Exploring Burgenland, Part V: A Look at Burgenland Emigration — Why Did So Many Leave, and Where Did They Go?
In which I examine why so many emigrants left West Hungary (later Burgenland,, Austria) in the late 1800’s/early 1900’s, including my great grandparents, and take a look at where they went and how they got there.
Exploring Burgenland, Part III: A Visit to Oberdorf im Burgenland and a look at St. Anne’s Church, the Erdődy Family’s Feudal Rotenturm Estate, and the Peasant Lifestyle in Hungary
In which I describe our visit to Oberdorf, Austria, birthplace of my great grandmother Anna Halper; our tour of Oberdorf’s St. Anne’s Church; and some history of the Erdődy family, who were the feudal landlords over the area, and the life of peasants in that part of Hungary back in the 1700-1800’s.