I have been a SIG member for some years although I have never previously introduced myself.
My family came >from Moravia and my parents came to New Zealand as refugees via London in 1939.
My family come >from Brno and Olomouc and many smaller towns:
BRIESS >from Olomouc (Olmuetz), Prerov (Prerau) and Vienna BERGER and WOLF >from Val. Mezirici (Wallachisch Meseritsch) LOEWY and Quittner >from Uhersky Brod LOEWY >from Breclav (Luntenburg) and Brno (Bruenn) WOLF >from Holesov (Holleschau) BRUELL >from Jevichko (Gewitsch) HOFMANN >from Lomnice (Lomnitz) BRUELL >from Znojmo (Znaim) ROSENBLUM >from Vienna SCHIMMERLING >from Vienna, Dolni Kaunice (Kanitz bei Bruenn) and Holic (Holitsch) BRUECKNER and BRUECK >from Dolni Kaunice (Kanitz bei Bruenn) SOMMER >from Uh.Ostroh DREXLER >from Brno
I have been researching my family history for almost 20 years but find that there is always more information appearing. It is a matter of knowing where to look. The Internet and Austriaczech previously BohMor SIG have expanded the horizons of the possible exponentially. 10 years ago few could have imagined the impact the Internet would have.
Above all I value the contacts I have made and the help I have received via the SIG.
