Village Coordinators: Doris Dickenson, Peter Mock Jr. and Elena Gabriel

Notes: From Stumpp book/page 88, "15 families came in 1803; 52 in 1804; 20 in 1805; 1 in 1807; 7 in 1809."
See chronicle of village in Keller’s book pages 127 – 165.

Pioneer settler surnames: Adler, Asger, Baumann, Baumstark, Binfait, Bonifatius, Braunstein, Brünster, Bushard, Däschle, Derge, Diringer, Dobler, Eisenkirch, Ellenberger, Erk, Faidt, Fassbinder, Feifer, Fetsch, Fischer, Fittman, Fix, Gander, Götz, Grad, Gress, Gsell, Haag, Hartmann, Hauser, Heger, Heier, Heinrich, Heinzmann, Heisler, Herrbein, Herzog, Huttenbacher, Imbery, Jehle, Jos, Kamenik, Kehl, Kirchner, Klaus, Klein, Kocher, Kraft, Krämer, Kretzner, Laubenberg, Leppert, Lorenz, Löwenstein, Lutz, Maier, Malsam, Matz, Merklinger, Moog (Mock), Moser, Most, Ott, Pairs, Paulo, Rossany, Sahly (Sali), Schan, Scherr, Schleich, Schmalholz, Schneider, Schnurr, Schumacher, Sekkler, Senger, Sperle, Spiess, Steier, Stein, Steiner, Stolz, Streicher, Tschan, Wagner, Walter, Walz, Wandler, Warther, Weberbauer, Werner, Wetsch, Wildeman, Wolf, Zing. (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 103-121)
   From Catherine to Khruschev by Dr. Adam Giesinger (pages 102-105)
   Paradise on the Steppe by Joseph S. Height (pages 252-255)
   The Emigration from Germany to Russia in the Years 1763 – 1862 by Karl Stumpp (pages 605-611)
   The German Colonies in South Russia 1804-1904, Volume 1 by Rev. Conrad Keller (pages 127-165) 

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

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