Birth and Death Registers
Church birth, marriage, and death registers are of course excellent sources. In most German-speaking parishes, these registers have all been digitized and are
also available online. However, a true digitization is not yet available - only digital photos of individual pages from the church books (matrikels) are accessible.
I take screenshots of the relevant pages and save them in my database as source references.
If I have screenshots of these church register, they are also available in the menu "Family Tree" on the pages
"My Ancestors" and "Descendants of Claus Patscheidt" for the corresponding individuals with the
following symbol: (). Clicking on the symbol opens a screenshot of the relevant page from the church register.
In the text below it, a link to the exact page in the online matrikels is also available.
Here are the links to the most important online matrikels in the German-speaking area:
"The inhabitants of Wiesbach and Humes before 1900"
Original german title: "Die Einwohner von Wiesbach und Humes vor 1900". he authors of this book are Gerhard Storb, Hans Günther Maas and Helmut Groß. Publisher is
the "Förderkreis für Heimatkunde und Denkmalpflege" (Support group for local history and preservation) in Eppelborn e.V. from 2009. The book is out of print and can
currently not be ordered.
In this book the inhabitants of Wiesbach and Humes (in Saarland) are enumerated meticulously together with birth and death dates. Among these inhabitants are the "BETTSCHEIDER", who
are also descendants of Claus Patscheider. The founder of this line was Paul Patscheider, born in 1687. Around 1720 he became a resident of Wiesbach due to his marriage with Elisabeth Schmidt
and had numerous descendants, who subsequently called themselves "Bettscheider" and "Bethscheider". This form is due to the Saarland dialect. This branch is extensively
documented in this book. I have processed this data in the chapter "Descendants of Claus Patscheidt".
Dissertation from Mirek Němec: "Education for citizenship? German Secondary Schools in Czechoslovakia 1918-1938"
Original german title: "Erziehung zum Staatsbürger? Deutsche Sekundarschulen in der Tschechoslowakei 1918-1938". Mr. Mirek Němec has also published his dissertation as
a book "Erziehung zum Staatsbürger? Deutsche Sekundarschulen in der Tschechoslowakei 1918-1938"
published by Klartext-Verlag in 2009.
This book also deals with the "Patscheider Trial". The relevant information can be found on pages 162-168. Mr. Němec personally contacted me and
gave me access to the book, as well as provided a lot of information about the Patscheider Trial. Many thanks for that!
Copies of newspaper clippings from the German newspaper "Bohemia" (December 1935 - March 1936)
The trial was reported in detail in the German newspaper "Bohemia", December 1935 - March 1936.
- I have the following copies (kindly provided by Mr. Mirek Němec):
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Excerpt from Deutsche Zeitung Bohemia, Patscheider trial, trial days on 17th and Dec. 19th, 1935
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Excerpt from Deutsche Zeitung Bohemia, Patscheider trial, closing remarks by Dr. Richard Patscheider on Mar. 10th, 1936
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Excerpt from Deutsche Zeitung Bohemia, Patscheider trial, pronouncement of verdict
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Excerpt from the German newspaper Bohemia, Patscheider trial, report on the start of the trial
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Excerpt from German newspaper Bohemia, Patscheider trial, report on the defendants
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Excerpt from Deutsche Zeitung Bohemia, Patscheider trial, report on the second day of the trial
"Langtaufers - a contribution to the historical regional studies of South Tyrol" - Dissertation by Engelbert Waldner
Original german title: "Langtaufers - ein Beitrag zur Südtiroler geschichtlichen Landeskunde". I have a copy of the dissertation by Engelbert Waldner, submitted in January
1950 to the Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck. This dissertation sheds light on the situation of farms in South Tyrol and is the essential source of my knowledge about the
"Patscheiderhof" (old farm).
Sound documents of my great aunt Maria VORDERWINKLER
My great aunt Maria VORDERWINKLER (married MANN) told me the story of the VORDERWINKLER. This is the branch of my mother Ernestine VORDERWINKLER.
I have already recorded this digitally at that time and I am in possession of three audio documents which are filled with several hours of credible narrations of my great aunt.
Emails with hints and further data
I regularly receive emails from users of this homepage who ask for further data or would like to supplement my data. These emails often contain excerpts from birth or baptismal registers
or even whole family trees. I have noted the respective data origin in my database, but the amount of references would go beyond the scope of this text.
Drawn or designed family trees
Sometimes I receive photos or scans of designed family trees or ancestor galleries. These are valuable sources, as they usually contain birth and death dates, but also other information.
Two very nice examples:
Death Memorial Cards
I have repeatedly been shown death memorial cards by relatives, which I was allowed to photograph; sometimes I also receive them by email. These memorial cards are valuable because they usually include a photo of the deceased and typically confirm birth and death dates.
If I was able to assign a memorial card to a person in my database, it is marked in the menu "Family Tree" on the pages
"My Ancestors" and "Descendants of Claus Patscheidt" for the respective individuals with the symbol
(). Clicking on the symbol opens the corresponding image.
Gravestones
Whenever I see a grave of a Patscheider in a cemetery, I photograph the gravestone and try to locate the person in my database. I also frequently receive gravestone photos via email. These are valuable sources for birth and death dates.
If the photo of the gravestone could be assigned, it is marked in the menu "Family Tree" on the pages
"My Ancestors" and "Descendants of Claus Patscheidt" for the respective individuals with the symbol
(). Clicking on the symbol opens the corresponding image.
Data from narratives of relatives
I also got a lot of data from stories or information from relatives who still knew the persons concerned themselves.
Data from own knowledge or own experiences
Some of the people I met I knew myself and some of them are from my own knowledge or experiences.