Black Sea German Research - Area/Town/Village Specific
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* Indicates added/updated on 1 Dec 2023
* Bessarabia:
* Annenfeld, So. Caucasus 1818 & 1937 by Elli Wise and Gayla Aspenleiter
* Bolshevik Destruction of Gnadenburg in the Caucasus translated by Allen Konrad
* Elisabeththal, Georgia and Its Residents translated by Allen Konrad
* Eisabeththal, Georgia Church Building translated by Allen Konrad
* Georgsfeld, Caucasus Residents in 1914 translated by BSGR
* Index of German Russians in North Caucasus translated by Elli Wise
* Jekaterinodar Parish translated by Allen Konrad
* Katharinenfeld Colony Memories translated by Allen Konrad
* Katharinenfeld Family Registers by Elli Wise and Allen Konrad
* Katharinenfeld Inhabitants 1826 translated by Elli Wise
* Katharinenfeld Names translated by Elli Wise
* Marienfeld, North Caucasus Inhabitants 1906-1918 translated by Elli Wise
* Military Parish Pyatigorsk, Kuban, North Caucasus 1846-1897 translated by Eugen Beck
* Neudorf School Dedication translated by Allen Konrad
* Power of Attorney Index - Georgia 1820-1825 translated by Allen Konrad
* Repressed Citizens of Michaelsfeld, Krasnodar, North Caucaus translated by Gayla Aspenleiter
* South Caucasus (History of Germans In) (use Chrome for website translation)
* South Caucasus (Association of Germans in Georgia) (use Chrome for website translation)
* Alexandrowka Parish baptisms, marriages, deaths (1908-1915/16) submitted by Merv Weiss
* Altmontal, Taurien Residents by Elli Wise and Gayla Aspenleiter
* Altmontal Family List 1804 translated by Elli Wise
* Altmontal Family List 1850/1868 translated by Elli Wise
* Andreburg Inhabitants 1918 translated by Elli Wise
* Armenian Catholic Parish records translated by Merv Weiss
* Berdjansk Colonies Births and Deaths in 1822 by Elli Wise and Allen Konrad
* Berdjansk Listing of Germans translated by Elli Wise
* Berdjansk - Germans Living In by Elli Wise and Allen Konrad
* Berdjansk Lutheran Parish records
* Blumental, Molotschna (The Founding Of) submitted by Merv Weiss
* Brief History of Andreas Demmler translated by Allen Konrad
* Crimean Villages Maps submitted by Merv Weiss
* Czech towns and their German names translated by June Rixen
* Emigration of John Ries' Forefathers from Germany to Rosenthal, Crimea translated by Dr. Elvire Necker-Eberhardt
* Eugenfeld Luthern Parish Records
* Finding Roots in Crimea by Merv Weiss
* Friedrichsfeld, Taurida Family List 1809-1918 translated by Elli Wise
* Germans from Crimea in Labor Camps of Swerdlowsk District by Hilda Riss and translated and footnotes by Merv Weiss (abbreviated version)
* Germans from Crimea in Labor Camps of Swerdlowsk District by Hilda Riss and translated and footnotes by Merv Weiss (full report)
* Grünfeld, Crimea by Ilse Bauman nee Lohrer
* Gruental, Taurida 1918 Inhabitants translated by Elli Wise
* German Settlements in the Chortiza District translated by Allen Konrad
* Heidelberg Baptisms 1839 translated by Marina Vollmer & Merv Weiss
* Heidelberg Deaths 1839 translated by Marina Vollmer & Merv Weiss
* Heidelberg Catholic Parish Marriages 1841-1845 translated by Marina Vollmer & Merv Weiss (updated 22 Apr 2022)
* Heidelberg Marriage 1839, 1840 translated by Merv Weiss
* Heidelberg Parish PFEIFER Marriages 1841-1850 translated by Merv Weiss
* Hochstädt Lutheran Parish Records
* Hochstaedt, Taurida Inhabitants translated by Elli Wise
* Hoffental, Taurida 1914 Family List translated by Elli Wise
* Hoffnungsfeld, Taurida 1939 Family List translated by Elli Wise
* Kaisertal - Taurida Lutheran Community 1832-1913 translated by Allen Konrad
* Kaisertal Settlers in 1838 by Elli Wise and Allen Konrad
* Karamin Catholic Parish baptisms, marriages and deaths 1910-1915 translated by Marina Vollmer & Merv Weiss
* Karlsruh, Taurida Inhabitants 1918 translated by Elli Wise
* Karasubazar Armenian Catholic Parish Marriages 1884-1919 translated by Merv Weiss
* Kronsfeld Inhabitants 1939 translated by Elli Wise
* Marienfeld Inhabitants translated by Elli Wise
* Mennonite Settlements in the Melitopol and Mariupol Districts translated by Allen Konrad
* Molla-Eli Inhabitanta 1939 translated by Elli Wise
* Molotschna German Colony Inventory 1811 translated by Allen Konrad
* Molotschna Lutheran Parish records
* Murder of Pastor Paul Christian Baumann translated by Allen Konrad
* Neusatz Lutheran Parish records
* Nikolajfeld Inhabitants 1939 translated by Elli Wise
* Prischib Colonies 1806 census translated by Merv Weiss (updated 8 Apr 2022)
* Reichenfeld Inhabitants 1940 translated by Elli Wise
* Rosenberg Inhabitants 1941 translated by Elli Wise
* Rosengart Inhabitants 1840 translated by Elli Wise
* Rosental Roman Catholic Parish Family List 1852 compiled by Merv Weiss/Matt Klee
* Rosental Inhabitants translated by Elli Wise
* Schönfeld Inhabitants translated by Elli Wise
* Schönfeld Inhabitants 1939 translated by Elli Wise
* Seventh-Day Adventist Church Baptism Records 1914-1920 translated by Merv Weiss
* Tiefenbrunn Settlers 1918 translated by Elli Wise
* Tiegerweide Inhabitants 1918 translated by Elli Wise
* Toj-Tebe Inhabitants translated by Elli Wise
* Zürichtal Lutheran Parish records
* Alphabetical List of Villages in Dobrudscha - 1937 translated by Allen Konrad
* Chronicle of the Village of Caratai, Dobrudscha translated by Allen Konrad
* Church Communities in Dobrudscha in 1936 translated by Allen Konrad
* Cogealia 1916 Household Property Inventory extracted by BSGR
* Dobrudscha Family Data 1940/1941 translated by Elli Wise
* Dobrudscha Songs and Verses translated by Allen Konrad
* Dobrudscha Villages translated by Allen Konrad
* German Settlements in Dobrudscha translated by Allen Konrad
* German Villages in Dobrudscha by Church Parishes in 1928 translated by Allen Konrad
* Germans in Dobrudscha Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13 Part 14, Part 15, Part 16 , and Part 17 translated by Allen Konrad
* Hahn Family Data 1940-1941 translated by Elli Wise
* Brief history of Jakobsonstahl submitted by Dr. Elvire Necker-Eberhardt
* History of Tschukurowa (Ciucorova) Community, Dobrudscha translated by Allen Konrad
* History of Tariverdi, Dobrudscha tranlated by Allen Konrad
* Immigrants to Dobrudscha from Bessarabia and Kherson extracted by BSGR
* Jakobsonstahl names in 1843 submitted by Dr. Elvire Necker-Eberhardt
* Jakobsonstahl confirmands in 1859, 1866, 1874, 1875 submitted by Dr. Elvire Necker-Eberhardt
* Jakobsonstahl births 1843-1879 submitted by Dr. Elvire Necker-Eberhardt
* Jakobsonstahl marriages 1868-1879 submitted by Dr. Elvire Necker-Eberhardt
* Jakobsonstahl marriages (LDS Galatz film) 1856-1913 submitted by Dr. Elvire Necker-Eberhardt
* Jakobsonstahl deaths 1868-1880 submitted by Dr. Elvire Necker-Eberhardt
* Kirschwald Citizens 1840 translated by Elli Wise
* List of German Settlements in Dobrudscha in 1928 and 1934 translated by Allen Konrad
* Market Days in Bessarabia and Dobrudscha translated by Allen Konrad
* Sarighiol Inhabitants 1890 translated by Elli Wise
* Sofular, Dobrudscha History translated by Allen Konrad
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Sofular 1916 Household
Property Inventory
extracted by BSGR
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Tariverdi births
1931-1940 translated
by BSGR
* Tariverdi deaths 1931-1940 translated by BSGR
* Tariverde 1916 Household Property Inventory extracted by BSGR
Jekaterinoslaw (aka Ekaterinoslav and Dnjepropetrowsk):
* Barnowka Family List 1914 translated by Elli Wise
* Burtschak & Michailowka Inhabitants translated by Elli Wise
* German Settlements in the Dnjepropetrowsk General Region translated by Allen Konrad
* Germans Living in Rayon Pokrowskoye, Jekaterinslaw by Elli Wise and Allen Konrad
* GrossWerder 1850 Census submitted by Morris Knorr
* GrossWerder 1858 Census submitted by Morris Knorr
* Grunau Parish Lutheran Church Records
* Grunau 1833 deaths translated by BSGR
* Grunau 1833 marriages translated by BSGR
* Grunau/Planar Death Records 1865-1880 submitted by Merv Weiss
* Jamburg RC Parish Baptisms 1807-1840 submitted by Merv Weiss
* Jamburg RC Parish Deaths 1807-1840 submitted by Merv Weiss
* Jamburg RC Parish Marriages 1807-1840 submitted by Merv Weiss
* Josefstal Parish Lutheran Church Records* Kaiserdorf 1925-1926 Family List submitted by Eugen Beck (updated 8 Dec 2022)
* Kaiserdorf 1939 List of Householders submitted by Eugen Beck (updated 8 Dec 2022)
* Kamianske Death Index 1914-920 submitted by Oksana
* KleinWerder 1835 Census submitted by Morris Knorr
* Ludwigstal Parish Lutheran Church Records
* Marriages in Various Villages of Rayon Chortitza by Elli Wise and Allen Konrad
* Mennonites Emigrating from Prussia to Chortitza in 1818 by Elli Wise and Allen Konrad
* Mennonites in Jekaterinoslaw by Elli Wise and Allen Konrad
* Planar Colonies List of Catholic Parishioners 1852 submitted by Merv Weiss
* Repressed citizens of Alexanderheim, Dnjepropetrowsk 1937 - translated by Gayla Aspenleiter
* Taganrog Parish Lutheran Church Records
* Alt-Schwedendorf Lutheran Parish church records
* Alt-Schwedendorf Parish 1899-1907 by Brian Schatz
* Alexanderhilf Family List translated by Elli Wise
* Alexanderhilf house exchange between Wohl and Jose submitted by Gayla Aspenleiter
* Biographical Report on Pastor Johannes Alber translated by Allen Konrad
* Blumenfeld, Odessa 1900 Index of Catholic births (English) (German) submitted by Eugen Beck
* Blumenfeld, Odessa 50th Anniversary 1912 submittd by Genie Stansbury
* Blumenfeld, Odessa Report (written in German) submitted by Bernhard Lipp
* Blumenfeld, Odessa village history and plat map (written in German) submitted by Bernhard Lipp
* Bread People of Freudental, Odessa, South Russia translated by Dr. Ralph Wiseman
* Danzig Villagers arriving in Alt-Schwedendorf in 1787 submitted by Jörgen Hedman
* Elisabethgrad Lutheran parish church records
* Experience in a Lutheran Parsonage translated by Allen Konrad
* First Settlers and Farm Owners in Kleinliebental submitted by Pius Waldman
* Fond 252-2-158 Microfilm Index translated by Allen Konrad
* Fond 252-1-159 Microfilm Index translated by Allen Konrad
* Fond 252-1-171 Microfilm Index translated by Allen Konrad
* Fond 252-1-256a Microfilm Index translated by Allen Konrad
* Fond 252-1-277 Microfilm Index translated by Allen Konrad
* Fond 252-1-303 Microfilm Index translated by Allen Konrad
* Fond 252-1-311 Microfilm Index translated by AllenKonrad
* Fond 252-1-395 Microfilm Index translated by Allen Konrad
* Fond 252-1-500 Microfilm Index translated by Allen Konrad
* Fond 252-1-525 Microfilm Index translated by Allen Konrad
* Fond 252-1-527 Microfilm Index transalted by Allen Konrad
* Fond 252-1-528 Microfilm Index translated by Allen Konrad
* Fond 484-1-2351 Index of 1903 Beresan births, deaths and marriages translated by BSGR
* Franzfeld 1821 File 252-1-277 by Valery Mock
* Franzfeld 1837-1848 metric extracts by Valery Mock
* Franzfeld 1863- 1902 metric extracts by Valery Mock
* Franzfeld Repressions by Valery Mock
* Freudental Odessa Family List 1911 translated by Elli Wise
* Friedenstal, Odessa Repressed submitted by Gayla Aspenleiter
* German Settlements in the Kherson Province in 1916 translated by Allen Konrad
* Glückstal deaths 1914-1921 translated by Elli Wise
* Grossliebental 1816 Partial Census (DAI 600) translated by Elli Wise
* Grossliebental District 1874 Draftee's List translated by Will Enus
* Grossliebental Family List (DAI 635) translated by Elli Wise
* Grossliebental 1920? Family list translated by Elli Wise/Gayla Aspenleiter
* Grossliebental 1939 Family list translated by Elli Wise/Gayla Aspenleiter
* Grossliebental Deaths - Aug/Sep 1919 Insurrection translated by Allen Konrad
* Grossliebental Parish births 1902-1907 Fond 484-1-2349 (includes Neuburg, Alexanderhilf & Grossliebental) translated by BSGR
* Grossliebental Parish deaths 1902-1906 Fond 484-1-2349 (includes Neuburg, Alexanderhilf & Grossliebental) translated by BSGR
* Grossliebental Parish marriages 1902-1907 Fond 484-1-2349 (includes Neuburg, Alexanderhilf & Grossliebental) translated by BSGR
* History of Gluecksthal translated by Clyde Eisenbeis
* Hoffnungstal Colony - An Historical Overview translated by Allen Konrad
* Hoffnungstal, Odessa Founding Families from the Horst Gutsche Collection
* Jeremejewka Inhabitants before 1914 translated by Elli Wise
* Kandel Head of Household 1944 submitted by Pius Waldman
* Karlovka, the Rediscovery of by Ron French
* Katharinental 1914-1941 excerpts translated by Gayla Aspenleiter
* Kherson Archival material on Germans in Russia translated by Allen Konrad
* Kherson Lutheran parish records
* Kherson/Odessa Movement of Colonists in 1840s translated by Olga Mudrak and David Kilwien
* Kleinliebental First Settlers and Farm Owners translated by Elli Wise
* Kleinliebental 1839-1858 Marriages by Valery Mock
* Kleinliebental 1874 Family List by Valery Mock
* Kleinliebental 1906 Family List by Valery Mock
* Kleinliebental 1914-1916 Mobilization List by Valery Mock
* Kleinliebental 1915 List of Villagers by Valery Mock
* Kleinliebental Head-of-Household List 1939-1944 submitted by Pius Waldman
* Klosterdorf, Kherson Roman Catholic Baptisms - 1820-1920 submitted by Merv Weiss
* Klosterdorf, Kherson Roman Catholic Deaths - 1820-1920 submitted by Merv Weiss
* Klosterdorf, Kherson Roman Catholic Marriages - 1820-1920 submitted by Merv Weiss
* Kronau Lutheran parish records
* Letter from Kleinliebenthal - 1807 translated by Allen Konrad
* Lichtenfeld Inhabitants translated by Elli Wise
* Lustdorf Inhabitants 1887 translated by Elli Wise
* Mariental First Settlers 1804 translated by Elli Wise
* Mariental 1944 platmap index submitted by Pius Waldman
* Mrs. Rike Flemmer of Glückstal translated by Allen Konrad
* Mühlhausendorf Inhabitants 1918 translated by Elli Wise
* Naming of Neu Freudental translated by Dr. Ralph Wiseman
* Neu Beresina Inhabitants 1939 translated by Elli Wise
* Neu Danzig Lutheran parish records
* Neuburg Odessa Inhabitants June 1939 translated by Elli Wise
* Nikolajew Lutheran parish records
* Nikolajtal Inhabitants 1916 translated by Elli Wise
* Nowo Sawitzkoje Inhabitants translated by Elli Wise
* Odessa City 1914 Business Directory translated by Elli Wise
* Odessa 1920-1922 Execution Lists by Valery Mock
* Pastor M.F. Schrenk in Glückstal - 1880 translated by Allen Konrad
* Peterstal Victims 1937-1938 submitted by Gayla Aspenleiter
* Rohrbach 1892 census and overview of census by Dale Wahl Collection
* Rosa, Our Four-legged Friend and Alexeanderhilf, Fifty Years Later by Eduard Mack and translated by Ted Weisenburger
* Sexton Teacher Weiss and District Secretary Holzwarth translated by Allen Konrad
* Schlangendorf Inhabitants translated by Elli Wise
* Silowka Chutor Odessa Inhabitants 1922
* St. Petersburg Church Records
* Story of Majaki by Merv Weiss
* Strassburg, Odessa People Killed between 1918-1933 translated by Elli Wise
* Transfer of homes between WOHL and ROTH in Alexanderhilf submitted by Gayla Aspenleiter
* Two Crosses in Selz, In Rememberance of the Year 1919 by Merv Weiss
* Wilhelmstal Residents 1910-1911 provided by Sveta Kostenko (in Cyrillic) and English version translated by Will Enus
* Worms 1892 census and overview of census by Dale Wahl Collection
Outside of Black Sea area:
* Belowesch Colonies - Suggested Sources for German Origin Resources by Maggie Heim* Belowesch Colonies Land Distribution translated by Allen Konrad
* Belowesch Coloniest from Oranienbaum translated by Gayla Aspenleiter
* Book of Sorrow 2002 Germans translated by BSGR
* Chernigov Konotop District Belowesh Parish marriages 1840-1859 translated by BSGR
* Chernigov Konotop District Belowish Parish marriages 1860-1869 translated by BSGR
* Civilian Prisoners in Sselo Petrowkoje translated by Allen Konrad* Eigenfeld (Kronau) Directory of Ethnic Germans in Army
* Eigenfeld (Kronau) Family Directory
* Ethnic German Settlement at Nestelejewka translated by Allen Konrad
* Friedrich the Great as Founder of German Colonies in the Newly Acquired Territories in 1772 (2nd edition) translated by Allen Konrad
* German Settlements in the Korosten District translated by Allen Konrad
* German Settlements in the Kriwoj-Rog District translated by Allen Konrad
* German Settlements in the Kronau-Orloff District translated by Allen Konrad
* Germans Living in the Rayon Chorol, Don Kossock Region by Elli Wise and Allen Konrad
* Ignatjewka Inhabitants 1926 translated by Elli Wise
* Inhabitants of Pulin Rayon translated by Allen Konrad
* Life in the German Villages around Shitomir translated by Allen Konrad
* Ostheim Don Region Inhabitiants translated by Elli Wise
* South Prussia Land Records compiled by R. Reuben Drefs
* Suwalki, Prussia birth records 1793-1826 translated by BSGR
* Suwalki Prussia death records 1793-1826 translated by BSGR
* Suwalki, Prussia marriage records 1793-1826 translated by BSGR
* The Origin of Early Kamenta Settlers 1823-1825 by Chris Kullman and Mandyrose Bruno
* Burial Permits - LaMoure County, ND 1925-2007
* Fox Valley Pioneers (Canada) compiled by Merv Weiss
* History of Fredonia ND Diamond Jubilee 1904-1979
* History of Kulm ND 1892-1957
* History of Kulm ND Diamond Jubilee Supplement 1967
* Marriage Records - LaMoure County, ND 1883-1926 (alphabetized by groom) (alphabetized by bride)
* St. Joseph's Colony, Saskatchewan, Canada by Kenneth Vollman
* Temvik Cemetery Listing, Temvik, North Dakota compiled by Ralph Wiseman
Links to personal websites that are area specific:
Borodino, Bessarabia by Judy Remmick-HubertHannowka, Bessarabia by Axel Hindemith (German)
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)
Scholtoi, Bessarabia by Olaf Hollinger (German version is more extensive than English version)
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