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Welcome to the BDO-RIG email listserv of the Germans from Russia
Heritage Society (GRHS). Please save this message for future reference. This
list is powered by Mailman, which is managed through a web-based interface, and
is operated in accordance with the by-laws of the GRHS.
This mailing list is provided by the Germans from Russia Heritage
Society. If you are not already a member of GRHS, we welcome your complementary
guest registration on this listserv in the hopes that you will find membership
in the Society a valuable resource in your family history research. For more
information on joining, please see the GRHS website at
http://www.grhs.org/
The archives of this mail list can be found at:
http://www.grhs.org/mailman/private
and posts to the BDO mailing list should be made to:

The BDO homepage is at the URL:
http://www.grhs.org/rig/bdo/index.html
We hope that your association with this research discussion group
will be fruitful and enjoyable. We recognize the need to bring together those
people interested in the collection, publication and preservation of our heritage
as Germans from Russia. We will foster the preservation of folklore, songs,
literature, objects of art, genealogies, photos, documents and all applicable
records and do all the other necessary work to carry out the objectives of GRHS
and the BDO RIG.
| List Administrator: | Rich Aspenleiter |  |
List members are reminded that this list may not be used for profit
and is restricted to GRHS members and guests. New members are asked to send a
short E-mail to Rich Aspenleiter with an introduction that will be forwarded to
the group. In this introduction, please include:
- your name and E-mail address
- a list of the BDO village or villages you are researching
- family surnames you are researching (for BDO villages)
- the part of the world in which you presently reside
In addition, please tell us a little about yourself - only what
you feel comfortable in sharing. Of course, the more you tell us, the clearer
our picture of you, so feel free to include anything you care to about your earlier
or future research and any other interesting items you can think of.
WHAT DOES SERIOUS RESEARCH ENTAIL?
This group is made up of people who support good research practices and are
interested in discussing such things are listed under item II below.
Members become a part of the BDO team, working together in research efforts by
- participation at a level they feel comfortable,
- sharing BDO family data and village/parish histories,
- working in small teams with VC's and work groups involved in village,
parish and district level projects,
- posting BDO-relevant/interest information to the listserv and
Members also have the opportunity to volunteer their talents by
- .- working with a group/team on BDO oriented projects
- .-writing articles and sharing data for the BDO newsletter (published 3 times a year),
- .-assisting with translations of documents retrieved from Old Russia or
- .-assist with identifying volunteers who may translate documents for us.
By each one of us working with the other members of this list, sharing
experiences and data, we are thus able to accomplish a great deal - at the
family, village, parish and district levels. This inherent team-type
positive cooperation is the glue which binds this list server's activities,
and gives us greater potential than any of us can fully understand. Time
will prove our efforts grand and rewarding.
The BDO Mail List
I. PURPOSE OF LISTSERV:
- -- A. Provide an online electronic medium for sharing BDO information
and research experiences.
- -- B. Cultivate an awareness and appreciation of our BDO ancestor's
history.
- -- C. Educate members while supporting all BDO team efforts and projects.
- -- D. Foster cooperation among BDO researchers.
- -- E. Organize BDO researchers who have a heritage incident to the BDO
Colonies.
- -- F. Coordinate and share general information which will help to
reconstruct the history of the BDO Colonies and our many families that lived
there.
II. COMMUNICATION:
-- A. Possible topics of discussion:
- -- * BDO Family history
- -- * BDO Village & Parish histories
- -- * BDO Newsletter efforts and projects
- -- * BDO Records Retrieval efforts and projects (from archives in
Russia, Ukraine, USA, Canada and any other places records of interest may
be found/located)
- -- * BDO oriented news from the American Historical Society of Germans
from Russia (AHSGR, Lincoln, Nebraska)
- -- * BDO oriented news from the Germans from Russia Heritage Society
(GRHS,Bismarck, North Dakota)
- -- * BDO oriented news from the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
(North Dakota State University Libraries, Fargo, North Dakota)
- -- * New book (BDO oriented) announcements and reviews
- -- * BDO oriented news from Canada, United States, Germany and the
former Soviet Union
- -- * BDO oriented Workshops, newsletters, seminars, conferences, and
tours
- -- * Conventions of major organizations
- -- * Anything that concerns BDO GR Research
-- B. Writings should be thoughtful, clear, concise, and relevant to all. A
little extra effort will enhance the overall operation of the list. That
is not to say that we must make it perfect, but we should strive to make it
easy for others to understand our communications. Brevity with readability
should be a goal for us all.(See Guidelines under item VI below)
III. RULES:
-- A. The list is private and moderated, requiring the highest standard of
decorum. Thoughtful, energetic, rational, and passionate discussion is welcome
and encouraged. Members must refrain from rudeness and personal attacks on
others. The list is primarily intended for BDO researchers.
-- B. The list operates on the principle of 'not for profit' research and
as such 'For profit' commercial activities are not permitted.
-- C. In consideration of the supporting roles the BDO newsletter and this
mailing list will play with each other -- any information shared on the BDO
mailing list may also be freely shared in the BDO newsletter for the benefit of
those researchers who are not on the internet, as long as the information is
identified in the newsletter with the date and name of the person who posted it.
The lead editor of the newsletter will reserve the normal right of editorship,
and will coordinate any situations as necessary with the RIG Committee
and/or the person(s) providing the supporting information shared on the mailing list.
IV. GUIDELINES:
The following abbreviations and thoughts for standardizing our usage of the
list will help all who are or become members;
Subject lines
- Use all CAPs for surnames only
- Does it define the subject of the body of the e-mail?
Text of e-mail
- Use all CAPs for surnames only
Your signature
- Make sure we can tell who is sending the e-mail
If data would be of interest to only 1-3 people, go to them rather than the
whole list
Religion
- B - Baptist
- C - Catholic
- E - Evangelical
- K - Katholic
- L - Lutheran
- R - Reformed
Events of life
- * - born
- + - death
- oo - marriage
- b - birth
- d - death
- m - marriage
Date formatting
- dd mm year
- 01 Feb 1876 (example)
Queries - common data
Provide
- name, Surname in caps
- religion
- birth date & place
- marriage (optional if appropriate) date & place
- death (same as marriage)
V. INFORMATION:
A. List of the Beresan villages and daughter colonies (* on those with GRHS
VC's)
| Adshiaska |
| Alexanderfeld * |
| Alexandrovka |
| Annenthal |
| Annovka |
| Antonowka |
| Antschekrak |
| Arnautowka |
| Bagdanovka |
| Benderhof |
| Beresowka |
| Biswanje |
| Blumenberg |
| Blumenfeld |
| Blumental |
| Ch. Athelental |
| Ch. Hansa |
| Ch. Hornbacher |
| Ch. Kary |
| Ch. Keller |
| Ch. Kupper |
| Ch. Ochsner |
| Ch. Poppen |
| Ch. Sattler |
| Christina |
| Christofovka |
| Dietrich |
| Domaneveka |
| Dvorjanka |
| Eigengut |
| Esslinger |
| Felsenburg * |
| Friedenheim * |
| Friedensdorf |
| Friedrichstal |
| G. Selinger |
| Gardegai |
| Gotta |
| Gradenfeld |
| Grigorjewka |
| Grise |
| Grossmann |
| Gruenfeld |
| Güldendorf * |
| Gut Anton |
| Gut Ihly |
| Gut Kary |
| Gut Meuchel |
| Gut Reisenhauer |
| Gut Schardt |
| Gut Zimmermann |
| Halbstadt |
| Heck |
| Hoffmannstal |
| Hoffnung |
| Hoffnungsburg * |
| Hopfauf |
| Jenner |
| Johannestal * |
| Kantakusenka |
| Kapitanovka |
| Karlevka |
| Karlsruhe * |
| Katharinental * |
| Kavkas |
| Keller |
| Klein |
| Klein Karlsruhe |
| Klundovo |
| Koblewo |
| Krasna * |
| Kratovka |
| Landau * |
| Leonopol |
| Lerisk |
| Lichtenfeld * |
| Loran |
| Lubo-Alexandrovka |
| Lusiendorf |
| Lutz |
| Manov |
| Marienfeld |
| Marizina |
| Marlanavka |
| Michaelowka |
| München |
| Navaselevka |
| Netschajonnoje |
| Neu Karlsruhe * |
| Neu Katarinental |
| Neu Lustdorf * |
| Neu München |
| Neu Neusatz |
| Neu Odessa |
| Neu Petersburg |
| Neu Rastadt |
| Neu Rohrbach * |
| Neu Speyer/Speier * |
| Neu Worms |
| Neudorf * |
| Neusatz * |
| Novo-Amerika |
| Novonikolajevka * |
| Ochsner |
| Olegenfeld |
| Olgino |
| Otschakov |
| Pannino |
| Penowka |
| Petrowka |
| Pokrovskaja |
| Rastadt * |
| Roemmich |
| Rohrbach * |
| Rosenfeld * |
| Rosenheim |
| Rosenthal * |
| Savidovka |
| Schardt |
| Schlosser |
| Schmalz |
| Schmatz |
| Schönfeld * |
| Schulz |
| Schwarz |
| Sebastiansfeld |
| Selingera |
| Sjepucha |
| Skarupka |
| Slepucha |
| Sonnenberg |
| Speier/Speyer * |
| StadnaJa-Bulka |
| Steinberg |
| Steingut |
| Stuttgart * |
| Sulz * |
| Swenigorodka |
| Trautmann |
| Tusla |
| Vossessensk |
| Wanner |
| Waterloo * |
| Weidenberg |
| Weidmann |
| Wilhelmstad |
| Wilhelmsthal |
| Windhag |
| Wolksov |
| Woltschy |
| Worms * |
| Wowtsche |
| Woznessensk |
| Zweifel |
This list of villages is not all inclusive! If you wish to learn more about becoming a VC (Village Coordinator),
please feel free to contact
- Dale Lee Wahl

Signed:
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
| Merv Rennich |  |
| Val Ingram |  |
| Dale Lee Wahl |  |
| Robert Ell |  |
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