Dennis Bauer & Hans Martini will give a talk on the "Donauschwaben of Mercer County, NJ! at the June meeting of the Central Jersey Genealogical Club in Hamilton. Look for a follow up article.

    The Spring AKdFF meeting on the 5th April 2008 in Sindelfingen will feature a lecture by Michael Hutfuss on "Research in the Batschka". The Fall AKdff meeting on 11 Oct 2008 in Sindelfingen will feature a lecture by Günter Junkers on "Research in in Schwaebische Türkei". In addition to the usual opening times of Tuesdays and Thursdays of the AKdFF archvies in Sindelfingen for researchers, the AKdFF Archvies/Library will also be open on the first Saturday from 11-4 of each month for AKdFF members. This is an oppertunity to exchange data with others or search the archives/library. There will also be a meeting of Banat family researchers on the 20th of September at the Banater Kultur und Dokumentationzentrum in Ulm, with the theme of creating a Banater a databank of Banat Aussiedler.— From Dave Dreyer’s post on the BanatList, 23 January 2008.

    The Donauschwaben were a deeply religious group. Most were Roman Catholic, but some were also Lutheran and Reform. Roman Catholic Donauschwaben here in Trenton, both those who came here before WWII and after, attended services at several local churches including: Sacred Heart, St. Mary’s, St. Francis, Immaculate Conception and Holy Angels. Roman Catholic Donauschwaben were buried at a variety of cemeteries, including: St. John’s, St. Mary’s, Our Lady of Lourdes, Holy Sepulchre, St. Peter & Paul’s, and St. Francis. The grave stones show but just a few of the many Donauschwaben buried at Our Lady of Lourdes and Holy Sepulchre cemeteries. Club genealogist, Dennis Bauer’s next cultural project is to photograph all the Donauschwaben tombstones in these two cemeteries with the help of Adam and Eva Martini.