GDO News and Updates

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May, 2009

• GDO genealogy database is now available online and searchable! This database focuses mainly on families from Alexanderhilf, Freudental, Neu Freudental, Josefstal and Mariental.  What is great about this database is that it includes the notes and sources for each person in the database. And, since our ancestors married outside of their own village, you may be surprised at what you find. To learn more about this genealogy database, go to http://grhs.org/genealogy.htm.

• 1994-1995 Alexanderhilf village recap by Eduard Mack and translated by Ted Weisenburger.

• 2008 photo gallery of Grossliebental, Freidorf and Hoffnungstal by Melvin Bender.

• 274-2-17 - 1892 Statistical Journals About the Odessa uyezd country population for the village of Freudental. Be sure you also read the notes that accompany the file.

• Müller/Moser family information submitted by Jack Shafer.

April, 2009

• GDO Ship List Database. I have added some new names found in ASHGR Clues 1990 & 1991. Extractions were done by Allyn Brosz so we owe him a big thank you! The following villages were updated: Freidorf, Freudental, Peterstal, Neuburg, Kleinliebental, and Odessa.

• EWZ Village-Family Indices Project for GDO - extractions for the village of Annental, Alt Annental and Neu Annental. Many thanks to Betty Lang for organizing these extractions. We also need to thank those who did the original translating, indexing, and proofing of the files that Betty used for the extractions.

• 274-2-17 - 1892 Statistical Journals About the Odessa uyezd country population for the villages of: Alexanderhilf, Grossliebental, Josefstal, Kleinliebental, and Peterstal. Many thanks to those who translated these documents and made them available for us.

• Genealogy Research: The Basics - thanks to Carolyn Schott for creating this web page for those new to genealogy research.

• EWZ Village-Family Indices Project for GDO - extractions for the village of Helenental. Many thanks to Betty Lang for organizing these extractions. We also need to thank those who did the original translating, indexing, and proofing of the files that Betty used for the extractions.

• GDO Ship List Database. Many thanks to Bob Deck for sharing ship information on the MATERI family from Russia to Canada (see file Odessa/Cherson/Liebental/Russia - MATERJ [MATERI]). This information has also been added to the Franzfeld family database MATERI file. Look at entry for Joseph and Magdalena MATERI.

February, 2009

• St. Petersburg Annual Reports 1899-1917 - extraction of GDO Families in Crimea - Births and Deaths

• Hazelton Centennial History Book 1903-2003 Index compiled by Gayla Aspenleiter

• 1874 Kleinliebental Family List translated by Donn Koenig and edited by Elena Gabriel

January, 2009

• GDO Ship List Database  has been updated for the villages of Mariental, Neu Liebental, Josefstal, Franzfeld, and Odessa/Cherson/Liebental/Russia. Many thanks to Bob Deck for sharing information on the DECK and MATERI families and Elena Gabriel for sharing information on the KAISER, LUTZ, MALSAM, MERTJAN, OCHS, SAHLI, SELENSKY, AND WOLFF families.

• 2008 photographs of Alexanderhilf, Grossliebental and Peterstal taken by Dan Mueller on his trip to Ukraine.

• 1991 photographs of GDO villages by Doris Dickenson

November, 2008

• The GDO death notices are now searchable. Go to the Death Notices Search page and type in the surname you are researching. Besides the death notices page by village, I have also included a new death notices alphabetical listing page.

• Photographs of the Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien" in Stuttgart, Germany were added. Even though these pictures are from the Bessarabia Museum, it will still give you a good idea of how our German ancestors dressed and lived.

• GDO home page has a new look! Join the GDO RIG was added to the left menu.

• Kleinliebental Family Database Project.  Surnames starting with the letter S, SCH, T, U and the surnames Sahli, Schlich, and Schnurr. Many thanks to Elena Gabriel for extracting this data and to everyone who did the translating, indexing, and proofing of the files that Elena used for the extraction.

• GDO Ship List Database  has been updated for the village of Neu Freudental. Many thanks to Katherine Bell for sharing information on the SCHATZ families from Neu Freudental.

• GDO Death Notices Database Project. I recently indexed the Volk Auf Dem Weg for the year 2008 (Jan - Oct) and added the following to the database: Alexanderhilf - Schmidtke/Baumgartner; Grossliebental - Weiss/Haid; Blumenfeld - Mok; and Wygoda - Mok.

• EWZ Village-Family Indices Project for GDO - more Neu Freudental files added. This concludes the EWZ files for the Neu Freudental village. Again many thanks to Betty Lang for extracting this data and for all the other volunteers who did the translations, indexing and proofing of the files that Betty used for extraction project.

• Plat maps for the villages of Alexanderhilf, Franzfeld, Freudental, Josefstal, Karlstal, Lenintal, Mariental, Neuburg, and Peterstal.

• Aspenleiter Ukraine Trip Photo Gallery - photographs taken by Rich and Gayla Aspenleiter on their Sept. 2008 trip to Ukraine.

September 2008

• Freudental Family Database - Surnames starting with Ha, He, Hi-Hu, and surnames Christmann, Heintzman (all spelling variations) and Himmerich (all spelling variations).

• GDO RIG Members matrix

March 2008

• EWZ Village-Family Indices Project for GDO - more Neu Freudental files added.
• Freudental Family Database - Surnames starting with J, Ka-Ki, Kl-Ko, Kr, Ku and surnames Lorenz and Losing.
• St. Petersburg Annual Reports 1899-1917 - extraction of GDO families in the Beresan District - Deaths  for the years 1902, 1903, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1915 & 1917. 

February 2008

• EWZ Village-Family Indices Project for GDO - for the villages of Karlstal, Grossliebental, Peterstal, Kleinliebental, and Neu Freudental. Many thanks go out to Dale Wahl for his work on extracting information for the villages of Karlstal, Grossliebental, Peterstal and Kleinliebental.  Many thanks also to Betty Lang for extractions for the village of Neu Freudental. These files are a work in progress and not all villages are completed.
• EWZ Village-Family Indices Project for GDO - for the village of Freudental the following surnames have been added - ROTHENBERGER, SCHAAL, SCHATZ, SCHELL, SCHERER, SCHLECHT, SCHMIDT, SCHOCK, SCHULER, SCULZ, SEIDEL and ZIEGLER. Many thanks to Heather Landmesser for organizing this data for us.
• Freudental Family Database - Surnames starting with Ma-Mi, Mo-Mu, N, Neumueller, O, and Oster have been added. Many thanks to Mary Emer for her work in creating these files for us. Karen Abel has provided some new information on the Freudental We-Wi file for August WEIBLE. Look for the yellow callout box under WEIBLE. Thanks Karen for providing us this information.
• St. Petersburg Annual Reports 1899-1917 - Grossliebental marriages for 1906 & 1908.

January 2008

• St. Petersburg Annual Reports 1899-1917 - extraction of GDO Families in BDO - Births have been added

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