Feistritz an der Drau is a community of Paternion:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternionhttp://maps.google.at/maps?hl=de&cp=18&gs_id=9j&...for ancestors-research you can ask at diocesan-archive Klagenfurt:
http://www.kath-kirche-kaernten.at/dioezese/organisation/C25...the church-files for Feistritz an der Drau started in 1718.
site of the parish-church:
http://www.pfarre-feistritz.at/cms/index.php?page=kontaktcivil-rcords started in Austria 1938.
ellisisland-list for Pignet (looks to be a french name)- some listed from Carinthia also. i see some misspellings. as example at Andreas is written on passengerrecord Drenlach (not existing place) and on ship-manifest Hohenthurn which exists in Gail-valley:
http://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?LNM=PIGNET&a...Hohenthurn is not far away from Feistritz an der Gail!(not "an der Drau"):
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenthurnhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenthurnhttp://maps.google.at/maps?hl=de&pq=hhenthurn&cp=2&a...the other place will be DREULACH a place between the both other places you see on map and it´s a community of Hohenthurn. all have misspelled variants for Dreulach in Kärnten/Carinthia in the list. not any to find for Feistritz an der Drau. are you sure for this - can it have been Feistritz an der Gail?
Dreulach:
http://maps.google.at/maps?hl=de&q=Dreulach&bav=on.2...phonebook has 53 hits for Pignet in this states - it includes also the variant Pigneter:
Kärnten (20)
Tirol (8)
Steiermark (3)
Vorarlberg (2)
http://www.herold.at/telefonbuch/pignet/ Pignet in district Villach Stadt und Land:
Arnoldstein (10)
Hohenthurn (3)
Feistritz a d Gail (2)
Villach (2)
Finkenstein (1)
http://www.herold.at/telefonbuch/villach-stadt-und-land/pign...