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Summary of Contents

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

  • Translator Notes and Orientation by Kristine L. Jones, Ph.D., pp. 8-10:
    • General comments about the book and historical context for English speaking readers.
  • Title Page and Author Information: by Carlos Alberto Schwab, pp.11-13.
  • Prologue by Carlos Alberto Schwab: pp. 14-95 (translation by Kristine L. Jones, Ph.D.).
    • –Europe in Second Half of XVIII Century:  pp. 18-20.
    • –The Beginning [with Sophia Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst: Catherine II]:  pp. 20-22.
    • –Duties [of colonizers of Russia set forth in Catherine II’s Manifestos]: pp. 22-29.
      •  Name of Colony [mother colonies], Description, Founding date, Population:  Note:  refer to p. 18 in the original document; source Koch; Fred C, 1977, p. 307 a 310)
      •  Legend of locations, supervision and Religion of Mother colonies, p. 29.
    • –The Journey of the Founders [to Russia]: An abbreviated description, but quite realistic and faithful, by the historian Father Gottlieb Beratz, pp. 29-44.
    • List of daughter colonies, year founded, and estimated population:  refer to original text, pp. 28-30.
    • –Dom Pedro I of Brazil Sends Agents to Recruit Colonists:  pp. 44-53.
    • –More Information About the Passage Through Brazil:  pp. 53-72.
    • List of Original Settlers of Aldea Brasilera, October 1879, p. 54 (original text, p.42)
    • List of Settler of Tavares Bastos Colony (Strecknau)-Ponta Grossa (Catholics): Note:     
    •  Refer to pp. 44 and 45 in original version for list of names.
  • Quero-Quero Colony (Evangelicals):  Note:  refer to page 46 original text for list of Names for Colonia Hartmann and Colonia Johanisdorf-Lapa.
    • List of Areas and Goods Distributed:  Note: refer to pp. 47-48 in the original text.
  •  Auswanderlied (Emmigration Song):  pp.55-57.
  • –1924 Dissolution of German Communes/Creation of “Autonomous Socialist Republic of   Volga Deutsche”:  pp. 72-73.
  • –1949 Dissolution of Soviet and Exile [of the German Russians] to Siberia:  pp. 73-74.
  • –Testimonies [from Lenin and Stalin Russia]: pp. 74-81.
    • Surviving, pp. 74-75.
    • Banishment, pp. 75-79.
    • Emails and Letters, pp. 79-81.
  • Some Typical Recipes of the German Families of the Volga: 82-92. [images of the food, see original text, pp. 67-74.
  • Translated Key to Genealogical Documents For English Speakers, by Carlos Alberto Schwab, pp.93-95.
  • Family lineages, in alphabetical order by Family Name is the main body of the book:  Dadosgenealogicos::   original text, pp. 76-781.
    • Note:  to find a Family name in this book’s listing, check the Index by Family Name, original text pp 782-783.
  • Index (by Family Name): 782-783 in the original text.

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