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Rita, Richard et al:
You may already know this, but keep in mind that Catherine the Great of Russia (who was German herself) encouraged large numbers of Germans to settle and farm in what we know call Ukraine (from Odessa on the Black Sea northward, parallel to modern Romania) and in south-east Poland where it borders on Russia. Catherine wanted to settle vast areas of good farmland not then being cultivated, and also wanted the latest techniques from Western Europe to be brought in, to modernize Russia's very outdated and primitive methods. This was in the time period 1760's until her death in 1796.
These German-speakers stayed largely to themselves, kept their language and religion, and were very prosperous. After the 1860's, they started to be persecuted by various Tzars who wanted only the Eastern Orthodox religion in Russia, by the Russian peasants who were jealous and wanted the large land holdings of the Germans, and later by the Communists under Stalin.
Most started leaving Russia in the late 1800's and arrived mainly in the USA after 1880 and into the 20th century.
Richard mentioned Anna's birthplace as "near Danzig". Keep in mind that this city is now in Poland and called "Gdansk" (where the Solidarity freedom movement started under Lech Walesa). The German border with Poland was about 200-250 km (120-150 miles) further east in the 1700's than it is today.
Try looking up some of these sites for Germans who lived in Russia:
European Countries - http://s700.uminho.pt/europa.html - click on map of most countries in Europe (include. Balkans) - Find out a bit more about your ancestor's country of origin
German Genealogy Home Page - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman/ - Click on map of Germany’s 16 Bundesländer and German areas in 7 other countries. Find that elusive ancestor in Germany - another good German research site.
An Index of German-Polish and Polish-German names of localities in Poland & Russia - http://www.atsnotes.com/other/gerpol.html -
Poland Border Surnames - http://www.maxpages.com/poland/ - ** excellent source of info on the following: Austrian Research | Balkan Research | Belarus Research | Book Stores Online | Carpatho Rusyn Research | Catholic Dioceses | Catholic Research | Cemeteries and Obits | Czech Republic Research | Dictionaries | Estonian Research | Family Reunions | German Research | Heraldry and Nobility | Hungarian Research | Jewish Research | Latvian Research | Learning to Research | Libraries | Lithuanian Research | Lutheran Research | Maps and Towns | Miscellaneous Information | Member Surnames | Moldovan Research | Moravian Research | Music | Name Meanings | One Name Studies | Orthodox Research | Passenger Lists | Polish Research | Professional Genealogists | Prussian Research | Russian Research | Search Engines | Slovak Research | Success Stories | Surname Search Online | Surname Mail Lists | Surname Websites | Telephone Directories | Ukrainian Research | Useful Addresses | Vital Records
Polish State Archives at -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw/Research.html - Many Catholic Church books were taken to Germany and now they are in the archives in Regensburg.
Germans From Russia Heritage (USA) - http://www.grhs.com/ -
GRHS
1008 East Central Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58501
Telephone: (1-701) 223-6167
Rachel Schmidt, Office Manager @ E-Mail - grhs@btigate.com -
German Genealogical Society - VEREIN FÜR FAMILIENFORSCHUNG IN OST-UND WESTPREUSSEN eV., In de Krumm 10, D-21147, HAMBURG, Deutschland (Germany)
The Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe (in German) - http://www.lad-bw.de/gla.htm - FAX: (+49-721) 926-2231 or E-Mail: - Generallandesarchiv@glaka.lad-bw.de - this will have LINKS to archives (in German) for:
Stuttgart (State Capital) Archives
Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart,
Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 4, 70173 Stuttgart
Tel: (+49-711) 212-4335 (Lesesaal Tel: 212-4320)
Reading Room Tel/Fax: (+49-711) 212-4360
E-Mail: - Hauptstaatsarchiv@S.lad-bw.de -
and many other archives
Lutheran Online Message Board - to research ancestors - http://www.aal.org/cgi-bin/LutheransOnline/genealogy/mboard.pl -
POLISH GENEALOGICAL & HERALDIC INFO - TOWARZYSTWO GENEALOGICZNO-HERALDYCZNE, Wodna 27, Palac Gorkow, 61-781, POZNAN, POLSKA (Poland) - Does anyone have a Website, E-Mail, or Fax for them ?
The following sites say they are FREE of charge, but you may have to pay fees if you want more than very basic information, or if they need to spend time seareching for something:
- http://www.genealogy.net/mall.html -
Hier finden Sie:
- kostenlose genealogische Suchanzeigen aufgeben -
- kostenloser Newsletter mit Beiträgen zur Genealogie -
- Suchmaschine für Ahnenforscher -
- diverse Links und Downloads -
- Informationen über das Programm GENprofi -
- Historische Schriftarten für Ihren PC -
- Datenbanken und Wörterbücher auf CD -
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