From the Banat to North Dakota

David Dreyer received a BS degree in chemistry in 1954 and a PhD in organic chemistry in 1960, both from the University of Washington. Upon retirement, after a thirty year career as a research chemist; he has devoted himself to the study of ethnic Germans from the former Hungarian province of the Banat. He is the recipient of a Ebrenbrief from the Landmannschafe der Banater Schwaben for his work on various aspects of Banat history. The originator and primary author of the Banat Family History Series, his research has also been published in German-American Genealogy, The Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies Journal and is freely available via the Internet. 

A descendant of the first German-Hungarian family to settle in North Dakota, Josette Steiner Hatter grew up in southwestern North Dakota. Her research in family history led to her collaboration with David Dreyer on this work. She graduated from North Dakota State University with a B.S. in psychology and received a M.A. in psychology from Wake Forest University. Employed as a counselor at the University of California, Irvine, she is also a freelance writer. Her previous works have been published in North American Review and Riviera Magazine and German-American Genealogy. She lives with her husband in Dana Point, California. 

ISBN: 978-0-911042-66-5

Page Count: 240

Picture Count: 17

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Publication Year: 2006