Dobrudscha Research

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The first migration to Dobrudscha began 1841-1856, especially by Bessarabian and other Black Sea Germans. At this time, Dobrudscha was part of the Ottoman Empire and the Germans were subject to Turkish rule. In 1878 Dobrudscha (at least the area where most of the Germans were) was ceded to Romania. In 1940, the Dobrudscha Germans were resettled to Germany along with the Bessarabian Germans

 

History

• Lester & Vern's Korner includes Lester Seibold's articles on the history of Dobrudscha

• More articles about the history of Germans in Dobrudscha were published in the Heritage Review:
  * Reasons for the Immigration to Dobrudscha (trans. by Armand Bauer, issue 15-4)
  * The Germans in Dobrudscha by Paul Trager, chapters 1-15 (issues 15-4, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4, 17-2, 17-3, 17-4, 18-2, 18-3, 18-4)
  * Dobrudscha Germans in the Dakotas by Lester Seibold (issues 16-3, 19-2)
  * About German Farm Wives of the Dobrudscha by Anna Pfeifer Ehlers (issue 18-4)

Resettlement records

Both Dobrudscha & Bessarabia families are included in most of our resettlement records

• See Resettlement Records Research page

• Allen Konrad's Korner has Dobrudscha-specific resettlement info

Family/surname research

• Surname index from Heimatbuch der Dobrudscha-Deutschen

• Immigration Index (by surname, shows GR village of origin with cross-reference to North American town history books)

• 1941 list of families from Cobadin (from DAI film T81-320)

• Obits of Dobrudscha & Bessarabian Germans (mostly from German language newspapers)

• Death notices from Der Dobrudschabote

• Elli's Korner has lists of Dobrudscha families (DAI film section)

Dobrudscha village info

• Village pages for Dobrudscha & Bessarabia

• Lists of villages and misc. info about each village (from DAI film T81-305 - population in 1940, founding years, district, parish)

Other

• Map indexes for some Dobrudscha villages

• Clearing House map projects

• Books about Dobrudscha include: Heimatbuch der Dobrudscha-Deutschen: 1840-1940 by the Landsmannschaft der Dobrudscha- und Bulgarientdeutschen e.V., Heilbronn,Germany including many photographs and maps; and Die Deutschen in der Dobrudscha: Zugleich ein Beitrage zur Geschichte der Deutschen Wangerungen in Osteuropa by Paul Trager.

• Photo of Ciucurova Rathaus, abt. 1890-1900