Ellen, Here is the first group of Schneiders I found in the Valle Maria records. Valle Maria was a city made up of people from Marienthal, Herzog, Obermonjou and other wiesenseite Russian villages. The latter entries show Neu Obermonjou, a Russian daughter colony located close to Neu Marienthal in Russia. -------------------------------------------------------------- COLÔNIA ALVEAR - Valle Maria casamentos a partir de 10 de janeiro de 1881 a set. de 1927 no período de junho de 1881 a 1883, os registro estão na Igreja de Diamante. 1891 e de setembro de 1893 a maio de 1895 , também, nada constava. COLÔNIA SAN JOSÉ - CRESPO batismos de 1891 a 1897 e alguns óbitos de julho de 1892 a 1911 casamentos a partir de 1891 até maio de 1927 1.1 GOTTLIEB (Amadeo) SCHNEIDER e ANNA MARIA KAHUL 2.1 Adam Schneider (Cr.03-MAI-1905) e Teresa Becher *R. 1882 -+Arg. *R. 1888 -+Arg. 2.2 Alexander Scnheider (Cr.10-SET-1907) e Bárbara Appelhans *R. 1883 -+Arg. *Arg. 1891 -+Arg. 2.3 Franz A. Schndeider (Cr.23-ABR-1907) e Katharinna Rost *R. 1886 -+Arg. *R. 1890 -+Arg. 2.4 Ana Schneider (Cr.23-ABR-1907) e Juan Metz *Arg. 1891 -+Arg. *Arg. 1885 -+Arg. 2.5 Ana Maria Schneider *Arg.25-SET-1895-+Arg. 1.1 JOHANNES SCHNEIDER e BARBARA HABERCKORN 2.1 Magdalena Schneider (VM-01-MAI-1893) e Johann Peter Rückert *R. 1875 -+Arg. *R. 1871 -+Arg. 1.1 ? SCHNEIDER 2.1 Theophilo Schneider e Anna Maria Kahul 3.1 Michael Schneider (Cr.31-AGO-1915) e Perpetua Rost *R. 1888 -+Arg. *R. 1898 -+Arg. 1.1 JOSEPH SCHNEIDER e MATHILADA DÖRFLER 2.1 Katharinna Schneider (Cr.17-SET-1920) e Johannes Rochel # * Neu-Ober Monjou/R. 1898 -+Arg. *Josefestal/R. 1897 -+Arg. 2.2 Anna Schneider (Cr.08-MAI-1919) e Jakob Rochel # *Neu-Ober Monjou/R. 1902 -+Arg. *Josefestal/R. 1897 -+Arg. --------------------------------------------------------------- The above entry mentions Josefestal, a bergeseite Russian village located next to Marienfeld, Russia where the Stangs I mention previously were prior to going to Argentina, Topeka, Kansas and then Saskatchewan. Frank jacobs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen Gaboury" <bjgaboury@sasktel.net> To: "frank jacobs" <fjacobs@cox.net> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [GV] Schneider/Zimmerman families Mariental, Samara, Russia > Hi Frank, > > Thanks for the information on the different Mariental's. I haven't looked > at Argentina for Schneider's but it would be a good place to check. > > I think Canada became more aggressive with their immigration advertising > as time went on but not as early as the US. Saskatchewan didn't become a > province until 1905 and then that wasn't the entire province as it is > known today. > St. Walburg was very new in 1908. > We are related to people in Kansas but the connection is back quite a few > generations.