Balzer Village Group Newsletter v. 4, # 4, 1999

Balzer Village Group Newsletter v. 6, #1, 2001

Balzer Village Group Newsletter v. 6, #3, Autumn 2001

Map of village, from Heimatbuch 1967-68

Balzer church records, sporadic pages listing births, marriages and deaths

Hoffmann ancestral chart submitted by Helen Bach

Extracts from 1798 census for Galka and Stephan parishes documenting
individuals who moved between villages. See Galka or Stephan for entire file.

Parochial Scheins for three families

Photographs of Balzer inhabitants, submitted by Wayne Bonner

Historical Review of the Balzerer; Lincoln, Nebraska; August 28, 1938. Submitted by Wayne Bonner.

Hand-drawn map of village, text in Russian. Submitted by Wayne Bonner.

Balzer 1857 Census Abstract, 27 November 1857. Submitted by Wayne Bonner

Correspondence from Paul Bender regarding Balzer Reunion in Sutton, NE, 1938 and Jacob Bender’s Memoirs, submitted by Paul Bender

Newsletter Vol 8 #1 2004

List of villages near Black Sea where Hungarian emigrant families settled

List of surnames in St. Petersburg Lutheran Church records and in The Emigration from Germany to Russia that have Hungarian, Austrian or Galician connections

Information on obtaining Donauschwäbisches Ortsnamenbuch by Isabelia Regeny and Anton Scherer. Also, address of Bundesamt für Eich und Vermessungswesen to obtain maps.

List of villages in Canton Kukkus with suggested reading list and map of region

Photo of Pastor Thompson, who served in Bangert, ca. 1873. Submitted by Darrell Kautz.

Description of which families lived in the village and on which streets

1992, 1994 and 1995 report by Irma Eichhorn on present state of village

Description and history of Bauer, by Friedrich Schmidt

Information on nicknames in Bauer, by Friedrich Schmidt

List of surnames in Bauer, by Marie Mai Mannweiler and Lidia Mai Schlundt

Newspaper articles from Zeitung der Russlanddeutschen and Neues Leben

Extracts from 1798 census for Galka and Stephan parishes documenting individuals who moved between villages. See Galka or Stephan for entire file.

1999 VC Report

1775 List of colonists able to farm, from Fond 283, file 172

Entries from Lancaster County, Nebraska, Declarations of Intention for Dreiths from Beideck

Canadian Border Entries 1895-1924 for Dreiths from Beideck

Passenger Ship Entries from Philadelphia Index , 1883-1948 for Dreiths from Beideck

Passenger Ship Entries from Baltimore Index, 1897-1952 for Dreiths and others from Beideck

Passenger Ship Entries from New York Index, 1887-1892 for Beideck

Index for 1775 and 1798 Beideck census, by John Lauck

2 Hand drawn maps of village

Revision (tax census) list, 25 July 1850, from Saratov State Archive, record group 28, inventory 1,

file 1570, p. 122-306

Letters to Marie Worster from former village inhabitants

Revision (tax census) list, 15 November 1857, from Saratov State Archive, record group 28, inventory 1, file 2185, p. 945-1099

Index to Galveston Passenger Ship List Microfilms and extracts from Galveston Ship lists for emigrants from Beideck in years 1899-1906 and 1906-1913 donated by Kenneth E. Schwindt

Description and history of Beideck, by Jacob Reifschneider, 1941

Index of the heads of households as listed in 1798 census of Beideck

Information on obtaining information from Beideck Research Group

The Beideck Descendants Newsletter, Vol. 3 No. 1

Article from Die Welt Post, 1948 with information on the founding of Beideck, by Hannes Lauck

Translation of Propstei der Wolga-Bergseite, or Provost District of the Mountain-side of the Volga, history of Beideck

Partial Church record copies and translations for Beideck Congregation, Baptisms for 1854 and 1855 and Marriages for 1787

Extracts from 1798 census for Galka and Stephan parishes documenting
individuals who moved between villages. See Galka or Stephan for entire file.

Correspondence pertaining to village

Notes of the Talovka/Beidek Russia VC regarding the 1775 Census—submitted by Elizabeth S Sinner Barker

Notes of the Talovka/Beideck Russia VC regarding the list of foreigners departing the Colony for various places and other colonies, and those maidens and widows marrying, November 11, 1798

1850 and 1857 copies of Census of Beideck. Not complete. Donated by Robert Roh.

Letter from Marika Eitel on Grandfather from Beideck received 2000.

Pedigree Chart of Jean Marie Wertz. 1 pg . Donated by Clara Wertz family.

Map of Beideck with description of where villagers lived. 12 pgs. Donated by Clara Wertz family.

Death certificates for: Reh Family 6 pgs.

Elizabeth Yakel Beltz
Madge Yakel Astley
John Reh
Mary Yakel Stengel
Marie Reh Spomer
Katherine Reifschneider

Dreith Family letter. 2 pgs.

Description of settlement and others in Molochna District with suggested reading list

Birth, death and marriage records from 1833-1876 for Rabe-Schmidt and related families from Belovezh and Crimea

List of original settlers, additional families in 1834 and 1846-1860 census

List of LDS microfilms of the following Beresina records:

Births and Baptisms, 1817-1904

Deaths, 1817-1912

Census and Family Books, 1834, 1846-1860

Marriages

Bibliography of sources to research information on Beresina

List of surnames from Beresina being researched with names and addresses of researchers

Story of Herbert and Margaret Loeffelbein from the Sacramento Valley Chapter Newsletter of AHSGR.

Information on Speier Village Project

Description of Speier and Landau in 1991

List of Berezan Colonies with information on founding dates and populations with German origins

"Present-day names of former German colonies in Bessarabia," by Karl Stumpp, as published in AHSGR Journal, vol. 1 #1.

1997 Bookstore order forms from the Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien.

Geographic names for Soviet Ukraine and Moldavia (source unknown),

1848 German Colony Histories in Kherson and Bessarabia, complied by Dale L. Wahl.

Index to names of colonies appearing in the Heimatkalendar der Bessarabien deutschen from 1949-1990,complied by Michael M. Miller.

List of 25 original Bessarabien Colonies with map and suggested reading list, compiled by Arthur Flegel and Carol Harless, July 1990.

Information on Bessarabien Head of Household Index, with sample. Microfiche of this index available at AHSGR.

Map of Bessarabia with Index of Towns and Rivers in Bessarabiaand Kherson as indicated on the 1921 Map compiled by Karl Stumpp, compiled by Herb Poppke.

Bessarabian books at Hanover;

"The Stopover of our Emigrating Ancestors in Poland," by Emil Seitz, published in Heimat:  Stimme des Vereins zur Forderubng des Schrifttums der Deutschen aus Bessarabien, vol.26, no. 1, 1981; translated by Martha Riggle.

List of Bessarabian Church records on Microfilm, with list of Columnar Headings.

Extractions from Bessarabian Church Records.

GROSS-FONTAL, NESSELRODE, SEEBACH

Birth, death and marriage records 1873-1875

Settlement list

List of villages in Canton Katharinenstadt with suggested reading list and map of region

Brief history of Borodino map included

Index of Borodino booklets

Description and history of village

1997 Report from Village Coordinator, Judy Remmick-Hubert

"Bessarabian Index Folks-Villages"

List of villages in Canton Kukkus with suggested reading list and map of region

1995, 1996, 1997 Reports from Village Coordinator, Victor Knell

Information on Brienne and Friedensfeld Research Coordinators’ projects

Report on Brunnental by former resident of village

Article on Brunnental (translated into English), Die Welt Post, February 22, 1940

Map of village, from Heimatbuch 1967/68

"A Mournful Song on Brunnental", The World News, February 8, 1925

Hand drawn map of village, by Jakob Mohrland

Information on Alzheimer's Disease among Volga Germans

Photographs of church and school in Brunnental

Article on Hergert/Giesick families and their Volga origins, with map of Brunnental and list of inhabitants. surnames

Correspondence pertaining to village

List of individuals indicated on map of village (AHSGR Map #56 &57)

Folder with materials submitted by Sherrie Stahl, contains the following:

My Trip to Germany, by Arlene (Lebsack) Rolfs

Die Welt Post Articles pertaining to Brunnental

The History of Brunnental 1918-1941, by Jakob Mohrland, translations by Marie (Trupp) Krieger and Donald Herzog

Visiting Brunnental, by Ken Hartung

A Mournful Song on Brunnental, translation by Marie (Trupp) Krieger

List of names in Brunnental Data Bank

Heimatklänge (poem), translation by Ruth (Müller) Bergann

Records from Samara Archives, Extracted in June 1997 by Vlad Soshnikov of RAGAS for Brunnental;

"Brunnental Scholars 1935-1936" by Maria Maus, photo of students from the Brunnental Middle School;

"Pastors in Frank & Brunnental" as published in the Brunnental Village Newsletter, May 1998;

"Brunnentalers in Germany" updated 9 October 1998, a list of Aussiedler and Spätaussiedler;

"The History & Economic Importance of Brunnental" by Friedrich Matthäi as published in the Brunnental Village Newsletter, May 1998;

"Life In Siberia After 1931" by Berta (Weber) Frühsorger, as published in the Brunnental Village Newsletter, May 1998;

"Die Welt Post Articles" by Elias Hergert, as published in the Brunnental Village Newsletter, May and November 1998;

Naturalization Records for Multnomah County, Oregon: those coming from the village of Brunnental, Samara, Volga, Russia;

Brunnental Settlement Records, compiled by Vlad Soshnikov of RAGAS;

Passenger Lists for Village of Brunnental;

Die Welt Post Articles

Correspondence with Marie Bandey regarding audio tapes she created through interviews with Mrs. Marie Becker from Brunnental, and audio tapes compiled by Regina Seligh interviewing her mother, Marie Bandey’s aunt. Audio tapes forwarded to library collections.

Peterson visit to Neu-Hassenbach and Brunnental, 1995

Beck Family History submitted by Sherrie Stahl

World War I Draft Registrations for those from Brunnental, compiled by Sherrie Stahl

Escape From Russia from the Mc Cook Daily Gazette, May 28, 1998

Extractions of the 1857 census

Information on families in village to Sherri Stahl

This village has a Newsletter.  Please ask Librarian for assistance in seeing copies.  Winter 1995 - Fall/1996 Known as the Frank/Brunnental Newsletter.  1997/1998 Brunnental Newsletter.

From the Dr. Paul Reitzer Collection, paper on the conference held in 1871 in the village.  5 pgs from the Dr. Paul Reitzer Collection.

2009 Village Coordinators Report.

Map showing German settlements in Bukovina

Various maps of Germany and Bukovina

"The Lutheran Swabians in Bukovina" by Irmgard Hein Ellingson

Map of Bukovina, 1939, with Romanian place names

Map of Deutsch-Tereblesite, Bukovina 1940

Map of Storozynetz, Bukovina

Map of Fürstental, Bukovina 1940

Map of Bori, Bukovina 1940

Information on Kronsberg, Bukovina German settlement in Canada