Frank Jacobs asked the following: I would greatly appreciate in knowing of GR ancestory which had a presence in Silesia and or Danzig or Marienberg, Poland. My response: I have an ancestor who supposedly came from Silesia (Schlesien). According to the First Settlers List (FSL) for Stahl am Karaman, Christian Rose, a Lutheran colonist born about 1737, came from "Gerna/Herna" in Silesia. So far, I have not been able to identify the place to which that refers. For that matter, I am not aware of any Volga German researcher who has confirmed a colonist's place of origin in Silesia. Such research is difficult because the church records for Silesia are generally accessible only through Polish archives, not easily accessible through LDS. By the way, according to the Kuhlberg Lists, Christian Rose was a hat maker from the Darmstadt area. Whether that indicates that he re-located from Silesia (his place of birth) to Darmstadt (Hessen-Darmstadt?) before emigrating to the Volga, I don't know. In my view, Silesia and Danzig are completely different areas. Some of the ships included in the Kuhlberg Lists are ones that originated from Danzig or that stopped there. Therefore, it should not be surprising that Volga German colonists came from the area surrounding Danzig. Silesia is a horse of a different color, because it was a long distance from Danzig or any other colonist gathering point. David F. Schmidt VC for Boaro, Caesarsfeld & Stahl am Karaman Email: schmidtdavidf@yahoo.com

Frank, Looking at the Einwandering books, I find the following from Schlesian: Gottlieb Bitsch von Schlesien - Vol 1, page295 Gottfried Kammer von Scnlesien, Vol 4, page92 There are a number that show up in Kuhlberg even a Johann Klaus. I note that many of them are single men from Schliesian. Rosemary Larson -----Original Message----- From: David Schmidt Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 11:12 AM To: ger-volga-l@rootsweb.com ; fjacobs@cox.net Subject: [GV] Volga Germans Colonists from Silesia and Danzig Frank Jacobs asked the following: I would greatly appreciate in knowing of GR ancestory which had a presence in Silesia and or Danzig or Marienberg, Poland. My response: I have an ancestor who supposedly came from Silesia (Schlesien). According to the First Settlers List (FSL) for Stahl am Karaman, Christian Rose, a Lutheran colonist born about 1737, came from "Gerna/Herna" in Silesia. So far, I have not been able to identify the place to which that refers. For that matter, I am not aware of any Volga German researcher who has confirmed a colonist's place of origin in Silesia. Such research is difficult because the church records for Silesia are generally accessible only through Polish archives, not easily accessible through LDS. By the way, according to the Kuhlberg Lists, Christian Rose was a hat maker from the Darmstadt area. Whether that indicates that he re-located from Silesia (his place of birth) to Darmstadt (Hessen-Darmstadt?) before emigrating to the Volga, I don't know. In my view, Silesia and Danzig are completely different areas. Some of the ships included in the Kuhlberg Lists are ones that originated from Danzig or that stopped there. Therefore, it should not be surprising that Volga German colonists came from the area surrounding Danzig. Silesia is a horse of a different color, because it was a long distance from Danzig or any other colonist gathering point. David F. Schmidt VC for Boaro, Caesarsfeld & Stahl am Karaman Email: schmidtdavidf@yahoo.com ------------------------------- 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