Monday, March 10, 2008

The Village of Pommerzig in the former Kreis Züllichau-Schwiebus

In October of 2005 I spent a leisurely week looking around in parts of the former Kreis Züllichau-Schwiebus. After many, many years of being able to do not much more than think about all these places, mainly because of my research into the Thiele (of Hahndorf in South Australia) Family Tree, I was finally there! The weather could not have been better, which gave me the opportunity to look around from early in the morning until late in the evening. I managed to visit all the villages and towns that would have been of importance to the Thiele family, and then some. Also met up with many interesting people. The whole experience has left me with memories that have been indelibly edged into my mind. It has also left me with many hundreds of photos most of which I intend to publish on my web site in one form or another.
For more information about Pommerzig check out the Thiele Family Web Site!

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Bethany and Salem Thieles

During the last few days I have added two new sections. The first one is about the Thieles from Bethany in the Barossa Valley in South Australia and the second one covers the Thieles from Salem, also in South Australia.
The genealogical data is still incomplete and the narratives are still being developed further but the web site is starting to look a little bit better all the time. At least, that's my opinin, let me know if you don't agree!
I would very much like to get into contact with descendants from both groups of Thieles to see if they would want to have an input into any further development of this web site.