Bessarabian Newsletter Index

1997 – 2005

Issues 1-1 through 9-3

 

 

1848 Village Histories – Background..................... 2-1

1850 Census Available................................... 6-2

1858 Census Available................................... 2-3

60th Year Anniversary of Bessarabian Resettlement....... 4-2

Administration, Our Village............................. 8-3

Agriculture – Autumn Customs ........................... 7-3

Agriculture – Winter Customs............................ 7-3

Agriculture (Bessarabian), Social History............... 7-2

Agriculture, Summer..................................... 9-2

Albota School – 1910 (Photo)............................ 3-1

Alt Arcis Immigration................................... 2-2

Alt Elft (Photos)....................................... 6-3

Alt Elft Installs New Pastor - 1938..................... 2-3

Alt Elft Origins of Residents........................... 2-3

Alt Posttal 175th anniversary........................... 2-1

Alt Posttal Founders Listing (Excerpt from Heimatbuch).. 2-2

ANHORN & WEISS Families, New Year’s Traditions.......... 3-3

Archives – Kischinev.................................... 1-3

Archives – Odessa, Ukraine State Archives............... 1-1

Arzis – WW II Village Reports........................... 4-3

Arzis (Photos).......................................... 7-2

Arzis Descendent Grieb in Pan American Games............ 7-2

Autumn – Agriculture.................................... 7-3

Baptism - Births, Baptism, Confirmation Customs......... 8-1

Benkendorf – History and Family Names................... 1-3

Beresina (Photos)....................................... 7-1

Bessarabian Market in Kiev (photos)..................... 9-2

Bessarabian Stories – Book.............................. 4-3

Bessarabian Well (Photo)................................ 5-3

Bess-GR Listserve on the Internet....................... 1-2

Births, Baptism, Confirmation Customs................... 8-1

BODAMER Family of Klφstitz.............................. 5-3

Book Review – Let’s Talk German-Russian................. 3-1

Book Review – ZIEBART, Eva.............................. 4-2

Books - Key Research Books.............................. 1-1

Borodino – Request for Information...................... 3-3

Borodino – WW II Village Reports........................ 4-2

Bremerhaven Emigration Museum........................... 9-2

Brienne – WW II Village Reports......................... 4-3

BRONESKE Inquiry........................................ 4-3

Brothers’ Help (poem) by Karl Knauer, Social History.... 6-2

Budschak - What is it?.................................. 2-3

Business in Bessarabia.................................. 9-1

Canadian Research Assistance............................ 2-2

Catholic – Sarata Families (Includes Origins)........... 1-2

Census – 1850 Censuses Available (Recorded in Russian).. 6-2

Census – Index of Families in 1850 Census – part 1...... 5-1

Census – Index of Families in 1850 Census – part 2...... 5-2

Census – Index of Families in 1850 Census – part 3...... 5-3

Census Project.......................................... 4-3

Census Project (Records Retrieval from Archives)........ 1-3

Census, 1858............................................ 2-3

Censuses, Status of..................................... 7-2

Christian Fiess Files - Indexing Project................ 1-1

Christian Fiess Files - Indexing Project................ 1-3

Christmas – Festivals in Bessarabia..................... 7-3

Christmas Carol, Bessarabian............................ 5-3

Christmas Carol, Bessarabian............................ 6-3

Christmas Memories...................................... 4-3

Christmas Traditions, Kulm Bessarabia................... 4-3

Church Dedication Feast - Festivals..................... 8-1

Church Happenings Since 1911 (By Pastor A. Simsont 1929)

– part 1................................................ 2-1

Church Happenings Since 1911 (By Pastor A. Simsont 1929)

– part 2................................................ 2-2

Church Happenings Since 1911 (By Pastor A. Simsont 1929)

– part 3.................................................2-3

Church in Bessarabia.................................... 9-1

Church Records – LDS Films – part 1..................... 2-1

Church Records – LDS Films – part 2..................... 2-2

Church Records – LDS Films – part 3..................... 2-3

Church Records – LDS Films – part 4..................... 3-1

Church Records – LDS Films – part 5..................... 3-2

Church Records – LDS Films – part 6..................... 3-3

Church Records – New LDS Films From Kischinev Archives.. 4-2

Church Records – Unfilmed Parish Records................ 3-2

Church Records (Records Retrival from Archives)......... 1-3

Clubs & Associations in Bessarabia...................... 9-1

Cob Melon Seeds in Grandmother’s Apron.................. 7-3

Coming Conventions...................................... 8-1

Confirmation - Births, Baptism, Confirmation Customs.... 8-1

Cornhusking - Festivals................................. 8-1

Crafts and Trades (in Bessarabia)....................... 8-1

Czar Alexander and the Pious Colonist................... 5-3

DAI data................................................ 3-1

Death and Burial Customs................................ 8-1

Dividing Bessarabia into Two Parishes – 1819 Document... 1-3

Dobrudscha – Books Available............................ 2-3

Dobrudscha Publication.................................. 8-1

Donauschwaben – Germans from Hungary.................... 6-1

Donauschwaben – Germans from Hungary.................... 6-2

Donauschwaben – Germans from Hungary.................... 6-3

Donauschwaben – Germans from Hungary.................... 7-1

Donauschwaben Update.................................... 8-1

Duma, Russian........................................... 3-2

Easter – Bessarabian.................................... 4-1

Easter - Festivals in Bessarabia........................ 8-1

Emigration from Wόrttemberg............................. 3-1

ENGEL Family (of Krasna) Gathering...................... 1-2

EWZ..................................................... 8-3

EWZ Films - Indexing Project............................ 4-3

Faith of our Fathers.................................... 1-3

Family Book HoH indexes................................. 1-1

Famine in Ukraine, The Forgotten Holocaust.............. 7-3

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions........................ 2-2

Farming Work in Spring and Summer, Social History....... 7-1

Fellbach, Germany....................................... 5-2

Festival for Ger-Rus in Alberta......................... 7-2

Festival for Ger-Rus Report............................. 7-3

Festival of Germans from Russia......................... 9-2

Festivals in Bessarabia................................. 7-3

Festivals in Bessarabia................................. 8-1

FEY, Jacob born 1874.................................... 5-3

Fields in Bessarabia (Photo)............................ 7-1

Film – New English Version of Bessarabian Film.......... 9-2

FLAIG Family............................................ 4-3

Forgotten Holocaust, Famine in Ukraine.................. 7-3

Fragenbogen – Koblenz Exodus Questionnaires............. 1-1

French - Researching Germans with French Names.......... 4-2

FRICK Family............................................ 8-2

Friedenstal – WW II Village Reports..................... 4-3

Genealogy Humor......................................... 7-3

Genealogy Tips.......................................... 4-2

Genealogy Tips & Tricks................................. 4-1

Genealogy Wisdom........................................ 4-1

Geographic Websites..................................... 3-3

German Lutheran Church Returns to Bessarabia............ 5-2

German Prayers.......................................... 8-2

German Speaking Stats – U.S. Census..................... 8-2

Germany – Looking for Relatives in Germany?............. 2-2

Ger-Rus Films Abound in Puyallup........................ 8-3

GERSTENBERGER, Johann - Russian Duma.................... 3-2

Gnadenfeld.............................................. 3-1

Gnadenfeld – New Village Coordinator.................... 6-1

Gnadenfeld – WW II Village Reports...................... 4-3

GΦHNER Family........................................... 6-2

GRHS Convention Hightlights............................. 9-2

GRHS Convention in the Black Hills...................... 7-2

GRHS Convention Report.................................. 7-3

GRHS Convention Report.................................. 8-3

GRHS Convention Review.................................. 4-2

GRHS New Building....................................... 5-1

GRIEB – Gebhard Grieb in Pan American Games............. 7-2

Grossliebental - Book................................... 3-2

GUTSCHE Family of Alt Elft.............................. 4-1

HABERER family origins.................................. 2-2

HABERSTOCK Inquiry...................................... 1-3

Hannowka Website........................................ 8-3

Harvest Produce in Ukraine (Photo)...................... 7-3

Heimatbuch der Bessarabien Deutschen.................... 1-2

Heimatbuch der Bessarabien Deutschen.................... 2-1

Heimatkalendar 1999 Available........................... 3-1

Heimatmuseum – Bessarabian Organizations in Germany..... 5-3

Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabian - Book List.. 1-2

Heimatortskartei – Research in Germany.................. 2-2

Heimatortskartei – Research in Germany.................. 3-3

Hilfskomitee – Bessarabian Organizations in Germany..... 5-3

History – Bessarabian Trivia............................ 2-3

History – Bessarabian Trivia............................ 3-1

History – Bessarabian Trivia............................ 3-1

History – Bessarabian Trivia............................ 3-3

History – Early Bessarabian History..................... 5-3

History – Polish/Prussian Historical Highlights......... 5-1

History of Bessarabian Germans in Poland................ 9-3

HoH (Head of Household) Index........................... 1-1

Homeland book of the Bessarabian Germans................ 1-2

Homeland Book of the Bessarabian Germans................ 2-2

Homeland Book of the Bessarabian Germans................ 2-3

Homeland for the Homeless (Life in Bessarabia).......... 3-3

Homepage for Bessarabia................................. 2-2

HORNUNG Family Tree..................................... 5-3

Hungary - Donauschwaben Update.......................... 8-1

Hungary – Tracing Ancestors from Hungary to Russia...... 6-1

Hungary – Tracing Ancestors from Hungary to Russia...... 6-2

Hungary – Tracing Ancestors from Hungary to Russia...... 6-3

Hungary – Tracing Ancestors from Hungary to Russia...... 7-1

IRION Family............................................ 4-2

JA(H)NKE – Sharing Genealogy Research................... 7-2

Jahresheft (Heimatmuseum) – Index for 1994 & 95 – part 1 2-3

Jahresheft (Heimatmuseum) – Index for 1994 & 95 – part 2 3-1

Jahresheft (Heimatmuseum) – Index for 1994 & 95 – part 3 3-2

Jahresheft (Heimatmuseum) – Index for 1994 & 95 – part 4 3-3

Jahresheft, Heimatmusuem - what are they?............... 3-1

January 6th, Feast of Holy Kings – Festivals in Bess.....7-3

Joint Germany-N. American Records Retrieval Coordination 2-2

Klφstitz - Jahresheft Index for 1994 & 95 – part 1...... 2-3

Klφstitz - Jahresheft Index for 1994 & 95 – part 2...... 3-1

Klφstitz - Jahresheft Index for 1994 & 95 – part 3...... 3-2

Klφstitz - Jahresheft Index for 1994 & 95 – part 4...... 3-3

Koblenz Exodus Questionnaires........................... 1-1

Koblenz Exodus Questionnaires........................... 1-3

Krasna (Photos)......................................... 5-3

KRON Inquiry............................................ 5-2

KRUEGER, Karl A – Pioneer Biography..................... 9-3

Kulm, Bessarabia - Christmas Traditions................. 4-3

Kulm, Bessarabia (photos)............................... 9-1

Kulm, Leipzig and Tarutino Book Coming Soon!............ 3-2

Kulm, ND – 1940’s Christmas Memories.................... 4-3

Kulm, ND (photos)....................................... 9-1

LDS Information Going On-Line........................... 3-1

Legend - "The Dirt Pile"................................ 4-3

Leipzig - Jahresheft Index for 1994 & 95 – part 1....... 2-3

Leipzig - Jahresheft Index for 1994 & 95 – part 2....... 3-1

Leipzig - Jahresheft Index for 1994 & 95 – part 3....... 3-2

Leipzig - Jahresheft Index for 1994 & 95 – part 4....... 3-3

Leipzig - Kulm, Leipzig and Tarutino Book Coming Soon!.. 3-2

Let’s Talk German-Russian – Book Review................. 3-1

Lichtental.............................................. 4-3

Lichtental – Travel to Bessarabia....................... 3-3

Life in Bessarabia – Homeland for the Homeless.......... 3-3

Literature (in Bessarabia).............................. 8-2

Maps – New Bessarabian Maps Available................... 4-2

Maps – Update on New Bessarabian Maps Available......... 4-3

May 1st - Festivals...................................... 8-1

Measurement comparisons................................. 9-3

Midwife - Memories of................................... 4-3

Military Customs........................................ 9-1

Moving Day/Wandering Day/Pepper Day–Festivals in Bess ...7-3

MάLLER families? (Photo)................................ 4-3

MάLLER, ? (Photo)....................................... 3-1

MάLLER, Gottfried born 1883 family (photo).............. 1-3

MUTSCHALL Family of Tarutino............................ 5-1

NETZ, Daniel born 1868.................................. 5-2

Neu Arzis – WW II Village Reports....................... 4-3

Neu Elft – WW II Village Reports........................ 4-3

Neu Elft (Photos)....................................... 6-3

Neufall, Founding Contract of........................... 4-3

New English Bessarabian Film Available.................. 9-2

New Newsletter Editor................................... 2-1

New Year’s – Festivals in Bessarabia.................... 7-3

New Year’s Traditions – Anhorn/Weiss Family............. 3-3

Newsletter Goes On-Line................................. 2-3

Odessa (Photos)......................................... 8-1

Odessa Digital Library.................................. 1-1

Odessa Digital Library - Recent Additions............... 8-1

Odessa Digital Library - Recent Additions............... 8-2

Odessa Digital Library – Recent Additions............... 6-1

Odessa Digital Library – Recent Additions............... 6-2

Odessa Digital Library – Recent Additions............... 6-3

Odessa Digital Library – Recent Additions............... 7-1

Odessa Digital Library – Recent Additions............... 7-2

Odessa Digital Library – Recent Additions............... 7-3

Odessa Digital Library – Using the Pixel................ 2-1

Origins – Bessarabian Family Origins On-line............ 3-1

Origins of Bessarabian settlers......................... 3-1

Our Village – The Administration........................ 8-3

Our Villages............................................ 8-3

Page Numbering of the Newsletter........................ 1-2

Pan American Games, Gebhard Grieb Participant........... 7-2

Parishes – Dividing Bessarabia into Two Parishes – 1819. 1-3

PDF Files – Tip......................................... 7-2

Pentecost - Festivals................................... 8-1

Photos – Mystery Photos................................. 2-3

Photos of Ukraine (website)............................. 9-1

Pixel - Using the Pixel................................. 2-1

Poland – Bessarabians from Poland and Prussia........... 5-1

Poland, Lutheran Confirmation Records of Ilow Available. 3-3

Poland, The History of Bessarabian Germans in........... 9-3

Poland, Tracing Bessarabians Back To.................... 9-2

Polish and Prussian Research Resources.................. 5-1

Polish Records, Tips for Reading........................ 9-2

Polish/Prussian Historical Highlights................... 5-1

Prayers, German......................................... 8-2

Prussia – Bessarabians from Poland and Prussia.......... 5-1

Prussia - West Prussia Land Records..................... 3-1

Prussia - West Prussia to South Prussia................. 3-2

Puyallup – Ger-Rus Films Abound......................... 8-3

RATH Family of Bessarabia............................... 3-1

Readers’ Survey......................................... 3-3

Readers’ Survey Results................................. 4-1

Records Retrieval....................................... 2-2

Records Retrieval....................................... 2-3

Records Retrieval....................................... 3-1

Records Retrieval....................................... 4-3

Records Retrieval....................................... 4-3

Regional Interest Groups (GRHS)......................... 8-3

REIMOLD Family.......................................... 8-2

Religion – Faith of our Fathers......................... 1-3

Research – Bessarabian Genealogy Tips & Tricks.......... 4-1

Research – Bessarabians from Poland and Prussia......... 5-1

Research – Canadian Research Assistance................. 2-2

Research – Genealogy Tips............................... 4-2

Research – German Ancestral Villages ................... 3-3

Research – Heimatortskartei............................. 2-2

Research – Heimatortskartei............................. 3-3

Research – Looking for Relatives in Germany?............ 2-2

Research – Polish and Prussian Research Resources....... 5-1

Research – Researching Germans with French Names........ 4-2

Research – Tracing Ancestors from Hungary to Russia..... 6-1

Research – Using Old Photographs for Clues.............. 4-1

Research Resources, Bessarabian ........................ 4-3

REULE Family............................................ 5-2

Rights of Ownership and Possession...................... 4-1

Russian Duma............................................ 3-2

SANDAU – Sharing Genealogy Research..................... 7-2

SANDAU (Photo & Story).................................. 5-1

Sangerowka – Leaving Sangerowka in 1940................. 4-1

Sangerowka – New Village Coordinator ................... 1-2

Sarata – Catholic Families (Includes Origins)........... 1-2

Sarata – WW II Village Reports.......................... 6-2

Sarata (Photos)......................................... 6-2

Sarata 1848 History – part 1............................ 1-1

Sarata 1848 History – part 2............................ 1-2

Sarata –Index of People Living in Sarata in 1940........ 3-3

SCHAUER, John K......................................... 1-3

SCHLENKER Family Origins................................ 4-1

Schools in Bessarabia................................... 8-3

SCHRUM Inquiry.......................................... 5-2

SCHWEIGERT – Cob Melon Seeds in Grandmother’s Apron..... 7-3

SEEFRIED ancestry....................................... 2-3

SEITZ – Sharing Genealogy Research...................... 7-2

SEITZ Family............................................ 6-2

Separatists – Request for Stories....................... 6-1

SEPT Family............................................. 8-2

SGGEE – Society of German Genealogy for Eastern Europe.. 2-3

SHADERU Inquiry......................................... 3-2

Simsont, Pastor A. - Church Happenings Since 1911 – part 1 2-1

Simsont, Pastor A. - Church Happenings Since 1911 – part 2 2-2

Simsont, Pastor A. - Church Happenings Since 1911 – part 3 2-3

Social History – Bessarabian Agriculture................ 7-2

Social History – Bessarabian Business................... 9-1

Social History – Bessarabian Farming Spring and Summer.. 7-1

Social History - Bessarabian Festivals.................. 7-3

Social History - Bessarabian Festivals.................. 8-1

Social History – Bessarabian Literature................. 8-2

Social History – Bessarabian Wedding Customs............ 6-3

Social History - Birth, Baptism, Confirmation Customs... 8-1

Social History – Brothers’ Help (poem) by Karl Knauer... 6-2

Social History - Crafts and Trades...................... 8-1

Social History - Death and Burial Customs............... 8-1

Social History - Making Family History Come Alive....... 5-3

Social History – Military Customs....................... 9-1

Social History – Our Village – Clubs & Associations..... 9-1

Social History – Our Village – The Church............... 9-1

Social History – Our Villages........................... 8-3

Social History – Our Village-The Administration......... 8-3

Social History – Summer Agriculture..................... 9-2

Social History – Sunday Customs in Bessarabia........... 8-2

Social History – The Schools............................ 8-3

Social History – The Speech of the Bessarabian Germans.. 8-3

Social History – What Did They Find?.................... 6-1

Speech of Bessarabian Germans........................... 8-3

St Petersburg Records - Indexing Project................ 1-1

St Petersburg Records - Indexing Project - Births....... 2-2

STAEBLER Family......................................... 8-2

Status of Bessarabian Censuses.......................... 7-2

STEIN Inquiry........................................... 2-3

STEINKE Inquiry......................................... 2-2

STICKEL – Sharing Genealogy Research.................... 7-2

Stille Nacht (Original handwritten music)............... 7-3

STRAUB Family (Photo & Story)........................... 4-1

Stumpp - DAI data....................................... 3-1

Summer Agriculture in Bessarabia........................ 9-2

Sunday Customs in Bessarabia............................ 8-2

Superstition - Festivals................................ 8-1

Tarutino - 125 years milling industry................... 4-3

Tarutino – book......................................... 3-1

Tarutino - Kulm, Leipzig and Tarutino Book Coming Soon!. 3-2

Teplitz – WW II Village Reports......................... 4-3

Teplitz (Photos)........................................ 7-3

Terms Used in Bessarabia................................ 2-1

TIEDE, Johann – Pioneer Biography ...................... 9-2

Tip – Opening .pdf Files................................ 7-2

Tip – Umlauts on Computers.............................. 8-2

Tours Offered in 2004................................... 7-2

Tracing Bessarabians Back To Poland..................... 9-2

Translation Project – Making Family History Come Alive.. 5-3

Translation Project Complete – Thanks Volunteers!....... 8-3

Travel to Bessarabia - 1998............................. 3-1

Travel to Bessarabia – Lichtental....................... 3-3

Travel to Bessarabia – The Road to Wittenberg........... 5-3

Travel to Germany – Ancestral Village Research.......... 3-3

Travel to Germany - Jolenta Masterson reports........... 2-2

Umlauts on Computers – Tip.............................. 8-2

Using Old Photographs for Clues......................... 4-1

VC - Ask Your VC........................................ 2-1

VC (Village Coordinator) list........................... 1-1

Video – Children of the Steppe.......................... 2-3

Video – Children of the Steppe.......................... 3-1

Village - VC list....................................... 1-1

Village list – part 1................................... 2-1

Village names (German & Ukrainian)...................... 1-2

Village Reports - WW II................................. 4-2

Village Reports - WW II................................. 4-3

Village Reports - WW II................................. 6-2

WAGNER Family (Photo, Update to Previous Article)....... 4-1

WAGNER Family History................................... 3-3

WAGNER, Johann born 1862 and wife (Photo and Story)..... 1-3

Watermelons in Ukraine (Photo).......................... 7-2

Weavings – Exhibit of Bessarabian Weavings.............. 2-3

Wedding Customs (Bessarabian), Social History........... 6-3

Wedding Exhibit......................................... 4-2

Welchen Jubel Welche Freude, Bessarabian Christmas Carol 5-3

Welchen Jubel Welche Freude, Bessarabian Christmas Carol 6-3

WIDMER Family of Wittenberg (Story & Photo)............. 3-3

WILDERMUTH, Wilhelm * 1864 family (photo)............... 1-3

Windmills and Wells of Bessarabians (photos)............ 8-3

Winter – Agriculture.................................... 7-3

Wittenberg (Photos)..................................... 5-3

Wittenberg (photos)..................................... 8-2

WPA Biography Project................................... 5-2

WW II Village Reports................................... 4-2

WW II Village Reports................................... 4-3

WW II Village Reports................................... 6-2

Youth Essay Contest (GRHS).............................. 8-3

Zickball - A Bessarabian Game........................... 3-1

ZIEBART, Eva – Book Review.............................. 4-2

 

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