Village Coordinator Reports 2006
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VC Newsletter Editor Michael Frank
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Schilling, Samara, Volga
Schilling Web Site
See Alt-Schilling for combined report.
Schilling, Saratov, Volga
Schilling Web Site
See Alt-Schilling for combined report.
Schlangendorf, Swedish Colonies, Nikolaev and Kherson
See Alt-Schwedendorf for combined report.
Schönchen, Samara, Volga
Schoenchen Web Site
2006 Village Report for Schönchen
We have had few Schönchen inquiries this past year.
Denise attended the national convention in Lincoln. There were three
registrants who listed Schönchen as a village of interest. We hope to see
more of you at the 2007 convention in Hays. This is a perfect opportunity for
Schönchen researchers to gather. Schoenchen, Kansas, where many Schönchen
immigrants settled is only a few short miles down the road from Hays. Let's
have a good turnout for village night!
We hope to make some web site additions soon.
Denise Grau and Terri Dann
Co-Village Coordinators, Schönchen
Schöndorf, Samara, Volga
Schoendorf Web Site
See Pobochnoye for combined report.
Schönfeld, Samara, Volga
Schoenfeld Web Site
See Pobochnoye for combined report.
Schöntal, Samara, Volga
Schoental Web Site
See Pobochnoye for combined report.
Schuck, Saratov, Volga
2006 Village Report for Schuck
Greetings,
This year has been very gratifying for this coordinator. We now have the
1850 census for the village of Schuck, and several people are very interested
in the people therein. We have provided information to at least 20 people
about the former residents in the village. Even though our village is
relatively small, there seems to be a healthy interest in the village
surnames.
Lola Stattelman
Village Coordinator for Schuck, Russia
Schwab, Saratov, Volga
Schwab Web Site
2006 Village Report for Schwab
I have very little to report. It has been a quiet year. We have data on
order from Russia. Whenever we get it, we may have more activity. I have
had two queries.
Rolene Eichman Kiesling
Schwab Village Coordinator
Schwedengebiet
See Swedish Colonies.
Seewald, Saratov, Volga
See Rothammel for combined report.
Shcherbakovka, Saratov, Volga
Shcherbakovka
Web Site
2006 Village Report for Shcherbakovka
I received an average of about one e-mail contact per month pertaining to
the village of Shcherbakovka. Most were from people living in the U.S. but
there were also inquiries from Argentina and Germany.
The censuses for 1834, 1850 and 1857 are now available for Shcherbakovka. I
have set up a separate database starting with the data from all of the surname
charts that we have acquired from Shcherbakovka, adding each individual who is
on the 1798 as well as 1834, 1850 and 1857 censuses. It makes a nice
compilation with no descendents included.
I have volunteered to help with Doris Evans' part of the SOAR project that
consists of extracting all the names from ALL the surname charts and compiling
an index that will be searchable through SOAR. I completed 17 surname charts
this year.
Six months of this year have been spent reviewing and indexing the
genealogy material left to AHSGR by Glenn H. Mueller of Sylvan Grove, Kansas.
Glenn passed away unexpectedly in November of 2005. In his will, he left his
genealogy collection and a generous monetary contribution to AHSGR
Headquarters in Lincoln. He had an extensive collection including (in part):
16 three-inch 3-ring binders, 26 family histories, hundreds of pieces of
correspondence, lots of purchased documents, 14 maps, 16 cassettes of
interviews with Ger-Rus immigrants or first generation descendants of
immigrants; and many books. Rachel Smith (V.C. of Dreispitz) and I worked
together on this project of cataloging and indexing the collection. Samples of
the collection were displayed at the Kansas Round-Up of Chapters in Hays,
Kansas, October 21, 2006. The collection has now been delivered by Dennis
Zitterkopf (AHSGR Board liaison to the Village Coordinators) to Lincoln
headquarters and is available for viewing in its entirety. For more details
about this project, see the report for Dreispitz by Rachel Smith.
VILLAGE NIGHT - AUG. 17, 2006 - IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA - We were fortunate to
have a separate room for our group of the 9 "lower Volga villages".
The evening started with the introduction of each of the Village Coordinators
present and it was mentioned that we have three "orphaned" villages
out of the nine. Those are available for "adoption", but no one
stepped forth at this time to offer to fill the positions. We then went around
the room with each person introducing themselves and stating their ancestral
village and surnames that they are researching. There were several among the
group who are just getting started. The more experienced researchers had some
suggestions for them as to where and how to get started and the pros and cons
of different genealogy software.
Ed Hoak had many details and photos to share. We had lively discussions and
a good time of fellowship. There were several new people attending who had
never been to an AHSGR convention before.
Janet Laubhan Flickinger
Village Coordinator for Shcherbakovka
Solodyri, Volynsk, Volhynia U
2006 Village Report for Solodyri
I've done no active work on the village of Solodyri, but I'm always
available if anyone is interested or has a question about the village.
Richard Benert
Solodyri Village Coordinator
Stahl am Tarlyk, Samara, Volga
See Bangert for combined report.
Strassendorf, Samara, Volga
Strassendorf Web Site
See Pobochnoye for combined report.
Straub, Samara, Volga
2006 Village Report for Straub
I have had the following inquiries about the following Straub families this
year: Bopp, Roth, Rudolph and Schwabenland.
I purchased all of the obituaries of people born in Straub that the AHSGR
Central Washington Chapter had for sale. I also made copies of as many
obituaries of Straub villagers that I could find while I was in the research
room at the 2006 AHSGR convention held in Lincoln, Nebraska. I have also made
two trips to the AHSGR Central Chapter in Fresno, California to find as much
as I could on people born in Straub. (My husband helped me search for these
records so I was able to get twice as much done. His help is very much
appreciated.)
I am trying to buy a copy of the 1858 Straub census from the Engels
archive. I will know more on the progress in the spring of 2007. Several
people have generously offered to help me pay for the census record. I plan to
sell copies of the census to recover the cost, if all goes as planned. If any
extra money is made, I'll try to get another census. The 1834 census for sale
at the convention was for Neu-Straub, not Straub, but I bought it because the
Straub villagers founded Neu-Straub.
The Odessa 3/EWZ website has provided information on more Straub families
and I have tried to add further information on these families from census
records, ship lists, declarations of intent, etc.
I have received more photos of people born in Straub and more information
about their families. I include a lot of this information in my Straub
newsletters. I am charging $5 for two copies of the newsletter. I print two
newsletters a year now that I have more information.
I received photographs taken in Straub by two people who were there in
2005. All of the information, pictures, documents, and genealogical
information are appreciated.
Sharon White
Village Coordinator for Straub
Swedish Colonies, Nikolaev and Kherson
See Alt-Schwedendorf for combined report.
Tarutino, Akkerman, Bessarabia
See Kulm for combined report.
Unterdorf, Saratov, Volga
Unterdorf
Web Site
2006 Village Report for Unterdorf
I have just completed my first year as Village Coordinator for Unterdorf,
located in the lower Volga region. Most of my efforts during the past year
have related to development of a website, which can be found at the link
above.
Many thanks to several folks for lending a hand with the launch of the
site: Gayle Behm, former Unterdorf VC for her continuing support; Patrice
Miller for encouragement and suggestions; Teri Helzer for sharing information
pertaining to both Oberdorf and Unterdorf; and many others who offered ideas.
After nearly a year of learning by trial and error with this and other
websites, I plan to overhaul the site this winter - probably a project for a
January blizzard! I've also developed a website for Whitney, Nebraska, a
community that became home for many G-R immigrants. Included as part of www.whitneyreflections.org
are images of all tombstones in the cemetery. I'll be linking the Whitney and
Unterdorf sites.
As a very small village with barely any documents in the AHSGR village
file, few people are doing Unterdorf research. However, the following folks
stepped forward as researchers of families with a connection to Unterdorf.
Among them:
Richard Dermer - BECKING, EHRLICH, HENKEL, KELLER, LEI, SCHMEHR
Gayle Behm - BEHM / BOHM, STEINBRECHER
Betty Graves - GUNTHER / GINTER / GINTHER
Coni Calligaro - GUNTHER / GINTER / GINTHER
Heidi Langenbeck - LEI, STEINBRECHER, WEIDEMAN
Bob Weigand - WEIDEMAN
In addition to the 1857 census of Unterdorf, I've acquired a copy of Joann
McHale's history of "The Ancestors and Descendants of George Weideman and
Marie Elizabeth Web(b)er," which is also on file at AHSGR.
After nearly 40 years of on-again, off-again membership in AHSGR, I
attended my first annual convention in Lincoln and enjoyed it very much.
Village night - as expected - didn't provide much activity for Unterdorf, but
I view that as a challenge for next year.
I did take a few candid photos on Saturday evening of the conference. You
can take a look at them at www.photographs.galeymiller.org/genealogy.
Among goals for the coming year, I hope to acquire photos of Unterdorf.
With that in mind, I'm trying to locate Pauline Miller, who reportedly visited
Unterdorf some years back. To the best of my knowledge, she is not a relative
of mine, but I'd very much like to make contact with her regarding pictures
she may have taken on the trip. Any leads would be appreciated!
Larry Miller
Village Coordinator, Unterdorf
Vollmer, Saratov, Volga
Vollmer Web Site
2006 Village Report for Vollmer
This year proved to be very successful with the launch of the website. Many
new relationships have been established and new friends have been made.
I am receiving so much interest in the families who lived in Volmer. I
average approximately 20 requests for research assistance weekly. I am
grateful to all of the Volmer descendants who have so kindly offered helping
me help others, by allowing their email addresses to be used as a family name
contact. This would not be possible without the Family Pages that I created on
the website.
Projects:
1. I have started to convert all my Volmer family databases into one Master
Volmer database. I have purchased new software and it is not totally
compatible with the old software that I was using. I am hoping to have this
database complete by years end. This database will include every family that
has appeared on a Volmer Census document.
As of October 2006 the documents available for Volmer are: 1766 Original
Settlers List 1798 Volmer Census 1834 Volmer Census 1850 Volmer Census
2. I am currently trying to find more documents in Russia but I have been
having trouble contacting my previous contact in Russia for some time now. I
am interested in trying to find church records as well as the 1857 Volmer
Census and latter. I know the 1857 census is available, because it was used to compile a Gartner family tree for Florence Rizzolo, but I have not found
anyone who I can contact to purchase it. Any help here would be appreciated.
3. Next month I am hoping to have a list compiled of all of the "loose
ends". These are families that left Volmer for another village of unknown
origin.
4. I have also been taking an evening class to learn more Russian. I am
enjoying it greatly! I look forward to using this skill translating more
documents as well as communicating with our fellow researchers in Russia.
The challenges that the Volmer Village Researchers are facing at this time
are:
1. We need documents that are later than 1850. I am finding that most
families are missing birthdates for their ancestors between 1850 and 1880.
This means that more documents need to be found.
Thank you very much for all of the support that I have found among all of
the VC's.
Best regards,
Angela Gartner
Village Coordinator for Volmer
Walter, Saratov, Volga
Walter Web Site
2006 Village Report for Walter and Walter Khutor
We have not had much activity this year, but more and more people are
getting Plehve charts so we are gradually making connections back to Germany.
Our web site is active and we have recently received new photos from Walter
that include the interior of the original church with some wall paintings,
bible verses and a few meters of the wooden benches of the sitting area of the
2nd floor. We also have a picture of the original round wooden staircase. Mr.
Moor of Frank advised that the chief architects were two Germans from Volhynia
who came to Walter to help build the church. It is very sturdy and even
through the roof is partially missing, it is still intact after 70 years of
neglect. There is also a picture of a red brick Volga German building that we
had not seen before. We're hoping to get verification from Christian Hill of
Germany who might recognize it. We suspect that it may be the reserve granary
used by widows and family members without farmers to provide for them. There
are also pictures of the village from a different angle than we have seen
before and which show the nearby hills and trees. The pictures are excellent
and were taken by Tanja Schell whose family was from Frank, Walter and Kolb.
Her letter is posted on the web site and tells about her recent visit to
Walter.
Mary Mills continues to add to the Walter database which now has over
30,000 entries and she answers questions. I am still working on finding German
origins - many of which are now posted on the German Origins list of AHSGR. We
have been fortunate that many have been identified, especially a few with the
help of Doris Evans, Village Coordinator of Frank, since we have people who
started in Walter and went to Frank. She has been able to obtain records in
some German communities which had many Walterites, for which the LDS Church
was not able to film.
This has been a bad year for me to do research as my father was very ill
for nearly a year and passed away on Feb 17 at the age of 99. Once his estate
is settled, I hope to get back to research again.
Jean A. Roth
Villages of Walter and Walter Khutor
Walter Khutor, Saratov, Volga
See Walter for combined report.
Warenburg, Samara, Volga
Warenburg Web Site
2006 Village Report for Warenburg
I have had inquiries about the following Warenburg families this year:
Boos, Constanz (3 different inquiries), Funkner (2), Gerhardt, Kaiser, Kramer,
Lehman, Lorenz (2), Reitz, Schutz, Schiffman (2), Stiers, Schuman, Trippel,
Valentin, Vorrath.
I have purchased all of the obituaries of people born in Warenburg that the
AHSGR Central Washington Chapter had for sale. I also made copies of as many
obituaries of Warenburgers that I could find while I was in the research room
at the AHSGR convention in Lincoln, Nebraska. I also copied as much as I could
find in family genealogy books and other sources while I was there. I have
made two trips to the Central California AHSGR Chapter in Fresno, California
to do research. With my husband's help, I was able to find twice as much.
Ron Brott, Co-Warenburg VC, and I are going together to buy the 1858
Warenburg census from the Engels archive. The archive is currently closed and
we will not know anything else on the progress until the spring of 2007. I
have also had two other offers of financial help to buy this important record.
I plan to sell copies to recover the expense of acquiring and printing the
census, if all goes as planned.
The Odessa 3/EWZ website has provided information on more Warenburg
families. I have tried to add to the information by following up on these
families by finding ship records, census records, declarations of intent, etc.
I have received more photographs of Warenburg taken by two people who were
there in 2005. All of the information, pictures, documents, and genealogical
information that I have received are appreciated.
My Warenburg newsletter is continuing. I charge $5 for one year, which
consists of two copies. It was hard to get started but I now have enough
information for two issues a year.
Sharon White
AHSGR Warenburg Village Coordinator
Wittman (Soloturn), Samara, Volga
Wittman Web Site
2006 Village Report for Wittmann
I have not received much information or requests for the colony of Wittmann
except for the 1879 and 1881 marriages from Wittmann. I am also trying to get
the Haas chart prepared for a local family.
Kevin Rupp
Yagodnaya Polyana, Saratov, Volga
Yagodnaya Polyana Web Site
2006 Village Report for Yagodnaya Polyana
2006 was a year of new discoveries for Yagodnaya, and of an amazing trip to
Kazakhstan for one of the Village Coordinators.
Alexander Nebert, who was born and raised in Yagodnaya Polyana,
reconstructed a map of the village houses (complete with names) and landmarks,
at the time of the deportation. Frau Alwina Meiber worked with Elizabeth Meyer
and translated the names and got the map for us, after Alexander had passed on
in Germany. This map and legend was published in the spring edition of Usu
Leut. This issue also included a lengthy article on Elizabeth's trip to
Kazakhstan, including many of the villages that our people had been deported
to during Stalin's deplorable reign. These towns included Pavlodar, Beregevoi,
Peschanoye, Tellman, and Kashyr. They visited homes of Yagodnaya Polyana
deportees and found familiar village names as they walked through gravesites.
It was the trip of a lifetime for Elizabeth and we appreciate her attention to
detail for documenting the journey and for sharing with us!
Village Night in OKC was well attended. The coordinators weren't able to
get to Lincoln for the convention, but Ruth DeLucca filled in for us. At least
one coordinator will be in Hays for the 2007 convention.
We continue to get queries, which we respond to as quickly and completely
as possible. We print queries in the newsletter twice a year, and also include
many obituaries as we receive them. Our next issue will include names and
death dates from the Krasnoturinsk Prison Camp Memorial Death Book that are
common to Yagodnaya Polyana, or that are known to be from the village.
Village Coordinators for Yagodnaya Polyana
Kris Ball
Patrice Miller
Elizabeth Meyer
Zug (Gattung), Samara, Volga
Zug Web Site
2006 Village Report for Zug
I have received the 1857 census records from Zug in December 2005 and the
marriage records for the year 1875.
Kevin Rupp
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