Monday, January 20, 2014

Fising and Mai Family Photos Brought to Life with Color

I recently had Paul Tanase from Bucharest, Romania colorize some of my Fising and Mai family photographs. He did a fantastic job and has brought them to life through his restoration and work. If you are interested in having Paul complete work for you at a very reasonable price you can contact him at tanase.paul.catalin@gmail.com

Below are the individual before and after photographs and a side by side comparison.


Maria Ganesch (Fising) and Katharina Fising (Stefani) - circa 1920's





Martin Fising and Maria Madigan (Fising) - July 1926 onboard the S.S. Veendam




Stefan Fising - 1916 World War I Austro-Hungarian Army uniform




Stefan Fising and Maria Fising (Mai) - Michael Roppelt and Katharina Roppelt (Mai) - 1905





Stefan Fising and Maria Fising (Mai) - 1904




Stefan Fising, 'little" Maria Fising, Maria Fising (Mai) and Martin Fising - 1909





Maria Fising and Martin Fising - Romanian Passport Photo - 1926






Sunday, November 3, 2013

Gergeschdorf (Ungurei) & Tornen (Pauca), Romania cemetery gravestones

I photographed each tombstone in the Gergeschdorf (Ungurei) cemetery as well as some of the graves at the Tornen (Pauca) cemetery while on my last trip to Romania. After reviewing the new geaneology records I obtained from the Teutsch House in Sibiu and those that I reviewed at the Romanian National Archives I was able to connect which gravestones are those of my family members in Gergeschdorf (Ungurei) and Tornen (Pauca.






Johann Fising (my 2nd Great Grand Uncle)
 
Born: April 30, 1839
 
Died: April 28, 1916 in WWI
 


 
Johann Fising (my Great Grand Uncle)
 
Born: January 17, 1891
 
October 24 - November 3, 1918
Fought in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, Italy in WWI
 
Died: September 18, 1970
 


 
Johann Fising (my 2nd Cousin 2X removed)
 
Born: October 21, 1901
 
Died: December 21, 1978


 
Maria Fising (my 2nd cousin 2X removed)
 
Born: January 2nd , 1890
 
Died: November 9, 1937

 
Michael Stefani (Husband of Maria Fising)


 
Johann Stefani (Father-in-Law of my 1st cousin Maria Fising)
 
 
 
 



























































Pauca (Tornen), Romania Cemetery
 
My Great-Grandmother Maria Mai (Fising) was born in Pauca (Tornen) and is
 
 buried in Petresti (Petersdorf), Romania.
 
Three of her brothers and one sister are buried in the Pauca (Tornen) cemetery.
  






Johann Mai (my Great Grand Uncle and his son Johann Mai)
 
Born: November 15, 1897
 
Died: September 14, 1963


 
Katharina Mai (my Great Grand Aunt and husband Michael Roppelt)
 
Born: November 29, 1889
 
Doed: March 7, 1967



Mathias Mai (my Great Grand Uncle and wife Maria Hutter)
 
Born: October 11, 1908
 
Died: Unknown




 
George Mai (my Great Grand Uncle and wife Katharina Hutter)
 
Born: September 16, 1892
 
Died: February 21, 1961