Alexandertal (Neu-Schilling), Saratov, Volga

Alexandertal Web Site

Richard A. Kraus K056

This year there were four main developments: 

1. Several dozen new Alexandertal descendants were contacted and began to learn their history
2. 160 Alexandertal descendants attended a Kraus Reunion in Reno and Marion Counties, Kansas
3. The Reunion sent a Reunion Handbook to the AHSGR (filled with information on Alexandertal descendants)
4. We started a Kraus DNA project -- if it goes well and we learn a lot, other Alexandertal families might emulate it. We still hope for the discovery of Rosenberg parish records.

Anton, Saratov, Volga

Betty Muradian M005 / L

This year was spent on working on the Anton map. A distant Nazarenus relative in Germany had his relatives fill in the names of residents of Anton in 1940, before they were removed from the village. Because they were able to place most of the businesses, schools, government buildings, old and new churches, streets, streams, and bridges, it is possible to paint a fairly clear picture of the life of the residents living there that last year.

From the list of names that was sent to me from 1940, and the names of the original inhabitants of Anton from Dr. Pleve’s book, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764 to 1767, it was interesting to see how many of the original settlers’ names appeared in the 1940 list. All the lists of inhabitants from Anton, including the 1775 and 1798 censuses show that many Volga Germans, from the very beginning, were moving to different villages to increase their prosperity. If one cannot find his ancestors in the village he was told they were in, other villages should be checked for that name.

These are the names that show the same inhabitants in Anton in 1767 and 1940:

Albrecht	Fuchs	Lauch-Laut
Arnold	Ganshorn-Ganzhorn	Metzger
Bar	Hahn	Nazarenus
Baumgartner	Hardt	Paul
Decker	Keil	Retger-Retcher
Dewald-Dewaldt	Kletter	Rotharmel-Rothermel
Ewig	Kramer	Stork
Focht-Vogt	Kunzman-Kunstmann	Wurfel-Werfel
		Wasserer-Wegesser

At least seven of these names included father and son and their families or two or three brothers and their families.

If anyone wants to have his or her family name checked, please send a request for information.

Balzer, Saratov, Volga

Balzer Web Site

Wayne Bonner B269
Newsletter

Dr. Darrell Weber W218
Data Manager

The year 2003 has been a year of mixed results. Due to new personal commitments and lack of information, the Balzer Newsletter has been on hold. Hopefully, this is only temporary. A newsletter is planned for later this year to keep it going.

No new information has been received from Russia in nearly two years. This has stopped progress on the 1857 census.

On the plus side, over 100 baptisms and marriages of Balzer and Moor settlers have been found in the church books of Germany. All but one of these has been in the Isenberg region. Dick Bach, a Balzer researcher, is helping to look through church records in the Kurpfalz region. Release of the German Migration to the Russian Volga 1764-1767: Origins and Destinations by Brent Mai and Dona Reeves-Marquardt is really exciting, and has added a few new events to the database. It has also encouraged us to publish our own database of emigrant information; either through the Journal, separately by the Society, or privately through the Balzer / Moor group.

Hoping 2004 will produce more finds that are exciting.

Bangert, Samara, Volga

Paul E. Koehler K287 / L

During this past year, I have been entering more individuals to the database for Bangert, and the database continues to grow. I have had five inquires on the names of Grammel, Huber, Otto, Pinekenstein and Heinz.

Thanks to Joanne Klumb of West Bend, WI for the book on August Spomer.

Records were made from the Budingen marriage report, and from surname charts of: Ruhl, Sinner, Bea, Kohler, Reitz, Loeb, Huber, Felsing, Herzog, Roh, Damm and Heinz.

Bruce Adolph has commissioned the Adolph family chart, and the chart is expected sometime in 2003.

Sorry to say, I was the only person at the Yakima Convention Village Night for Bangert.

Bergdorf, Glückstal, Odessa, Kherson

Map 2, Quadrant B-4, 47 20 N 29 34 E

See also Glückstal Colonies Research Association

Borodino, Bessarabia

Borodino Web Sites:

Genealogy

History

Judy Remmick-Hubert H048

I have received a lot of new information and placed it as quickly as I can on my websites listed above.

The Genealogy site shows the original colonists of Borodino and their descendants taken from the general records and added to this are names, dates and sometimes photographs and stories about the families from descendants. Some families carry data back into Germany. Some families carry data into all parts of the world where they migrated. More and more descendants living in Germany are discovering my web site and they are sending me their family information. The majority of the data is from descendants who migrated to the USA and Canada. 

There are times when the various families migrated to Pennsylvania or other eastern parts of the USA in the 1700s and had left their families in Germany, and then members of these same families in Germany in the 1800s migrated to Russia. Because of the magic of computers, the families are discovering their common ancestors who lived in Germany.

Since Borodino had diverse religious beliefs due to the various Separatists groups and the devout Lutherans, I have data on the various groups as well as maps.

Maps of all kinds are listed at:

http://www.remmick.org/Remmick.Hubert.Index/Page1.html

Because so many people seemed confused about the various German states before the time of Napoleon, I have a section which lists the states and have added some data to each. All this and more can be found under my site on German Facts:

http://www.remmick.org/Remmick.German.Facts

Back to information on Borodino. The reason I’ve chosen Borodino Bessarabia to research was due to the fact that my maternal grandparents Ludwig Hein and Christina Schweikert were born there in 1885 and because they were story tellers, I always held their memories within me and wanted to share them with others who were not as fortunate to have known their grandparents. Also, I was the only cousin near them who was interested, plus at that time, in the early 1970s that side of the world was communists and a wall prevented anyone from going in and out with records of a remote village of Borodino. So, I figured that if I didn’t get the information then from the elders all that data would be lost. Besides, I loved hearing the old stories of the Motherland [old Russia]. Fact is, I wish I had done more.

Since I grew up in Lodi, which we called Little Germany, I was surrounded by German-Russians. The elders and found Lodi to be the perfect place for retirement. I sat for hours and hours listening to my grandfather’s old friends talk about the Motherland. Many times, I’d miss parts of the stories because it all had to be translated into English since I knew just a few words of German. I remember the old timers laughing and my grandfather or my parents would say, “I can’t translate it, dear, it’s just not funny in English”.

So, here I am, 61 years old and, now, I’m the old timer telling the stories. But at my fingertips are computer keys and the internet. My web sites are filled with all kinds of stories, history, photographs and maps.

I couldn’t tell you the amount of hours spent or add up the cost, however, to me, it’s been worth it. 

Oh, I should add, since I do get a lot of mail, I may have accidentally misplaced someone’s e-mail whom I had told I’d get back to them, so, if you’re someone who has written and hasn’t heard back from me, please, write me, again. Also, write in the subject line Borodino or GR so I know you are a “friendly” and not someone spreading a virus, which many of us have fallen prey, which means we’ve had “crashes” which has wiped out all our data.

I am also collecting German-Russians data on life in Russia between 1730 and early 1900s. How they built their homes and what kind of dishes they used. One of my distant cousins Alfred Hein sent me his photographs of the Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien and they can be found at http://www.remmick.org/GRMemorabilia/ .

Added to all of this are my paternal side of Remmick / Roemmich who were colonists of Worms. The following is the index page, which holds the numerous family names I am researching: http://www.remmick.org/Remmick.Family.Tree/ .

Last but not least, I’d like to thank everyone who has sent me information. Without you, my website would not be what it is, today.

Brunnental, Samara, Volga

Brunnental Web Site

BRUNNENTHAL/BRUNNENTAL listserv

Sherrie Gettman Stahl S621 / L

See Frank village for combined report.

Dinkel, Saratov, Volga

Leroy Nikolaisen N017

There was not much activity related to my village. I had about 8-10 inquires and I hope I was able to help those seeking information. I do not have a website just a collection of 300-400 names of people that were born and lived in Dinkel, and about 20 or more passenger records of people coming to NY from Dinkel. I also sell a booklet The History of Dinkel and It's People. A few were purchased this year. 

Dönhof, Saratov, Volga

Karen Kaiser K247

Richard & Judy Leffler

Submitted by Karen Kaiser.

Donhof research was somewhat slow this past year. I did not receive as many inquiries as usual, but that may be due to more information and records available online. I am still trying to compile an obituary file for Donhof immigrants.

My husband and I did take on a somewhat unusual project in that we purchased an acreage west of Sterling, CO and moved an old church building to the land to preserve it so that the church would not be demolished. The building was built in 1906 and was the first German speaking church in Sterling. It was established by Volga Germans whom had settled in the Sterling area. My husband’s family attended church there for many years and my husband was baptized and confirmed there. His parents and many family members were married in the church. We hope to restore and preserve the church back to its turn-of-the-century era and keep its German-Russian heritage. Our son will be the first to be married in it next May. It will then be used for community weddings, anniversaries, etc. We plan to put family and German-Russian memorabilia in the church so that it may be enjoyed by the community. It will be available so that anyone researching German-Russian history may visit the church. Though the church is not part of Donhof history, I thought others might be interested in the project.

Submitted by Dick and Judy Leffler.

The year 2003 has had more activity than the past couple of years. We have had between 18 and 24 inquiries this year with one coming from Argentina and one from a young man in Germany whose ancestors were from Dönhof although he has never been there having been born and raised in Kazakhstan after his ancestors were exiled there during WWII by Stalin. We have answered all inquiries as best we could from the information contained in our data base.

We are continuing to build the data base which now contains 5000+ names thanks to copies of surname charts which were obtained following the AHSGR convention in Des Moines in 2002. Currently there are 2 more charts on order,  but who knows when these will arrive. One has been on order for 4 ½ years and the other almost 2 years. We have also entered several hundred names from information obtained at Yakima.

We had a good showing at village night in Yakima with 20 people in 
attendance. It is always good to renew old acquaintances and make new ones at convention.

Dreispitz, Saratov, Volga

Dreispitz Web Site

Submitted by Ardie Herbel.

I am not the actual coordinator, but I answer queries on the village of Dreispitz. Those of us who help out are still reeling from the death of Kathy O’Malley who was the inspiration and founder of The Lower Volga Villages Sheet, which includes the villages of the two parishes of Galka and Stephan. I don’t even know how many years ago that Kathy and I started corresponding, putting info on our computers and finally this project evolved. I never had the pleasure of meeting her in person, but felt I had met a very good friend and a shirttail relative.

This past year the queries for Dreispitz have not been as numerous as in the past. I probably have only had about a dozen. I answer the best I can and then direct them to the place or person that I think might help them if I can’t. It’s always such fun to look and see if their names are in my computer records anywhere.

I really have nothing further to add as most of the information is kept at the main site.

Enders, Samara, Volga

Randi Bolyard

This year has been a great one in terms of research. I have gathered all census data for Enders. This includes 1834, 1850 and 1874, plus revisions. I also have census data for Rosenheim for 1834 and 1850. I am making arrangements to get the 1874 census data for Rosenheim, but don't anticipate that this can be done before summer of 2004. I can state that from a personal point of view, the census data is illuminating. I compared the data to the DOTZ (of Enders) chart to the census data. It gave greater clarity to what were questionable findings and showed the relationships in a different light. I am also trying to get archival photos, maps, and any other data from Russia that I can. 

I have received about 10 inquiries this year and was able to assist some with the census data I now have.

I look forward to further data collection in 2004 and, hopefully, a website.

Fischer, Saratov, Volga

Fischer Web Site

Roger A. Toepfer T095

Proem

The interchange/exchange of data and general assistance for Fischer / Herzog continues to be handled through the Fischer and Herzog web sites. This has been a suitable method of assisting researchers and our fellow members. (Jerry Braun is Webmeister for the Herzog Web Site.

As Webmeister for the Fischer Home Page, I have included pages for the Village of Katharinenstadt, (Fischer/Katharinenstadt) because my heritage is primarily connected with the colonies of Fischer, Herzog and Katharinenstadt. With this relationship, I have coordinated information of queries regarding Katharinenstadt members, as well as Fischer and Herzog. Also, queries for other villages have come in and we attempt to assist them by posting their queries on the “queries page” of our site. 

Coordination and Support for Fischer and Herzog

This has been a very slow year with very little “New News” to report in these areas. Data requests from family relations in Germany are still pending. I believe that the state of unrest in the world continues to affected interests, and dictate which urgent matters will be attended to first. In other words, our family requests have ended at the bottom of the heap! However, we are still in touch with our contacts, in some cases by second source. It has always been a waiting game, and a test of patience when asking people for help, that more often than not, they are not particularly interested in your enthusiasm of endeavor.

Query Support

In the 2002 report I reported that we had received 6852 visits since January 1, 1999, to the Fischer / Katharinenstadt site. The visitor count now reads 9012. This is a total of 1612 increase in visits from last year. This year there were 26 requests for family research, about 50% less than last year. Following, are some of the Surnames and village are subject in these queries are: 

Pape (no village listed), Geisbrecht / Schneiders (Katharinenstadt); Dorrough / Krziske (no village listed); Wagner (Glarus); Schneider / Schmidt / Bernerdt, Schimpf, Winters (Galka Saratov); Burgardt (no village listed); Herwaldt (Katharinenstadt  / Rothmal / Eberhard); Becher / Andrusiak (Semenov); Tittle/Friebus (Fischer - [South Africa connection]) 

The queries of the persons noted above can be found within the Fischer / Katharinenstadt, web site, either in the Sign In Page - “View Log Book” or the “Query Page.” We provided data of family connections, ancestral data, help on how and where to search for further information. All of the queries were answered, but not necessarily solved! If any of these families are of interest to you, please visit these pages for further brief.  Follow the link to the Fischer web site list above and then click onto either the “Qpage” or the view the “Log Book” icon.

VC Information Exchange Surname Searches
The following Web Sites have a very comprehensive listing of surnames and the person that purchased the searches. These listings are posted on:
Herzog Home Page: Jerry Braun
Marienthal Home Page: Tony Leiker
Obermunjor Home Page: Kevin Rupp
The Fischer/Katharinenstat Home Page: Roger Toepfer

All are invited to log on and review the listings. It could save one a good deal of time and money by learning that a list you are about to order has already been researched. We are here to help and coordinate in the search for our Ancestry, History, and Notable Heritage.

The Website addresses can be found by logging on to the AHSGR Home Page

Frank, Saratov, Volga

Combined report for Brunnental, Frank, and Kolb submitted by Doris Evans.

Brunnental Web Site

BRUNNENTHAL/BRUNNENTAL listserv

Frank Web Site

Frank Mail List

Frank Russia Village Coordinator

Doris Eckhardt Evans E094 / L

Brunnental Village Coordinator

Sherrie Gettman Stahl S621 / L

Honorary Historian & VC for Frank & Brunnental

Gerda Stroh Walker W002 / L

Kolb Russia Village Coordinators

Sarah (Kanzler) Hammarstrom H419

Thelma (Koch) Sprenger S653 / L

Doris Eckhardt Evans E094 / L

Honorary Historian & VC for Kolb

Pauline Dudek D018 / L

In an effort to bring you more complete information the data bases for Frank & Kolb have been combined. Pauline Dudek of Hastings, Nebraska, has generously donated much of the research she and her late husband, Norman, did together as Village Coordinators for Kolb. The combined data bank of Kolb & Frank, now contains over 150,000 names. Thank-you Pauline. Also, check the Frank & Kolb picture index for the pictures that were donated.

Clarence Kissler handles the Frank, Russia web site. Thank-you Clarence.  We would love to have someone volunteer to do an updated web page with all the information that we have for the village of Frank and Kolb.

MASTER LISTING OF GR RESEARCHERS Web site:  http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/boxes/stahl/mastlist.html

CHARTS LISTING Web site:  http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/boxes/stahl/charts.html

NEWSLETTER INFORMATION:

We are looking for volunteers to handle the Frank & Kolb Newsletter, previously published by Norman & Pauline Dudek, and the Brunnental Newsletter, previously published by Sherrie Stahl. Volunteers, please contact Pauline Dudek or Sherrie Stahl.

Back Issues of the Frank/Brunnental Newsletter, 1992-1998, are available at $2.50 each - $3.50 outside U.S. Contact Sherrie Stahl

THE FRANK & KOLB PICTURE FILE 
Now playing on a screen near you! Have you turned in your pictures to be included in this collection of descendants from the Village of Frank & Kolb?

RESEARCH INTO GERMANY
The book by Igor Pleve, Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet 1764-1767, Vol. I (containing Frank), and now Volume II which contains Kolb, has provided much needed information on the original villages of our ancestors in Germany. With many of the surnames coming from the same village(s), we have decided to approach the research by village. This research will be done in conjunction with the village of Walter, from whom we share many of the same families.

Financial support for this effort is needed. If any of the surnames mentioned below are of interest to you, let us know, and your financial support will be gratefully accepted. The Oregon Chapter of AHSGR is currently selling surname Descendants Gen-Books to help with the financial support of this project. Those surnames currently available are Amen, Bastron, Batt/Bath, Bauer, Bernhardt, Borgens, Eckhardt, Fahrenbruch, Gettman, Gruenwald, Guenther, Hartung, Herbst, Hock, Hoff, Hofferber, Hoffman, Kissler, Klein, Knopf, Lebsock, Leonhardt, Schafer, Schillereff, Schoessler, Sell, Stroh, Trupp, Uhrich, Wagner, Willman, Zeiler, and Zitzmann.

To purchase any of these books you can write to
Oregon Chapter of AHSGR
2720 S.W. Montgomery Drive
Portland, OR 97201
telephone 503-228-0007
fax 503-228-1016

The first village researched was Gersfeld. The names coming from Gersfeld are:

1. Johann Georg Zitzmann - Frank (Mostly this family has been researched, but will be looking for relationships to the other families listed below.)
2. Johannes Kammerzell - Frank. - finished
3. Johann Georg Kammerzell - Walter (These two are distantly related) - finished
4. Johann Martin Guttmann - Frank
5. Andreas Reiter - Frank - finished
6. Reinick - Frank
7. Philipp Hein - Frank - finished
8. Johannes Romeis - Frank (The Sitzman family adopted the Romeis children after their death in Russia)
9. Heinrich Mantz - Frank (Named on the early settler list, we have no other records for this surname)
10. Barbara Ruhr - Frank (Named on the early settler list, we have no other records for this surname)
11. Limpert - Walter
12. Nikolaus Hoffman - Walter
13. Nicolaus Bartolomai - Walter - Finished
14. Johannes Burkhardt - Walter - Finished
15. Johannes Streck - Walter

The other villages that we are looking to research are:

1.  Langenschwartz (surnames of Ils/Els/Iltz, Schoessler, Schafer have been researched.)
2. Budingen (Hartung, Bastron & Lapp have been researched)
3. Sprendlingen (surnames of Leonhardt, Wittwander, Blechschmid, Schickendanz, Stroh, Schmidt have already been researched - surnames of Schmidt, Schaefer, and Miller need some attention.

The following is research that has been done in Germany. New additions for this year are shaded.

AMEN: Commissioned by Dorothy Hoff Thomas, 40 N. State Apt 2H, Salt Lake City, UT 84103 althomasdot@juno.com and researched by Ruth Froelke, 9717 Altamont Drive, Sandy, UT 84092.
Christian Amend, born 19 Jan 1727, Wildensee, Erbach, Germany, original Colonist of Walter, Russia: Spellings for the Amen name started as Am End to Am Ende to Am Emdt to Amend. Am End probably referring to where he lived (Mattessen, who lives at the End of the Street). Amen lineage can be traced to Mattessen Am End, born about 1550, Monrot, Bavaria to Wildenstein, Unter Frankin, Bavaria in 1620, to Albach, Unter Frankin, Bavaria, in 1648, to Wildensee, Erbach, Germany in 1727.

BARTOLOMAI: Commissioned by Margo Sherer, 64748 Hwy. 72, Ione, OR 97843, sherer@centurytel.net , and research by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Hans Bartholmess was found recorded in Wüstensachsen as having died before 1690. His son Heinrich was recorded as having been from Wüstensachsen also, but was married in Gerfeld in 1690, to Eva Richter.

BASTRON: Commissioned by Virginia West, 202 Turtle Bay Drive, Branford, CT 06405-4904, and researched by Manfred Steinberger, Leisenwald; Wolferbornerstr. 33; 63607 Wachtersbach, Germany.
Johann Ludwig Bastron, born 29 May 1740, Budingen, Isenburg, Germany, original Frank Colonist. Traced back only one generation to Jaocb Lorentz Bastron, a stocking weaver from Offenbach, Germany. Johanetta Elisabeth Lang, wife of Johann Ludwig Bastron, was the daughter of Johann Peter Lang, the chief miller in Laubach, Germany. There are indications that this family may have originally been from France.

BASTRON: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103 and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. The Bastron (Pastron) family belonged to the French refugees.(Huguenots). Jacques Laurent (Jacob Lorentz) Pastron, was the son of Jacques Pastron and Elisabeth Humbert of Offenbach, Germany. Jacques Laurent married Johanna Schmitt in Büdingen, Germany.

BETZENDÖRFER: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103; and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. Johann Wilhelm Betzendörfer was recorded as living in 1674 - 1694 in Harpershausen, died 1736 in Altheim, married (1) Anna Sibylla Karman in 1674 Altheim. Married (2) Amalia Kerner in 1711 Altheim.

BLECHSCHMID: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103; and researched by Ruth Froelke, 9717 Altamont Drive, Sandy, UT 84092. Susanna Maria Blechschmid, daughter of Anthon Blechschmid, born about 1680, died 15 Feb 1736, Sprendlingen, Offenbach, Hessen, Germany. He left a wife and 8 children. The marriage of Anthon Blechschmid and Justina was not in Sprendlingen. It is believed that this couple came from Hanau, Germany. There are no records from Hanau.

BURKHARDT: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Velten Burkhard, a miller in Oberhausen, son of Hans Burkhard, also a miller in Oberhausen, was married in 1612 in Gersfeld to Anna Gutmann. 

ECKHARDT: Commissioned by Dorothy Hoff Thomas, 40 N. State Apt 2H, Salt Lake City, UT 84103 althomasdot@juno.com and researched by Ruth Froelke, 9717 Altamont Drive, Sandy, UT 84092.
Johann Jacob Eckhardt, born 15 Aug 1743, Nidda, Hesse, Germany, original Frank Colonist. His lineage can be traced back to Jost Eckhard, citizen, church elder, tanner, christened 23 Aug 1631, Nidda, Hesse, Germany, son of Peter Eckhardt.

FRICK: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103; and researched by Ruth Froelke, 9717 Altamont Drive, Sandy, UT 84092.
Johann Heinrich Frick, born 25 Mar 1733, Nidda, Hesse, Germany, original Frank Colonist. His lineage can be traced back to Walther Frick, born abt 1680, Nidda, Hesse, Germany, father of Johannes Frick, a baker, who married Juliana Ruppel in 1724. The Father of Johann Heinrich Frick’s wife, Anna Margaretha Erck, Johann Christoph Erck (a widower) is family No. 77 of the Original Settlers List for Frank. The family of Erck has also been researched back to the late 1600’s to Weigand Erck and Anna Catharina.

GETTMAN: Commissioned by Sherrie Gettman Stahl, PO Box 540, 473 Treasure Cove Lane, Manzanita, OR 97130-0540, and researched by Ella Gieg, Germany. (See Sherrie for information). Also check out Sherrie’s home page. http://www.brunnental.us/
Johann Heinrich Gotmann, original Frank Colonist, born 20 Apr 1740, Reichelsheim (Unter-Ostern), Germany. Gettman family from Neider-Kinzig, Germany. Researched back to 1600’s.

GRUENWALD: Commissioned by Sherrie Gettman Stahl, PO Box 540, 473 Treasure Cove Lane, Manzanita, OR 97130-0540, and researched by Ella Gieg, Germany. (See Sherrie for information).
Johann Kaspar Gruenwald, original Frank Colonist, born 4 Feb 1723, Gross-Felda,Alsfeld, Hessen/Darmstadt, Germany. Researched back to 1600’s.

HARTUNG: Commissioned by Herb Hartung, 2311 W. 16th Sp. 91, Spokane, WA, 99224 and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim.

HEIMBIGNER: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103 and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim.
The family Hainbüchner was from Neustadt, (county Erbach). The village of Neustadt belongs to the parish of Sandbach.

HEIN: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim.
Philipp Hein, b. 1 May 1725, Rommers, Germany in the Free Noble Province of Ancient Knights, was an original Frank colonist. The original spelling of the name appears to have been Heun, although the early settlers list has it as Gann. The earliest ancestor is Peter Heun the Mayor in Gersfeld, Germany in 1649. The lines of Jäger, Rausch, Fuchs, Müller, Schleicher, Limpert and Leuber, were also researched from the village of Gersfeld, as they fit into the Heun lineage.

HOCH: Commissioned by Edward F. Wagner, 1836 NW Couch St., Portland, OR 97209 - 503-228-0007. and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim.
Johann Heinrich Hoch, born about 1700, Bergen, Hanau, Germany.. Lineage can be traced back to Hans Hack and Maria born about 1600, from the Village of Bleichenbach.. Most of the children were christened at the parish of Bergen, Hanau, Germany. The name was found recorded as Hack, Heck, Haak, and Hoch.

HOFF: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103 and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
The search for the Hoff lineage in “Langen, Darmstadt, Germany” continues, but with no results as of this date.

ILS/ELS/ILTZ: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103 and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Hans (Johannes) Üls, 1663 - 1686 from Schlotzau, named as an administrator of a courtyard of the count in Langenschwarz, died in Langenschwarz in 1699.

KISSLER: Commissioned by Clarence Kissler and researched by Manfred Steinberger, Leisenwald; Wolferbornerstr. 33; 63607 Wachtersbach, Germany.
Johann Peter Kihsler, born about 1710, Bannerod, Germany, original Frank Colonist. No records of Kihslers before this in Bannerod.

KLIEN: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
This research is not complete. There were multiple lineages on the surname chart. And although they are all related, only those from Södel and Trais an der Horloff have been completed. Johann Friedrich Klein, died before 1671 in Södel. His son Hanß Georg Klein was from Nieder-Wöllstadt and his son Johann Ernst Klein remained in Södel.

KLIPPERT: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Although, we haven’t linked this research to the original Walter colonist, we have found a Paulus Klippert and Susanna Gans in Crainfeld, Germany - the parents of Johannes Wacker (the father of Johann-Paul Wacker of Frank) and Anna Susanna Maria Klippert.

KAMMERZELL: Commissioned by Larry & Florance Kammerzell, 4410 83rd Ave., Greeley, CO 80634, and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Research on Johannes Kammerzell of Frank, Russia, and Adam George Kammerzell of Walter, Russia show that they are related, but distantly. Both lines go back for 6 generations to Heinrich KEMMERZELL who was born in the 1500’s and died in 1605 in Gersfeld, Germany. 

LEONHARDT: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103 and Dorothy Hoff Thomas, 40 N. State Apt 2H, Salt Lake City, UT 84103 althomasdot@juno.com and researched by Ruth Froelke, 9717 Altamont Drive, Sandy, UT 84092.
Johann Andreas Leonhardt, born 13 Mar 1723, Sprendlingen, Isenburg, Germany, original Frank Colonist. Lineage can be traced back to Johann Wilhelm Leonhardt, born about 1605, died 1681 as the oldest courtman from Sprendlingen, Germany.

REITER: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103 and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Andreas Reiter, (a journeyman dyer in Gersfeld) born 23 Dec 1736, Gersfeld, an original colonist in Frank, Russia, was the son of Johann Michael Reiter (from Hildburghausen) and Catharina Wiebrecht of Gersfeld, Germany. Catharina Wiebrecht’s parents were Johann Adam Wiebrecht and Barbara Fischer. The Fischer Lineage in Gersfeld was also taken back several generations to Lukas Fischer, b. 25 Nov 1622 and Catharina Schubert. 

SCHICKETANTZ: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103; and researched by Ruth Froelke, 9717 Altamont Drive, Sandy, UT 84092.
Daniel Schicketantz, born 22 May 1744, Sprendlingen, Hessen, Germany, original Frank Colonist. Lineage traced to Johannes Schicketantz, born about 1650, and Mattern Schicketantz, born 1644, brothers, from Sprendlingen, Germany.

SCHAFER: Commissioned and researched by Jean Roth, 515 N. 79th, Seattle, WA 98103.
Johann Martin Schaefer, born 1745, from Kestrich, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, married, Budingen, Germany, Anna Margaretha Diehl (Tiehll/Thiel), from the village of Hochst, Wetterau-Hesse, Germany. The Diehl lineage can be traced back several generations to Johann Peter Diehl and Anna Elisabeth Hoeyer of Duedelsheim, Nidda-Hesse, Germay. 

SCHAFER: Commissioned by Shirley Pitt, 5065 Perry St., Denver, CO 80212, and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Johannes Schäffer was born in 1680 in Langenschwarz. Married (1) Martha Elisabetha Seybold from Holtzheim in 1729. married (2) Elisabetha Röder from Schlotzau.

SCHMIDT: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103; and researched by Ruth Froelke, 9717 Altamont Drive, Sandy, UT 84092.
Johann Christoph Schmidt, son of Heinrich Schmidt, born 1725, Sprendlingen, Hessen, Germany, married Susanna Maria Blechschmid, daughter of the deceased Anthon Blechschmid, on 15 Apr 1749, Sprendlingen, Hessen, Germany.

SCHOESSLER: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103 and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Marcus Schössler from Sandberg near Gersfeld, also an inhabitant and neighbour in Langenschwarz, was married in 1711 in Langenschwarz to Anna Barbara Beyer.

SIEGWARD: Commissioned by Edward F. Wagner, 1836 NW Couch St., Portland, OR 97209 - 503-228-0007. and researched by David S. Schmidt, 3428 Sugarberry Ln., Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Michael Siegwardt, born in Metzingen, Germany, immigrated first to Sweden in 1763, and then to Russia in 1766/1767. Lineage is traced back to Christoph Siegwart, born about 1580 in Döffingen, Germany.
SIEGWARD: Commissioned by Edward F. Wagner, 1836 NW Couch St., Portland, OR 97209 - 503-228-0007. and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 

SITZMAN: Commissioned by Glenn Sitzman and researched by Manfred Steinberger, Leisenwald; Wolferbornerstr. 33; 63607 Wachtersbach, Germany. 
Nicolaus Zitzmann, born 5 Oct 1716, Gersfeld, Hessen, Germany, original Frank Colonist. Some of the children of Nicolaus Zitzmann were born in Dorrnhof and some in Obernhausen, small villages close by Gersfeld. This lineage can be traced to Jorg Zitzmann, born 1535, a spoon carver in Mosbach, (near Gersfeld) Germany.

STROH: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103; and researched by Ruth Froelke, 9717 Altamont Drive, Sandy, UT 84092.
Johann Michael Stroh, born 30 Dec 1742, Sprendlingen, Hessen, Germany, original Frank Colonist. Johann Michael Stroh was the only son of Johann Phillipp Stroh (deceased) and Katharina Schicketantz (cousin to Daniel Schicketantz). He was a stocking weaver. Lineage traced to Jacob Stroh, born about 1640, Sprendlingen, Hessen, Germany.

TRUPP: Commissioned Lynn & Mary Trupp, 27662 NW Sauvie Island Rd., Portland, OR 97231. and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Johannes Trupp, born 26.11.1752, was the son of Johann Heinrich Trupp from Langsdorf and Anna Catharina Bemmersheim. Johann Heinrich Trupp died in Wohnbach, Germany. His widow and his only surviving child, Johannes, went to Russia, and were original colonists of Frank, Russia. This family is traced to Johannes Tropp born about 1679, and Anna Elisabeth Pauli of Langsdorf, Germany.

UHRICH: Commissioned by Rod Uhrich, 401 Ivanhoe St., Denver, CO 80220, and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Christoph Uhrich, born 15 Apr 1735, Hofheim, Lampertheim, Worms, Germany, original Dietel colonist. He is the grandson of Ludwig Urich and Anna Maria Bruch, also of Hofheim, Lampertheim, Worms, Germany. Original name appears to have been spelled Urig.

UHRICH: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Johann Bernhard Urig, b. about 1748 from Groß-Umstadt, Germany, an original Frank colonist, is not related to the Christoph Uhrich family. Bernhard’s lineage begins with Heinrich Uhrich of Groß-Umstadt, Germany, who died about 1669. The lineage of both Christoph & Bernhard were on one  Ancestral Chart.

WACKER: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103 and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Johann Paul Wacker, born 10 Dec 1941, Crainfeld, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany, an original colonist of Frank, Russia, and the great grandson of Johann Jacob Wacker (died 4 Mar 1711, Crainfeld) and Maria Lauffer. Johann Jacob Wacker is the son of Johannes Wacker born about 1620 from Allmenrod, Germany.

WAGNER: Commissioned by Dorothy Hoff Thomas, 40 N. State Apt 2H, Salt Lake City, UT 84103 althomasdot@juno.com and researched by Ruth Froelke, 9717 Altamont Drive, Sandy, UT 84092.
Johannes Wagner, born 23 Dec 1723, Langgoens, Hessen, Germany, original Frank Colonist. Lineage traced to Baltzer Wagner, born about 1620/1630, from Langgoens, Hessen, Germany.

WAGNER: Commissioned by Edward F. Wagner, 1836 NW Couch St., Portland, OR 97209 - 503-228-0007. and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 

WALTER: Commissioned by Jim Walter, Odessa, WA and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
The Walther family was found in Neustadt (county Erbach). Neustadt belongs to the parish of Sandbach. The church books start in 1576 and are very large as many communities belong to this parish.

WEIDEMAN: Kissler research indicates that Johannes Weidemann, son of Andreas Weidemann von Llbeshausen, Germany.

WEIDEMAN: Commissioned by Edward F. Wagner, 1836 NW Couch St., Portland, OR 97209 - 503-228-0007. and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim.
Johannes Weideman, born 18 Sep 1734, Illeshausen, Darmstadt, Germany. Lineage can be traced to Conrad Weydemann, born about 1640 of Audra, Eichsfeld, Germany. 

WILLGING: Commissioned by Doris Evans, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103 and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
Although this is Black Sea GR, the family Willging had a remarkable trip to Russia. It starts with Henry Vilquin of Genonne/Sedan, France. - to Jean Vilquin of Otterberg, Germany - to Jean Adam Wilckin to Erlenbach Germany - to Johann Wilhelm Wilking to Kaiserslautern Germany and on to Tscherwenka, Hungary, and finally Daniel and Leopold Wilking to Teplitz, Bessarabia, Russia.

WITTWANGER: Commissioned by Frank Research Fund, 4148 Christensen Rd. E., Almira, WA 99103; and researched by Ruth Froelke, 9717 Altamont Drive, Sandy, UT 84092.
George Franz Wittwanger, born 1743, Sprendlingen, Hessen, Germany, original Frank Colonist, died before 1798, Frank, Russia. Research into Germany was incidental with the Leonhardt research. George Franz Wittwanger, married Dorothea Leonhardt in Budingen, Germany.

ZEILER: Commissioned by Jack Zeiler, 11461 W. 39th Place, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 and researched by Anneliese Micheiwski, Hauptstrabe 57, D-677294 Ilbesheim. 
The search to the Zieler lineage in Germany continues without success. The Zeiler chart show that they came from Nuenberg, Marklieker ? village.

Note the following corrections to the Census material from the book FRANK: A GERMAN COLONY ON THE VOLGA by Dr. Igor R. Pleve

1. page 18: ECKERT, Johann Heinrich age 12 in 1798. There was a clarification of this lineage from Dr. Pleve on 31 May 1998. “As for Johann Heinrich Eckert, the mistake was ours. In the families’ record lists of 1798 the last name of Johann Heinrich was written down not distinctly. And only now, working with church books, we clarified that it was Johann Heinrich EBEL who had lived in Kratzke colony. Once again, we beg your pardon for the inaccuracy in the published materials.—Igor Pleve”
2. page 83: LEBRECHT (GIRSCH) [?], August, age 52 in 1798. The Hirsch Ancestral Chart, commissioned by Richard Hirsch, confirms that this was August Lebrecht HIRSCH and not August Lebrecht. This is also confirmed by the Frick Ancestral Chart (Andreas Frick, married (2) Catharina Hirsch nee Grunewald, b. 1772, d. bef 1934.) The 1798 Frank Census also has August Lebrecht age 52, wife Katarina Grunewald age 26.

I would love to have someone volunteer to do an updated web page with all the information that we have for the village of Frank.