A review of the CVGS website shows that some colonies have a reasonable amount of information about pastors that have served the church and buildings that have served the congregation during their parish history. Katharinenstadt is an example. Some detail is not present, but the amount of detail depends on sources. The information on the colony of Naeb includes Lutheran pastors who have served the parish, but there is no further information on the churches built in the colony, when they were built, the type of construction, religious schools, compensation of the pastor, how the pastor was selected, numbers of seats in the church, any charitable organizations in the colony and the history of organizational changes in the parish. The organizational structure should indicate with which colony church records may be found. (It is easier to find something if you have an idea of where to look). When I checked my ancestral village of Kind, I find only that it was founded as a Lutheran colony. That's it as far as religious life. This is not to criticize the CVGS website whatsoever. It contains some marvelous data and is quite user friendly, in my experience. The amount of detail depends on sources used. It does not have all important information on the church in the Volga Mother and Daughter colonies. Brent Mai has a wonderful website; there is room, at this point, for other efforts to help fill in what we do not know of the Germans of Russia. Bill Pickelhaupt