Finding My Transylvanian Saxon Roots in Saschiz, Romania!

[@stefanhenderson1177]

You and I ..we share this .....I miss my Opa so bad

[@jossip1171]

Thankyou for sharing this video with us. You can be proud of your Transsylvanian-Saxon heritage.

[@TuckerOlson13]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing. My parental grandmother's family was from Ernea, Sibiu, Romania (formerly Szaszernye, Austria-Hungary). I hope to make a similar trip as yours. I'd like to pick your brain regarding how you went about planning it.

[@hansgrell8467]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful video, glad you found your roots. I grew up in Keisd in the 80s, now live in the US. Always special to see pictures and videos from where i used to run around.

[@judyg26]

Hi Hans - my gf, John Grell, was born in Keisd in 1881. Came to Cleveland in 1905/6. Looking for Grell relatives. He had four sisters Dorothea married to a John Scheel, Sarah m. Andy Zekeli, Katherine m. John Fograscher, and Susanna, m. Rudolf Gutkowski. Susanna is only one I have dates on. Andy Scheel, son of Dorothea and John, came to Cleveland in 1922 There is another Grell family here that came at the same time with my grandfather, but we have never been able to confirm a connection. My grandfather had connections with cousins in the Canton, Ohio area, but can't confirm that. Can you help fill in any gaps? Visited Keisd in 2006, but the pastor said all the records had been sent to the county seat in Schassburg. Noticed many of my family names on the plaques in the church, listed by house number.

[@stanciuflorin5328]

Welcome home! ❤

[@VRuyt123]

An interesting video, my girlfriend's family was also Transylvanian Saxons but they all have immigrated to Germany in the early 90's, and AFAIK they don't have any family members anymore in Romania that they're still in touch with. Greetings from South Africa!

[@reddixdebbix6540]

So heartworming to see you looking for your roots. Your ancestors would be very proud of you for not been forgotten. I would love to know what you felt walking the same ways they walked once. Greetings from a transilvanian saxon.

[@ThruAWiderLens]

It was wonderful to wake up in the same place that they had for hundreds of years. I would love to go back and learn more. Thank you for your comment and for watching!

[@judyg26]

Loved seeing this video - wish I could have seen the church records when I visited in 2006, but we were only in the village for a few hours. Was told they had been moved to county seat.

[@MuseumOfWonders]

Very nice! It's like an episode of Finding Your Roots. Lots of research must have gone intot this. I want some tomato!

[@horstgeltsch4203]

Auch einer der die Koffer gepackt hat nach 89.

[@ThruAWiderLens]

Sind Sie seitdem zu Besuch zuruckgekehrt? Have you been back for a visit since then?

[@jossip1171]

@horstgeltsch4203: Also für mich ist das einer, dessen Großvater bereits 1907 in die USA ausgewandert ist und nicht einer, der nach 1989 abgehauen ist. Ich habe bis heute kein Verständnis für die, die NACH 1989 die angestammte Heimat verlassen haben. Man hätte sich seinerzeit in die neuen demokratischen Strukturen einbringen und mit sächsischem Fleiß und Geschäftssinn Siebenbürgen wieder zu einer blühenden Landschaft machen können. Der Kommunismus war vorbei und man hätte einen Neustart machen können. Stattdessen ist man in den Westen geeilt und hat sich der Diktatur des Konsums und Kapitalismus unterworfen, während in der alten Heimat die schönen Bauernhäuser und Kirchen verfielen. Eine Schande, sowas !!!

[@alqubes]

A>B> heisst Asschaffenburger Bekenntniss

[@stefanhenderson1177]

I feel I am losing my culture