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)
Hussenbach
Web
Site
Louise
Potter
See
Hussenbach
(Gaschon)
below
for
combined
report.
HUSSENBACH
(Gaschon)
Hussenbach
Web
Site
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
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