I am trying to track down the validity and maybe concrete records for this family story of my wife's family - "Johann Feckter (FECHTER) was the mayor (Burgermeister) of the Austrian town of Weisskirchen, where he lived in 1848-1850. Johann had a son, Jacob Fechter (Feckter), born around 1850. Young Jacob married a local girl named Elizabeth BECKER, in 1872, whose family owned some vineyards in the area and operated a wine company. Elizabeth was the 12th child of her father and the only child of her mother, much younger than her father, who had married Mr. Becker when he was a widower. Her only friend during her teen years was her half-brother Carl Becker, who was bout ten years older than she was. Carl Becker and his wife, Filomena LUTZ Becker, left Europe and came to the United States in 1870, to St. Louis, Missouri."

Obviously with the reference to wine production, Bela Crkva fits as the Weisskirchen in the story, as do immigration records for Jacob and Elizabeths' sons, Johann and Jacob. On the Bela Crkva history page, it lists the first 'civilian' mayor as of 1872. Where might I find information for prior to that date as far as mayors (burgermeisters) and any information of the wineries of that era?

Thank You!