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- Bessarabia Germans from Russia
Supporting the decendents of Germans from Russia in their efforts to learn more about their heritage and ancestors who came from the Bessarabian region of South Russia.
- English Versions of Czechslovakian, German, Hungarian, Polish & Slovakian Given First Names
- Finding a German Place of Origin - Suggestions
- Germans from Russia Historical Collection - Cross-Index
- German-Russian Genealogy Links
- German / Russian Roots
- Germans from Russia Heritage and Genealogy Portal
- Internet Genealogy - VU University Project Page
Many helpful sites for Polish, Irish, German, German-Prussian, German-Russian, & Prussian backgrounds.
- Janet's Germans from Russia Research
- KRIM-GR Research Web Site
Resources, tips, and research files to aid the researcher who is searching for information on the Crimean Germans from Russia.
- Manisfesto of the Empress Catherine II, issued July 22, 1763
- The NDSU Libraries - Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
From North Dakota State University Libraries & Michael Miller.
- New Bulletin
Online articles about the Germans from Russia.
- ODESSA ... a German-Russian Genealogical Library
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 RootsWeb's guide to tracing family trees - On the Trail of Germanic Ancestors
- SOAR - Saving Our Ancestral Records
A project from the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR).
- The Volga Germans
History, culture and traditions of the ethnic Germans who settled in Russia along the Volga River.
- Who Are the Germans from Russia?
- AltaVista Translation Service
Input a URL for a web site or a block of plain text and this site will translate for you from German to English or English to German.
- Deciphering Gothic Records
Pamphlet for sale.
- Deutsch <-> Englisches Wörterbuch
- Foreign Name Cross Reference
Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slovak, Russian or Yiddish given first names with their English equivalents.
- Form Letters for German Genealogy
- Fraktur and German Script
- German-English Genealogical Dictionary
A book by Ernest Thode.
- German-English Letter Translation Specialists
- German-English On-line Dictionary
- German Genealogical Word List
- German Genealogy: Translation Service
- German Illness Translations
- German Letter Writing Guide
For genealogical queries, from FamilySearch.org.
- German Study Group / German Words
- German Translation Service
Specializations: German genealogy, Fraktur and German script, legal documents.
- German Translation Service > Old Script
- Handwriting Guide: German Gothic
- Here you can learn Suetterlin - the "German handwriting"
Excellent online tutorial on the German script and handwriting including an alphabet and scanned examples of documents.
- If I Can You Can Decipher Germanic Records
A book by Edna Bentz.
- Moravians - German Script Tutorial
With Moravian Archival examples
- Old German Handwritten Scripts
- The old German handwriting
- Old German Professions, Occupations and Illnesses
- Old Spelling Patterns
- Translation Service only for genealogy related material
Volunteer translators can provide you with translations between Czech, English, Dutch, French, German, & Polish. This service is provided via e-mail. Exact request syntax and length rules must be followed in order to expedite processing.
- Tutorials for Reading Old German, French and English Handwriting, Naming Sytems
- Walden Font
Several different fonts for sale, including: The Gutenberg Press German Fraktur Fonts and German Script.
- Gackle North Dakota
Obituaries and genealogical information about the Germans from Russia of this part of Logan and Stutsman Counties in North Dakota.
- Kleinliebental Homepage
Historical information about the village of Kleinliebental in South Russia and general information about the history of Germans from Russia.
- St. Joseph's Colony ~ Saskatchewan, Canada
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
- AHSGR-SOAR Mailing List
For the volunteers who are participating in the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (AHSGR) Save Our Ancestral Records (SOAR) project to save ancestral and historical records digitally and create a data base of said records. Archives: browse or search.
- BDO Mailing List
The Beresan District Odessa (BDO) mailing list is for anyone with a genealogical interest in the Beresan Colonies which were made up of Germans who immigrated to Russia, beginning in the first decade of the 19th century, at the request of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia. The Colonies were located Northeast of the city of Odessa on the Black Sea.
- BESS-GR Mailing List
For those interested in Germans from Russia research and family research oriented specifically to Bessarabia. Anything that concerns Bessarabian Germans from Russia research is an appropriate topic.
- GCRA Mailing List
For those interested in Germans from Russia research and family research oriented specifically to the Glueckstal Colonies of Bergdorf, Glueckstal, Kassel, and Neudorf and their daughter colonies.
- GermanRussian Mailing List
For individuals who are researching the Black Sea Germans.
- GER-RUS-ARG Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Germans who migrated from Russia to Argentina. Archives: browse or search.
- GER-VOLGA Mailing List
For those who are researching Germans from the Volga Valley area of Russia. Archives: browse or search.
- GR-GENEALOGY Mailing List
For discussions of Germans from Russia genealogy and family research.
- GR-HERITAGE Mailing List
For general discussions of Germans from Russia history, culture, and folklore.
- Kutschurgan Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Kutschurgan Colonies which were made up of Germans who immigrated to Russia, beginning in the first decade of the 19th century, at the request of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia. The Colonies were located Northwest of the city of Odessa on the Black Sea.
- RUS-LIEBENTALDIST Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Grossliebental District (a German settlement) in Russia. This list is for serious researchers of the District who are willing to share information with other subscribers.
- RUS-SAMARA-BRUNNENTAL Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the village of Brunnental, Samara, Russia. Archives: browse or search.
- RUS-SAMARA-OBERMUNJOU Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the village of Obermunjou, Samara, Russia. Archives: browse or search.
- RUS-SAMARA-WITTMANN-SOLOTHURN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the village of Wittman-Solothurn, Samara, Russia. Archives: browse or search.
- RUS-SARATOV-DOBRINKA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the village of Dobrinka in the lower Volga region of Russia. Archives: browse or search.
- RUS-SARATOV-FRANK Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the town of Frank in Saratov, Russia. Archives: browse or search.
- RUS-SARATOV-GALKA Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the towns of Galka, Alt-Galka, Neu-Galka and Ehrenbach, Saratov, Russia. Archives: browse or search.
- RUS-SARATOV-SCHILLING Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the villages of Alt-Schilling, Schilling, Neu-Schilling, Alexandertal, and Kostantinovka in the lower Volga region of Russia. Archives: browse or search.
- RUS-SUSANNENTAL Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Russian village of Susannental (or Winkelmann as is was sometimes known), her German Russian inhabitants and their descendants. Archives: browse or search.
- SURNAMES-GERMAN Mailing List gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.surnames.german newsgroup
For surname queries related to German speaking countries. Archives: browse or search.
- UKR-ODESSA-GEN Mailing List
For research, discussion, and sharing of information regarding Jewish genealogical questions, family research and existing information about the past Jewish communities of the city of Odessa, Russia (now Ukraine). Archives: browse or search.
- VOLHYNIAN-MENNONITES Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Mennonites from the Volhynia and surrounding areas of old Polish Russia, now known as the Ukraine. Archives: browse or search.
- German Volga Mail List
A mail list for those interested in Germans from Russia genealogy, family research and related topics oriented specifically to the Volga Valley area of Russia. These people are also know as Volga Deutsch or Volga Germans.
- IRC Chat Line - #Ger-Rus
For researching Germans from Russia.
Of particular interest to those of Volga German descent due to the genetics of early onset Familial Alzheimer's Disease.
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- Alemanes del Volga en la Argentina / Germans from Russia in Argentina
- BIEBERs from Russia
Germans from Russia families connected to the BIEBER surname. Much transcribed from the work of the Reverend Martin Bieber.
- Dennis and Patricia Evans' Family History
EVANS, HARRAY, GRIFFITHS, REED, STEINERT, BORTH, STREGGER, SCHMIDT.
- Displaced Persons (DP) Camp
Personal histories, addresses, photos, e-mail inquiries and links. Nondenominational, all nationalities.
- Famous Germans from Russia
- FEHR's Famous Family
The family of Benjamin Fehr and his wife, Elisabeth, in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Germans from Russia Family and Villages Homepages
A list of links from the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection site.
- Germans from Russia in Portland, Oregon
- The GEYER Family: Germans from Russia
Descendants of Frederick W. C. Geyer, born about 1808 and his wife Margaret, born about 1813.
- GUENTHER Genealogy - Passionate Possessions of Faith
A book for sale about The Jacob Guenther Family 1725-present, including GOERTZEN, DUERKSEN, PETERS, WARKENTIN, ADRIAN, LOEWEN, PETKAU, ISAAC, FADENRECHT, THIESSEN and others.
- Harold EHRMAN's Web Page
EHRMANN, DOCKTER, HAUCK, KNOERTZER.
- HOCHHALTER's WWW Page
HOCHHALTER, RUDOLPH, STOLZ, ZIMBELMANN.
- Hutterite Genealogy Cross-Index
- John WALL's Family Tree
BAIRD, BURGESS / EASTERLING, CLARK / WHORTON or HORTON, GIESWEIN, JOHNSON, PEANECKER or PINNECKER or PENAGER or PINAGER, WALL. Gnadenfeld, Russia; Puschen, Germany.
- REMMICK Home Site
German-Russian heritage connected to Edenkoben, Palatinate migration to Worms/Odessa, S. Russia then Streeter, ND, USA. Remmick, Roemmich, Remick, Remich, Roemigius, Roemig.
- WEITZ, Germans from Russia
This comprehensive site traces the Weitz family from Germany, to Yagodnaya Polayana in the Volga Valley of Russia and onto America. Included are a Weitz descendant tree, ship passenger lists, photos, obituaries and scanned documents.
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- AHSGR Store
Germans from Russia books, censuses, maps, videos, CDs & more for sale from the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Germans from Russia
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
- Auf der Suche nach Heimat: die Russlanddeutschen = In search of a home: the Germans from Russia
A book by Richard H. Walth.
- A Conflict of Three Cultures : Germans from Russia in America : A History of the Jacob Roemmich Family
A book by Herman Roemmich.
- Cookbook for Germans from Russia
A book by Nelly Daes.
- The Czars Germans
A book by Williams.
- Dictionary of German Names
A book by Hans Bahlow.
- DPs: Europe's Displaced Persons, 1945-1951
A book by Mark Wyman.
- Emigration from Germany to Russia in Years, 1763-1862/With Maps
A book by Karl Stumpp.
- Finding Your German Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide
A book by Kevan M. Hansen. - From Privileged to Dispossessed: The Volga Germans, 1860-1917
A book by James W. Long.
- Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors
A book by Chris Anderson.
- German Church Books: Beyond the Basics
A book by Kenneth L. Smith.
- German Colonies in South Russia, 1804-1904
A book by Conrad Keller.
- The German Colonies on the Lower Volga: Their Origin and Early Development
A book by Gottlieb Bertaz.
- German Food & Folkways: Heirloom Memories from Europe, South Russia, & the Great Plains
A book by R. M. H. Gueldner.
- Germanic Genealogy: A Guide To Worldwide Sources And Migration Patterns
A book by Edward R. Brandt.
- The Germans by the Black Sea between the Bug and the Dniester Rivers
A book by John Philipps.
- Germans from Russia: Index of naturalization records in Whitman County, Washington, 1860-1942
A book by Janet Margolis Damm.
- German-Russians : Two Centuries of Pioneering
A book by Karl Stumpp.
- Germans in the Land of the Volga
A book by Peter Sinner.
- Her Golden Door : A Novel of the Volga Germans Who Followed Their Dreams to America
A book by Calvin E. Nuss.
- Homeland Book of the Bessarabian Germans
A book by Albert Kern.
- In Search of Your German Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in the Germanic Areas of Europe
A book by Angus Baxter.
- Iron Spirits: Germans from Russia Iron Crosses in North Dakota
A book by Nicholas Vrooman.
- Norka : A German Village in Russia
A book by Marie M. Olson.
- Open Wound : The Genocide of German Ethnic Minorities in Russia and the Soviet Union: 1915-1949 and Beyond
A book by Samuel D. Sinner.
- Princes, Potentates, and Plain People : The Saga of the Germans from Russia
A book by Reuben Goertz.
- Thunder on the Steppe : Volga German Folklife in a Changing Russia
A book by Timothy J. Kloberdanz.
- The Volga Germans in Old Russian and in Western North America : Their Changing World View
A book by Timothy J. Kloberdanz.
- The Volga Germans; In Russia and the Americas, from 1763 to the Present
A book by Fred C. Koch.
- Cynthia Anne Frank Stupnik: Daughter of the Middle Border
A brief description of the book Steppes to Neu-Odessa: Germans from Russia Who Settled in Odessa Township, Dakota Territory, 1872-1876, and Postcards from the Old Man and Other Correspondence from Clearwater, Minnesota.
- Germanic Genealogy: A Guide To Worldwide Sources And Migration Patterns
A book for sale from the Germanic Genealogy Society of Minnesota.
- GRHS E-Store
Books, archival records, CDs and more for sale from the Germans from Russia Heritage Society.
- Interlink Bookshop Genealogical Services ~ Victoria, B.C., Canada
- Prairie Crosses, Prairie Voices: Iron Crosses of the Great Plains
A video from Prairie Public Television. Follows the history of the traditional iron cemetery grave marker as the folk art migrated from Germany to the Russian Ukraine and eventually to the Great Plains of North Dakota and Canada
- Schmeckfest: Food Traditions of Germans From Russia
A video from Prairie Public Television.
- Wandering Volhynians or Wandering Volhynians - German-Volhynian Newsletter
A Magazine for the Descendants of Germans From Volhynia and Poland.
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- Iron Crosses: Sentinels of the Prairie
From the North Dakota State University's Germans From Russia Heritage Collection.
- Lincoln, NE Census 1913-1915 - Germans from Russia
Online index of Germans from Russia in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1913-1915 resulting from sociology survey taken at that time.
- Odessa, A German-Russian Genealogical Library - Collections
- The Bessarabian Collection
Includes the Bessarabian Index, the Christian Fiess Indices, The Koblenz Exodus Questionnaires/Forms Index and much more.
- Cemeteries
- Census Records
- Barnes County, North Dakota 1900 Census of Germans from Russia
- Barnes County, North Dakota 1910 Census of Germans from Russia
- Barnes County, North Dakota 1920 Census of Germans from Russia
- Campbell County, South Dakota 1910 Census of German Russians
- Charles Mix County, South Dakota 1910 Census of German Russians
- Clark County, South Dakota 1910 Census of German Russians
- Grimes County, Texas 1900 Census, Germans from Russia
- Grimes County, Texas 1910 Census, Germans from Russia
- Grimes County, Texas 1920 Census, Germans from Russia
- McPherson County, South Dakota 1900 Census of German Russians
- McPherson County, South Dakota 1910 Census of German Russians
- Unruh's South Russian Mennonite Census, 1795-1814
- Walworth County, South Dakota 1900 Census of German Russians
- Walworth County, South Dakota 1910 Census of German Russians
- Church Records
- Land Records
- Obituaries
- Ship and Immigration Records
- St. Petersburg Archives
- Settlement Family Registry
A record of the immigrant families of the German-Russian Settlement near Bethune (Burlington), Colorado.
- Survey of Iron Cross Cemeteries in North Dakota
A survey of cemeteries in North Dakota containing iron cross grave markers.
- AHSGR Village Research Coordinators
American Historical Society of Germans From Russia.
- Alt-Danzig & Neu-Danzig, Russia
- Germans from Russia Family and Villages Homepages
A list of links from the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection site.
- German Villages in the Volga Valley of Russia
Over 300 German Russian Volga villages are identified in this comprehensive site with links to village web sites. Volga maps, history and other resources are also included.
- Glückstal Surnames Found in the St. Petersburg Records Database
- GRHS Village Coordinators
Germans From Russia Heritage Society.
- Herzog, Russia
- History of the Glückstal Colonies
- Home Page for Village of Novo Nikolaevka
- The Hussenbach Villages of Russia
- Kamenka - A German Russian Village in the Volga Valley
- Kleinliebental Homepage
A village that was founded by German settlers in 1804 near the city of Odessa in Ukraine.
- Kutschurgan Villages Web Site
Catholic Villages of the Kutschurgan Colony just NW of Odessa.
- Leichtling Home Page
Leichtling, Saratov, Volga, Russia.
- Jeruslan Nachrichten - Lower Jeruslan River Colonies Research Project
- Norka a German colony in Russia
History, culture and research of the Volga Germans who settled in the colony Norka, Russia.
- Obermunjor, Russia Home Page
- Odessa, A German-Russian Genealogical Library - Collections
- Paulskoye, Russia - A Volga German Village
- RemMick's Borodino Bessarabia Home Site
- Saratov, Russia
Saratov, Russia was the primary city within the Volga German colonies of Russia.
- Saratov, Volga, Russia Villages
- SUSANNENTAL a German/Russian Volga Village
A village organization web site for Susannental or Winkelmann as it was sometimes known located on the east side of the Volga River north of present day Saratov. SCHMIDT, WEGNER, WERNER, WASMUTH, LEHMAN, KOBER, RUNK, LOEBER, HERGETT, KORBMACHER, etc.
- Village of Balzer
Volga Russian Germans.
- Village of Brunnental, Russia
- Village of Frank, Russia
Orginial settlers and description of the Village of Frank, Russia.
- The Village of Grimm, Russia
- Village of Kratzke, Russia / Zum Dorf von Kratzke, Russland
- Village of Norka
- Village of Schilling, Russia
- The Volga Deutsch Home Page for Fischer
- Walter, Russia or (Grechinaya Luka) which means...... Buckwheat Bend
- Warenburg
History, culture and research of the Volga Germans who settled in the colony Warenburg, Russia.
- Yagodnaya Polyana, Russia
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