Links to Additional Black Sea German Research
If you have a website or data that focuses on Black Sea German villages, families, or research, and would like to be added to our list below, please email with the URL of your website or a copy of the information you would like us to add. We'd also appreciate it if you would link back to us.
Our site focuses on Black Sea German research. If you're one of our German-Russian cousins from the Volga, unfortunately, we don't have much to help you. But contact AHSGR or the Center for Volga studies and they might be able to help you out.
Quick links: Areas/Villages General Research Organizations Surnames
Bessarabia research by Armin Zimmermann
Beresan and Grossliebental villages by Valery Mock (also includes the Mock surname)
Borodino, Bessarabia by Judy Remmick-HubertGlückstal and Hoffnungstal Odessa Colonies by Harold Ehrman
Hannowka, Bessarabia by Axel Hindemith (German)
Hoffnungstal, Bessarabia by Harold Ehrman
Johannestal, Beresan district of Odessa by Ray Heinle
Klöstitz, Bessarabia by Ingrid Reule
Kutschurgan District Odessa region by Peter Goldade (includes families of Goldade, Jundt, Sander, Migler and Odessa repression records).
Neudorf, Odessa by Penny Raile (site includes Hoffnungstal too)
Rohrbach, Beresan District of Odessa by Jim Griess
Sangerowka, Bessarabia by Ralph Voss (German)
Scholtoi, Bessarabia by Olaf Hollinger (German version is more extensive than English version)
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General research:
Cyndi's List - includes a category index
Family/village data packets - information submitted by other Black Sea researchers
Finding Family from Ship's Passenger Lists
Odessa Digital Library - includes multiple categories and search
Organizations:
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
Germans from Russia Heritage Society
Glückstal Colonies Research Association
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Surnames:
Berger family by Brian Berger (Beresan District)
Bieber family of Gluckstal by Jeffrey Allen
Blumhagen/Blumhagel family by Cindy Clemens Dunning (Bessarabia/Dobrudscha)
Eisenbeiß genealogy by Clyde Eisenbeis (Glückstal)
Gauer family by Murray Gauer (Nesselrode)
Hatzenbuhler family
Merdian, Mock and Wagner Families by Freddy Mock
Merck Family by Ed Merck (Elsass, Kutschurgan area)
Ohlhauser/Wohl/Gross/Tschetter families by Gayla Ohlhauser Aspenleiter (Grossliebental District and Hutterite villages in Taurida)
Pfaff family by Judy Remmick-Hubert (Freudental District of Odessa)
Ricker family by Clyde Eisenbeis (Crimea)
Ries genealogy by Clyde Eisenbeis (Glückstal)
Weiss, Fetsch, Schafer, Tichy by Merv Weiss ( Selz, Kutschurgan and Crimea)
Sahli family by John Sahli (Kleinliebental Odessa District)
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