Village Coordinator: Gayla Aspenleiter

Pioneer settler surnames: Acker, Aschenbrenner, Bachmann, Bayer, Becker, Black, Boll, Brünster, Deck, Deis, Diewald, Derschau, Eckert, Epp, Erbach, Fetsch, Fischer, Fleischmann, Gabel, Gehringer, Geiger, Grad, Gsell, Heissler, Helfried, Hensch, Herbach, Herzog, Hettler, Hirsch, Junkert, Kiefer, Koch, Kollmer, Kraus, Kreiner, Kunz, Leibel, Ludwig, Maier, Mann, Marteor, Maul, Maurath, Mergel, Moser, Neigel, Prister, Rauff, Riener, Roh, Röhrich, Rossler, Schäfer, Scherer, Schmied, Schmiedheissler, Schneider, Schön, Schuh, Schurr, Schweizer, Schwengler, Senger, Simon, Stegmann, Stein, Steiner, Stumpf, Suaton, Ungemach, Veigel, Vetter, Walter, Weger, Weisberger, Weisgerber, Weiss, Werner, Wilhelm, Wolf, Wüst, Zacher, Zink. (Source: Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack.)

Books
    Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa by Eduard Mack (pages 203-218)
    From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (pages 102-105)
    Paradise on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height (page 20, 255-259)
    The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (pages 600-605)
    The German Colonies in South Russia 1804-1904, Volume 1 by Rev. Conrad Keller (pages 167-190)

Census Records
    1812 Liebental District Odessa Census by GRHS
   Black Sea German Russian Census Volume 1 by GRHS
   Josefstal Liebental District Odessa 1858 Census by GRHS and AHSGR

Church Records
    Beresan District Catholic Families A – L
   Beresan District Catholic Families M – Z

Village History: Paradise on the Steppe (pages 13 and 255) and The German Colonies in South Russia 1804-1904, Volume 1  (pages 167-190).

Plat Map: Paradise on the Steppe (page 256), The German Colonies in South Russia 1804-1904, Volume 1 (page 169) and Erinnerungen an die deutschen Kolonien des Grossliebentaler Rayons bei Odessa (page 218). 

Articles
    GDO Newsletter - Josefstaler Repression List - Volume 2 Issue 3, page 3
                            Josefstalers Who Died in 1943 - Volume 3 Issue 2, page 2

Death Notices Database

Repressions Database

Ship Records

War Records
    EWZ Index for this Village

Supplemental Information for this Village
    Movement into and out of Bessarabian Villages
    Fond 6-1-593 Gains and Losses Oct 1811 (births/deaths/marriages)
   Fond 6-1-593 Gains and Losses Oct 1811 (Statistics)
   Fond 6-1-626 Gains and Losses Jan 1812 (births/deaths/marriages)
   Fond 6-1-626 Gains and Losses Jan 1812 (Statistics)
   Fond 252-1-470 Gains and Losses July - Dec 1822 (births/deaths/marriages)
   Fond 252-1-470 Gains and Losses July - Dec 1822 (Statistics)
   Fond 252-1-7 GDO Marriages 1816
   Fond 252-1-46 GDO Marriages 1817/1818
   Fond R-2106 - List of the District and Village Revolutionary Committees, Grossliebental District, Odessa Gebiet February 23, 1920
   Fond 252-1-280 - Wheat Distribution/Borrowing
   Keller zipped files
   Fond 64-1-494 - Josefstal Village Administration - About newborns, deceased and married in 1881
   Fond 64-1-506 - Josephstal Village Administration - About born, deceased and married in 1884

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Regional Interest Group for this Village: Grossliebental District Odessa