Surname Exchange
for GRHS members. Current members who have returned their family data sheets
are eligible to list their addresses together with surnames they are
researching. If you are new to researching your German-Russian ancestors, you will want to start by reading the Frequently Asked Questions document and An Elementary Tutorial on German-Russian History. These resources provide a wealth of information on Black Sea German-Russian families, their villages, and their history. Also review our Tools and Tutorials page for getting started with genealogy and computer basics assistance.
If you only know your ancestor's surname,
you will want to start by searching
the Odessa Digital Library
for that surname. We also offer a
Surname Exchange
for GRHS members. Current members who have returned their family data sheets
are eligible to list their addresses together with surnames they are
researching.
If you only know the name of the region in the Black Sea where your ancestors lived, click below:
If you know the name of your ancestor's village, select from our Alphabetical List of Villages.
If you still can not find the name of the village you are looking for, try our German Russian Village List.
The Village Research Project
The purpose of the
Village Research Project (VRP) is to support membership research into
their family history, and to support the goals and objectives of GRHS.
The mission is to provide an organization of volunteer members who
desire to represent specific villages in old Russia, specific communities in North America, and specific communities in old Germany.
A
Village Research Project Newsletter
is published three times a year to keep GRHS members updated on the
progress of projects. The Village Research Project
consists of four major components:
Regional Interest Groups
Regional Interest groups in GRHS
have formed because the villagers were pretty mobile and it is not unusual to
see children from one set of parents born in multiple villages. The regions are
geographically organized around the Gebeit/District or area of the Black Sea
Region and you will see much more information about the region life of our
German people/history and the relationship of the villages to each other than you would on the "Village Research" pages.
Members Only Research Repositories
GRHS Listservers (Online discussion groups)
GRHS Obituaries Online Project
Dedicated GRHS volunteers have been collecting Obituaries for over 30 years letters. In 2001 GRHS began the process of creating indexes of the societies obituary collection and our results to date are presented here.
The GRHS Letter Archive
GRHS has published personal letters in its Heritage Review and Stammbaum publications for years. They have a unique ability to enhance our understanding of our ancestors lives. GRHS volunteers have been working for a number of years to transcribe and translate these letters from the
Staats Anzeiger, Eureka Rundschau, and the Dakota Freie Presse newspapers as well as other sources. Our results to date are available here.
Alice Essig Informational Index Collection
GRHS Library Holdings Index (All holdings in the library at GRHS HQ)
Reviews of Germans from Russia Related Books
Links to Germans from Russia Related Web Pages
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