Billings Gazette Billings, MT 12 Sep 2007 OLYMPIA, Wash. - Andrew Ludwig Hofmeister died of complications from diabetes on Sept. 1, 2007, at age 94. Hofmeister was born in Kulm, N.D., on Feb. 16, 1913, to John and Martha (Billigmeier) Hofmeister. On May 19, 1940, he married Jane Habedank LaBrie in Malta, Mont. Hofmeister grew up on a homestead near Ingomar, Mont. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Montana in 1938, he taught in several public schools in Montana. He earned his MFA degree at Washington State University in 1947 and joined the Fine Arts faculty that same year, retiring three decades later in 1978. In 1997, Hofmeisters moved from Pullman to Olympia to live with their daughter. Despite declining health, he maintained his passion as an artist and continued to paint until a few weeks before his death. He was preceded in death by his brother, Raymond Hofmeister; sister, Irene Olson, and wife, Jane (2003). Survivors include his daughter, Andree Castoldi (Richard) in Olympia; son, Jon Hofmeister (Barbara) in Eugene, Ore.; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Please leave condolences online at: www

Casper Star Tribune Casper, WY 12 Sep 2007 Larry Dean Wilhelm CASPER -- Funeral services for Larry Dean Wilhelm, 65, will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at Highland Park Community Church with Mike Propp officiating. Those planning to attend are asked to wear brown and gold as they honor a real Wyoming Cowboy. Interment will follow at Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery with full military honors accorded by the Natrona County United Veterans Council and the Wyoming Army National Guard. A reception will follow at the Casper Country Club. Visitation is from 1 to 7 p.m., Thursday at Bustard's Funeral Home. He died Sept. 10, 2007, at his home in Casper after a long illness. He was born Aug. 29, 1942, in Wheatland, to John and Katherine (Fox) Wilhelm. He attended Wheatland schools and graduated in 1960. Shortly after graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served 18 months in Germany. He was very proud of the time he served and continued his patriotism by supporting the troops. He moved to Greeley, Colo., after his enlistment and began working for State Farm Insurance in July 1963. He had a successful career with State Farm and opened his own agency in March 1972 in Greeley. He was promoted to agency manager in Casper in 1976 and returned to an agency in Casper in February 1991. He married Pamela Galloway during his time in Greeley. They had two children, Heather and Scott, and later divorced. He married Reida Schwamb of Casper. One of the highlights of his later years were his grandsons. He was an avid supporter of University of Wyoming sports, the Cowboy Joe Club and the T-Bird Booster Club. He coached Midget Football, helped to create and coached in the Casper Youth Soccer League and was involved in many community activities, including the Chamber of Commerce Sports & Attractions Committee, Rotary, March of Dimes and the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Survivors include his wife of Casper, daughter, Heather Anderson and her husband; son, Scott Wilhelm, all of Fort Collins, Colo.; stepson, Shawn Boyles and his wife of Casper; three grandsons, three brothers, John Wilhelm of Wheatland, Ron Wilhelm of Torrington and Marvin Wilhelm of Denver; and three sisters, Dorothy Schmidt of Greeley, Colo., Ernestine Shepard of Bakersfield, Calif., and Viola Voight of Wheatland. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Leo Wilhelm and Harvey Wilhelm. Memorials may be made to the Cowboy Joe Club, in care of the University of Wyoming Foundation, Dept. 3414, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, 82071; or to the T-Bird Booster Club, in care of the Casper College Foundation, 125 College Dr., Casper, 82601. Bustard's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Scottsbluff Star Hearld Scottsbluff, NE 12 Sep 2007 BAYARD - Dennis "Swede" Pontine, 62, died Monday, Sept. 10, 2007 at Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff. His Funeral will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 14 at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Bayard with the Reverend George Naylor officiating. Interment will be in the Bayard Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Bayard Volunteer Fire Dept. or the Donor's Choice. Friends may call at the Church, Thursday, Sept. 13, from Noon to 8 p.m. Jolliffe Funeral Home at Bridgeport is in charge of the arrangements. His obituary may be viewed at www.jolliffefuneralhome.com where condolences may be left. Swede was born Oct. 21, 1944, in Denver, the son of LeRoy and Esther (Nagel) Pontine. He was raised and educated at Bayard and graduated from the Bayard High School with the Class of 1963. He then attended Parks Business College at Denver and worked for the Great Western Sugar Co. at Denver while attending college. After college he returned to Bayard and worked for the Great Western Sugar Co. and then Western Sugar Co. for over thirty years. Swede was united in marriage to Carol Schwindt, July 20, 1969, in Bayard and to this union they were blessed with two daughters, Suzanne (Jeff) Wengler and Valerie Pontine. He was blessed with his son-in-law in January of 1995 and grandson Tanner in 1998, who was his pride and joy. He was a member of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church and a thirty-five year member of the Bayard Volunteer Fire Dept. Dennis loved to hunt with his dog "Bimbo." His favorite pastime was golfing with his friends, gardening and spending time with Tanner. Survivors include his wife Carol; daughters, Suzanne (Jeff) Wengler of Gering, Valerie Pontine of Bayard; grandson, Tanner; step-granddaughters, Meisha and Aylie Wengler; sister, LeeAnn (Dwain) McLaughlin of Gering; nephews, Christopher and Jared Dudden and nieces, Heather Macholan and Melissa Pokorny. He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.

from the Moscow Times: Wednesday, September 12, 2007. Issue 3741. Page 1. Kremlin Reaches Out to Homesick Germans By Nikolaus von Twickel Staff Writer For truck driver Boris Renner, a native Siberian, the prospect of returning to Russia after seven difficult years in Germany is an attractive one. "I tried everything, from gardening to being a caretaker in a school, but there is just no work here for me," Renner said by telephone from Neuenkirchen, near the French border in Germany. New legislation may help tip the scale in his decision. In the face of a worsening demographic crisis, Russia is formulating plans to lure some of Germany's more than 2 million immigrants from former Soviet republics back to quickly depopulating regions. In a move to attract the ethnic Germans back -- or at least keep them from leaving -- the government is promoting a program worth more than 2.8 billion rubles ($109 million) to improve local infrastructure -- specifically improving housing, health care and education. While some observers welcomed the initiative, immigrant representatives suggested that it came too late and that only a few thousand people would come. Last week, Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov officially sanctioned the funds, the lion's share of which will come from the federal budget. The program, published on the government's web site, aims to develop Germans' potential by calling for their return to compact settlements on the Volga and in western Siberia. The government says some 8,000 have returned so far but that many have had to live in makeshift homes, including railway cars. Germany's Association of Germans from Russia says that while some are willing to return, the plan only would have worked if it had been adopted three or four decades ago. "Russia has missed the boat," the association's deputy chairman, Adolf Braun, said by telephone from Chemnitz. Braun said he was amused to see that his countrymen's plight had suddenly risen to such a political priority. He criticized Moscow for not yet having made amends for the Volga Germans' expulsion from their autonomous republic in what is now the Saratov region. Most of Russia's Germans are descendants of farmers invited by Catherine the Great in the 18th century to settle along the southern Volga. They were deported to Central Asia and Siberia as potential traitors under Stalin in 1941 and began resettling in West Germany in the 1950s, where legislation then granted them, their spouses and descendants citizenship -- an opportunity still open to them today. After the Soviet collapse, their exodus swelled, with about 100,000 to 200,000 leaving each year. More than 2 million ethnic Germans from former Soviet republics were repatriated from 1990 to 2006, according to government data from Berlin. The government said that in 2004 around 600,000 Germans still lived in the country. Germans living in the Soviet Union numbered about 2 million, according to the last census, in 1989. Experts explain the discrepancy by the fact that ethnic Germans tended to underreport their nationality in the census, while the German government data includes citizenship bestowed on spouses and descendants. The mass departure has almost halted, with just 7,600 immigrants from former Soviet republics arriving in Germany in 2006, including some 5,100 from Russia. Though there are no reliable numbers, there is evidence that the number of those heading back is growing. Renner, 59, left the republic of Altai, for Germany seven years ago and found work through a government agency. But since he was laid off for the second time in 2004, he has not found suitable employment. He is torn. He wants to be near his daughter and two grandsons in Germany. But his son, Yevgeny, has already returned to Siberia. "He found work and is happy. He always asks me to come," Renner said. Renner is typical for returnees who arrived since the late 1990s and found it difficult to adapt to life in Germany. "It is unemployment, cultural and mental differences, as well as language difficulties that make life hard for these people," said Elmar Welt, who assists immigrants wishing to return to their home countries with Heimatgarten, a German nongovernmental organization. "They are just homesick," he said. Welt said he believed that there were probably tens of thousands of Germans who wished to return to Russia. He said the program was not bad and could help, though there was still little evidence of how it would be put into practice in the regions. But Braun predicted that there would be no exodus and said the returnees were isolated cases. He conceded, however, that conditions in Germany had worsened. "People here are no longer prepared to integrate Germans from Russia as they did in the 1970s and '80s," he said. Furthermore, tight labor markets and bureaucratic hurdles made life harder for newcomers. Braun also said those arriving more recently tended to be poorer and some were even forced to immigrate because of economic hardship. This gave them a more difficult time than their predecessors, who also tended to be better educated, he said. Russia, on the other hand, urgently needs immigrants. The population has declined by 6 million since 1993 to a current total of about 142 million people, according to the State Statistics Service. The government has warned that the population could fall below 100 million by 2050. The main reason is a low birthrate and a very high death rate, which is not being offset by the country's existing immigration, said Anatoly Vishnevsky, director of the Institute of Demographics at Moscow's Higher School of Economics Vishnevsky said he did not believe that the Germans would solve the country's woes. "I do not think they will come," he added. But a Kremlin spokesman defended the program, pointing out that it was long term. "One should not expect it to have an immediate effect," said the spokesman, Dmitry Peskov. It is associated with efforts to bring back ethnic Russians living in other former Soviet republics, he said. Last summer, President Vladimir Putin endorsed a six-year plan encouraging compatriots living abroad to return by promising them cash and social benefits. Two years earlier he personally handed a passport to Andrei Schmemann, a Russian emigre who had lived in France for 75 years without citizenship. Peskov conceded that returning was often a difficult decision. "For many families, Russia is terra incognita although it is their motherland." It is the government's job to create more favorable conditions for returnees, he said. "This job takes a lot of time and effort, but it is being done," he said.

Yahoo has very good maps and also satelite images. Go to Yahoo.com, and then click on maps...put the village name in the place, press enter, and it takes you right there. You can zoom in or out. It is amazing how wide the Volga is in some places. I had no idea it was such a huge river. My village, Eckheim is a long distance from the river...I think it is up in the hills...unless I have my directions mixed up. Suzanne "Allan R. Lenhardt" <arl@imt.net> wrote: Suzanne - perhaps you could share some of the sites you found. I googled it and did not find the immigration maps. Allan R. Lenhardt 240 East Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 344-1424 (225) 223-3121 (cell) Life is God's novel. Let him write it. Isaac Beshevis Singer in Voices for Life (1975) -----Original Message----- From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Suzanne Heinitz-Dodge Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 3:26 AM To: frank jacobs; List Subject: Re: [GV] Migration map, Ukraine question. Google it! I found several sites! Suzanne frank jacobs wrote: Greetings, Can somebody tell me where I can locate the German migrations to Russia map on line? I have it somewhere in my "non filing" system. I have been notified by FamilytreemakerDNA that my ancestor of the period of the Wars of Religion shares ancestry at the 25 marker level with a person who migrated from Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine. I am of Volga German extraction, so I am left with two hypotheses : 1. This common ancestor migrated in an exodus from bloody German 400 years ago at the height of the Wars of Religion, or 2. later Volga migrants relocated to the Ukraine? I am not familiar with either, and there may be other explanations. Is it likely one could locate a small village of Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine? Any enlightenment would be appreciated. Frank Jacobs ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com 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 GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.

I don't know how your email appears to you, but there is a link under the name of the town in the Ukraine. So I first tried clicking the link, which brought up a map. I then typed in my Google tool bar the name of the town, and came up with http://jewishwebindex.com/ukrainian_shtetls.htm for one. Then I added immigration to the search. If you play around with it a bit, you will see there are a few sites to look at. Try searching with migration, as well as immigration, using the town name each time. I tried using "Russia" as well as 'Ukraine", and you get different results. Give it a try. Suzanne "Allan R. Lenhardt" <arl@imt.net> wrote: Suzanne - perhaps you could share some of the sites you found. I googled it and did not find the immigration maps. Allan R. Lenhardt 240 East Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 344-1424 (225) 223-3121 (cell) Life is God's novel. Let him write it. Isaac Beshevis Singer in Voices for Life (1975) -----Original Message----- From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Suzanne Heinitz-Dodge Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 3:26 AM To: frank jacobs; List Subject: Re: [GV] Migration map, Ukraine question. Google it! I found several sites! Suzanne frank jacobs wrote: Greetings, Can somebody tell me where I can locate the German migrations to Russia map on line? I have it somewhere in my "non filing" system. I have been notified by FamilytreemakerDNA that my ancestor of the period of the Wars of Religion shares ancestry at the 25 marker level with a person who migrated from Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine. I am of Volga German extraction, so I am left with two hypotheses : 1. This common ancestor migrated in an exodus from bloody German 400 years ago at the height of the Wars of Religion, or 2. later Volga migrants relocated to the Ukraine? I am not familiar with either, and there may be other explanations. Is it likely one could locate a small village of Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine? Any enlightenment would be appreciated. Frank Jacobs ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com 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 GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Don't let your dream ride pass you by. Make it a reality with Yahoo! Autos.

Herr and Jolliffe Mortuary Fort Morgan, Colorado 09-11-2007 MARIE BOWLES, 94, lifelong area resident, died Monday evening, September 10, 2007 at the Eben Ezer Lutheran Care Center in Brush. She was born in Brush on September 2, 1913 to George & Katherine (Bath) Wiederspahn. She married Willis Bowles on September 27, 1947 in Denver. Mrs. Bowles was a member of Immanuel Evangelical Church in Fort Morgan. In the past she had participated in Ladies Fellowship at the church and bridge clubs. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, fishing, and camping. She is survived by her husband Willis Bowles of Fort Morgan; one daughter, Darlene Toepfer of Bakersfield, CA; 8 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, and 15 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Jack L. Baker; one daughter, Myrna "Babe" Miller; two sisters, Katherine Konnerup and Lydia Phifer; and two brothers, George Wiederspahn and Henry Wiederspahn. Funeral services will be Monday, September 17th at 10:30 AM at Immanuel Evangelical Church in Fort Morgan. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens in Fort Morgan. Memorial gifts may be made in Mrs. Bowles' name to Immanuel Evangelical Church. The Heer & Jolliffe Mortuary in Ft. Morgan is in charge of the arrangements. *********************************************************************** Elaine McDowell http://www.ancestrylocator.com A site set up to help find your ancestors by using the forum or gallery. Come join in, and it is a free site.

Adamson Funeral Home Greeley, Colorado 09-11-2007 Paul Fritzler November 4, 1914 - September 8, 2007 Age: 92 Residence: Greeley, Colorado Tribute: Paul Fritzler was born at 229 Locust Street, Windsor to Friedrich and Katherina (Meisner) Fritzler. On December 6, 1914 he was baptized at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Windsor. In 1915 at the age of one year he moved with his parents to the farm. He attended LaGrange School and school in Windsor. On March 24, 1929 he was confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church. On June 25, 1944 he married Bertha Schmidt at Christ Lutheran Church in Eaton. She died in December 1998. He was engaged in farming and dairying all his life, having resided on the same farm for 62 years. He was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church where he held numerous positions on the church council. Mr. Fritzler was a charter member of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia and the Windsor Garden Club. He was a great lover of nature, especially flowers and did much photography work which was his favorite hobby. He was also an accomplished musician, having taught himself at a young age to play the accordion. He loved playing polkas for guests at his home. He was also very interested in genealogy and had successfully traced his family's history. Mr. Fritzler died Saturday, September 8, 2007 at Windsor Health Care Center. Survivors: Three sons, Paul Jr. of Greeley, Rick of Eaton, John and wife Karen of Greeley; one daughter, Kathie McDermed of Ault; five grandchildren, Tara Bollig of Loveland, Dan Fritzler of Greeley, John C Fritzler of Kersey, Katie Fritzler of Greeley and Kristin Chambers of Virginia Beach, VA Preceded in death by: Wife, Bertha; parents; 2 infant brothers; a sister, Louise Meyer Services: 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 13, 2007 at Bethel Lutheran Church, Windsor. Visitation: 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 13, 2007 Bethel Lutheran Church, Windsor. Inurnment: Lakeview Cemetery, Windsor Note: Memorial Contributions may be made to Bethel Lutheran Church c/o Adamson Funeral and Cremation Services 2000 47th Avenue, Greeley, CO 80634 *********************************************************************** Elaine McDowell http://www.ancestrylocator.com A site set up to help find your ancestors by using the forum or gallery. Come join in, and it is a free site.

I have looked everywhere to find information re: my great-grandfather, who was among the Lutheran Volga Germans who came to Russell Co. I contacted Janet Flickinger & she also has checked all of her resources but we have not been able to find out the names of his parents or any siblings he might have had. I have learned that according to a story passed on to my cousin by her mother indicates that our great-grandfather, George John Niedens, came to the U.S. at the age of 15 in 1885, along with another young boy named Lohmann. According to the story, the two boys were threatened by an older man who ordered them to give him all of their money or he would kill them. On the passenger lists, I found John H. Lohmann, age 15, and John Lohmann, also age 15, who came to the U.S. in 1885 on the Frisia. My cousin and I located the homestead of Johannes Lohmann in Russell Co., but he would most likely have been the father of the Lohmann who traveled with our great-grandfather. Now I may be grasping at straws here, but is it possible that during the immigrations from Russia to the U.S. that “family tickets” were provided so that family members could travel on one ticket instead of individual tickets? My thought is that maybe one of the Lohmanns traveling on the Frisia was the son of Johannes Lohmann, who had already come to the U.S. to homestead some land, and the other was in fact my great-grandfather, traveling under a false name because his money & ticket had been stolen. Your opinions/comments, please? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.14/1001 - Release Date: 9/11/2007 1:37 PM

Hello, Frank: The second and third map will help you: http://www.aldeasantamaria.com.ar/migraciones.htm Greetings, Gerardo Waimann - Buenos Aires > > frank jacobs <fjacobs@cox.net> wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > Can somebody tell me where I can locate the German > migrations > > to Russia map on line? > > > > I have it somewhere in my "non filing" system. Los referentes más importantes en compra/ venta de autos se juntaron: Demotores y Yahoo! Ahora comprar o vender tu auto es más fácil. Vistá ar.autos.yahoo.com/

I had a few questions about the research census conducted by Hattie Plum Williams in 1913-1915, maybe someone out there could help me with them? In the column for "name of pastor" I'm seeing that there is just one letter indicating the pastor's name. Does anyone know what the names could be? I have been told there were nine German Russian churches in Lincoln at the time of the census. Does anyone happen to know the names of the churches and/or their pastors around that time frame? Also, I have found several individuals with the birth location of "Balzer" and others listed as "Balzer-A." What is the difference between the two? Thank you! Angela (Trebelhorn)Rice

The Greeley Tribune September 10, 2007 Aaron Timothy April 27, 1982-Sept. 6, 2007 Age: 25 Residence: Greeley Tribute: Aaron E. Timothy was born in Denver to Ronald Patterson and Janet Elaine (Rossman) Timothy. He moved to Greeley with his family in 1987 from Fort Collins. He graduated from Greeley West High School in 2000. He attended Aims Community College, where he earned an associate's degree in fire science. He worked for Berthoud Fire Department for four years and worked as an emergency medical technician in the emergency room at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. Mr. Timothy also served in the Marine Corps Reserves from the summer of 2001 until the time of his death. As a child, he served in the Boy Scouts and earned his Eagle Scout award at the age of 14. He loved physical fitness and worked out almost every day. Mr. Timothy died Thursday at NCMC. Survivors: His mother, Janet Timothy of Evans; a brother, Brian Timothy of Arvada; his grandmother, Dorothy Hoff of Evans; two aunts, Diana Janssen of Littleton and Cheryll Carson of Craig; an uncle, Tom Rossman of Evans; and many cousins. Preceded in death by: His grandparents, Ruth and Rex Timothy and Clarence Rossman, and a stepgrandfather, Orville J. Hoff. Graveside memorial services with military honors: 11 a.m. Friday at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Greeley. Cremation. Notes: Contributions may be made to the Aaron Timothy Memorial Fund in care of Moser Funeral Service, 3501 S. 11th Ave., Evans, CO 80620. An online obituary and guest book are at www.moserfuneralservice.com. --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us.

Likewise, I found many detailed maps on Google but could not locate Stumpp's simple map of his routes against a general outline of the European continent. I've seen the map in newsletters and such and have an old faded copy in an Argentine publication. Frank Jacobs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan R. Lenhardt" <arl@imt.net> To: "'List'" <Ger-Volga-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:05 AM Subject: Re: [GV] Migration map, Ukraine question. > Suzanne - perhaps you could share some of the sites you found. I googled > it > and did not find the immigration maps. > > Allan R. Lenhardt > 240 East Drive > Baton Rouge, LA 70806 > > (225) 344-1424 > (225) 223-3121 (cell) > > Life is God's novel. Let him write it. > Isaac Beshevis Singer in Voices for Life (1975) > > -----Original Message----- > From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Suzanne Heinitz-Dodge > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 3:26 AM > To: frank jacobs; List > Subject: Re: [GV] Migration map, Ukraine question. > > Google it! I found several sites! > Suzanne > > frank jacobs <fjacobs@cox.net> wrote: > Greetings, > > Can somebody tell me where I can locate the German migrations > to Russia map on line? > > I have it somewhere in my "non filing" system. > > I have been notified by FamilytreemakerDNA that my ancestor of the period > of > the Wars of Religion > shares ancestry at the 25 marker level with a person who migrated from > Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine. > I am of Volga German extraction, so I am left with two hypotheses : 1. > This > common ancestor > migrated in an exodus from bloody German 400 years ago at the height of > the > Wars of Religion, or 2. > later Volga migrants relocated to the Ukraine? I am not familiar with > either, and there may be other explanations. > > Is it likely one could locate a small village of Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine? > > Any enlightenment would be appreciated. > > Frank Jacobs > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, > news, photos & more. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com 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 > GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Suzanne - perhaps you could share some of the sites you found. I googled it and did not find the immigration maps. Allan R. Lenhardt 240 East Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 344-1424 (225) 223-3121 (cell) Life is God's novel. Let him write it. Isaac Beshevis Singer in Voices for Life (1975) -----Original Message----- From: ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ger-volga-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Suzanne Heinitz-Dodge Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 3:26 AM To: frank jacobs; List Subject: Re: [GV] Migration map, Ukraine question. Google it! I found several sites! Suzanne frank jacobs <fjacobs@cox.net> wrote: Greetings, Can somebody tell me where I can locate the German migrations to Russia map on line? I have it somewhere in my "non filing" system. I have been notified by FamilytreemakerDNA that my ancestor of the period of the Wars of Religion shares ancestry at the 25 marker level with a person who migrated from Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine. I am of Volga German extraction, so I am left with two hypotheses : 1. This common ancestor migrated in an exodus from bloody German 400 years ago at the height of the Wars of Religion, or 2. later Volga migrants relocated to the Ukraine? I am not familiar with either, and there may be other explanations. Is it likely one could locate a small village of Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine? Any enlightenment would be appreciated. Frank Jacobs ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Google it! I found several sites! Suzanne frank jacobs <fjacobs@cox.net> wrote: Greetings, Can somebody tell me where I can locate the German migrations to Russia map on line? I have it somewhere in my "non filing" system. I have been notified by FamilytreemakerDNA that my ancestor of the period of the Wars of Religion shares ancestry at the 25 marker level with a person who migrated from Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine. I am of Volga German extraction, so I am left with two hypotheses : 1. This common ancestor migrated in an exodus from bloody German 400 years ago at the height of the Wars of Religion, or 2. later Volga migrants relocated to the Ukraine? I am not familiar with either, and there may be other explanations. Is it likely one could locate a small village of Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine? Any enlightenment would be appreciated. Frank Jacobs ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GER-VOLGA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more.

I received the following plea for help on the SOAR mail box. If you can help the lady please contact her directly. I've asked but have not received a response to the question about her relative's surname Rack so do not know if that is a true surname. Thanks for helping her if you can. Dennis Zittekopf ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Mirta Beatriz Frank <mirtafrank@hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:25:47 +0000 > >Dear Sir/Madam, > >My name is Mirta Frank Elsenbach. I live in Argentina and as you have probably realised because of my surname my ancestors were Volga Germans . My great grandmother had relatives in Commerce City Colorado. I would like to contact them but have been unsuccessful sofar. Would you be able to help me ? >The name of this relative is Pete Rack. His last address was 2090 Grape St. Commerce City. Colorado >I look forward to hearing from you, >Mirta FRank >_________________________________________________________________

Billings Gazette Billings, MT 10 Sep 2007 Elsie Elinor Bernhardt Yost, beloved wife, mother, and grandmother left us suddenly to join her Savior on Sept. 7, 2007. She was born in Billings on Nov. 25, 1925, to Henry and Elizabeth Brenning Bernhardt. Elsie graduated from Billings Senior High School in 1944. She married Eugene J. Yost on March 4, 1945. Working side by side they owned and operated the Market Basket Store between Billings and Laurel for 42 years. They raised three children and retired together in 1987. Survivors include her husband "Jack"; sons, Gary(Bonnie) Yost of Billings, and Wayne (Debbie) Yost of Ekalaka; a daughter Lorri (Paul) McDaniel of Denver, Colo.; nine grandchildren; Ronald Yost, Michael(Joann) Yost, Heidi Yost, Devin Yost, Matthew McDaniel, Anna McDaniel, Nicole(Robert) Deines, Stephanie(Sean) McNamara, and Brandy Mackey; and two great-grandchildren, Dylan and Abby Deines. Elsie was a dedicated lifetime member of Pilgrim Congregational Church, Ladies Aid and Quilting Guild. She watched and learned from her mother the valuable ability to become an avid quilter, knitter, cook and gardener of which she shared freely, but her first love was always her family and friends. Visitations may be made from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, at the Smith West Chapel, 304 34th Street West, and at the church prior to the service on Wednesday. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Pilgrim Congregational Church with interment to follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Pilgrim Congregational Church at 409 South 36 St., Billings MT 59101 or a charity of one's choice.

Mueller to Kamenka is about 30 kilometers (under 19 miles). See map at http://www.volgagermans.net/norka/images/Volga%20Colonies%20Map%20copy.j pg Kamenka is fairly close to Mueller in comparison to most of the other villages. Travel of that distance was common in those days, and is reasonable that a couple could meet over that distance. Actually my ancestors met over much greater distances from Norka to Schaffhausen (over 180 kilometers / 110 miles). Also, some marriages were arranged and quite possibly the parents had business, religious, social or even other family ties with each other. Patrick Lipphardt Ancestral villages of Norka & Schaffhausen

Katerina and Katharina are most likely the same person. When translating between German and Russian you should be aware that Russian is not a letter-for-letter translation of German. The names are written in Russian so that when they are read out loud they sound correct. When a translator translates the name back to German they do not have knowledge of the "correct" spelling and are left to sound out the German spelling as Katerina, Katharina, Katherina, Catharina, Catarina, etc.

Hello Frank Jacobs, Staraya Ushitsa is situated by Kamenez-Podolskyi on Ukraine. There is the third hypotese: ancestors of that person from Staraya Ushitsa chanded their place of residence in every generation ..:-( Sunday, September 9, 2007, 12:03:42 PM, you wrote: gvrrc> Message: 1 gvrrc> Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 04:34:27 -0500 gvrrc> From: "frank jacobs" <fjacobs@cox.net> gvrrc> Subject: [GV] Migration map, Ukraine question. gvrrc> To: "List" <Ger-Volga-L@rootsweb.com> gvrrc> Message-ID: <000801c7f1fb$7370dc10$6400a8c0@YOUR7B9DABC953> gvrrc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" gvrrc> Greetings, gvrrc> Can somebody tell me where I can locate the German migrations gvrrc> to Russia map on line? gvrrc> I have it somewhere in my "non filing" system. gvrrc> I have been notified by FamilytreemakerDNA that my ancestor of the period of the Wars of Religion gvrrc> shares ancestry at the 25 marker level with a person who migrated from Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine. gvrrc> I am of Volga German extraction, so I am left with two hypotheses : 1. This common ancestor gvrrc> migrated in an exodus from bloody German 400 years ago at the height of the Wars of Religion, or 2. gvrrc> later Volga migrants relocated to the Ukraine? I am not familiar with either, and there may be other explanations. gvrrc> Is it likely one could locate a small village of Staraya Ushitsa, Ukraine? gvrrc> Any enlightenment would be appreciated. gvrrc> Frank Jacobs -- Best regards, Vladimir Chutchev Toglatty sity on Volga walley. mailto:ulu_dimir@mail.ru