Comments on: Finding Cousins in Bavaria http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/ Adventures in genealogy Wed, 08 May 2013 20:45:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: djpoint http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-590 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:23:07 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-590 Andrew,

Congrats on getting back to the town! I sent you an email back, but the message bounced. If you email me with some names, I can look them up in my copy of Pfaffenhofen’s hauserchronik.

Donna

]]> By: Andrew http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-585 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:05:12 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-585 Great story. I’ve been trying for two years to track my family back to Germany, and just this week had a breakhtrough and was able to trace all the way back to Pfaffenhofen area in the late 1800′s. I hope to have the success you have had in finding some roots.

]]> By: Bavarian friends http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-59 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:52:52 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-59 Dear Donna,

your Bavarian relatives and friends are just reading your text and the comments.

We are very amused about reading all that and also find it very interesting to have found friends in Philadelphia this way.

We are just checking last minute flights to see you ;-) , but don’t be afraid, now it’s not the time for camping in your garden.

We drink some strong beer on your health and great you also in Italian words (Adi), hope you are well and see you again some time

Franziska

]]> By: Janice Brown http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-58 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:15:07 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-58 Donna,

How blessed you are! The story you detailed here is similar to what I would love to experience in Ireland. I know I have Irish cousins there, but I’m having difficulty locating them.

Thank you for sharing your heartwarming story with us.

Janice

]]> By: Colleen http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-48 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:27:39 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-48 What a great story. I may have to pick your brain a bit on researching in Bavaria. I’d grown up believing my father’s maternal grandparents were from Bavaria. It now appears they were from then-Czechoslavakia and Bohemia. I suspect that they spent some time in Bavaria before emigrating to the U.S., since every Hodick cousin I’ve spoken to believed them to be from Bavaria. It just doesn’t seem possible there’s no connection to that place if all the cousins think the same thing!

Great post! I hope to see more of you in the COG!

]]> By: djpoint http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-42 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:28:26 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-42 Thomas, I agree! Of course, Bavarians in general are very hospitable folks. I’ve become friends with two families that are not related to me in any way but they’d bend over backwards to help me with whatever I need. I have a friend in Poland like that, too.

I am also amazed at the generosity of fellow genealogists online. There’s folks that want to read about my genealogy? And they seem to ENJOY it? My own relatives don’t read this blog! All of the cousin-connections I’ve made have been great, but I still haven’t found anyone as interested in genealogy as I am. But, I have a genealogist-friend that gets as excited about a “find” as I do, and we’re not even related!

]]> By: Thomas MacEntee http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-40 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:29:38 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-40 Isn’t it amazing how many of these “living connection” stories end up with seemingly boundless hospitality from people who we would normally consider strangers?

I’ve never had a bad experience or have been given the “brush off” by any distant relatives when I’ve tried to make contact.

]]> By: djpoint http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-30 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:09:43 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-30 No recipes, but I ate great pastries, bread, and pretzels. I’m from Philly which is known for soft pretzels, but I haven’t been able to eat one since returning because they’re nowhere near as good as a Bergmeister pretzel!

]]> By: Lisa http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-26 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:01:26 +0000 http://pastprologue.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/finding-cousins-in-bavaria/#comment-26 What an amazing experience to have found your long-lost cousins in that way and then find them so welcoming and so interested in sharing family history with you.

I’m imagining that you must have eaten some wonderful baked goods during your visit. Did they share any centuries-old family recipes?

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