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From: "Nancy Fredenberg" <>
Subject: Re: [DVHH] Attn: Mercydorf Church Records - Donations Needed
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 09:49:57 -0400
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I hope all who can will answer the call and support the development of new
Familenbuchen. The AKdFF deserves our support, and perhaps if we North
Americans show our numbers, we may see more consideration given to providing
English translations to important materials in the future.

FYI, as the DVHH Mercydorf Coordinator, Jody McKim has quite a large list of
Mercydorf researchers and periodically sends updates on matters of interest.
If you would like to be added to that list, drop her a line.
http://www.dvhh.org/mercydorf/

Also if you do contribute, it would be a good idea to let her know so she
will have some idea of the response from the DVHH listers on behalf of
Mercydorf.

Many Banaters passed through Mercydorf -- it is very likely you have a
connection to this village you have not yet discovered!

Best regards,

Nancy Fredenberg




----- Original Message -----
From: "Mercydorf" <>
To: "dvhh-l" <>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 11:30 PM
Subject: [DVHH] Attn: Mercydorf Church Records - Donations Needed


Now is the time for all Mercydorf and Banat Researchers to respond to a call
for assistance (or any other interested parties).

The AKdFF researchers in Germany have obtained copies of the Mercydorf KBs
(church records) covering the years 1832-1897 from the Romanian Archives;
and expect to publish the Mercydorf Familienbuch Vol I. 1735-1832/43 by
Edgar Aldag sometime in 2007. The cost of obtaining these records was 1500
Euro (over $2,000 at the current exchange rate). The AVBF
"Arbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Veroeffentlichung - Banater Familienbuecher"
(Joint venture to publish Banat Family Books) fronted the money to obtain
the Mercydorf church records.

I was asked by Richard Jäger, President of the AKdFF, to assist with the
fund raising to reimburse the AVBF. As the Mercydorf Coordinator, I am more
than happy to promote this campaign. It's not easy to obtain records from
Romania and it is costly. The village of Mercydorf was one of the first
Banat Villages and a first home for many Banaters upon their arrival to
Hungary.

I am appealing to all Mercydorf and Banat researchers (or anyone) to make a
donation of any amount that you are comfortable with. Please contact me (in
private if you prefer) and I will provide the details. I am hoping we North
Americans can raise a sizable sum as an act of good will towards our fellow
researchers in Germany, who are doing this for all of us.

Donations will be transmitted to Germany via a special account set up by
Dave Dreyer for transferring funds to the AVBF for their family books;
avoiding the hefty bank transfer fees. The request for donations is
strictly for ***recovering the cost of the church records*** this does not
accrue toward book orders.

For future reference: The publication costs of the Mercydorf Familienbuch
Vol I. 1735-1832/43 (which is now in manuscript form) will be covered by the
AKdFF and will be recovered when the books are sold (estimated purchase
price of $25-$30). I can hardly wait!


Thank you all, I appreciate any support in this matter.

Jody McKim
Mercydorf Coordinator www.dvhh.org/mercydorf



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