There was a Reverend Wilhelm Staerkel, pastor in Eckheim from 1869-1877. It looks as if he moved to the parish in Norka: the record I have shows Wilhelm Staerkel was pastor in Norka from 1876 - 1908. Yet Eisenach, in his book on Pietism among the Russian Germans in the U.S., says in 1871 Staerkel was the pastor in Norka. Is this the same Wilhelm Staerkel? Did Eisenach make a misstatement?   Bill Pickelhaupt

Hugh: There is a Kaspar Schreiner (b. ca.1780) in Hussenbach in 1834. His wife, however, is too old to have been the mother of someone born in 1836. ....................Brent................ ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of hugh lichtenwald [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [GV] Village Census Look-up, please Hallo List: This is my second, and last, attempt to find the village of origin of the below listed persons. Caspar Schreiner (born between 1790 and 1816) and his daughter Eva, born Sept 15, 1836. Eva, born after the 1834 Census, is likely to have married before the 1857 Census to an (Unknown) Lind (Village unknown, but possibly Doenhof). Hugh Lichtenwald, from the farm in Monetta, SC VC, Wiesenmueller ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Does anyone on the list have access to a 1970-1980 recipe book put out by the Zion Congregational Church in Fresno? There is a recipe in it that uses lazagna noodles for the dough part of the recipe. It is made with strawberries much like the real recipe. Would appreciate anyone's help on this. Thank you in advance, Marilyn Bitters Scott

Could someone give me some directions on how to find a researcher in Russia for someone who's last mailing address in the late 1950's was: S. S. S. R Rossiya (U.S.S.R Russia) Omskaya Oblast (Omsk Province) Tarksu Reaion (Tarsk Region) Ekaterinovsku (Ekaterinov Village Council (Ekaterinburg) Atosku DOK (?) Any help would be most appreciated. Colleen M. Brannigan

Hallo List:   This is my second, and last, attempt to find the village of origin of the below listed persons.   Caspar Schreiner (born between 1790 and 1816) and his daughter Eva, born Sept 15, 1836.   Eva, born after the 1834 Census, is likely to have married before the 1857 Census to an (Unknown) Lind (Village unknown, but possibly Doenhof).   Hugh Lichtenwald, from the farm in Monetta, SC VC, Wiesenmueller  

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:48:14 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Fw: [GV] German Parish Records re: Reformed Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Julius Eifert <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:07:01 To: Gary Martens<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GV] German Parish Records re: Reformed This is a little off topic, but here is a link for ortsippenbuch. http://www.online-ofb.de/ Ortsippenbuch have not been done for that many villages, but if yours is one of them, there is a lot of information they contain. The website also covers some countries outside modern day Germany, with one U.S. location. Bill Pickelhaupt On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Gary Martens <[email protected]>wrote: > > Well, reading between the lines, and doing some more searching, here's > the web site: > http://www.familyrootspublishing.com/store/category.php?cat=4 > > and his name is Kevan Hansen. There are eight hardcover map guides > priced at $63.70 each, and some soft cover guides (some are the same as > the hard cover) priced at $34.25. > > If you go to the web site, and click on the guide name, a detailed > description page is displayed which gives a list of all place names > covered in the volume. > > Familyroots.com doesn't sell anything like this. > > Gary Martens > > > On 3/15/2011 6:53 PM, Jerry and Fran Goertzen wrote: > > < [email protected] > Hanson is the publisher > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Martens" > > <[email protected]> > > To: "Jerry and Fran Goertzen" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:18 PM > > Subject: Re: [GV] German Parish Records re: Reformed > > > > > > > > Where are these German Map Guides by Kevin Hansen ??? > > > > I see these for Hannover: http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=8413 > > > > Gary Martens > > > > > > On 3/13/2011 8:13 PM, Jerry and Fran Goertzen wrote: > >> Neil; > >> The German Map Guides of Kevin Hansen are very complete. If you were > >> told that they do not contain "Reformed Church" records, you were > >> misinformed. It would seem likely the person to say that hadn't > >> really looked in the books in depth. > >> The two predominate religions in the Germanic areas were Catholic and > >> Lutheran, so the books were designed to cover the parish maps and > >> villages of those two religions. In each area there was a scattering > >> of other religious churches but not enough to make up separate parish > >> maps, but Hansen did include the parish records for each religion in > >> each area. The "Reformed Church" was probably the third largest but > >> they had split into different denominations. I have found Dutch > >> Reformed, French Reformed, German Reformed and Walloon Reformed in > >> many of his books. Most of the reformed "reformed" mentioned in the > >> Russian records were German reformed. Hansen also included Mennonite > >> and Jewish parishes when he found them. They are all listed in the > >> "Other Churches chapter" of each book. The Hessen book Vol I, has a > >> few French Reformed but there are 38 German Reformed churches listed > >> with their microfilm numbers. Three of these churches are in Kreis > >> Büdingen. Once you find your village, you can check the film of the > >> nearest Reformed church. > >> As far as finding a reliable researcher in Germany, I wouldn't know > >> since I have never used one. I'm still searching for my Isenburg > >> village. Maybe some of the other Ger-Volga readers can recommend a > >> reliable one. Jerry > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Frank, Amelia, Oct. 17, 1916- March 14, 2011 Billings Gazette Billings, MT 16 Mar 2011 LAUREL — Amelia Pauline (Wagner) Frank, 94, of Laurel, passed away on March 14, 2011, at the Laurel Tender Nest. She had been a resident there for five years. Amelia was born Oct. 17, 1916, in Park City, to John and Katherine Wagner. Amelia married Emanuel Frank on May 10, 1936, they were married 51 years and enjoyed their children, grandchildren, family and friends. Emanuel preceded Amelia in death on Oct. 17, 1987. She was also preceded in death by her parents; sisters Katy Walter, Helen Besel, Marion DeRaps; brothers Dave, Harold, Wilbur, Gene and Ron Wagner; sister-in-law Lydia Schneidmiller; brothers-in-law Alex, Phillip, Henry, Herman and Dave Frank. Amelia is survived by her sisters, Ruth Rudio, Esther Johnson; daughter Sharon (Gerald) Hergett of Laurel; son Dale (Anita) Frank of Poway, Calif.; grandchildren Gregg Hergett, Garry Hergett of Laurel, Lisa (Bill) Kolar of Poway, Calif., Erin (Joe) Onks of Irvine, Calif.; great-grandchildren Jarred, Brandon, Carly Hergett, Dylan and Ashley Kolar; many nieces and nephews. Amelia was a special lady and was loved by all who knew her. She loved and took pride in doing her yard work. She was a caregiver to many people most of her life. Amelia put everyone's needs in front of hers and loved life and people. She will be deeply missed. Amelia's family would like to thank the caring staff at Tender Nest of Laurel and RiverStone Hospice for the special care given to our beloved mother. Mom and Grandma, we love and miss you. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 17, at Smith Funeral Chapel-Laurel. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 18, at First Congregational Church, with interment in the Laurel Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to RiverStone Hospice or charity of one's choice.

Well, reading between the lines, and doing some more searching, here's the web site: http://www.familyrootspublishing.com/store/category.php?cat=4 and his name is Kevan Hansen. There are eight hardcover map guides priced at $63.70 each, and some soft cover guides (some are the same as the hard cover) priced at $34.25. If you go to the web site, and click on the guide name, a detailed description page is displayed which gives a list of all place names covered in the volume. Familyroots.com doesn't sell anything like this. Gary Martens On 3/15/2011 6:53 PM, Jerry and Fran Goertzen wrote: > < [email protected] > Hanson is the publisher > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Martens" > <[email protected]> > To: "Jerry and Fran Goertzen" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 3:18 PM > Subject: Re: [GV] German Parish Records re: Reformed > > > > Where are these German Map Guides by Kevin Hansen ??? > > I see these for Hannover: http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=8413 > > Gary Martens > > > On 3/13/2011 8:13 PM, Jerry and Fran Goertzen wrote: >> Neil; >> The German Map Guides of Kevin Hansen are very complete. If you were >> told that they do not contain "Reformed Church" records, you were >> misinformed. It would seem likely the person to say that hadn't >> really looked in the books in depth. >> The two predominate religions in the Germanic areas were Catholic and >> Lutheran, so the books were designed to cover the parish maps and >> villages of those two religions. In each area there was a scattering >> of other religious churches but not enough to make up separate parish >> maps, but Hansen did include the parish records for each religion in >> each area. The "Reformed Church" was probably the third largest but >> they had split into different denominations. I have found Dutch >> Reformed, French Reformed, German Reformed and Walloon Reformed in >> many of his books. Most of the reformed "reformed" mentioned in the >> Russian records were German reformed. Hansen also included Mennonite >> and Jewish parishes when he found them. They are all listed in the >> "Other Churches chapter" of each book. The Hessen book Vol I, has a >> few French Reformed but there are 38 German Reformed churches listed >> with their microfilm numbers. Three of these churches are in Kreis >> Büdingen. Once you find your village, you can check the film of the >> nearest Reformed church. >> As far as finding a reliable researcher in Germany, I wouldn't know >> since I have never used one. I'm still searching for my Isenburg >> village. Maybe some of the other Ger-Volga readers can recommend a >> reliable one. Jerry >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > >

Note that the Russian Archives in Engels will not sell copies of original church records, but will create a report, in Russian, of requested information. If you request a search of church records, the search price must be paid regardless of whether they find any records, or not. You must pay for the search before they do the work. If you are requesting a search for a specific person, and think you know the birth year, for an unknown reason the actual recorded birth may be different by one year from what people used as there birth year, after they immigrated to the US. Saratov, in the past, has sold copies of original birth records. Pages of birth records contain from 6 to 10 births per page, but they cover up records not requested when the page is copied. Gary Martens Dobrinka, Galka, Neu-Weimar & Schilling villages VC

Here are what church records are available from the Russian Archives in Volgagrad: http://www.dobrinka.org/archives/Volgograd_archives_revised.pdf and the records at the Russian Archives in Engels: http://www.dobrinka.org/archives/Whats%20in%20the%20Engels%20archive.pdf What's available from the Russian Archives in Saratov is not available. They will respond on an individual village basis, through Mila Koretnikova, but have not and probably won't, in the immediate future, release a total list of what records they have. The first thing to do when looking for records from a village is to first ask the AHSGR village research coordinator (VC) for a village if he/she has purchased records, and what their procedure is for releasing information. The complete VC list is here: http://www.ahsgr.org/Villages/village_coordinators.htm The Saratov and Engels archives are under the same management, and the basic cost for a search of church records is about $36 per year, for one name, and the cost of a copy of a church record is between $5 and $11 each. Then you must add in the processing fees by Mila Koretnikova. Note that the archives in Engels accepts payments only in Russian Rubles that are deposited directly into their Russian bank account. The same is probably true for the archives in Saratov. Payments for research and records from the archives in Volgagrad are easiest made by making payments through Mila Koretnikova. That is easily done by making deposits to her La Junta, Colorado bank account. Note that simple research done by the archives in Engels can take 2 to 3 months. The archives in Volgagrad may have caught up on the orders for church records. Six months ago, it was taking between 6 months and a year to get copies of records. Gary Martens Dobrinka, Galka, Neu-Weimar& Schilling villages VC On 3/14/2011 10:41 AM, William Pickelhaupt wrote: > I have been asked twice in the last week about the availability of church records from Russia without going through a Russian archive. The short answer is that LDS has very little in the way of Lutheran or Roman Catholic church records that have been copied for the Volga area. I have just heard this morning from Kahlile Mehr, who is responsible for acquisitions for the Slavic collection at the LDS Family History Center in Salt Lake City. LDS has not filmed in Russia in five years, and the mentality over there is much like it was during the Communist era, i.e. not overly cooperative. LDS is subject to an agreement with the central government and each individual archive. > > I work with what LDS has and whatever may be sitting in a library somewhere or online or go to a church in Michigan or through interviews to gather my materials. I am not sitting on a pile of cash to acquire documents, but the antennae are usually up. I am told that nearly complete church records for a few villages have been received from Russia, but I am not convinced it was done through the front door. So I work on extracts of church records or histories of the Protestant church in Russia, because that is what is available to me. If you came from Estonia, Latvia or Lithuanian, or even the Protestant Church in Minsk, the FHC seems to have lots of microfilm, especially on the first three areas. > > Saratov Archive seems to have some German parish registers, poll tax, recruit lists for 1874-1917 and tax registers for the Kontura. The summary info I have in many cases only has question marks RE: the years included or number of books in their archive for certain types of holdings. I don't think LDS was able to copy much of this at Saratov. The Lutheran Consistory for the Volga had been in Saratov until the 1830s, but was moved to Moscow. It looks as if the FHC has nothing for the Lutheran Consistory in Saratov. > > I don't hold back things, though if something is in process its best to wait until it is completed or not capable of being done to share it. I do continue to research and write and occasionally publish. > > Bill Pickelhaupt > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I have been asked twice in the last week about the availability of church records from Russia without going through a Russian archive. The short answer is that LDS has very little in the way of Lutheran or Roman Catholic church records that have been copied for the Volga area. I have just heard this morning from Kahlile Mehr, who is responsible for acquisitions for the Slavic collection at the LDS Family History Center in Salt Lake City. LDS has not filmed in Russia in five years, and the mentality over there is much like it was during the Communist era, i.e. not overly cooperative. LDS is subject to an agreement with the central government and each individual archive.   I work with what LDS has and whatever may be sitting in a library somewhere or online or go to a church in Michigan or through interviews to gather my materials. I am not sitting on a pile of cash to acquire documents, but the antennae are usually up. I am told that nearly complete church records for a few villages have been received from Russia, but I am not convinced it was done through the front door. So I work on extracts of church records or histories of the Protestant church in Russia, because that is what is available to me. If you came from Estonia, Latvia or Lithuanian, or even the Protestant Church in Minsk, the FHC seems to have lots of microfilm, especially on the first three areas.   Saratov Archive seems to have some German parish registers, poll tax, recruit lists for 1874-1917 and tax registers for the Kontura. The summary info I have in many cases only has question marks RE: the years included or number of books in their archive for certain types of holdings. I don't think LDS was able to copy much of this at Saratov. The Lutheran Consistory for the Volga had been in Saratov until the 1830s, but was moved to Moscow. It looks as if the FHC has nothing for the Lutheran Consistory in Saratov.   I don't hold back things, though if something is in process its best to wait until it is completed or not capable of being done to share it. I do continue to research and write and occasionally publish.   Bill Pickelhaupt

Neil; The German Map Guides of Kevin Hansen are very complete. If you were told that they do not contain "Reformed Church" records, you were misinformed. It would seem likely the person to say that hadn't really looked in the books in depth. The two predominate religions in the Germanic areas were Catholic and Lutheran, so the books were designed to cover the parish maps and villages of those two religions. In each area there was a scattering of other religious churches but not enough to make up separate parish maps, but Hansen did include the parish records for each religion in each area. The "Reformed Church" was probably the third largest but they had split into different denominations. I have found Dutch Reformed, French Reformed, German Reformed and Walloon Reformed in many of his books. Most of the reformed "reformed" mentioned in the Russian records were German reformed. Hansen also included Mennonite and Jewish parishes when he found them. They are all listed in the "Other Churches chapter" of each book. The Hessen book Vol I, has a few French Reformed but there are 38 German Reformed churches listed with their microfilm numbers. Three of these churches are in Kreis Büdingen. Once you find your village, you can check the film of the nearest Reformed church. As far as finding a reliable researcher in Germany, I wouldn't know since I have never used one. I'm still searching for my Isenburg village. Maybe some of the other Ger-Volga readers can recommend a reliable one. Jerry

Jerry asked that I forward the attached to Ger-Volga via email. Fran ----- Original Message ----- From: Jerry and Fran Goertzen To: NEIL AND VICKI NUSZ Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 9:19 PM Subject: Your email of 02-26-11 Immigration of Germans from Germany to......... Neil; I may be able to answer some of your questions and give you some sources for more data. In the early days, the Lords of Isenburg ruled at the Isenburg Castle and the Lords of Büdingen ruled from Büdingen Castle. The Isenburg Castle was located on the east side of the Rhine about 15 miles north of Koblenz. In 1240, Garloch II, the Lord of Büdingen died. He left no male heirs, only haveing four daughters, so his close relative, Ludwig I, the Lord of Isenburg, inherited the Castle and moved his residence there. Ludwig called the new area Isenburg-Büdingen. He and his descendants expanded the area considerably and it became the Province of Isenburg-Büdingen, part of the Grand Duchy of Hessen. At the time our ancestors left 'Germany' for Russia, Germany did not exist. It was the Holy Roman Empire consisting of many different Kingdoms, Duchys, Provinces and City States. The Holy Roman Empire ruled until 1806 and the German Empire wasn't established until 1871. Until the German Empire, there were no civil records. The only records were the church parish records. To find information on your ancestors, you need a village name. Then you have to find the parish for that village and see if it has been microfilmed for/by the LDS Family History Library. The best source for that data comes from Kevan Hansen's series "Map Guide to German Parish Registers". In your case, Isenburg is in the book "Grandduchy of Hessen, Vol I. These books are available from the publisher at < www.GermanMapGuide.com >. The publisher is Family Roots Publishing and they have many books on German History. Question 4. During the Seven Years War, 1756-1763, Count Ferdinand Casimir I of Isenburg-Büdingen helped the Russian Army and Catherine, Empress of Russia presented him with an award. Casimir in turn, invited the Russian recruiter and Commissar, Johann Facius, to set up an immigration office in Büdingen. That is where the colonists applied for their passports and visas to emigrate. The colonists also had to pay all taxes and debts that they owed. Johann Facius was the most successful of the recruiters and a large percent of the colonists went through Büdingen. I have heard of exit lists and other records that were from that time but no one seems to have found them. The church records from Büdingen have been filmed and are available but they are in German. The best source is Professor Brent Mai's "German Migration to the Russian Volga". The colonists gathered at a number of locations waiting for transport. In each town, there were births, marriages and deaths that were recorded in the various churches. Brent Mai has also translated many of those church records in this book. In your case, there are records for the Büdingen and Lübeck churches. Brent Mai also published a book on the "Transport of the Volga Germans from Orienbaum to the Colonies on the Volga". Your family is in the book, #3894 to 3901.This lists the whole family and it shows the father, Johann Jacob as dying enroute. You apparently have the before and after data of 1766 and 1767. There is also a 1775 census of Messer. For the 1798 census, I would recommend Brent Mai's "1798 census of the German Colonies along the Volga". This 2 volume set is more than just a census, it covers all the villages. The Nuss family had spread to other villages by 1798 and this shows your Georg Ernst Nuss (1750) and his family living in Dobrinka (#D 40). This set of books also include a history of each village and the religion of the village and where the parish records were. Messer had its own parish church but Dobrinka was in the Galka parish. The 1798 Agricultural census also includes each family's taxable possesions for each village in the Volga. For example, Georg Ernst Nuss (Db40) had 7 horses, 22 cows, 15 sheep, 10 swine, and 30 chickens. It also states how much he harvested from his 1797 crops of rye, wheat, oats, potatoes, etc. There are many good books on the German and Volga history but the most comprehensive ones I found are: "Catharine to Khrushchev" by Adam Geisinger, The German Russians, those who came to Sutton (Neb)" by James Greiss and "Wir Wollen Deutsche Bleiben" by George Walters (in English). All of the books mentioned are available from: < www.ahsgr.org > If you want later Volga information, Brent Mai is translating and publishing the census records for the 1800s. Brent has the 1834 and 1857 census reports for Dobrinka also the 1834, 1850 and 1857 census records for Messer. These records are available from < [email protected] >. If you are looking for internet information, the best is from the Center for Volga German Studies at the Concordia University and is under the leadership of Professor Brent Mai. They have an excellent website at < www.cvgs.cu-portland.edu >. I hope this helps you and other people interested in their family history from the Volga Germans. Becoming familiar with sources materials is very like a "return to college" but so interesting readings and no final exam! Jerry Goertzen

Thanks, Henry. You are still my go-to expert for sugar beets! On 3/13/2011 12:20 PM, Henry Schmick wrote: > > > Sugar Beets on the Volga > > There are many accounts of sugar beets grown in gardens by the Germans to be > used as a sweetener. My Grandmother from Grimm continued that practice by > making a supply of sugar beet syrup each year, which she used it as a topping > on her Kuchen. It had its own unique flavor, it was one of our favorite > kuchen along with black berry kuchen. > > Fred C. Koch in his book "The Volga Germans" said "Sugar beets were raised to > meet domestic needs. The settlers processed them into a syrup that served as > a sweetener for many cooking purposes. A sugar-beet factory was established > in Anton on the Bergsite, reportedly as early as 1815, which operated on a > commercial scale for sixty years before beet-production problems closed down > the venture." > > Jacob E. Dietz in his book "History of the Volga German Colonists" mentions > sugar beets. "In 1813 the Saratov provincial directorate allowed artist > Collegiate Assessor Kigelken to build a sugar beet factory in the colony of > Sebastyanovka and to distill alcohol from the beet residue. The colonists > gave land to the factory for the production and planting of sugar beets. From > Kigelkhen the factory was transferred to Polish gentry Liaskowski, who went > from poor renter to a man of enormous means when he returned to Poland in 1876 > after the factory was destroyed." > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Sugar Beets on the Volga There are many accounts of sugar beets grown in gardens by the Germans to be used as a sweetener. My Grandmother from Grimm continued that practice by making a supply of sugar beet syrup each year, which she used it as a topping on her Kuchen. It had its own unique flavor, it was one of our favorite kuchen along with black berry kuchen. Fred C. Koch in his book "The Volga Germans" said "Sugar beets were raised to meet domestic needs. The settlers processed them into a syrup that served as a sweetener for many cooking purposes. A sugar-beet factory was established in Anton on the Bergsite, reportedly as early as 1815, which operated on a commercial scale for sixty years before beet-production problems closed down the venture." Jacob E. Dietz in his book "History of the Volga German Colonists" mentions sugar beets. "In 1813 the Saratov provincial directorate allowed artist Collegiate Assessor Kigelken to build a sugar beet factory in the colony of Sebastyanovka and to distill alcohol from the beet residue. The colonists gave land to the factory for the production and planting of sugar beets. From Kigelkhen the factory was transferred to Polish gentry Liaskowski, who went from poor renter to a man of enormous means when he returned to Poland in 1876 after the factory was destroyed."

Weigel, Anna, March 10, 1923- March 10, 2011 Billings Gazette Billings, Mt 13 Mar 2011 Anna Weigel, 88, passed on, while at Eagle Cliff Manor on March 10, 2011, exactly 88 years from the day she was born on March 10, 1923. She was born in Fromberg, Mont., to Henry and Marie Elizabeth (Reichert) Mill. She married Joseph Weigel on Sept. 17, 1940, in Roundup, Mont. They were married for 60 years and had five children. Anna worked for Deaconess Hospital environmental services and was very proud of the fact that she worked for them for 22 years. Some of her hobbies included gardening, sewing, canning and dancing. She was famous for her dill pickles, V-8 juice and sauerkraut. Anna loved to dance and was an associate member of the Montana and Wyoming Old Time Fiddlers Organizations. She will be dearly missed and always loved by her family. She is survived by her children: Carolyn Etzel, Nick (Bernadine) Weigel, Don Weigel, Charlie (Debbie Saylor) Weigel all of Billings and Deb Weigel of Littleton, Colo.; brother Alex Mill; grandchildren: Vic Shay, Nicki Stannebein, Shane Weigel, Julie Slevira, Tony and Tammy; six great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews and was preceded in death by her husband. Memorial Services will be held at Dahl Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, March 16, at 11 a.m. with a reception to follow and committal of ashes after the reception. Committal of ashes will be in Rockvale Cemetery where she will be with her husband, Joseph. Arrangements are in the care of Dahl Funeral Chapel and memories may be shared with the family at www.dahlfuneralchapel.com. Come home at supper time . . . down among the budding roses. I am nothing but a stem. I have parted from my darlings never more to meet again. This is my honest prayer. You have loved me on earth and I am sure you will love me here. Anna's favorite color was turquoise, so when you wear something in turquoise remember Anna, and, don't forget to add the secret ingredient - LOVE.

Contact me for further information. ..............Brent............ Brent Mai, University Librarian Director, Center for Volga German Studies http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu Concordia University Portland, Oregon 1850 Fischer Surnames Andersen Angermann Baustian Deiner Ehrentraut Fischer Friebus Gaus Gossmann Günther Haas Heinrich Henneberg Justus Koch Kóvacs Kraul Kraus Lang Lier Maurer Meier Müller Niedecker Ninstiel Riffling Schäfer Schmidt Springer Stahlbaum Stang Thierbach Thomas Töpfer Walger Walter Wiesner Wollendorf Movement to/from the following colonies is noted: Grimm, Nieder-Monjou, Orlovskaya, & Weizenfeld 1857 Fischer Surnames (includes maiden names) Altergott Anders Angermann Arnold Balzer Barth Batt Baustian Benedel Blonck Bolger Borens Deikert Deiner Ebert Ehler Ehrentraut Enghardt Eurich Felde Feller Fiedler Fischer Friebus Gaus Gebauf Gossmann Gottfried Gottlieb Griesmann Grossmann Günther Haas Hartmann Heinrich Helm Hennebert Herber Herscht Herter Hilgenberg Hochlieb Hoffmann Holzmann Jost Justus Karl Kauerhoff Keller Khader Kniss Koch Körber Kóvacs Kraus Kreinert Kruib Lang Lebel Lenk Lichtner Lieb Lier Lipp Lorach Loresch Maithelzer Mattern Maurer Mebus Meier Meinek Mertz Metzger Moritz Muhl Müller Nerenstiel Neuberger Neuwirt Niedecker Opferingen Ott Pfeiffer Pickelhaupt Reb Reisbig Rieb Riehl Riffling Ritter Rosenbergen Rosengrün Ruhl Rutz Sauer Sauermilch Schäfer Schmidt Schönfeld Schönmeier Sehr Seidenzal Spindler Springer Staab Stahlbaum Stang Stoppel Thierbach Thomas Töpfer Wagner Wald Walger Walter Wanzel Wede Weinberg Weltz Wiesner Wilhelm Wollendorf Wulf Zittel

Contact me for further information. ..............Brent............ Brent Mai, University Librarian Director, Center for Volga German Studies http://cvgs.cu-portland.edu Concordia University Portland, Oregon 1850 Schulz Surnames Becker Gross Herzog Horn Kreis Krimmer Lehning Lerch Markus Meier Müller Niderquell Richter Schmidt Schröder Schulz Trapp Weber Weinberger Zessler Zitzer Movement to Weizenfeld is recorded. 1857 Schulz Surnames (includes maiden names) Bader Beck Becker Belger Beller Beratz Berg Bolger Dahl Dahmer Diehl Enders Ertel Eurich Felsinger Fischer Freund Fritz Gorde Gottfried Gross Hartmann Hautzel Henneberg Henning Heruth Herzog Hildenberger Hoffmann Hofrinad Jorsch Jung Justus Kammel Kimmel Klaus Klunk Knoll Kober Koznel Krantz Kraus Kreis Kreutzer Krimmel Krutsch Landmann Laubach Lehning Lerch Liebrecht Linker Markus Martin Mattern Meckel Mehl Meier Müller Muth Neidecker Neuwirt Niederquell Nuss Paul Posner Reimer Reinfeldt Richter Rupp Ruppel Scheiberg Scherer Schlaft Schmidt Schneider Schulz Seifert Simon Spahnagel Spomer Stahl Steinfeldt Thierbach Trapp Volmer Wagel Weiber Weiberger Weller Wellinger Welm Werner Werth Wilhelm Wold Zessler Zitzer

I did not find Eva Schreiner b. 1836 in the Hussenbach database. I do have a Kaspar Scheiner b. 1780.

Marvin, Thanks for sharing that. German POWs were used to harvest sugar beets up here in Michigan, too. Looks like the first VGs in Russia did not grow sugar beets for many decades; according to Wikipedia, sugar beet refineries began to appear in France and German states as the Napoleanic Wars ended. The Volga colonies had been in existence a half century by then. The topic would make an interesting study. Bill P. On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Marven C Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm 78, and I still have scars on my leg from topping sugar beets in West > Nebraska and Wyoming. I began thinning beets with my grandfather when I > was 8 years old. My dad work in both the Great Western sugar factory in > Gering, Neb. and the Holly sugar factory in Torrington. May dad also was > the hired man for Ted Nanbera, a Japanese farmer, about a mile from our > home in the "Rooshin Town" sector of Gering. I remember the German > prisoners who were brought to the farm help with the beet harvest, > usually in very cold weather. At about age 10 or 11, I had no problem > communicating with the prisoners, but my wouldn't talk them. When I > asked why, he said they spoke hoch Deutsh, in dialect he didn't > understand. It took me about 50 years to realize that he wouldn't speak > to them because he didn't want to associate with potential Nazis. Many > of the German\Russian farmers did prepare meals for the prisoners in the > Scottsbluff-Gering area. > My grandfather died in 1954 while I was in the Marines. He and I worked > together in the beet, bean, potatoes and grain fields, but I don't recall > him mentining anything about sugar beets in the Norka area. Dad was born > in Melow on der Havel in 1913, just before they came to the U.S. Grandpa > would be 123 if he were still living. Dad was killed in an industrial > accident in Portland, Ore., in 1971 at age 57. > > Marven Weitzel > > On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:51:48 -0500 "Cliff" <[email protected]> writes: > > Hoy hoy! > > > > A fine sunny day of 38F from Kakabekastan, Canada near Lake > > Superior. > > (and 14 inches of snow on ground) > > > > Our Huber gang from Bangert did not mention sugar beets to my > > recollection, > > but did refer to sunflowers seeds and sunflower oil plants in > > Bangert, c1890. > > > > Our Huber grandparents, settled on land east of Winnipeg at Lydiatt, > > (aka > > Eugenfeld, and St Ouens) brought watermelon seeds among others. > > > > regards > > > > Cliff Huber > > > > Volga ancestral families from 1766 to 1900: Huber, Heinz, Otto, > > Steinhauer, > > Wagonleiter, Pineckenstein > > > > ps - All the best, Paul. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Groupon.com Official Site > 1 huge daily deal on the best stuff to do in your city. Try it today! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7ad9f0db28c19f7fcst02duc > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >