AHSGR American Historical Society of Germans from Russia (Lincoln, NE)
BDO Archives Index (For GRHS Members Only)
Beresan District Odessa paper copies of files available
Beresan District Odessa to Sandusky, Ohio (1849)
Bessarabia Regional Interest Group
BLITZ Glossary of Russian Genealogy Terms
Books (suggested books of interest all available through GRHS, NDSU and AHSGR)
- From Catherine to Khrushchev by Adam Giesinger
Contains lists of the mother colonies and many daughter colonies, their location,
when founded and maps. Soft Cover. 443 pages.
- Homesteaders on the Steppe, The Odyssey of a Pioneering People by Joseph S. Height
Contains the history and culture of the 17 Evangelical-Lutheran colonies such as
Johannestal, Rohrbach, Worms, etc. Contains over 175 illustrations, maps, town plots,
and rare photos of the colonies. Hard Cover. 430 pages.
- Paradise on the Steppe, The Odyssey of a Pioneering People by Joseph S. Height
Contains the history and culture of the Catholic colonies such as Karlsruhe, Landau, Mariental, etc. Contains historical data, statistics with lists of names and origin of original colony settlers. Illustrations, maps, town plots, and photos of colonies. Hard Cover. 411 pages.
- The Emmigration from Germany to Russia in the years 1763 to 1862 by Karl Stumpp
Contains alphabetical lists of names of German immigrants to Russia with many places of origin and which colonies they settled in. Two Volume set-Soft Cover. 1018 pages.
- Through the German Colonies of the Beresan District and Colonist Tales by Hermann Bachmann
Part one tells Hermann Bachmann’s account of his field trip with Victor Schirmunki through the Beresan colonies to record folk songs. Part two contains Bachmann’s collection of dialect stories which give insights into the lives of the people. Soft cover. 204 pages.
Castle Garden Organization America's First Immigration Center) Free online database of New York passenger lists from 1830 through 1913
Census Records (Odessa Digital Library)
Church Denominations & History
Crimea/Krim Research
Durmersheim, Baden Database
Ellis Island Records
General Genealogy Guidelines-National Genealogy Society
General Reference Site - All In One
- Atlas & More
- Beginner's Guides - Libraries
- Bio's & Who's Who - Miscellaneous
- Databases - Phone Book
- Dictionaries - Population
- Electronic Texts - Postal
- Encyclopedias - Science
- Genealogy - Thesaurus
- Government - Time & Date
- Grammar & Style - Weights & Measures
- History - World Religions
- Internet Resources - WWW Virtual Library
GEOGRAPHY LINKS
GRHS Germans from Russia Heritage Society in Bismark, ND (Site Map)
GHRS Members Corners/Korners
GRHS Regional Interest Groups (RIGs)
BDO | Beresan District Odessa |
BESS | Bessarabia District |
KRIM | Crimea & Taurien District |
GDO | Grossliebental District |
GP-PR | Germans to Prussia - Poland to Russia |
HOP | Hoffnungstal Odessa Parrish |
KET |
Kherson, Ekaterinoslav, Taurida |
K-RIG | Germans to Russia - Kutschurgan |
Heritage Review
Historical Societies
MAPS
National Genealogical Society
North Dakota State University Libraries (Fargo, ND)-Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
Odessa a German-Russian Digital Genealogical Library
Russian History Chronology
St. Petersburg Archives (Odessa-a German-Russian Digital Genealogical Library)
Surname to Source Reference
Surname to Village Index
Thomas J. Hoffman Collection, Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, North Dakota State University Libraries, Fargo, North Dakota. The Hoffman Collection is closely related to family research of the Catholic Beresan District villages.
Town History Book
United States Counties with German Russians (large web page, allow time to load)
USGENWEB
Village Compilations (Odessa Digital Library)
Web Searching
- Geographical Searches
- National Archives of the USA
- National Library and National Archives of Canada
- People Searches
- Search Engines
- Vital Records
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