lists of Family Books in Germanic speaking areas:
      http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Ortsfamilienbuch
      http://www.village-records.org/ (online records for some DS towns)
    - also: http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Online-Ortsfamilienbuch and http://www.ortsfamilienbuecher.de/
    - HESSE INFO: https://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Portal:Hessen
    - Hesse Urkataster map : https://www.lagis-hessen.de/maps/urkataster-plus/overview
    - OFB Alsfeld in Hesse: http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Alsfeld_(Hessen),_OFB
    - Alsfeld in Hesse: Bürgerbuch 1498-1790 by Dr. Eduard Becker, 1907,
      https://archive.org/stream/burgerlistenders00beck/burgerlistenders00beck_djvu.txt
    - OFB Framersheim in Hesse: https://www.framersheim.de/fa/leben/familienbuch.php?
    - navid=33&fbclid=IwAR0GoTH_tX4MqvVxNPXtFPoYZwbqiyH9BrXNhH6AvyjhRhgkOWnxBB4bWUE
    - The Hessians: www.hadis.hessen.de/
    - Hessian OFB published so far: https://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Ortsfamilienbuch
    - PFALZ research: http://www.pfalzgeschichte.de/mitarbeiter/. Pfalz compiled a list of emigrants to Hungary and Austria. One of the “Mitarbeiter” (members) will be able to search the list for a given family name during specific time frame.
    - Researching in ITALY: http://www.donauschwaben.com.br/revista-detalhe/104#undefined/
    - Name Search:
    - Searching for particular family names density in Germany: legacy.stoepel.net/de/;
    - https://nvk.genealogy.net/map;
    - Banater Akten in Vienna: http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Banater_Akten
      http://de.dir.yahoo.com/Geisteswissenschaften/Geschichte/genealogie/
      https://www.banatbooks.com/DU/Kalendar_list.php (Deutsch-Ungarischer Kalendar)
      http://www.ahnen-und-wappen.de/ (Genealogy, Heraldic and History)
      http://www.cyndislist.com/ (Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
      http://www.progenealogists.com/germany (Horlacher Genealogy Pages)
      http://www.austro-hungarian-genealogy-translations.com/http://tinyurl.com/398g4jy
    - (German’s burgher families books)Localities search
    - http://www.calle.com/world/index.html (Global Gazetteer)
      http://www.jewishgen.org/shtetlseeker/loctown.HTM (ShtetlSeeker – Town Search)
      http://www.meinestadt.de/ (German Places)
    - http://www.bogardi.com/gen/g104.shtml (A magyar korona orszagainak helysagnavtara 1882)
      http://gov.genealogy.net/index.jsp (GOV – Genealogical Place Index)
    - www.hrastovac.net (Danube Swabian Info on Hrastovac and beyond.)
    - David Dreyer’s Ship List:
      http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~banatdata/genealogy/DDB/HomePage.htm
    - http://www.banat-genealogie.de
      http://www.semlak.de
      http://www.grabatz.de
      http://www.neupanat.here.de
      www.kv-ma.here.de
    - Miscellaneous
      . MAPS:
      2nd (1806-1869) Military Survey of old Hungary (without Transylvania): :http://archivportal.arcanum.hu/maps/html/katfelm2b_google.html
    - World View Photo Click on the spot of your interest to enlarge. http://www.terraserver.com/
    - . Expelled Germans Online: http://expelledgermans.org/
    - Croatian Graves online: http://www.axiomgis.com/
. Digital historical documentation of WWI: www.europeana1914-1918.eu
. Swabian Odessa via Poland settlers: http://www.odessa3.org/collections/land/poland/link/psettlr.txt
http://www.traceit.com (vezeteknev eredet)
http://www.myfamily.com
http://www.bmi.net/jjaso/index.html (anyakenyvi kifejezesek-Angol-Magyar-Latin-Szlovak)
http://www.ngw.nl/int/hon/hungary.htm (Magyarorszgi cemerek)
. Hungarian Conscription Lists (Katastarkarten): http://mol.arcanum.hu/
. Online Families Books: http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/Kategorie:Online-Ortsfamilienbuch
. Various Genealogical Lists compiled by Hans Selbach: http://ahnenlisten.eu/info/links.pdf and at Rootsweb: http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
. Immigrant names to Baden and Odenwald from Switzerland between 1648 and 1750: http://www.vhs-mosbach.de/akgen/chlist.htm
. Immigration to USA:

http://www.auswanderung-rlp.de/auswanderungsorte/listen-zu-auswanderern

Castle Garden: http://gov.genealogy.net/search/name
. WWI Missing Soldiers List:http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=vll
. Danube Swabian Death Registry WebPages: http://www.danube-swabians.org/totenbuch/totebuch_list.php?orderby=aLast_Name
German and Austrian War Memorial Website: http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/en.htm
“Totenbuch der Donauschwaben” (Danube Swabian Death Registry) http://www.donauschwaben.at/das%20totenbuch%20der%20donauschwaben.ht
Danube Swabians WHO is WHO:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_donauschw%C3%A4bischer_Pers%C3%B6nlichkeiten (Liste der Donauschwaebische Persoenlichkeiten)
. Map of Germany: http://www.hot-maps.de/europe/germany/germany_physical/map.html

. Sending money world wide: http://www.moneybooker.com
- Research in CANADA:
  Link to passenger lists at the Canadian Archives: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/search/Pages/ancestors-search.aspx
- Link to research at Pier 21 in Halifax: https://pier21.ca/research/immigration-records/research-request

Less Often Used Sources in Danube Swabian Genealogy in Serbia’s Vojvodina by Stasa Cvetkovic

Matični ured Bjelovar (Vital Office) Dr.Ante Starčević 8 (Street) Bjelovar 43000,Croatia http://udubbz.hr/

e-mail : predstojnik@udubbz.hr Phone : 38-54-327-8111 Fax: 38-54-327-8164 Opening Hours : 7.30a.m.-2p.m.

Matični ured Bjelovar (Vital Office)
Dr.Ante Starčević 8 (Street)
Bjelovar 43000,Croatia
http://udubbz.hr/

e-mail : predstojnik@udubbz.hr
Phone : 38-54-327-8111
Fax: 38-54-327-8164
Opening Hours : 7.30a.m.-2p.m.