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Compiled by Sherrie Stahl
ANTON
Betty
Muradian
This
village
doesn't
have
a
large
group
of
interested
people.
I
would
appreciate
any
information
on
any
trips
taken
through
the
Anton
area
and
also,
any
photos
that
people
would
be
willing
to
share.
I
all
ready
have
collected
information
and
pictures
on
Anton
from
recent
visitors
there.
I
have
been
following
up
on
the
histories
of
Alexanderdorf
in
the
S.
Caucus,
Baku,
Gnadendorf,
and
Tashkent,
as
these
areas
were
either
settled
or
visited
by
workers
from
Anton
in
the
past
century.
A
genealogy
database
on
Anton
has
been
started,
but
it
hasn't
been
completed
at
this
time.
Anyone
with
any
questions
or
information
on
Anton
may
contact
me.
BALZER
Balzer
Web
Site
Wayne
Bonner
The
Balzer
group
is
alive
and
well.
We
maintain
a
subscription
of
30+
to
the
Balzer
Newsletter.
At
this
time,
the
future
of
the
newsletter
seems
secure.
Just
have
to
get
people
to
submit
articles
and
other
tidbits.
In
the
past
year
we
have
obtained
more
pieces
of
the
1850
and
1857
census
for
Balzer.
We
now
have
about
half
of
1857.
Have
also
been
requesting
abstracts
of
baptismal
and
marriage
records.
Next
May
the
California
District
Council
will
be
having
their
annual
summer
meeting
at
the
LDS
Family
History
Center
in
Los
Angeles.
In
conjunction
with
this
meeting,
I
am
proposing
that
ALL
Balzer
and
Moor
researchers
and
anyone
else
interested
have
a
meeting
where
we
can
discuss
the
newsletter,
future
goals,
and
get
a
chance
to
meet.
As
May
approaches,
the
details
will
be
finalized.
Herb
Femling
is
still
doing
a
great
job
with
the
Balzer
web
Page.
Dr.
Darrell
Weber
continues
to
maintain
the
Balzer
data
base.
He
filled
in
for
me
at
the
Convention,
then
in
August
went
to
Budingen
for
research.
The
following
is
his
report:
During
the
past
year
we
have
obtained
from
AHSGR
the
family
history
records
of
people
becoming
members
of
AHSGR
from
Balzer.
I
have
been
entering
them
into
PAF
to
organize
them
into
family
groups.
We
are
trying
to
tie
groups
together
where
a
daughter
marries
a
son
from
another
family.
At
the
convention,
We
had
a
number
of
people
stop
by
and
we
used
a
portable
computer
to
look
up
information
on
their
families.
In
August
I
traveled
to
Budingen,
Germany
and
visited
the
records
department.
They
suggested
visiting
a
man
named
Heuston
in
Budingen.
When
I
visited
him,
I
learned
that
20
years
ago
he
went
to
the
churches
in
the
different
villages
near
Budingen
and
copied
the
church
records.
He
is
a
great
resource
for
checking
ancestors
that
left
the
villages
near
Budingen
to
go
to
Russia.
He
is
older
but
the
records
are
in
good
handwriting.
I
also
visited
the
village
of
Rohrbach
where
several
of
my
ancestors
left
to
go
to
Russia.
They
have
a
new
young
minister
that
was
cooperative
but
was
not
interested
in
the
old
records.
He
did
let
us
look
and
photograph
from
the
1700
church
records.
The
ink
is
faded
by
we
could
still
read
the
names
of
our
ancestors.
The
records
have
not
been
microfilmed.
We
learned
something
else
about
cemeteries
in
Germany.
About
15
years
ago
I
photographed
some
of
the
headstones
in
the
cemetery
near
the
church.
This
time
I
could
not
even
find
the
old
headstones.
Apparently
one
rents
a
grave
plot
for
about
25
years
and
then
they
sell
the
same
spot
to
another
family
and
bury
their
dead
in
the
same
grave.
So
one
will
not
have
much
luck
looking
for
old
headstones
of
your
ancestors
in
cemeteries
in
Germany.
BRUNNENTAL
(Kriwojar)
Brunnental
Web
Site
Sherrie
(Gettman)
Stahl
This
year
we
did
not
have
a
newsletter,
but
I
have
continued
to
collect
data
from
descendants
of
the
village
for
our
database.
Currently
we
have
over
25,000
names
and
are
adding
information
daily.
We
are
still
in
contact
with
descendants
living
in
Germany
thanks
to
the
work
of
Arlene
Rolfs,
from
Kansas.
She
is
planning
another
trip
to
Germany
in
2000.
We
have
received
the
1850
&
1857
census
information
(17
pages)
for
those
people
going
to
Brunnental
(Settlement
Lists)
from
the
villages
of
Norka,
Kolb,
&
Walter.
We
are
still
looking
for
information
on
those
families
from
Frank.
Those
lists
are
$10
each.
DOBRINKA
Web
site
has
Ebenezer
Lutheran
of
Sheboygan,
WI
deaths
primarily
and
is
in
reformatted
version
and
a
little
strange
to
read;
but
it
works
for
a
researcher
to
find
an
unknown
GR
family
and
they
were
here
as
I
have
helped
others
find
MORE
unknown
family.
Web
site
above:
also
has
Citizenship
Data
for
Sheboygan,
Wisconsin
done
by
Ertel.
My
grandparents
did
not
get
naturalized
and
you
will
find
their
two
sons
on
Ertel's
work
and
the
girls
are
married
and
appear
later.
Will
try
to
get
more
Ebenezer
Lutheran
names
translated
and
may
take
me
until
next
year
the
way
things
are
going.
Over
50
villages
are
represented
in
Sheboygan
and
since
the
older
ones
did
not
get
naturalized
there
may
be
more
families
discovered
in
the
church
records.
The
film
has
some
of
the
families
penciled
in
which
initially
made
it
easy
for
me
to
figure
out
my
family
but
then
some
of
the
names
you
cannot
decipher
the
s,
m,
n's
and
will
get
help
with
that
and
hope
to
do
a
German
location
film
also.
Family
group
charts
and
contacts
find
more
families.
Continued
exchange
and
research.
Family
Names:
1600's
in
Switzerland
name
was
Glauser,
Clauser
of
DOBRINKA,
Graf,
Metzler,
Siegward/t,
Schlotthauer
of
KRAFT,
Schreiner,
Wolf.
DONHOF
Karen
Kaiser
I
have
done
research
for
those
who
have
written
about
individual
families.
I
would
like
to
do
a
web
page
for
Donhof
and
hope
to
do
so
by
the
first
of
the
year
2000.
I
have
not
tried
to
order
much
from
Russia,
as
the
attempts
that
I
have
made
were
not
successful
and
I
was
told
they
did
not
have
records
for
the
1870's
for
Donhof,
however,
I
have
seen
large
charts
with
dates
during
that
time
period.
I
appreciate
those
that
have
shared
charts,
records,
and
family
information
(names
and
dates)
this
past
year.
My
files
are
constantly
growing.
Thank
you.
ERLENBACH
Hilda
Gillig
Weber
This
past
year,
I
did
not
make
progress
in
the
research
for
Erlenbach.
We
had
researched
and
submitted
a
map
and
list
of
inhabitants
of
Erlenbach
to
AHSGR
and
last
year
in
Wichita,
I
received
the
official
map
of
Erlenbach
from
Jo
Ann
Kuhr.
There
were
several
minor
corrections
needed
and
the
map
was
to
be
made
available
for
sale
after
correcting.
The
map
will
be
available
later
this
year,
per
Rick
Rye.
In
Wichita,
an
agreement
was
made
with
Vladislaw
Soshnikov
for
researching
the
villages
in
the
Kamyschin
area.
Vlad
had
a
contact
at
the
Volgograd
University
and
had
heard
that
records
would
be
made
available.
We
requested
information
for
:
Erlenbach,
Oberdorf,
Unterdorf
and
Rosenberg.
Due
to
the
financial
problems
in
Russia,
I
am
uncertain
if
Mr.
Soshnikov
was
able
to
obtain
any
records;
I
have
not
had
any
messages
from
him
since
Dec.
1998.
At
the
present
time,
I
am
working
with
a
graduate
student
in
Volgograd,
but
it
has
not
been
determined
what
records
are
available
in
the
Volgograd
archives.
This
past
year
many
requests
for
information
were
answered.
I
compiled
a
brief
history
of
Erlenbach
from
the
following
sources:
"A
Brief
Description
of
Settlement
in
Ilavlin
County,
Kamyschin
District"
published
in
the
Summer
1983
AHSGR
Journal;
"Die
Evangelish-Lutherischen
Gemeinden
in
Russland"
1909;
"The
Volga
Germans"
by
Fred
C.
Koch;
and
"Genealogy
of
Henry
Feit
Senior".
Copies
of
this
history
and
list
of
residents
were
mailed
to
those
interested.
Also
copies
were
given
at
Village
Night
at
the
AHSGR
Convention
in
Casper,
Wyoming.
Articles
were
sent
to
Kathy
O’Malley
to
be
used
in
"The
Dreispitz,
Muehlberg/Shcherbakovka
Sheet".
I
have
been
working
with
Family
Tree
Maker
to
input
all
of
the
information
available
for
the
Gillig,
Loose,
Fass,
Becker,
Weber
and
Rusch
families.
I
need
to
edit
this
information
in
order
to
be
accepted
by
headquarters.
FTM
generated
descendant
charts
were
mailed
where
applicable
to
persons
requesting
interest
in
these
names
and
the
village.
Recently
I
received
some
correspondence
that
my
cousin
had
with
relatives
from
Erlenbach
to
Entre
Rios,
Argentina.
The
last
letter
was
in
the
late
1980’s.
My
cousin
is
now
deceased
and
I
am
trying
to
re-establish
contact
with
Argentina.
I
have
finished
translating
these
letters
as
they
are
written
in
German.
In
September,
Raymond
and
I
will
spend
several
weeks
in
Michigan
with
hope
that
we
will
be
able
to
obtain
much
more
information
about
the
families
from
Erlenbach
and
Oberdorf.
Many
of
the
families
from
Erlenbach
and
Oberdorf
settled
in
the
‘Thumb’
area
farming
communities
and
in
the
cities
of
Bay
City,
Saginaw
and
Flint.
Erlenbach
and
Oberdorf
were
Protestant
villages
and
in
the
US
many
from
there
were
part
of
the
Brotherhood
movement
with
large
groups
in
Port
Huron,
Bay
City,
Saginaw
and
Flint
and
Benton
Harbor
area.
Many
of
the
deaths
were
published
in
the
"Kirchenbote",
but
I
have
not
been
able
to
find
any
copies.
Much
of
my
time
has
been
spent
writing
to
relatives
in
Germany
and
Russia.
I
am
in
contact
with
many
of
the
Gillig
families
that
are
now
in
Germany.
But
very
few
of
these
were
able
to
supply
much
information;
there
are
very
few
of
the
older
members
still
living.
Just
in
the
last
few
months,
two
of
my
cousins
and
families
from
Unterdorf
have
resettled.
They
were
content
to
remain
in
Russia
until
the
last
few
years.
There
has
been
a
severe
drought
in
the
Berseit
area
and
they
could
no
longer
be
sustained
by
their
gardens,
and
had
not
received
their
pensions
from
the
government
for
many
months.
There
are
still
cousins
in
Siberia
and
Kazachstan.
FISCHER
HERZOG
Fisher
Web
Site
Roger
A.
Toepfer
The
majority
of
interchange/exchange
of
data
and
general
assistance
for
Fischer/Herzog
has
been
handle
through
the
Fischer
and
Herzog
web
sites.
(Jerry
Braun
is
Webmeister
for
the
Herzog
Web
Site).
There
has
been
approximately
25
queries
posted
and
answered
through
my
E-Mail
services
and
approximately
five
communiqués
by
"snail
mail".
These
queries
and
coordination
effort
ranged
from
finding
a
single
surname
connection
within
the
Fischer/Herzog
census
reports
of
one
individual
-
to
establishing
an
entire
ancestral
lineage
and
connection
of
a
"first
Volga
settlers"
to
a
present
day
living
relative
for
an
individual.
The
Web
Site
at
present
consists
of
twenty
one
pages
of;
History,
Personal
Stories,
Maps,
Surname
Lists,
Ship
Lists,
etc.
The
web
site
contains
links
to
the
AHSGR
Home
Page,
the
Herzog
Home
Page,
and
a
link
to
most
all
of
the
other
VC
Web
Sites.
As
Webmeister,
I
have
posted
the
Fischer
Home
Page
in
conjunction
with
the
Village
of
Katharinenstadt,
[Fischer/Katharinenstadt]
With
this
bond,
I
have
also
coordinated
information
of
queries
regarding
Katharinenstadt
members.
(My
Mothers
side
are
descendants
of
Katharinenstadt).
GRIMM
Grimm
Web
Site
Ken
Leffler
No
new
data
has
been
received
from
Russian
researchers
in
1999.
The
contract
made
by
the
Grimm
village
group
in
Wichita
in
1998
with
Vlad
Soshnikov
to
obtain
census
data
for
22
Grimm
surnames
has
not
been
fulfilled.
It
is
hoped
that
Vlad
will
be
able
to
fulfill
his
commitment
sometime
in
the
future.
I,
personally,
have
contracted
with
a
Russian
researcher
to
provide
data
for
the
surnames
of
Leffler,
Schaefer
and
Zulauf
from
Grimm.
These
are
my
personal
surnames
and
latest
report
from
Russia
is
that
they
will
be
in
the
archives
in
September,
1999.
Picked
up
two
new
members
at
the
convention
in
Casper
with
the
surname
Leonhardt.
I
did
not
have
any
data
on
their
family
in
the
Grimm
data
base
and
am
awaiting
their
FGRs.
I
have
been
in
communication
with
two
Ausseidlers
over
the
past
year.
One
is
Alexander
Muth
whose
ancestors
were
from
Grimm
and
Arthur
Lebsack
from
Neu
Frank.
Arthur
is
only
22
years
old
and
keenly
interested
in
the
Lebsack
family
history.
Since
he
and
his
parents
were
born
in
Siberia
and
his
grandparents
who
were
born
in
Neu
Frank
are
all
still
alive
we
can
hopefully
tie
this
family
in
with
my
Lebsack
relatives
from
Frank.
Am
working
with
Doris
Evans
on
this.
I
volunteered
and
was
elected
to
the
AHSGR
Board
of
Directors.
I
just
received
my
committee
assignments
and
it
appears
this
activity
may
interfere
with
my
research
over
the
next
year.
Time
will
tell.
I
will
be
at
the
AHSGR
business
meetings
in
October
in
Lincoln,
NE.
HOLSTEIN
Holstein
Web
Site
There
has
been
a
lot
of
activity
for
the
village
of
Holstein
since
the
last
report.
I
sent
informational
letters
in
December,
1998
to
a
list
of
names
that
I
had
and
names
listed
in
Clues
as
interested
in
Holstein.
I
received
letters
back
from
about
half
with
their
family
information.
I
received
a
surname
chart
for
the
Grenz/Krentz
family
of
Holstein
and
Franzosen.
Attached
was
a
partial
chart
of
the
Meier
family
from
Franzosen,
which
I
had
seen
previously.
I
also
received
a
surname
chart
of
the
Hildermans
who
left
Holstein
and
went
to
Dietel.
I
was
told
a
chart
for
the
Hildermans
in
Holstein
has
been
ordered,
and
we
are
impatiently
awaiting
its
arrival.
The
earlier
surname
charts
had
little
information
for
Holstein
other
than
the
1798
census
materials,
but
the
surname
charts
that
Brent
Mai
ordered
and
the
Borger
chart
that
Irene
Klenke
recently
received
contained
much
Holstein
information,
so
I
assume
more
Holstein
records
have
been
found.
I
am
discovering
that
there
probably
are
more
Holstein
descendents
living
in
Canada
than
the
United
States.
In
recent
months
I've
heard
from
several
Canadians
and
am
now
making
contacts
and
trying
to
find
more
information
about
them.
There
was
a
lot
of
contact
between
the
US
and
Canadian
families
during
1910-1920
but
I
think
after
that,
as
the
immigrants
died,
contact
was
lost.
One
person
heard
through
family
tradition
that
they
came
from
Holstein
but
she
wasn't
sure
there
was
such
a
town
and
had
no
idea
where
is
was.
I
did
get
some
Holstein
web
pages
going
this
year,
and
I
thank
Patrice
Miller
for
hosting
them.
Now
that
Patrice
is
providing
web
space
for
the
village
coordinators,
I
hope
more
take
advantage
of
this
opportunity.
My
goal
for
this
next
year
is
to
find
a
"helper-volunteer"
for
my
village.
HUSSENBACH
(Linevo
Osero)
Louise
Potter
See
Hussenbach
(Gaschon)
below
for
combined
report.
HUSSENBACH
(Gaschon)
Paul
Lais
This
has
been
a
very
busy
year
for
us.
We
have
received
many
good
articles
for
the
Hussenbach
Review
and
also
family
group
sheets.
The
FGS
are
being
added
to
the
data
bank
to
be
made
available
to
interested
parties.
We
were
sorry
that
Eleanor
Bossuot
was
unable
to
continue
as
Village
Coordinator
for
Linevo
Osero.
Louise
Potter
is
now
the
coordinator
of
the
two
villages.
The
Hussenbach
Review
has
been
in
publication
five
years
during
which
time
we
have
made
many
good
friends
and
have
received
many
compliments.
This
past
year
membership
has
declined
to
the
extent
that
it
was
felt
it
could
no
longer
be
continued.
Thus
it
was
with
a
good
deal
of
sadness
that
the
last
issue
is
dated
March
1999.
Perhaps
there
is
someone
who
would
like
to
take
it
over,
in
which
case
we
will
be
glad
to
help
them
get
started.
Back
issues
are
available
from
Louise
for
$2.50
each
including
p/h.
Paul
has
completed
a
Table
of
Contents
for
the
five
years
of
the
newsletter
and
is
also
available
from
Louise.
Louise
is
continuing
as
Village
Coordinator
and
has
the
database.
The
census
from
the
various
villages
have
been
very
helpful
in
that
they
give
information
about
those
leaving
their
village
and
going
to
Hussenbach.
This
is
also
true
of
the
surnme
charts.
It
is
hoped
as
charts
are
received
that
information
will
be
shared
regarding
families
going
to
the
Hussenbach
villages.
Our
latest
acquisition
has
been
the
1857-58
revision
list
of
New
Hussenbach
(Gaschon)
which
Vlad
Soshnikov,
Historian/Archivist
of
RAGAS/Moscow,
has
provided.
It
contains
approximately
I
10
family
names.
We
are
grateful
to
Joanne
Krieger
for
indexing
the
list.
Louise
Potter,
Village
Coordinator
Addendum:
Paul
Lais
was
asked
to
be
the
Village
Coordinator
for
Hussenbach,
Gaschon,
at
the
1999
Convention
in
Casper,
Wy.,
which
he
accepted.
Louise
Potter
is
the
Village
Coordinator
for
Hussenbach,
Linevo,
Osero
and
maintains
the
Data
Bank
for
both
villages.
We
have
received
copies
of
a
few
more
Hussenbach
charts:
Schatzel,
Riel,
Suppes.
These
are
available
from
AHSGR,
$15.00
members,
$37.50
nonmembers.
JOHANNESTAL,
Beresan,
Odessa,
Russia
Johannestal
Web
Site
Ray
Heinle
The
past
year
I
added
to
my
normal
activities
of
helping
people
with
their
family
history
setting
up
a
web
page
for
my
village,
Johannestal,
Beresan,
Odessa.
I
have
written
a
woman
who
now
lives
in
Johannestal
for
more
information
to
put
on
the
web
page.
Also
I
am
attempting
to
get
more
information
from
Mr.
Gary
Shortzman
who
is
in
the
process
of
writing
a
book
on
Johannestal.
I
am
also
currently
working
on
translating
an
article
from
the
17
June
1992
"Neues
Leben"
which
contains
the
names
of
many
German
Russians
who
were
executed
in
Odessa
in1838
by
Russian
firing
squads.
I
also
have
an
article
from
the
Eureka
Rundshcau
which
I
intend
to
translate
and
put
on
the
Web
page.
JOSEFSTAL
Edward
Gerk
I
am
currently
working
on
a
web
page
for
the
village.
As
well,
Dr.
Pleve
provided
the
names
of
the
original
settlers
and
these
were
published
in
the
AHSGR
Journal.
I
am
working
at
contacting
former
Josefstal
residents
in
both
Germany
and
Argentina.
I
am
also
wading
through
Church
records
from
Josefstal
from
the
Gerk
family...so
far
these
are
marriage
and
birth
records
as
Josefstal
was
part
of
the
parish
of
Marienfeld.
Some
contact
has
also
been
made
to
the
archives
in
Volgograd,
where
the
village
records
for
Josefstal
and
many
other
daughter
colonies
exist.
I
have
had
some
success
in
getting
some
individual
family
records
out,
including
documents
from
when
the
first
church
was
built
in
Josefstal.
More
records
are
a
possibility.
KATHARINENSTADT
Katharinenstadt
Web
Site
Marvin
&
Raynona
Bohrer
As
VC
for
Katharinenstadt
we
have
been
busy
this
year,
we
have
done
a
lot
of
research
for
the
village.
We
pay
dues
for
four
chapters
and
get
their
newsletters.
We
had
Rick
Rye
translate
a
booklet
that
Kris
Ball
brought
back
from
Russia,
we
wanted
the
book
that
we
sent
to
Rick
to
go
into
the
archives
but
he
sent
it
back
to
us,
so
we
are
going
to
send
it
back
to
headquarters.
We
read
about
150
E-mails
a
day
and
had
about
4
or
5
people
contact
us
about
AHSGR,
and
Katharinenstadt.
We
are
in
the
process
of
helping
the
Lutheran
church
in
Katharinenstadt
by
sending
some
altar
items
to
them.
Plus
we
had
a
13
year
old
German
boy
visit
us
for
the
month
of
August,
and
he
wore
us
out.
Also
we
help
set
up
every
year
the
German-Russian
Christmas
tree
in
Oklahoma
City.
KAUTZ
-
(Werschinka)
Kautz
Web
Site
D.
Michael
Frank
We
now
have
18
surname
charts
for
the
Volga
Village
of
Kautz,
Saratov,
Russia.
Frank,
Schreiner,
Reiter,
Knaub,
Gradwohl
(received
4
January
1995);
Frickel,
Hardt,
Riel,
Ostwald,
Fuchs
(received
6
Jun
1997);
Popp
(received
1997
from
Barbara
Balzer
Drake
in
exchange
for
other
charts);
Neibauer,
Schumann,
Weber,
Klein,
Stahlie,
Hermony,
Michel
(received
12
Mar
1999).
In
addition,
we
have
received
Marriage
records
on
Frank,
Schreiner,
Reiter,
Knaub
and
Gradwohl
from
1859
to
1910.
This
information
was
received
12
Mar
1999.
I
have
been
busy
connecting
these
families
into
the
Kautz
Database,
which
now
contains
almost
22,000
names
of
descendants
from
Kautz,
Russia.
It
has
been
very
interesting
this
past
year
to
find
the
"younger
generation"
accessing
our
Kautz
Web
Page
and
contacting
us,
and
very
gratifying
to
be
able
to
complete
their
genealogy
lines
back
to
Germany!
In
many
cases,
I
had
interviewed
their
grandparents,
parents,
aunts,
uncles
in
the
past
20
years,
and
they
had
no
knowledge
of
my
ongoing
research.
Charts
and
documentation
on
order
from
Russia
(not
yet
completed):
Glockenhammer
(Kautz);
Michel
(Dietel);
Fuchs
(Hussenbach);
Frank
(Hussenbach);
Knaub
(Balzer);
Knaub
(Merkel).
Death
records
on
Frank,
Schreiner,
Reiter,
Knaub
and
Gradwohl
from
1859
to
1910.
I
have
been
relying
on
donations
to
fund
the
surname
charts
and
documentation
since
1995,
but
this
has
not
proven
to
be
sufficient
to
cover
all
costs
involved.
As
of
December
1998,
I
am
allowing
purchase
of
copies
of
our
surname
charts
for
$35.
If
copies
of
the
documentation
are
requested,
this
is
an
additional
$15
for
each
surname
(documentation
includes
photocopies
from
the
actual
church
records
in
Kautz,
as
well
as
copies
of
the
correspondence
regarding
the
genealogy
sent).
The
money
received
goes
into
a
special
fund
to
pay
for
the
Surname
Research.
Books
--Copies
of
my
previously
published
books
on
"Unsere
Leute
von
Kautz"
from
1979
through
1989
are
still
available,
as
are
videos
of
our
trip
to
Russia
in
1991.
KOLB
Thelma
J.
Sprenger
I
wanted
to
get
so
much
more
accomplished
than
I
did
but
time
sure
flies
when
you
are
having
fun.
I
did
research
on
several
families
that
were
not
from
Kolb-looking
up
information
for
them
like
homestead
deeds,
marriage
records,
death
records
etc.
One
of
the
big
things
I
did
do
was
make
a
list
of
all
the
people
who
did
Declaration
of
Intention
and
Naturalization
papers
in
Adams
County,
WA.
I
would
be
happy
to
check
the
list
for
names
and
if
found
they
would
have
to
write
the
state
archives
as
they
have
been
moved
from
the
county.
I
am
working
on
gathering
obits
and
hope
to
get
them
off
soon
to
headquarters.
Sarah
Hammerstrom
has
agreed
to
be
a
Kolb
VC
again.
At
convention
she
helped
at
village
night
and
also
gave
some
lessons
in
starting
genealogy.
Good
to
have
her
help.
KRASNOJAR
and
REINWALD
Susie
Weber
Hess
There
are
not
many
people
from
Krasnojar
and
Reinwald.
A
newsletter
is
not
warranted.
Some
new
contacts
have
been
made
but
for
the
most
part
they
are
relatives
of
an
older
person
that
I
have
had
contact
with
in
the
past.
The
database
that
I
have
has
helped
in
putting
George
Valko
(my
cousin)
together
with
people
that
are
sending
letters
from
Germany
and
Russia.
These
people
are
looking
for
their
American
families.
I
have
been
doing
genealogy
for
about
20
years
and
from
the
beginning
started
to
use
my
computer
to
store
data.
Now
I
read
reports
given
from
people
who
less
that
5
years
ago
I
communicated
with
that
never
had
a
computer
or
access
to
the
internet.
Everyone
has
WEB
PAGES
and
there
is
a
multitude
if
information
available.
People
are
getting
together
and
sharing
the
costs
of
getting
information
from
Russia.
My
major
project
this
year
has
been
the
purchase
of
a
scanner.
I
have
been
going
thru
the
charts,
maps
and
other
information
that
I
have
accumulated
in
the
last
20
years
and
am
cataloging
them
and
scanning
what
I
can.
Now
if
I
get
requests
for
information
I
can
send
files
thru
email
or
print
copies
and
send
them
snail
mail.
A
closet
of
files
that
once
measured
6
feet
wide
by
3
feet
deep
has
been
shrunk
to
several
boxes
of
disks.
Relatives
of
OLD
letters
that
have
been
sent
to
me
through
out
the
years
are
being
forwarded
to
the
family
members.
As
a
VC
for
AHSGR
I
am
doing
the
best
I
can
to
preserve
information.
However,
my
family
consists
of
Irish,
Norwegian,
Swedish,
Germans
and
Cherokee
Indian.
My
husband’s
family
consists
of
Germans
from
Babenhausen
(Bavaria)
Germany.
This
last
year
has
been
successful
in
my
total
research.
Many
of
my
Irish
cousins
have
been
found
through
ROOTS
WEB.
Queries
to
Germany
found
my
husbands
Grandmothers
sister
and
her
family
from
Babenhausen.
KUKKUS
Betty
Muradian
Plans
are
being
made
to
make
a
Kukkus
web
page
to
be
included
on
the
AHSGR
web
site.
A
book,
Kukkus,
a
German
Village
on
the
Volga,
can
still
be
purchased
from
the
Central
California
AHSGR
Museum
in
Fresno,
CA.
People
who
have
visited
the
Kukkus
area
in
recent
years
are
asked
to
please
share
their
thoughts
on
the
area
and
also
send
in
recent
pictures
of
Kukkus.
This
will
be
added
to
the
Kukkus
collection.
A
database
on
Kukkus
with
many
names
is
done
by
Eleanor
Sissell.
KUKKUS
VILLAGE
DATA
BASE
REPORT:
Eleanor
Sissell,
Kukkus
Village
Data
Base
Coordinator
asissell@pacbell.net
I
have
approximately
8450
names
in
the
Kukkus
Village
data
base.
I
have
received
information
on
many
families
via
letters,
e-mail
and
telephone
calls.
This
information
has
been
put
into
the
data
base,
and
when
requested,
some
information
has
been
sent
to
those
persons
seeking
information.
I
have
sent
a
back
up
of
the
file
to
Lincoln
and
will
send
a
copy
to
Betty
Muradian,
the
Village
Coordinator.
It
has
been
my
pleasure
gathering
and
sharing
village
information.
E-mail
has
not
been
an
easy
adjustment
for
me
and
I
apologize
to
anyone
who
feels
that
I
have
not
responded
in
a
timely
manner.
I
hope
to
do
better
as
I
go
along.
LOWER
VOLGA
VILLAGES
Lower
Volga
Villages
Web
Site
Webmaster:
Edith
Bottsford
Research
Coordinator:
Gary
Schulz
Janet
Flickinger
Treasurer
&
Russian
Research
Contact
The
Lower
Volga
Villages
Project
was
set
up
in
1997
to
help
people
gain
a
better
understanding
and
perspective
of
our
Volga
German
ancestors.
Our
purpose
is
to
combine
research
and
fund
raising
efforts
so
we
will
be
more
effective
volunteers.
Included
are
the
nine
German-Russian
protestant
mother
colonies
of
the
Galka
and
Stephan
Parishes:
Dobrinka,
Dreispitz,
Holstein,
Galka,
Schwab,
Kraft,
Mueller,
Shcherbakovka
and
Stephan.
They
form
a
natural
cluster
of
colonies
located
on
the
west
side
of
the
Volga
River
at
the
south
edge
of
the
Volga
German
settlements
just
north
of
the
Russian
city
of
Kamyschin.
There
was
a
great
deal
of
travel,
communication,
and
inter
marriage
between
residents
of
these
villages.
As
the
population
grew,
many
colonists
moved
to
daughter
colonies
in
the
Rosenberg
Parish
to
the
southwest
and
to
the
lower
Jeruslan
River
colonies
across
the
Volga
to
the
east.
The
Volunteer
Contact
for
each
village
is
establishing
a
village
database
and
sharing
information.
We
need
additional
data
from
all
descendants
in
order
to
fulfill
our
purpose.
We
work
with
AHSGR
Village
Coordinators
and
make
regular
reports,
which
are
on
file
at
AHSGR
in
Lincoln,
Nebraska.
A.
Russian
Research
Received
and
Ordered
The
first
3
Family
Tree
Charts
are
available
for
purchase
at
$35
@
including
a
copy
of
the
research,
from
Faye
Schantz.
Other
charts
vary
in
price.
Any
funds
over
the
actual
cost
of
the
charts,
are
used
to
purchase
additional
research
from
Russia.
- Meier
Charts
from
Shcherbakovka
&
Franzosen,
- Ehrlich
Chart
from
Shcherbakovka
- Weibert
Chart
from
Messer,
The
following
Charts
are
also
available
as
indicated.
- Clauser
Chart
from
Dobrinka
available
from
AHSGR
- Siegward
Chart
from
Kraft,
ordered
by
and
available
from
Ed
F.Wagner,
1836
N.
W.
Couch
St.
Portland,
OR
- Fischer
Chart
from
Kraft
received
by
Ed
F.
Wagner,
and
entered
in
computer
by
Arliss
Hoskins
- Schreiner
Chart
from
Kraft
received
by
Ed
F.
Wagner,
and
entered
in
computer
by
Arliss
Hoskins
- Gerlach
Chart
from
Dobrinka
,
ordered
by
Robert
D.
McQuaid
of
Colorado,
and
received
in
1998.
Data
has
been
entered
on
computer
by
Arliss
Hoskins.
Copies
of
chart
are
available
from
AHSGR.
- Schultz
,
from
Kraft,
received
by
Dave
R.
Schultz,
1622
Sherwood
Ave.
Modesto,
CA.,
95350
- Grenz
Chart
from
Franzosen
&
Holstein,
contact
Robert
Grenz,
P.
O.
Box
219,
Hayfork,
CA
96041
- Hildermans
in
Dietel,
some
of
whom
moved
from
Holstein.
Contact
Elton
Peterson,
10427
11th
Ave
SW,
Seattle,
WA
98146.
- Borger
Chart
from
Holstein.
Contact
Irene
Klenke,
6283
Thorncrest
Dr.
Greendale,
WI
53129
Charts
on
Order,
by
Faye
Schantz
for
Shcherbakovka/
Tscherbakovka
- Becker,
from
Tscherbakowka,
and
- Laubhan,
from
Tscherbakowka,
fund
coordinator,
Janet
(Laubhan)
Flickinger
of
Salina,
KS
- Oblander
from
Shcherbakovka,
ordered
by
Esther
Hergenreder.
- Stricker
from
Shcherbakovka,
ordered
by
Elmer
Stricker
and
family.
- Wassenmiller
descendants
of
Johann
Peter,
ordered
by
Faye
Schantz.
- Reisig
of
Shcherbakovka
ordered
by
Dick
Rollins
and
cousins,
and
Rolene
Kiesling.
- Kraft
of
Shcherbakovka,
ordered
by
Leland
Kraft.
Charts
on
Order
by
Ed
F.
Wagner
for
Kraft
- Grebe
- Schwindt
B.
Obituary
Project:
As
we
attempt
to
link
families,
additional
dates
and
details
are
needed
on
many
of
our
entries.
As
a
step
toward
this,
an
obituary
project
has
been
started
under
the
leadership
of
Rachel
Smith.
Rachel
has
entered
hundreds
of
obituaries
on
computer
in
MS
Works,
and
continues
to
add
more
as
they
are
received.
An
index
of
the
first
batch
of
40
pages
has
been
made.
She
has
completed
batch
5.
C.
Family
History
Donations
to
AHSGR
11
family
histories
have
been
donated
to
AHSGR
this
past
year.
Information
from
these
histories
has
been
entered
in
our
data
D.
Publications
Janet
Flickinger
has
published
St.
John's
Lutheran
Church
of
Russell,
Kansas
1900-1951,
Trinity
Lutheran
Church
of
Bender
Hill,
KS
1883-The
Story
of
Lehigh
(KS)
by
Loren
Weinbrenner
Muehlberg,
by
V.
Durov
Wasenmueller.
This
is
the
first
40
pages
of
the
book
translated
into
Lower
Volga
Villages
Project
Annual
Report
for
1998,
by
Kathy
O'Malley
E.
Additional
Web
Pages
In
addition
to
the
Web
pages
,
new
pages
this
year
have
been
added
by
Janet
Flickinger
and
Arliss
Hoskins
with
resources.
Janet's
pages
are
located
at
this
address:
http://www.angelfire.com/ks/gerrus/index.html
They
contain
Passenger
Manifest
Extractions
Declaration
of
Intentions
or
Petitions
for
Naturalization
for
Russell
County
KS,
and
Marion
County
KS,1907-1951
and
she
has
her
own
family
descendants
charts.
Arliss
Hoskins
has
two
forms
of
the
Ebenezer
Church
Records
of
Sheboygan,
Wisconsin
at
this
address:
http://home.earthlink.net/~dhoskins
F.
Goals
Two
of
the
three
goals
set
last
year
were
accomplished.
However,
to
improve
our
Master
List,
more
data
is
required.
Our
major
goal
for
this
year
is
to
link
families
in
our
databases.
Many
thanks
to
all
our
contacts
and
others
who
have
contributed
to
this
very
successful
year
for
the
Lower
Volga
Villages!
MARIENFELD
(Volga)
Rosemarie
Krieg
Dinkel
There
isn’t
too
much
information
on
this
village.
Russian
researchers
have
told
me
that
there
are
no
church
records
for
Marienfeld
at
this
time.
The
only
information
I
have
received
is
a
few
group
sheets
from
AHSGR
and
some
village
names.
Hopefully
in
the
future,
records
will
be
found,
and
I
can
share
them
with
the
descendants
from
Marienfeld.
MARIENTAL
Mariental
Web
Site
Thelma
Mills
I
am
responding
to
your
request
for
information
on
my
activities
concerning
the
village
of
Mariental,
during
the
past
year.
After
spending
the
winter
in
Arizona,
not
doing
much
of
anything,
except
search
for
a
computer
to
access,
I
had
to
put
everything
on
hold
till
I
arrived
back
home
in
April.
Since
that
time,
I
have
been
in
touch
with
Russian
researchers
to
order
a
chart
on
my
Mariental
relatives,
the
Kinderknecht's.
I
am
still
waiting
on
that
information.
Also,
I
have
been
gathering
information
to
publish
a
web
page.
I
am
having
a
problem
publishing
it,
and
have
been
working
for
several
months
on
what
the
problem
could
be.
I
have
most
all
of
the
information
ready,
and
will
inform
the
electronic
mailing
lists
of
my
web
site,
when
I
have
figured
things
out.
I
also
have
been
in
touch
will
several
people
in
Germany,
trying
to
get
information
on
their
relatives
who
made
the
move
out
of
Russia
back
to
Germany.
One
"cousin"
will
write
her
life
story
for
me,
which
I
will
publish
on
the
web
page,
if
and
when
I
can.
I
plan
on
coming
to
Lincoln,
Nebraska,
next
year
for
the
convention.
I
purchased
a
brick
at
the
Wichita
Convention,
and
I
am
anxious
to
see
it
in
place
on
the
statue
at
Lincoln.
I
also
have
purchased
a
calendar,
and
hope
to
receive
one
this
year
for
the
year
2000.
That
would
be
a
great
keepsake.
I
realize
that
I
haven't
been
of
much
help
for
requests
for
information
on
their
ancestors
from
Mariental,
but
I
am
just
now
getting
new
information
on
some
of
the
families.
Hopefully
this
will
grow.
(I
need
more
time,
don't
know
how
I
ever
worked
outside
of
the
home,
and
got
anything
done
on
the
computer.)
MOOR
Moor
Web
Site
Wayne
Bonner
Limited
information
on
Moor
families
has
been
coming
in
with
the
Balzer
data.
Many
Balzer
researchers
also
have
Moor
ancestry.
There
is
not
sufficient
information
at
this
time
to
publish
a
separate
Moor
newsletter,
so
new
information
is
posted
in
the
Balzer
newsletter.
All
Moor
researchers,
please
contact
Wayne
Bonner.
Maybe
we
can
get
something
going.
As
with
the
Balzer
group,
All
Moor
researchers
are
invited
to
the
CDC
summer
meeting
next
May
in
Los
Angeles.
An
informal
meeting
will
be
conducted
to
discuss
the
goals
and
interests
of
Moor
researchers.
NEU-STRAUB
Neu-Straub
Web
Site
Lillian
Larwig
I
have
received
the
1857
census
of
the
Keil
and
Heintz
name
of
Neu-Straub.
Of
the
eight
Keil
names
on
this
census,
two
different
persons
have
found
their
great
grandparents
names
plus
other
information
about
the
family.
There
are
ten
Heintz
names.
Within
in
next
few
months,
I
hope
to
get
the
31
names
on
the
1834
census
and
it
is
supposed
to
have
‘from
whence
from
Germany
the
family
on
Volga
has
arrived'.
When
I
get
that,
I
will
put
it
on
Patrice's
website.
NORKA
Jerry
Krieger
Norka
Newsletter
is
now
concluding
its
fourth
year
of
publication.
John
and
Marcella
Wark
began
the
newsletter
and
published
volumes
1
(1996)
and
2
(1997).
Jerry
Krieger
then
took
over
the
duties
and
published
volume
3
(1998)
and
4
(1999).
Three
issues
have
been
published
so
far
in
1999--Spring,
Summer
and
Autumn.
The
Winter
issue
is
in
preparation
as
this
is
written.
The
Autumn
issue
was
mailed
to
273
individuals,
families
and
groups.
The
list
includes
244
paid
subscribers,
17
promotional
samples,
six
complimentary,
and
six
exchange.
Articles
this
past
year
have
included
"Sugar
Beets
and
Sugar
City",
a
three-part
series
on
the
Weizel,
Blum
and
related
families
who
came
to
Colorado
to
work
the
beet
fields;
the
Norka
homepage;
an
Olympic
champion
with
Norka
roots;
and
the
value
of
Surname
Charts
with
case
histories
of
successful
genealogical
research.
Regular
features
include
"The
Root
Cellar
Mail
Box"
with
letters
from
readers;
descendents
charts
from
Norka
settlers
down
to
current
subscribers;
and
reader
queries.
OBERDORF
Oberdorf
Web
Site
Teri
Helzer
I
joined
AHSGR
in
August
1999.
I
volunteered
and
was
accepted
by
AHSGR
for
the
vacated
position
of
Oberdorf
Village
Coordinator.
Subsequently,
I
have
set
out
on
a
path
to
collect
and
catalogue
available
data
for
the
village.
To
date
I
have
performed
the
following:
1.Obtained
the
Ancestral
Village
Index
and
Passenger
Ship
List
Index
from
AHSGR
2.Created
a
website
for
Oberdorf
Village
3.Established
an
Internet
forum
Oberdorf
Village
Forum
and
Chat
Room
4.Requested
inclusion
of
the
Oberdorf
website
on
Cindi’s
List
5.Created
an
Oberdorf
email
list
6.Responded
to
numerous
requests
for
additional
information
on
Oberdorf
surnames
7.Interaction
with
other
Village
Coordinators,
specifically
the
Southern
Volga
villages
8.Created
a
spreadsheet
of
Oberdorf
surnames
extracted
from
the
Oberdorf
map,
GEDCOM
extractions
from
1998
from
headquarters,
input
from
descendants
of
Oberdorf
Village
residents,
input
from
Kathy
O’Malley,
Colorado
Naturalization
Records,
Harold
and
Elaine
Asmus
GEDCOM,
Pixel
library
data
files,
LDS
database
files
on
the
Internet,
Saginaw
Newspaper
obits
on
the
Internet
and
from
Elaine
Asmus,
Sheboygan,
WI
Court
Records
on
the
Internet,
General
searches
for
Oberdorf
on
various
search
engines.
Tasks
in
progress
or
to
be
scheduled
1.Compare
village
information
sent
to
me
recently
by
Hilda
Weber
against
existing
data
and
make
additions
and/or
corrections.
2.Establish
a
Village
File
for
Oberdorf
at
headquarters
and
submit
all
of
the
data
that
I
have
gathered
to
ensure
any
future
village
coordinator
quick
access
to
existing
data
3.Collect
GEDCOM
files
from
Oberdorf
researchers
4.Urge
Oberdorf
researchers
to
create
their
own
GEDCOM
files
if
they
have
not
already
done
so
(I
am
included
on
this
list)
5.Obtain
a
copy
of
the
1857
Census
6.Continue
to
communicate
with
all
Oberdorf
researchers
and
facilitate
the
sharing
of
data
I
have
enjoyed
my
short
tenure
as
Oberdorf
Village
Coordinator.
I
look
forward
to
meeting
my
fellow
Oberdorf
researchers
and
all
AHSGR
members.
I
wish
to
thank
the
following
people
(in
no
particular
order)
that
have
assisted
me
on
this
project
with
input,
and
their
willingness
to
share
or
help
a
new
VC:
Elaine
and
Harold
Asmus,
Betty
Guenther,
Bob
Weigand,
Edward
Gerk,
Freddie
Baker,
Gary
Martins,
Arliss
Hoskins,
Janet
Flickinger,
Jayne
Dye,
Ken
Leffler,
Kathy
O’Malley,
Marion
Barth,
Patrice
Miller,
Dan
Shafer,
&
Steve
Schreiber.
I
look
forward
to
many
successes
in
our
common
goal
of
finding
our
German
ancestors
from
Russia.
OBER-MONJOU
Obermonjou
Web
Site
Kevin
Rupp
This
year
as
Village
coordinator
for
Obermunjor,
Russia
I
have
had
a
lot
of
projects
going
and
in
the
fire.
I
have
been
collecting
surname
census
from
Russia.
These
names
mostly
from
Russian
researchers
and
some
from
friends
that
have
shared
them
with
me.
These
names
are
Befort,
Boes,
Bieker,
Brull,
Engel,
Fischer,
Giebler,
Graf,
Leiker,
Rupp,
Speier
and
Seib.
These
surnames
are
all
from
Obermunjor,
most
going
back
to
first
settlers.
The
other
project
that
I
started
last
year,
but
as
of
yet
have
not
finished
is
a
web
page.
I
am
working
on
a
new
web
page
and
up
to
have
it
up
and
running
soon.
As
soon
as
it
is
running
I
will
post
it
and
let
people
know
that
the
old
web
site
is
no
longer
of
use.
If
any
one
is
looking
for
family
names
with
these
surname
let
me
know.
I
have
also
been
collecting
and
indexing
baptism
records
from
some
local
churches
here
in
Hays,
with
hopes
of
connecting
them
to
the
family
of
surnames
that
I
collected
from
Russia.
It
has
been
an
expensive
summer,
but
very
interesting
and
challenging.
I
welcome
any
ideas,
sharing
of
information
or
thoughts.
ORLOVSKOYE
Carol
Nesewich
1.
Spelling
of
the
colony's
name
Earlier
writings
show
the
name
Orlovskaia,
an
adjectival
form
agreeing
with
the
Russian
word
derevnia
(village).
See,
for
example,
Grigorii
Pisarevskii's
authoritative
list
of
the
original
colonies.
The
name
that
now
appears
on
a
large
sign
at
the
entrance
of
the
village
is
Orlovskoe,
an
adjectival
form
agreeing
with
the
Russian
word
selo
(a
larger
village).
German
spellings
show
similar
variations:
Orlowskaja
and
Orlowskoje,
among
others.
2.
History
of
the
colony
Irma
Eichhorn
published
a
history
in
the
Journal
of
AHSGR,
vol.3,
no.1,
Spring
1980,
pp.23-38.
3.
Maps
The
Journal
article
listed
above
included
a
map
drawn
by
Dr.
Johannes
Rothermel,
who
lived
in
Orlovskoe
from
1898-1918
and
then
from
1923-1930.
He
attended
Kharkov
University
and
received
a
doctorate
in
agronomy
in
Berlin.
His
comments
on
the
map,
therefore,
about
vegetation
and
soil
conditions
are
authoritative.
Two
additional
maps
are
the
work
of
Woldemar
Lehmann,
a
former
Soviet
army
officer
who
came
to
Germany.
One
map,
more
detailed
than
the
Rothermel
map,
shows
the
village
presumably
during
the
1920s
and
1930s.
The
second
map
is
most
unusual,
because
it
shows
the
kolkhoz
land
arrangements
during
the
1930s.
The
Lehmann
maps
are
available
to
AHSGR
members
through
Irma
Eichhorn.
4.
Additions
to
collection
of
historical
sources
Two
valuable
items
are
a
1912
report
about
the
village
assembly
voting
(under
the
Stolypin
reforms)
to
change
the
communal
land
arrangements
to
a
system
of
private
ownership,
and
a
report
by
an
investigating
commission
on
the
horrors
of
the
1921-23
famine
in
Orlovskoe.
5.
Family
histories
Marie
Korth
of
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
has
written
a
work
entitled,
"The
Altenhoff
Family
Ancestry"
(about
Johann
Friedrich
Altenhoff
and
Marie
Vogel
Altenhoff).
Her
account
offers
rare
recollections
of
life
in
Orlovskoe.
She
also
has
completed
a
work
on
Andreas
Lehman(n)
with
information
on
Orlovskoe
and
the
Volga-German
community
in
the
Chicago
area.
6.
Genealogical
database
Carol
Nesewich
continually
is
expanding
the
list
of
names
from
family
group
charts,
the
records
of
nine
Chicago
area
churches,
and
the
1798
Orlovskoe
census,
as
well
as
many
other
village
censuses.
7.
New
genealogical
source:
the
1834
census
of
Orlovskoe
at
AHSGR
headquarters
In
accordance
with
the
terms
under
which
AHSGR
received
this
material,
AHSGR
members
may
only
request
information
from
headquarters
on
specific
family
names
at
$25.00
per
surname,
regardless
of
the
number
of
entries
for
that
surname.
If
the
surname
does
not
appear,
or
that
section
is
unreadable,
there
is
no
charge.
8.
Search
for
family
descendants
The
Newsletter
of
AHSGR,
no.89,
Winter
1997,
p.10,
carried
this
request
about
Heinrich
Goetz.
"He
was
the
oldest
child
of
the
family
and
he
left
in
Russia
his
siblings
Christian,
Karl,
Andreas,
Rosina,
and
Maria."
We
regret
that
our
files
as
yet
contain
no
information
about
this
family
from
Orlovskoe.
But
our
contact
in
Germany,
Ivan
Goetz,
whose
parents
were
born
in
Orlovskoe
may
be
able
to
provide
some
help.
9.
Saratov
connection
In
June,
Nikolai
Lehmann
was
elected
interim
president
of
the
Society
of
Germans
of
theVolga
Region.
The
previous
president,
Juri
Haar,
left
for
Germany.
Marie
Korth
of
Milwaukee
recently
found
the
American
relatives
of
Nikolai
Lehmann.
10.
Future
projects
These
include
expanding
the
database
of
residents
in
Orlovskoe
to
1941,
organizing
a
photograph
collection,
and
connecting
with
former
Orlovskoe
families
now
living
in
Germany.
REINWALD
See
Krassnojar
ROHRBACH
Rosemarie
Krieg
Dinkel
There
is
a
very
active
group
in
Denver,
CO
that
meets
once
a
month.
It
is
called
the
"Black
Sea
Interest
Group",
and
is
not
affiliated
with
either
AHSGR
or
GRHS.
Over
half
the
people
in
this
group
are
Rohrbach/Worms
descendants.
As
VC
I
have
offered
them
all
the
information
that
I
have
received,
through
various
channels.
Any
new
publications
on
Rohrbach
are
immediately
handed
out,
and
I
would
say
this
is
a
very
close
knit
group.
With
all
the
information
on
the
Web,
I
am
not
getting
the
inquiries
that
I
once
did
regarding
Rohrbach.
ROSENBERG
Richard
McGregor
This
has
been
quite
a
quiet
year
for
Rosenberg
material
although
there
has
been
a
fair
bit
of
activity
via
e-mail
enquiries.
In
some
cases
I
was
able
to
help
from
the
Rosenberg
file
of
colonists
and
their
descendants
which
is
now
complete
for
all
the
information
which
has
been
sent
to
me.
This
year's
major
achievement
was
to
finally
enter
all
the
data
from
the
family
booklet
supplied
to
me
in
1996
by
Mary
Lou
Weitzel
and
containing
much
recent
information
on
descendants
of
the
Weitzels
and
their
related
families.
Two
Newsletters
have
appeared
-
both
containing
photographs
of
Rosenberg
inhabitants
from
the
turn
of
the
century
as
well
some
video
stills
of
present-day
Rosenberg.
All
the
enquiries
I
have
received
for
the
village
have
now
been
printed
in
the
Newsletter
and
some
families
have
made
new
contacts
in
this
way.
With
the
help
of
Teri
Helzer
a
home
page
from
Rosenberg
is
now
being
created
and
should
be
up
and
running
by
the
end
of
the
year.
I
hope
this
will
generate
some
interest.
It
will
contain
stories,
name
lists,
pictures,
a
map
and
examples
of
official
documents.
SCHOENCHEN
Schoenchen
Web
Site
Bertha
Haas
I've
been
responding
to
queries
at
the
rate
of
about
one
per
month.
Schoenchen
folks
seem
to
do
their
own
work
on
their
own
and
are
not
eager
to
share.
I
have
purchased
the
Dreher
genealogy.
The
Dreher's
are
originally
from
Ober-munjou,
but
they
intermarried
with
many
from
Schoenchen.
I
am
still
awaiting
word
that
the
Werth
genealogy
has
arrived
from
Russia.
My
understanding
is
that
it
was
commissioned
by
the
Sunflower
Chapter
and
Larry
Werth
in
Kansas.
I've
done
a
lot
of
work
this
year
on
my
own
genealogy,
but
mostly
the
Kreutzer/Herman
branch
of
the
family,
which
is
from
Mariental,
Herzog,
and
Rohleder.
I
am
regular
correspondence
with
the
Zimmermann
family
in
Germany
and
am
establishing
contact
with
members
of
the
Munsch
family.
Both
families
are
Aussiedler.
From
the
Munsch
family,
I
obtained
a
rough
map
of
Schoenchen,
Russia
as
it
was
in
the
1920's.
In
1993
I
visited
the
original
site
of
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