Tom Rohr,
Chapter President
1718 E. Lilac
Terr.
Arlington Hts., IL
60004-3527
(847) 253-4198
tomrohr@hotmail.com
Purpose
Officers
Membership
Calendar
Library
Newsletter
Genealogy
Publications
Our
AHSGR
Chapter's
Purpose
Our Chapter's purpose is to bring together people interested in the history of Germans from Russia. Through a better understanding and appreciation of our heritage, we will promote the preservation of our history for generations
to
come.
Our
Chapter
was
formed
in
1978
to
reach
out
to
those
Germans
from
Russia
who
live
in
Northern
Illinois.
Chapter
members
today
represent
ancestral
connections
to
the
major
German-Russian
settlement
areas
in
metropolitan
Chicago
and
the
Midwest.
The
Chapter
encourages
historical
interest
and
genealogical
research
as
well
as
to
come
together
in
good
fellowship
at
our
meetings
throughout
the
year.
Officers
Committee
Chairs
Membership
Information
Chapter
membership
is
$7
per
individual
and
$14
per
family
and
includes
our
quarterly
NIC
Newsletter.
Please
print
out
the
MEMBERSHIP
FORM
and
mail
your
remittance
to
the
address
below
or
bring
it
to
a
chapter
meeting!
Mail
To:
Maggie
Hein
5902
W.
Midway
Park
Chicago,
IL.
60644
1-773-261-2181
may5902@earthlink.net
Chapter
Calendar
February 27th - Saturday
"So, You've Found Your German Town of Origin - Now What?".
by Teresa Steinkamp McMillin.
A presentation on conducting family research. Teresa is a professional genealogist who specializes in German and Midwest American research, as well as reading German script. Teresa is a member Association of Professional Genealogists, the National Genealogical Society, as well as many local societies.
April 25th - Sunday
"A Visit to the Volga Villages"
by Maggie Hein
Maggie's slide presentation covers her trip to Russia in 2007. Featured villages are Frank, Kolb, Schwed, Stahl am Karaman, Engels, as well as Saratov and other areas of interest.
June
Helping people to "Create, Preserve and Share" their Family Legacy
Mike Karsen, a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG), the Genealogical Speakers Guild (GSC), will help us in writing, recording, and creating ways to pass on our personal family history. We all know our own excuses, "I'm not good at writing"; "I want to do it just right"; "i don't know what to include." So what will it take us to get started to preserve and share what we know about our family legacy? Mike's program will help us to define and move forward.
MEETING LOCATION
St. Paul Lutheran Church
1025 W. Lake St.
Melrose Park, IL.
Chapter
Library
We
have
a
large
collection
of
German-Russian
books,
maps,
AHSGR
Journals
and
Clues,
and
other
resource
materials available
to our membership.
The Library is open
one half hour prior
to the start of the
meeting.
Members may check
out and return books
at this time.Chapter
Newsletter
Our "NIC NEWS" is
published quarterly
for chapter members.
The newsletter
provides articles
about AHSGR
International, local
Chapter news,
library additions,
and other items of
interest to our
members.Genealogy
The Chapter has members who are active in personal research and can provide expertise and support to those who wish to explore German-Russian Research. For anyone wishing information regarding former German-Russian settlements please contact the chapter.
Chapter
Publications
UNSER
LEUTE: SETTLERS IN
NORTHERN ILLINOIS -
now in its 3rd
printing has
eighty-nine pages of
Surnames of Germans
from Russia.
Extracted from the
churches in the
Volga German
communities in the
Townships of
Jefferson, Proviso
and Thorton in Cook
County, Illinois.
The amount of
information that was
available from
church records many
entries include
birth and death
dates, names of
children, other
relatives, birth
place, emigration
date and burial
location.
Churches
researched
include:
- Calvary
United
Methodist
Church
(Second
United
Brethren
Church),
Chicago
- Eden
Evangelical
Lutheran
United
Church
of
Christ,
Chicago
- Peace
United
Church
of
Christ,
Bellwood
- St.
John
Lutheran
Church,
Bellwood
- St.
John
Lutheran
Church,
Lansing
- St.
Paul
Lutheran
Church,
Dolton
- St.
Paul
Lutheran
Church,
Melrose
Park
- St.
Paul
Lutheran
Church,
Thornton
- Zion
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church,
Bellwood
Germans
From
Russia
Death
Extractions,
Years
1914-1995,
from
the
John
V.
May
Funeral
Home,
Chicago,
IL.
Award
recognition
for
this
publication
has
been
given
by
the
Illinois
Association
of
Museums,
Springfield,
Illinois.
This
publication
contains
an
alphabetical
listing
of
1125
Germans
from
Russia,
extracted
from
ledgers
of
the
John
V.
May
Funeral
Home.
Included
are
surname,
first
name,
birthplace,
birth
and
death
dates,
spouse
information,
last
known
address,
relatives
(if
known),
church
attended,
and
place
of
final
internment.
Also
given
is
a
listing
of
major
area
cemetery
locations,
and
the
names
and
addresses
of
churches
attended
by
Germans
from
Russia
in
the
Jefferson
Park
area
of
Chicago.
Both books are available for purchase and are prices
at
$15 each.
The
price
includes
postage/handling.
Make
check
payable
to:
Northern
Illinois
Chapter
AHSGR
Send
requests
for
copies
to:
Keith
Wiegel
374
Northgate
Road
Lindenhurst,
IL
60046
e-mail: KWW77026@aol.com
Chapter
members
have
also
extracted
names
of
German-Russians
from
the
1920
US
Federal
Census
of
the
GR
communities
in
the
Chicago
area.
The
extractions
from
Film
#338
which
includes
the
Jefferson
Park
neighborhood,
Cook
County
Ward
27,
are complete.
The
extractions
from
microfilms
#360,
362
&
363
of
Calumet,
Proviso,
Thornton townships,
which
includes
the
villages
of
Bellwood,
Broadview,
Forest
Park,
Maywood,
Melrose
Park,
Dolton,
River
Forest,
Lansing
and
Riverdale,
IL
is
complete.
The
1910
US
Federal
Census
for
Proviso
Township, Cook County extractions are complete as well.
Copies
of
these
extractions
have
been
sent
to
AHSGR
Headquarters
in
Lincoln,
Nebraska and reference
copies
are
available
in
our
Chapter
Library.
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Historical Society of Germans From Russia